Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2024-01-23

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Jan 23
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
331 head
▲ 331 vs last sale 0▲ 210 vs year ago 121 · +173.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
21 head
▲ 21 vs last sale 0▲ 5 vs year ago 16 · +31.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
3 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 0▼ 8 vs year ago 11 · −72.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago steers sold higher $7-$15. Heifers sold higher $5- $12. Slaughter cows sold $8- $12 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $242.23/cwt on 86 head.
Average price
$242.23
86 head · 505 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,222
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$31
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$21.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.67
vs MS average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1456248.761,13516thin
Medium and Large 1-2516240.931,24469
Medium and Large 2485227.501,1031thin
One grade step is worth $21.26/cwt here — about $31 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
242.23
—
MS average11 barns · 1,242 hd
241.56
+0.67
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—Average1,240110.001,3641thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,421102.801,4614thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,89098.001,8521thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,07994.541,0209thin

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
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,155$1,3751thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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—670219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,4671
HeifersMedium and Large 1—575207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,1931
SteersMedium and Large 1—533252.46/cwt245.00–260.001,3462
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—408302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,2348
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—570266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,51613
SteersMedium and Large 2—586241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,4125
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—348260.00/cwt260.00–260.009055
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—435252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,09613
SteersMedium and Large 1—455261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,1881
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—661236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,5604
SteersMedium and Large 1—220330.00/cwt330.00–330.007261
SteersMedium and Large 1—415320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,3281
SteersMedium and Large 1—570253.70/cwt251.00–257.001,4463
SteersMedium and Large 1—693210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,4552
SteersMedium and Large 2—245302.50/cwt302.50–302.507411
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—505284.84/cwt284.50–286.001,43827
SteersMedium and Large 2—448257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,1544
BullsMedium and Large 1—577237.46/cwt230.00–242.501,3703
BullsMedium and Large 2—387277.45/cwt265.00–287.501,0743
BullsMedium and Large 1—438313.51/cwt300.00–327.501,3732
BullsMedium and Large 2—443283.73/cwt280.00–287.501,2572
BullsMedium and Large 1—312332.41/cwt330.00–337.501,0373
BullsMedium and Large 1—225315.00/cwt315.00–315.007091
CowsLean 85-90%—1,07994.54/cwt84.00–104.001,0209
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,89098.00/cwt98.00–98.001,8521
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,421102.80/cwt97.00–108.001,4614
Bulls——1,240110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,3641
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 1—1,1551,375.00/head1,375.00–1,375.001,3751
HeifersMedium and Large 2—485227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,1031
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—608230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,3988
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—527237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,25215
BullsMedium and Large 1—542247.00/cwt246.00–247.501,3393
BullsMedium and Large 1—463275.04/cwt267.50–280.001,2735
BullsMedium and Large 1—395335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,3231
HeifersMedium and Large 1—370260.00/cwt260.00–260.009624
HeifersMedium and Large 1—250307.50/cwt307.50–307.507691
HeifersMedium and Large 1—633225.35/cwt220.00–230.001,4263
HeifersMedium and Large 1—535232.20/cwt232.20–232.201,2421
BullsMedium and Large 2—510271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,3821
BullsMedium and Large 1—640238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,5231
HeifersMedium and Large 1—230287.50/cwt287.50–287.506611
HeifersMedium and Large 1—465243.98/cwt243.00–245.001,1352
HeifersMedium and Large 1—415252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,0481
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—494240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,1867
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—571236.46/cwt231.00–238.751,35021
HeifersMedium and Large 1—315270.00/cwt270.00–270.008511

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.