Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2023-09-19

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Sep 19
● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
340 head
▼ 89 vs last sale 429▼ 80 vs year ago 420 · −19.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
77 head
▲ 23 vs last sale 54▲ 51 vs year ago 26 · +196.2%
Replacement Cattle receipts
46 head
▲ 35 vs last sale 11▲ 43 vs year ago 3 · +1,433.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold mixed higher $9 to lower $6. Heifers sold steady to lower $3. Slaughter cows sold higher $2. Bulls sold steady.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb bulls averaged $211.80/cwt on 73 head.
Average price
$211.80
73 head · 499 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,056
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$211
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$20.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.57
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1520219.751,14244
Medium and Large 2467199.7293229
One grade step is worth $20.03/cwt here — about $211 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 sale73 hd
211.80
—
MS average13 barns · 771 hd
207.23
+4.57
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—Average1,391112.111,5598thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,24490.041,12017
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,04980.7484719

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)Young (2-4 yrs)1,390$1,4401thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,193$1,0676
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,062$94119
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)1,048$9232thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)907$6984thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,100$1,1965

Every lot, as filed

80 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—480213.15/cwt200.00–222.001,0237
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—655185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,2121
HeifersMedium and Large 2—315207.63/cwt185.00–225.006545
HeifersMedium and Large 1—382224.35/cwt222.00–226.008573
HeifersMedium and Large 1—332232.82/cwt228.00–240.007733
HeifersMedium and Large 1—830184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,5271
HeifersMedium and Large 2—463175.00/cwt150.00–200.008103
HeifersMedium and Large 2—360199.42/cwt170.00–225.007183
HeifersMedium and Large 1—430227.83/cwt225.00–230.009804
HeifersMedium and Large 1—514222.26/cwt219.00–227.001,1424
SteersMedium and Large 2—427232.56/cwt220.00–245.009933
SteersMedium and Large 2—450220.00/cwt220.00–220.009901
HeifersMedium and Large 2—428195.86/cwt175.00–207.008386
HeifersMedium and Large 2—190212.50/cwt212.50–212.504041
HeifersMedium and Large 2—518212.51/cwt210.00–215.001,1012
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—728208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,5142
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—808229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,8503
SteersMedium and Large 1—628217.49/cwt216.00–219.001,3664
HeifersMedium and Large 1—606208.68/cwt200.00–215.001,2654
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—570225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,2832
HeifersMedium and Large 2—623192.02/cwt187.00–197.001,1962
SteersMedium and Large 2—315210.00/cwt210.00–210.006621
SteersMedium and Large 1—428265.98/cwt265.00–267.001,1382
SteersMedium and Large 1—583220.98/cwt217.00–225.001,2882
SteersMedium and Large 2—530214.98/cwt180.00–225.001,1397
SteersMedium and Large 2—365235.00/cwt235.00–235.008581
SteersMedium and Large 1—685211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,4451
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—520258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,3429
SteersMedium and Large 1—328259.72/cwt250.00–272.008523
SteersMedium and Large 1—375253.93/cwt250.00–257.009524
SteersMedium and Large 1—460255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1731
SteersMedium and Large 1—510250.40/cwt240.00–259.001,2773
SteersMedium and Large 1—818209.86/cwt201.00–219.001,7172
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Value Added—600230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,38011
BullsMedium and Large 1—423232.97/cwt222.00–242.009856
BullsMedium and Large 2—420194.77/cwt170.00–222.008185
BullsMedium and Large 1—638197.53/cwt195.00–200.001,2602
BullsMedium and Large 1—578217.43/cwt210.00–224.001,2578
BullsMedium and Large 1—375237.13/cwt232.00–242.008892
BullsMedium and Large 1—468229.93/cwt215.00–235.001,0766
CowsLean 85-90%—87071.30/cwt60.00–77.006203
CowsLean 85-90%—1,08382.51/cwt77.00–87.0089416
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,24490.04/cwt82.50–95.001,12017
Bulls——1,391112.11/cwt105.00–120.001,5598
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—815530.00/head530.00–530.005301
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,074974.35/head600.00–1,340.0097417
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,01569.00/cwt69.00–69.007001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—1,03077.00/cwt77.00–77.007931
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—90074.00/cwt74.00–74.006661
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1951,336.56/head1,200.00–1,400.001,3373
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,1931,066.72/head940.00–1,170.001,0676
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,3901,440.00/head1,440.00–1,440.001,4401
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,06490.99/cwt85.00–97.009684
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-2—958985.09/head950.00–1,020.009852
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—95080.00/cwt80.00–80.007601
Bred CowsMedium and Large 2-3—963654.55/head600.00–700.006552
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—938754.23/head620.00–850.007543
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-2—1,048922.79/head900.00–950.009232
BullsMedium and Large 1—920131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,2051
BullsMedium and Large 2—260262.00/cwt262.00–262.006811
BullsMedium and Large 2—235257.00/cwt257.00–257.006041
BullsMedium and Large 2—368197.66/cwt167.00–225.007273
BullsMedium and Large 1—265264.15/cwt250.00–280.007002
BullsMedium and Large 2—715142.66/cwt135.00–150.001,0202
BullsMedium and Large 1—518223.67/cwt211.00–230.001,1594
HeifersMedium and Large 1—561219.89/cwt217.50–222.001,2344
BullsMedium and Large 1—232228.00/cwt228.00–228.005291
BullsMedium and Large 2—520198.19/cwt195.00–202.501,0313
BullsMedium and Large 2—463200.42/cwt185.00–230.009286
BullsMedium and Large 2—333222.03/cwt210.00–235.007392
BullsMedium and Large 1—716198.96/cwt197.00–200.001,4253
HeifersMedium and Large 2—800125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0001
BullsMedium and Large 2—566196.61/cwt185.00–217.001,1136
BullsMedium and Large 1—676191.91/cwt180.00–201.001,2975
BullsMedium and Large 1—332238.47/cwt230.00–250.007923
BullsMedium and Large 1—760180.07/cwt170.00–190.001,3692
HeifersMedium and Large 1—850132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,1221
HeifersMedium and Large 1—290238.46/cwt236.00–241.006922
HeifersMedium and Large 2—573182.21/cwt175.00–190.001,0442
HeifersMedium and Large 1—655200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,3101

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.