Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2023-08-08

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Aug 8
● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
393 head
▲ 144 vs last sale 249▲ 36 vs year ago 357 · +10.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
36 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 20▼ 37 vs year ago 73 · −50.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
49 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 32▲ 31 vs year ago 18 · +172.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold higher $6-10. Heifers sold steady to higher $10. Slaughter cows sold lower $1-3. Bulls sold higher $5. Very few slaughter cattle today.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $223.19/cwt on 143 head.
Average price
$223.19
143 head · 601 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,342
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$752
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$18.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.13
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2677224.941,52397
Medium and Large 1468224.791,05233
Medium and Large 2374206.1077013thin
One grade step is worth $18.84/cwt here — about $752 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 sale143 hd
223.19
—
MS average13 barns · 1,152 hd
222.06
+1.13
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—High1,359103.341,4057thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,103104.061,1482thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average86977.0366918

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)1,050$1,4256
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,035$1,3242thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,000$1,2501thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,160$1,1601thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,020$9001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,060$1,3392thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,062$1,2568
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)950$1,0602thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)950$9252thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)950$7142thin

Every lot, as filed

73 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—150240.00/cwt237.50–242.503602
HeifersMedium and Large 1—480229.24/cwt220.00–234.001,1003
HeifersMedium and Large 1—880141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,2411
HeifersMedium and Large 1—610220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3421
HeifersMedium and Large 1—510222.61/cwt216.00–228.001,1353
HeifersMedium and Large 2—485179.42/cwt138.00–220.008702
HeifersMedium and Large 2—433207.20/cwt200.00–214.008972
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—785217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,7033
HeifersMedium and Large 1—423233.64/cwt225.00–240.009888
HeifersMedium and Large 1—566228.75/cwt225.00–232.001,2954
HeifersMedium and Large 1—750185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,3881
HeifersMedium and Large 1—333237.88/cwt227.00–248.007927
HeifersMedium and Large 1—380233.07/cwt227.00–238.008864
SteersMedium and Large 1—369298.12/cwt285.00–312.501,1006
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—373235.00/cwt235.00–235.008773
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—595226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,3452
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—733225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,64971
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—455224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,01910
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—699219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,5314
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—438277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,2132
SteersMedium and Large 1—519250.65/cwt235.00–262.001,3015
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—708225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,5934
SteersMedium and Large 1—425259.25/cwt250.00–270.001,1025
SteersMedium and Large 1—583243.29/cwt240.00–250.001,4183
SteersMedium and Large 1—618226.49/cwt225.00–228.001,4002
SteersMedium and Large 1—330280.00/cwt280.00–280.009241
SteersMedium and Large 1—485255.68/cwt245.00–263.001,2405
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—462259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,1975
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—558255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,4233
SteersMedium and Large 2—525228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,1972
BullsMedium and Large 1—673188.96/cwt185.00–193.001,2722
BullsMedium and Large 1—275277.64/cwt270.00–285.007642
BullsMedium and Large 1—510224.16/cwt217.00–235.001,1434
BullsMedium and Large 1—407252.21/cwt225.00–300.001,0263
BullsMedium and Large 1—868145.97/cwt135.00–157.001,2672
BullsMedium and Large 1—790179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,4141
CowsLean 85-90%—91689.58/cwt85.00–95.008216
CowsLean 85-90%—910101.00/cwt101.00–101.009191
CowsLean 85-90%—83968.00/cwt54.00–79.0057111
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,103104.06/cwt100.00–109.001,1482
Bulls——1,770123.76/cwt122.50–125.002,1912
Bulls——1,428102.56/cwt100.00–105.001,4652
Bulls——1,04090.25/cwt85.00–95.009393
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0001,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0351,323.99/head1,290.00–1,360.001,3242
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,020900.00/head900.00–900.009001
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—950925.00/head925.00–925.009252
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—9501,190.00/head1,190.00–1,190.001,1901
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2-3—1,0701,080.00/head1,080.00–1,080.001,0801
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—950127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,2071
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0501,425.00/head1,425.00–1,425.001,4256
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—950930.00/head930.00–930.009301
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0601,338.96/head1,330.00–1,350.001,3392
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,0741,316.75/head830.00–1,620.001,3176
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-2—950713.66/head700.00–730.007142
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1601,160.00/head1,160.00–1,160.001,1601
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—9801,070.00/head1,070.00–1,070.001,0701
BullsMedium and Large 1—470220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,0341
HeifersMedium and Large 2—530174.00/cwt174.00–174.009221
BullsMedium and Large 2—245262.00/cwt262.00–262.006421
BullsMedium and Large 2—319243.24/cwt229.00–260.007764
BullsMedium and Large 2—563194.05/cwt190.00–198.001,0932
BullsMedium and Large 2—420179.25/cwt158.00–200.007532
HeifersMedium and Large 2—335219.00/cwt219.00–219.007341
HeifersMedium and Large 1—730135.00/cwt135.00–135.009861
BullsMedium and Large 2—450194.00/cwt194.00–194.008731
BullsMedium and Large 1—565221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,2491
BullsMedium and Large 1—338283.25/cwt252.50–300.009573
BullsMedium and Large 1—640191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,2221
HeifersMedium and Large 2—565200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,1301
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—402230.00/cwt230.00–230.009254
HeifersMedium and Large 2—278203.95/cwt203.00–205.005672
HeifersMedium and Large 2—368212.57/cwt200.00–224.007822

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.