Name: Philadelphia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-03-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

compared to last week slaugther cows\bulls steady to 4 higher feeder steers \heifers steady

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $176.25/cwt on 55 head.

Average price

$176.25

55 head · 492 lb average

Value per head Derived

$866

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$177

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2

$24.86/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.35

vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	468	184.26	863	21
Medium and Large 1	537	176.27	947	24
Medium and Large 2	430	159.39	686	10thin

One grade step is worth $24.86/cwt here — about $177 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 sale55 hd

176.25

—

MS average12 barns · 1,107 hd

182.60

−6.35

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,610	112.75	1,816	4thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,235	91.08	1,125	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	901	66.20	597	8thin

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,025	$830	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	795	$750	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	550	$690	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	913	$840	2thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	775	$780	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,200	$1,170	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	825	$1,050	2thin

Every lot, as filed

51 lots · USDA AMS · Philadelphia Stockyard -Philadelphia, MS

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	318	243.96/cwt	239.00–249.00	776	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	370	242.80/cwt	235.00–250.00	898	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	205	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	523	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	520	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	988	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	475	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	998	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,226	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,118	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	483	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,244	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	420	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	924	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	505	181.98/cwt	180.00–184.00	919	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	760	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,322	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	1,053	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	610	168.66/cwt	168.00–170.00	1,029	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	519	178.48/cwt	170.00–190.00	926	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	421	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	720	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	593	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,127	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	385	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	928	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	300	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	765	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	377	195.78/cwt	186.00–215.00	738	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	471	153.28/cwt	136.00–159.00	722	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	405	187.53/cwt	185.00–190.00	759	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	395	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	754	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	700	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,190	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	423	153.48/cwt	150.00–157.00	649	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	960	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	188.83/cwt	181.00–196.00	982	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	169.50/cwt	169.00–170.00	988	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,028	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	655	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,277	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	262	211.99/cwt	211.00–213.00	555	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	160	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	342	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,245	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	272	261.65/cwt	261.00–263.00	712	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	—	340	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	731	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	180.90/cwt	175.00–189.00	865	4
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	840	1,200.00/head	1,200.00–1,200.00	1,200	1
Bred Cows	Large 2	—	1,025	830.00/head	830.00–830.00	830	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	795	750.00/head	750.00–750.00	750	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,275	1,100.00/head	1,100.00–1,100.00	1,100	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 2	—	775	780.00/head	780.00–780.00	780	1
Bred Heifers	Medium 2	—	550	580.00/head	580.00–580.00	580	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	903	135.69/cwt	121.00–155.00	1,225	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	1,200	1,170.00/head	1,170.00–1,170.00	1,170	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium 2	—	810	900.00/head	900.00–900.00	900	1
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	550	690.00/head	690.00–690.00	690	1
Bulls	—	—	1,710	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	2,052	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,235	91.08/cwt	85.00–95.00	1,125	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	967	70.24/cwt	66.00–75.00	679	5
Bulls	—	—	1,577	110.33/cwt	105.00–115.00	1,740	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	792	59.46/cwt	57.00–61.00	471	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	225.09/cwt	220.00–230.00	930	2

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.

Mississippi feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Philadelphia Stockyard -Philadelphia, MS

Tue Mar 28, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jackson, MS (LS-JK)

Feeder CattleReceipts 207Last week 304Year ago 290

Slaughter CattleReceipts 29Last week 13Year ago 40

Replacement CattleReceipts 28Last week 35Year ago 97

compared to last week slaugther cows\bulls steady to 4 higher feeder steers \heifers steady

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	318	239.00–249.00	243.96
2	—	370	235.00–250.00	242.80
1	—	205	255.00	255.00
3	—	475	210.00	210.00
3	—	272	261.00–263.00	261.65
2	—	413	220.00–230.00	225.09
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	520	190.00	190.00
1	—	340	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	513	239.00	239.00
10	—	430	260.00	260.00
11	—	483	257.50	257.50
2	—	760	174.00	174.00
4	—	593	190.00	190.00
4	—	300	255.00	255.00
2	—	655	195.00	195.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	420	220.00	220.00
2	—	505	180.00–184.00	181.98
1	—	585	180.00	180.00
1	—	385	241.00	241.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	395	191.00	191.00
4	—	700	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	610	168.00–170.00	168.66
4	—	421	171.00	171.00
5	—	575	167.00	167.00
9	—	520	181.00–196.00	188.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	519	170.00–190.00	178.48
3	—	377	186.00–215.00	195.78
2	—	405	185.00–190.00	187.53
2	—	583	169.00–170.00	169.50
1	—	685	150.00	150.00
3	—	262	211.00–213.00	211.99
1	—	750	166.00	166.00
4	—	478	175.00–189.00	180.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	471	136.00–159.00	153.28
2	—	423	150.00–157.00	153.48
1	—	160	214.00	214.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	840	1,200.00	1,200.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,200	1,170.00	1,170.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	810	900.00	900.00
Bred Cows — Large 2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,025	830.00	830.00
Bred Cows — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	795	750.00	750.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	550	690.00	690.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,275	1,100.00	1,100.00
Bred Heifers — Medium 2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	775	780.00	780.00
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	550	580.00	580.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	Open	2	—	903	121.00–155.00	135.69

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,710	120.00	120.00
3	—	1,577	105.00–115.00	110.33
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,235	85.00–95.00	91.08
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	967	66.00–75.00	70.24
3	—	792	57.00–61.00	59.46

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Philadelphia Stockyard -Philadelphia, MS

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle