Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2023-06-13

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Jun 13
● Final78 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
420 head
▲ 38 vs last sale 382▲ 182 vs year ago 238 · +76.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
71 head
▲ 27 vs last sale 44▲ 34 vs year ago 37 · +91.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
39 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 29▲ 8 vs year ago 31 · +25.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold steady to higher $10. Heifers sold mostly higher $8-12. Slaughter cows sold lower $4-9. Bulls sold lower $4.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $198.46/cwt on 125 head.
Average price
$198.46
125 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,056
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$247
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$22.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.81
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1490211.621,03736
Medium and Large 1-2601194.631,16964
Medium and Large 2417189.2879025
One grade step is worth $22.34/cwt here — about $247 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 sale125 hd
198.46
—
MS average13 barns · 1,122 hd
212.27
−13.81
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—Average1,603105.401,6908thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,17594.421,10910
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11982.6692542

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 Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,195$1,5251thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,253$1,2258
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,200$1,1751thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,145$9001thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,260$8952thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,470$1,9501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)850$1,6251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,027$1,4833thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)850$8146
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)878$7152thin

Every lot, as filed

78 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—155190.00/cwt190.00–190.002951
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—536203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,0885
HeifersMedium and Large 1—665167.33/cwt160.00–175.001,1132
HeifersMedium and Large 1—375233.15/cwt230.00–237.508747
HeifersMedium and Large 2—330209.31/cwt202.50–217.506914
HeifersMedium and Large 1—469214.83/cwt210.00–221.001,0085
HeifersMedium and Large 1—623179.39/cwt174.00–190.001,1185
HeifersMedium and Large 1—755179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,3511
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—822178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,4635
HeifersMedium and Large 1—423234.13/cwt230.00–237.509903
BullsMedium and Large 1—535210.94/cwt208.00–214.001,1292
BullsMedium and Large 1—675187.63/cwt170.00–200.001,2674
HeifersMedium and Large 2—386184.79/cwt165.00–203.007136
HeifersMedium and Large 2—435200.00/cwt200.00–200.008701
HeifersMedium and Large 2—660137.00/cwt137.00–137.009041
HeifersMedium and Large 2—467186.04/cwt160.00–203.008693
BullsMedium and Large 1—578200.73/cwt194.00–205.001,1603
BullsMedium and Large 1—230325.00/cwt325.00–325.007481
BullsMedium and Large 1—282310.44/cwt300.00–315.008755
BullsMedium and Large 1—317295.24/cwt257.50–310.009367
BullsMedium and Large 1—640184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,1781
BullsMedium and Large 1—389265.37/cwt250.00–282.501,0327
BullsMedium and Large 1-2—1,4701,950.00/head1,950.00–1,950.001,9501
Cow-Calf PairsSmall and Medium 1-2—680800.00/head800.00–800.008001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2001,825.00/head1,825.00–1,825.001,8252
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—8501,625.00/head1,625.00–1,625.001,6251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2531,224.82/head850.00–1,400.001,2258
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1951,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2001,175.00/head1,175.00–1,175.001,1751
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,145900.00/head900.00–900.009001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,260894.86/head890.00–900.008952
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—878715.21/head640.00–790.007152
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—850814.31/head600.00–900.008146
Bulls——1,741112.39/cwt105.00–117.501,9576
Bulls——1,19084.43/cwt77.00–90.001,0052
CowsLean 85-90%—1,15383.78/cwt75.00–90.0096632
CowsLean 85-90%—1,05697.89/cwt95.00–100.001,0344
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,17594.42/cwt90.00–102.001,10910
CowsLean 85-90%—98166.54/cwt58.00–75.006536
HeifersMedium and Large 1—320240.96/cwt237.50–245.007715
HeifersMedium and Large 1—520219.80/cwt212.00–229.001,1433
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—714179.02/cwt170.00–182.001,27824
HeifersMedium and Large 1—830151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,2531
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—225230.00/cwt230.00–230.005184
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—332225.00/cwt225.00–225.007478
HeifersMedium and Large 1—560200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1201
HeifersMedium and Large 1—165240.00/cwt240.00–240.003961
HeifersMedium and Large 2—230212.50/cwt207.50–217.504892
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—573200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1465
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—622195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,21313
HeifersMedium and Large 1—745172.00/cwt162.00–182.001,2812
HeifersMedium and Large 2—508189.38/cwt170.00–205.009625
HeifersMedium and Large 2—575164.53/cwt161.00–168.009462
SteersMedium and Large 1—325298.93/cwt292.00–310.009724
SteersMedium and Large 1—529246.20/cwt240.00–262.501,3024
SteersMedium and Large 1—285315.00/cwt315.00–315.008981
SteersMedium and Large 1—645225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,4511
SteersMedium and Large 1—468271.03/cwt253.00–282.501,2685
SteersMedium and Large 2—655188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,2311
SteersMedium and Large 2—553212.02/cwt204.00–217.001,1723
SteersMedium and Large 1—377271.42/cwt260.00–280.001,0233
SteersMedium and Large 1—415274.04/cwt267.50–280.001,1375
SteersMedium and Large 1—660215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4192
SteersMedium and Large 1—830191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,5851
SteersMedium and Large 1—584235.77/cwt225.00–244.001,3774
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—482278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,3409
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—559250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,3987
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—508260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3213
SteersMedium and Large 2—320265.58/cwt257.00–275.008502
SteersMedium and Large 2—485210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0191
SteersMedium and Large 2—500213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,0651
SteersMedium and Large 2—440225.00/cwt225.00–225.009901
BullsMedium and Large 1—460217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,0011
BullsMedium and Large 1—400300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,2001
BullsMedium and Large 2—482180.58/cwt157.50–202.008703
BullsMedium and Large 2—424206.83/cwt187.50–225.008774
BullsMedium and Large 2—328214.48/cwt200.00–227.507032
BullsMedium and Large 2—390192.00/cwt192.00–192.007491

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.