Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2022-11-08

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Nov 8
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
382 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 381▼ 32 vs year ago 414 · −7.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
17 head
▼ 61 vs last sale 78▼ 26 vs year ago 43 · −60.5%
Replacement Cattle receipts
8 head
▼ 39 vs last sale 47▼ 16 vs year ago 24 · −66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week slaugther cows\bulls steady feeder steers\heifers 6 to 15 higher

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $153.82/cwt on 87 head.
Average price
$153.82
87 head · 484 lb average
Value per head Derived
$745
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$127
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$19.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.09
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2489157.3776971
Medium and Large 2465138.0764216thin
One grade step is worth $19.29/cwt here — about $127 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale87 hd
153.82
—
MS average13 barns · 1,225 hd
141.73
+12.09
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,61087.401,4076thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,45551.007421thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average92033.763119thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,020$9401thin
Stock CowsOpen(<2 yrs)805$5901thin

Every lot, as filed

55 lots · USDA AMS · Philadelphia Stockyard -Philadelphia, MS
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 2—524137.80/cwt130.00–142.007226
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—325162.06/cwt161.00–163.005272
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—431194.29/cwt182.00–201.008374
HeifersMedium and Large 2—400135.00/cwt135.00–135.005401
SteersMedium and Large 1—627173.50/cwt173.50–173.501,0888
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—554158.07/cwt149.00–162.0087614
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—374163.11/cwt158.00–169.0061013
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—414164.23/cwt160.00–168.006804
SteersMedium and Large 2—475143.48/cwt143.00–144.006822
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—240145.00/cwt145.00–145.003481
SteersMedium and Large 2—440170.00/cwt170.00–170.007481
SteersMedium and Large 2—510158.47/cwt157.00–160.008082
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—700125.00/cwt125.00–125.008751
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—345202.50/cwt201.00–203.006994
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—895135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,2081
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—357204.33/cwt201.00–207.007293
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—537178.00/cwt178.00–178.009562
SteersMedium and Large 1—532189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,00512
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—487188.75/cwt187.00–189.009198
SteersMedium and Large 2—330150.00/cwt150.00–150.004951
SteersMedium and Large 2—358171.18/cwt170.00–179.006138
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—369180.13/cwt170.00–187.006654
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—323184.35/cwt175.00–197.005955
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—573141.52/cwt137.00–146.008112
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—790102.00/cwt102.00–102.008061
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—295187.00/cwt187.00–187.005521
BullsMedium and Large 1—415209.00/cwt209.00–209.008671
CowsLean 85-90%—89052.90/cwt50.00–57.504713
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,45551.00/cwt51.00–51.007421
CowsLean 85-90%—91216.86/cwt10.00–20.001543
CowsLean 85-90%—95831.52/cwt30.00–35.003023
Bulls——1,65591.00/cwt90.00–92.001,5063
Bulls——1,56583.79/cwt82.00–85.001,3113
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—805590.00/head590.00–590.005901
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,020940.00/head940.00–940.009401
HeifersMedium and Large 2—345133.00/cwt133.00–133.004591
BullsMedium and Large 2—585135.00/cwt135.00–135.007901
BullsMedium and Large 2—376151.12/cwt141.00–162.005684
BullsMedium and Large 2—440159.00/cwt159.00–159.007001
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—478159.91/cwt147.00–181.007645
BullsMedium and Large 2—473142.65/cwt140.00–145.006755
HeifersMedium and Large 2—605144.03/cwt140.00–148.008712
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—675129.94/cwt120.00–135.008774
BullsMedium and Large 2—500110.00/cwt110.00–110.005501
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—623136.00/cwt135.00–138.008473
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—519144.45/cwt135.00–151.0075011
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—426175.65/cwt168.00–188.007487
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—650140.00/cwt140.00–140.009101
HeifersMedium and Large 2—378140.58/cwt130.00–148.005314
HeifersMedium and Large 2—265130.00/cwt130.00–130.003451
HeifersMedium and Large 2—565134.00/cwt134.00–134.007571
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—735147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,0801
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—605161.00/cwt161.00–161.009741
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—538156.48/cwt149.00–158.0084221
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—480152.27/cwt145.00–155.0073113

How this sale compares

Mississippi weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Mississippi auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.