Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2023-09-12

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Sep 12
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
429 head
▼ 103 vs last sale 532▲ 137 vs year ago 292 · +46.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
54 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 41▲ 9 vs year ago 45 · +20.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
11 head
▼ 47 vs last sale 58▼ 77 vs year ago 88 · −87.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold mixed higher $3 to lower $7. Heifers sold steady to higher $5. Slaughter cows sold lower $6-10. No slaughter bulls sold.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $221.07/cwt on 97 head.
Average price
$221.07
97 head · 465 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,029
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$251
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$19.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.39
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2497225.771,12227
Medium and Large 1465224.621,04550
Medium and Large 2423205.8787120
One grade step is worth $19.90/cwt here — about $251 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 sale97 hd
221.07
—
MS average13 barns · 1,260 hd
217.68
+3.39
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%Average1,18990.581,07717
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04375.1578421

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)925$8801thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)888$8702thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,015$8101thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)650$4001thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,135$1,4901thin

Every lot, as filed

72 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—460226.88/cwt225.00–231.001,04410
HeifersMedium and Large 1—280239.00/cwt239.00–239.006691
HeifersMedium and Large 2—235200.00/cwt200.00–200.004701
HeifersMedium and Large 2—140225.00/cwt225.00–225.003151
SteersMedium and Large 1—710208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,4771
SteersMedium and Large 2—280256.00/cwt256.00–256.007171
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—403230.00/cwt230.00–230.009274
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—485231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,1203
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—621216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,3414
HeifersMedium and Large 1—376234.30/cwt229.00–241.008815
SteersMedium and Large 1—325250.00/cwt250.00–250.008131
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—620225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3952
SteersMedium and Large 2—650200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3001
SteersMedium and Large 2—540234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,2641
SteersMedium and Large 2—405240.00/cwt240.00–240.009721
SteersMedium and Large 2—355190.00/cwt190.00–190.006751
SteersMedium and Large 1—517256.41/cwt252.00–259.001,3265
SteersMedium and Large 1—683220.38/cwt217.00–223.001,5053
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—448267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,1967
SteersMedium and Large 1—478234.15/cwt227.00–255.001,1196
SteersMedium and Large 1—437265.31/cwt262.00–268.001,1593
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—527228.06/cwt222.00–233.001,20218
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—522251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,3103
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—705220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,5512
SteersMedium and Large 1—625220.54/cwt215.00–226.001,3782
SteersMedium and Large 1—770209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,6091
SteersMedium and Large 1—560233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,3051
SteersMedium and Large 1—355244.00/cwt244.00–244.008661
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—558242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,3502
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—422278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,1734
BullsMedium and Large 1—417243.60/cwt235.00–253.001,0166
BullsMedium and Large 1—645194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,2511
BullsMedium and Large 1—330264.15/cwt250.00–274.008723
BullsMedium and Large 1—478238.86/cwt229.00–250.001,1424
BullsMedium and Large 1—358250.48/cwt241.00–266.008973
BullsMedium and Large 1—285265.00/cwt265.00–265.007551
CowsLean 85-90%—98569.18/cwt54.00–78.006819
CowsLean 85-90%—1,08779.63/cwt75.00–85.0086612
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,18990.58/cwt85.00–100.001,07717
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—888870.11/head710.00–1,000.008702
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,015810.00/head810.00–810.008101
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—650400.00/head400.00–400.004001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—925880.00/head880.00–880.008801
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,45092.50/cwt92.50–92.501,3411
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—95565.00/cwt65.00–65.006211
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1351,490.00/head1,490.00–1,490.001,4901
BullsMedium and Large 1—566218.98/cwt213.00–226.001,23911
BullsMedium and Large 2—170175.00/cwt175.00–175.002981
BullsMedium and Large 2—513209.57/cwt205.00–214.001,0752
BullsMedium and Large 2—428208.10/cwt177.00–229.008914
BullsMedium and Large 2—330244.92/cwt240.00–250.008082
BullsMedium and Large 2—590192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,1331
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—440251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,1041
BullsMedium and Large 1—668199.76/cwt195.00–205.001,3344
BullsMedium and Large 2—482221.98/cwt214.00–227.001,0703
BullsMedium and Large 2—375230.46/cwt200.00–246.008643
BullsMedium and Large 1—720204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,4691
BullsMedium and Large 1—535227.00/cwt220.00–240.001,2144
HeifersMedium and Large 2—563199.48/cwt196.00–203.001,1232
HeifersMedium and Large 1—517217.91/cwt210.00–223.001,1277
HeifersMedium and Large 1—326236.06/cwt228.00–239.007707
HeifersMedium and Large 1—612209.69/cwt205.00–218.001,2833
HeifersMedium and Large 1—423227.18/cwt220.00–236.009619
HeifersMedium and Large 1—576217.73/cwt213.00–221.001,2548
HeifersMedium and Large 2—381213.41/cwt200.00–225.008135
HeifersMedium and Large 2—427201.02/cwt178.00–213.008583
HeifersMedium and Large 1—725185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,3411
HeifersMedium and Large 2—528198.05/cwt187.00–209.001,0462
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—544225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2246
HeifersMedium and Large 2—479202.03/cwt189.00–211.009685
HeifersMedium and Large 1—473223.91/cwt216.00–230.001,0598
HeifersMedium and Large 2—320217.00/cwt217.00–217.006941

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.