Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2023-07-11

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Jul 11
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
374 head
▲ 166 vs last sale 208▼ 93 vs year ago 467 · −19.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
23 head
▼ 19 vs last sale 42▼ 31 vs year ago 54 · −57.4%
Replacement Cattle receipts
25 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 19▼ 14 vs year ago 39 · −35.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers sold higher $6-10. Heifers were mostly steady. Slaughter cows sold higher $2-3. Bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $238.25/cwt on 86 head.
Average price
$238.25
86 head · 522 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,244
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$379
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$16.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.56
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2553240.071,32750
Medium and Large 1499239.771,19627
Medium and Large 2424223.559489thin
One grade step is worth $16.52/cwt here — about $379 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 sale86 hd
238.25
—
MS average11 barns · 875 hd
237.69
+0.56
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
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21692.121,1207thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,41080.001,1281thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,08175.398158thin

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,115$1,1901thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,265$1,1102thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)968$9922thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)900$9192thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)965$9101thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)836$8945
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,090$8701thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)913$1,3102thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,210$1,0201thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,035$9101thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)750$6401thin

Every lot, as filed

68 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—525174.23/cwt162.00–186.009152
HeifersMedium and Large 2—460190.42/cwt187.00–194.008762
HeifersMedium and Large 1—655175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,1461
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—580235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,36316
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—698229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,5986
HeifersMedium and Large 1—576200.62/cwt198.00–202.001,1565
SteersMedium and Large 1—325263.00/cwt263.00–263.008551
SteersMedium and Large 1—424253.17/cwt242.00–262.001,0734
HeifersMedium and Large 1—478216.26/cwt207.00–234.001,0344
HeifersMedium and Large 2—365212.00/cwt212.00–212.007741
HeifersMedium and Large 1—371234.12/cwt226.00–240.008697
HeifersMedium and Large 1—155245.00/cwt245.00–245.003801
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—503220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,1076
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—400260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,0403
SteersMedium and Large 2—420229.14/cwt223.00–235.009622
SteersMedium and Large 2—475225.48/cwt210.00–234.001,0713
SteersMedium and Large 2—325224.62/cwt200.00–250.007302
HeifersMedium and Large 1—518209.92/cwt200.00–231.001,0878
SteersMedium and Large 1—518230.23/cwt220.00–235.001,1935
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—610225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3732
SteersMedium and Large 1—363263.52/cwt261.00–266.009572
SteersMedium and Large 1—469245.92/cwt238.00–259.001,1536
SteersMedium and Large 2—645190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,2261
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—513254.10/cwt245.00–264.001,30417
SteersMedium and Large 1—715215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,5371
SteersMedium and Large 1—620224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,3891
SteersMedium and Large 1—569229.35/cwt220.00–237.001,3057
SteersMedium and Large 2—255238.00/cwt238.00–238.006071
BullsMedium and Large 1—571201.26/cwt194.00–210.001,1494
BullsMedium and Large 1—325242.34/cwt231.00–253.007882
BullsMedium and Large 1—270245.81/cwt238.00–260.006646
BullsMedium and Large 1—640170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0881
BullsMedium and Large 1—477221.71/cwt210.00–230.001,0585
BullsMedium and Large 1—382243.49/cwt234.00–263.009305
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,41080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,1281
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,21692.12/cwt87.50–95.001,1207
CowsLean 85-90%—99761.55/cwt56.00–67.006143
CowsLean 85-90%—1,13183.70/cwt75.00–90.009475
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—900918.75/head870.00–960.009192
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,090870.00/head870.00–870.008701
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—965910.00/head910.00–910.009101
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1151,190.00/head1,190.00–1,190.001,1901
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—750640.00/head640.00–640.006401
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,035910.00/head910.00–910.009101
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—8001,310.00/head1,310.00–1,310.001,3101
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0251,310.00/head1,310.00–1,310.001,3101
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2651,110.02/head1,000.00–1,190.001,1102
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—968991.63/head780.00–1,130.009922
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—836894.17/head760.00–1,070.008945
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,2101,020.00/head1,020.00–1,020.001,0201
BullsMedium and Large 1—528208.48/cwt200.00–220.001,1015
BullsMedium and Large 2—335210.00/cwt210.00–210.007041
BullsMedium and Large 2—517190.68/cwt185.00–195.009863
BullsMedium and Large 2—478192.70/cwt185.00–200.009212
BullsMedium and Large 1—425241.37/cwt231.00–261.001,0267
BullsMedium and Large 1—665184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,2241
HeifersMedium and Large 2—613189.49/cwt187.00–192.001,1622
HeifersMedium and Large 2—553192.01/cwt189.00–195.001,0622
BullsMedium and Large 2—438205.48/cwt202.00–209.009002
BullsMedium and Large 2—355215.00/cwt215.00–215.007631
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—606205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,24213
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—482217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,04614
HeifersMedium and Large 1—427216.26/cwt200.00–229.009237
HeifersMedium and Large 1—935150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,4031
HeifersMedium and Large 1—785166.25/cwt162.50–170.001,3052
HeifersMedium and Large 1—623209.46/cwt200.00–219.001,3052
HeifersMedium and Large 1—338238.31/cwt235.00–240.008054
HeifersMedium and Large 1—235225.00/cwt225.00–225.005291

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.