Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2023-06-27

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Jun 27
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
208 head
▼ 220 vs last sale 428▼ 152 vs year ago 360 · −42.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
42 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 35▼ 5 vs year ago 47 · −10.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
19 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 28▲ 4 vs year ago 15 · +26.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold steady to lower $20. Heifers sold mixed higher $3 to lower $8. Slaughter cows sold lower $4-5. Bulls sold higher $2-3.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $239.74/cwt on 49 head.
Average price
$239.74
49 head · 500 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,199
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$304
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$35.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.80
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2516250.901,29521
Medium and Large 1499237.771,18620
Medium and Large 2460215.339918thin
One grade step is worth $35.58/cwt here — about $304 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 sale49 hd
239.74
—
MS average13 barns · 991 hd
237.94
+1.80
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—High1,778114.882,0434thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,33089.691,1935thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40577.071,0834thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,07576.5482324

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 Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)950$1,5256
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)920$1,1251thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,018$1,0102thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)938$7102thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)975$6601thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)815$4501thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,050$1,0101thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)850$6901thin

Every lot, as filed

59 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 1-2—560200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1202
HeifersMedium and Large 2—370201.05/cwt200.00–202.007442
HeifersMedium and Large 2—323201.60/cwt200.00–205.006513
SteersMedium and Large 2—400233.00/cwt233.00–233.009321
SteersMedium and Large 2—540192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,0371
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—825162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,3372
SteersMedium and Large 2—590213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,2571
SteersMedium and Large 1—330249.00/cwt249.00–249.008221
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—501250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,2536
SteersMedium and Large 1—378249.51/cwt243.00–255.009433
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—564246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,3878
HeifersMedium and Large 1—332235.66/cwt234.00–239.007823
SteersMedium and Large 1—431247.66/cwt238.00–255.001,0674
SteersMedium and Large 1—715187.38/cwt182.00–193.001,3402
SteersMedium and Large 2—240220.00/cwt220.00–220.005281
SteersMedium and Large 1—600249.50/cwt247.00–252.001,4972
SteersMedium and Large 1—528230.07/cwt225.00–235.001,2152
SteersMedium and Large 2—473217.30/cwt209.00–225.001,0282
SteersMedium and Large 1—593238.49/cwt235.00–242.001,4142
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—418259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,0833
SteersMedium and Large 2—360225.00/cwt225.00–225.008101
SteersMedium and Large 1—480239.11/cwt235.00–249.001,1484
SteersMedium and Large 2—605205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,2401
BullsMedium and Large 1—185232.50/cwt232.50–232.504301
BullsMedium and Large 1—370246.48/cwt231.00–258.009127
BullsMedium and Large 1—480224.88/cwt217.00–232.001,0794
BullsMedium and Large 1—615194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,1931
BullsMedium and Large 1—280243.00/cwt243.00–243.006801
BullsMedium and Large 1—575204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,1731
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,33089.69/cwt85.00–95.001,1935
CowsLean 85-90%—93556.70/cwt20.00–75.005308
CowsLean 85-90%—1,25597.60/cwt95.00–100.001,2252
CowsLean 85-90%—1,12984.86/cwt77.50–92.5095814
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,40577.07/cwt70.00–85.001,0834
Bulls——2,083117.30/cwt115.00–120.002,4432
Bulls——1,473112.47/cwt110.00–115.001,6572
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—975660.00/head660.00–660.006601
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—9501,525.00/head1,525.00–1,525.001,5256
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—9201,125.00/head1,125.00–1,125.001,1251
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0181,010.25/head990.00–1,030.001,0102
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—815450.00/head450.00–450.004501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—938710.00/head350.00–950.007102
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0501,010.00/head1,010.00–1,010.001,0101
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—850690.00/head690.00–690.006901
HeifersMedium and Large 1—270241.31/cwt240.00–244.006523
BullsMedium and Large 1—424235.20/cwt220.00–245.009975
HeifersMedium and Large 1—383231.90/cwt229.00–235.008882
BullsMedium and Large 1—534212.06/cwt202.00–219.001,1325
BullsMedium and Large 2—430174.77/cwt165.00–185.007522
BullsMedium and Large 1—323243.78/cwt232.00–253.007878
HeifersMedium and Large 2—445196.00/cwt196.00–196.008721
HeifersMedium and Large 2—535172.76/cwt150.00–199.009243
HeifersMedium and Large 2—468193.49/cwt170.00–209.009065
HeifersMedium and Large 2—221213.87/cwt212.50–215.004732
HeifersMedium and Large 1—466226.03/cwt219.00–232.001,0536
HeifersMedium and Large 1—558197.72/cwt189.00–205.001,1033
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—516256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,3214
HeifersMedium and Large 1—413232.63/cwt224.00–238.009617
HeifersMedium and Large 1—518217.73/cwt210.00–226.001,1282

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.