Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2023-06-20

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Jun 20
● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
428 head
▲ 8 vs last sale 420▲ 198 vs year ago 230 · +86.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
▼ 36 vs last sale 71▼ 3 vs year ago 38 · −7.9%
Replacement Cattle receipts
28 head
▼ 11 vs last sale 39▲ 28 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers sold mixed higher $4 to lower $3. Heifers sold steady to higher $6. Slaughter cows sold steady to lower $4. Bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $226.79/cwt on 195 head.
Average price
$226.79
195 head · 702 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,592
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$326
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$27.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−10.64
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1525244.181,28217thin
Medium and Large 1-2732225.531,650170
Medium and Large 2441216.769568thin
One grade step is worth $27.42/cwt here — about $326 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 sale195 hd
226.79
—
MS average13 barns · 1,074 hd
237.44
−10.64
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—High1,730112.541,9473thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,25698.161,2334thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50590.001,3552thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,03875.2978115

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,355$1,4001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)995$9201thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,100$8301thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)888$6902thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)590$4901thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)875$1,2101thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)929$1,0737
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,077$9975

Every lot, as filed

76 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—173181.27/cwt125.00–232.503143
HeifersMedium and Large 1—705157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,1071
HeifersMedium and Large 2—585189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,1061
HeifersMedium and Large 2—255160.00/cwt160.00–160.004081
HeifersMedium and Large 1—517221.08/cwt215.00–226.001,1433
HeifersMedium and Large 1—620199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,2341
HeifersMedium and Large 1—575206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,1851
HeifersMedium and Large 1—368217.58/cwt210.00–227.008016
HeifersMedium and Large 2—435180.00/cwt180.00–180.007831
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—600174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,0443
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—494240.44/cwt240.00–241.001,1889
SteersMedium and Large 2—416220.27/cwt170.00–240.009164
SteersMedium and Large 2—990113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,1191
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—428269.25/cwt268.00–271.001,1527
HeifersMedium and Large 2—225190.00/cwt190.00–190.004281
SteersMedium and Large 1—370272.30/cwt265.00–280.001,0082
SteersMedium and Large 1—680215.34/cwt214.00–218.001,4643
SteersMedium and Large 1—960131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,2581
SteersMedium and Large 2—355247.50/cwt247.50–247.508791
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—566240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,3584
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—740206.50/cwt206.50–206.501,52868
SteersMedium and Large 2—215255.00/cwt255.00–255.005481
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—470269.23/cwt269.00–269.501,26518
SteersMedium and Large 1—565235.03/cwt234.00–236.001,3282
SteersMedium and Large 1—303295.12/cwt280.00–310.008942
SteersMedium and Large 1—275309.82/cwt305.00–315.008522
SteersMedium and Large 1—405278.73/cwt277.50–280.001,1292
SteersMedium and Large 1—1,070132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,4121
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—378285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,0776
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—825212.50/cwt212.50–212.501,753126
SteersMedium and Large 2—305237.50/cwt237.50–237.507241
SteersMedium and Large 1—510230.00/cwt225.00–235.001,1732
BullsMedium and Large 1—210250.00/cwt250.00–250.005251
BullsMedium and Large 1—500229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,1451
BullsMedium and Large 2—518204.15/cwt180.00–230.001,0572
BullsMedium and Large 1—374257.28/cwt236.00–282.509624
BullsMedium and Large 1—325282.47/cwt260.00–310.009187
BullsMedium and Large 1—625207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,2941
CowsLean 85-90%—72944.32/cwt41.00–47.003234
CowsLean 85-90%—1,03075.00/cwt75.00–75.007731
CowsLean 85-90%—1,10985.31/cwt82.50–87.509467
CowsLean 85-90%—1,28593.32/cwt92.50–95.001,1993
Bulls——1,928113.81/cwt112.50–115.002,1942
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,50590.00/cwt85.00–95.001,3552
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,25395.55/cwt92.50–100.001,1973
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,265106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,3411
Bulls——1,335110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,4691
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—600135.00/cwt135.00–135.008101
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,077996.93/head950.00–1,020.009975
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—590490.00/head490.00–490.004901
Bred CowsSmall and Medium 1-2—625370.00/head370.00–370.003701
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,09087.00/cwt87.00–87.009481
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,100830.00/head830.00–830.008301
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1501,010.00/head1,010.00–1,010.001,0101
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,16586.00/cwt86.00–86.001,0021
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,3551,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—995920.00/head920.00–920.009201
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,16592.50/cwt92.50–92.501,0781
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—8751,210.00/head1,210.00–1,210.001,2101
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—9501,142.11/head1,000.00–1,330.001,1424
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—900980.37/head640.00–1,250.009803
HeifersMedium and Large 1—310232.50/cwt232.50–232.507211
BullsMedium and Large 2—215213.08/cwt200.00–225.004582
BullsMedium and Large 2—560204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,1421
BullsMedium and Large 2—472177.20/cwt160.00–186.008363
BullsMedium and Large 1—463242.14/cwt230.00–267.501,1213
BullsMedium and Large 1—422245.77/cwt225.00–265.001,0373
HeifersMedium and Large 2—318190.98/cwt165.00–220.006072
HeifersMedium and Large 2—373195.13/cwt190.00–200.007283
HeifersMedium and Large 2—468185.15/cwt170.00–196.008673
BullsMedium and Large 2—325200.00/cwt200.00–200.006501
BullsMedium and Large 2—360225.00/cwt225.00–225.008101
HeifersMedium and Large 1—427233.18/cwt230.00–237.509965
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—437241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,0533
HeifersMedium and Large 1—470224.51/cwt215.00–230.001,0553
HeifersMedium and Large 2—518186.80/cwt175.00–192.009684

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.