Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2023-11-28

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Nov 28
● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
348 head
178 vs last sale 170 11 vs year ago 337 · +3.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
35 head
24 vs last sale 59 7 vs year ago 42 · 16.7%
Replacement Cattle receipts
38 head
5 vs last sale 43 17 vs year ago 21 · +81.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold $5 - $10 higher. Heifers sold $6 - $10 higher. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady to $5 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $226.25/cwt on 87 head.
Average price
$226.25
87 head · 439 lb average
Value per head Derived
$993
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$87
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$21.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+20.72
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1420233.5498050
Medium and Large 2403223.3089914thin
Medium and Large 1-2503212.191,06723
One grade step is worth $21.35/cwt here — about −$87 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 sale87 hd
226.25
MS average11 barns · 795 hd
205.53
+20.72
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
BullsAverage1,26590.971,1513thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,33091.631,2194thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13779.1490020

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)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,376$1,2726
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,328$1,1882thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,373$1,1862thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,315$1,0401thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,486$1,4744thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)1,575$1,2501thin
Stock CowsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,065$8801thin

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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2408290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,1837
HeifersMedium and Large 1678174.28/cwt166.00–183.001,1822
HeifersMedium and Large 1422247.57/cwt240.00–252.501,0459
HeifersMedium and Large 1530197.50/cwt185.00–210.001,0472
SteersMedium and Large 2440260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,1441
SteersMedium and Large 2470255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,1991
SteersMedium and Large 1600250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5001
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2593175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,0389
HeifersMedium and Large 1467230.56/cwt225.00–237.501,07710
HeifersMedium and Large 1795162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,2881
SteersMedium and Large 2610211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,2871
SteersMedium and Large 2575232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,3371
HeifersMedium and Large 1376255.47/cwt250.00–265.009618
HeifersMedium and Large 2320233.98/cwt230.00–237.507492
HeifersMedium and Large 2423230.22/cwt225.50–235.009742
HeifersMedium and Large 2475213.63/cwt210.00–217.501,0152
HeifersMedium and Large 1280237.90/cwt230.00–245.006667
SteersMedium and Large 1474267.52/cwt265.00–270.001,2684
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2412250.04/cwt245.00–254.001,0307
HeifersMedium and Large 2270227.50/cwt227.50–227.506141
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,2253
HeifersMedium and Large 1560185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,0361
HeifersMedium and Large 1625184.05/cwt182.00–186.001,1502
HeifersMedium and Large 1315246.94/cwt240.00–257.507788
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2311257.50/cwt257.50–257.508014
BullsMedium and Large 2330265.00/cwt265.00–265.008751
HeifersMedium and Large 2535176.25/cwt175.00–177.509432
HeifersMedium and Large 2372238.11/cwt232.50–245.008865
BullsMedium and Large 1480271.25/cwt265.00–277.501,3022
BullsMedium and Large 1555260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,4431
BullsMedium and Large 1655205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3431
BullsMedium and Large 2522244.13/cwt242.50–245.001,2743
BullsMedium and Large 1426270.29/cwt265.00–277.501,1516
BullsMedium and Large 1385286.63/cwt282.50–290.001,1043
BullsMedium and Large 2630230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,4491
BullsMedium and Large 2433257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,1152
BullsMedium and Large 2473254.96/cwt252.50–257.501,2062
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3151,040.00/head1,040.00–1,040.001,0401
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3281,188.33/head1,080.00–1,275.001,1882
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3761,272.09/head1,030.00–1,375.001,2726
Stock CowsMedium and Large 1-21,065880.00/head880.00–880.008801
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,5751,250.00/head1,250.00–1,250.001,2501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4501,450.00/head1,450.00–1,450.001,4501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1-21,4981,481.68/head1,400.00–1,580.001,4823
Bred CowsMedium and Large 1-21,3731,185.99/head1,110.00–1,250.001,1862
Bulls1,37098.96/cwt85.00–110.001,3562
Bulls1,05575.00/cwt75.00–75.007911
CowsLean 85-90%1,16680.74/cwt70.00–88.0094118
CowsLean 85-90%87564.76/cwt62.00–68.005672
CowsBoner 80-85%1,33091.63/cwt90.00–95.001,2194
SteersMedium and Large 1323281.55/cwt280.00–285.009093
SteersMedium and Large 1375284.80/cwt280.00–290.001,0682
SteersMedium and Large 1555270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,4991
SteersMedium and Large 1515266.84/cwt257.50–277.501,3743
SteersMedium and Large 1270271.25/cwt262.50–280.007322
SteersMedium and Large 1-2648216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,40012
SteersMedium and Large 1-2494255.26/cwt253.00–257.501,2618
SteersMedium and Large 2513248.84/cwt242.50–255.001,2772
SteersMedium and Large 2355225.00/cwt225.00–225.007991
SteersMedium and Large 1408276.27/cwt272.50–280.001,1272
SteersMedium and Large 1-2389292.50/cwt292.50–292.501,1386
SteersMedium and Large 1-2768191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,4672
BullsMedium and Large 2395267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,0571
BullsMedium and Large 1300271.25/cwt270.00–272.508142
BullsMedium and Large 1750150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1251
BullsMedium and Large 1605255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,5431
BullsMedium and Large 1521256.24/cwt250.00–265.001,3358
BullsMedium and Large 1295250.00/cwt250.00–250.007381

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.