Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2025-10-07

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Oct 7
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
197 head
8 vs last sale 189 10 vs year ago 207 · 4.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
27 head
9 vs last sale 18 5 vs year ago 32 · 15.6%
Replacement Cattle receipts
9 head
0 vs last sale 9 2 vs year ago 11 · 18.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder calves sold mixed 15.00 lower to 20.00 higher. Slaughter cattle sold steady to 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $337.69/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits 30.77 against this barn's trailing median of $368.46.
Average price
$337.69
17 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,837
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$186
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$41.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
9.13
vs MS average
46.70 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1535371.671,9903thin
Medium and Large 2546330.401,80414thin
One grade step is worth $41.26/cwt here — about $186 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

9 sales
421391361331median 368.4601/0602/1005/0507/1408/04
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $406.51, low $344.80, median $368.46 across 9 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale17 hd
337.69
MS average14 barns · 372 hd
346.81
−9.13
National average182 barns · 15,418 hd
384.39
−46.70
This barn, trailing median9 sales
368.46
−30.77
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
BullsLow1,745175.603,0645thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,537147.022,2603thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,041137.501,43110

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)900$2,6001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,010$2,4001thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)855$2,1501thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,125$1,9432thin
BullsN/A(<2 yrs)1,042$3,1613thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)1,230$2,5501thin

Every lot, as filed

66 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 1450–500475425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,0191
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400372379.97/cwt375.00–385.001,4135
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550508368.34/cwt360.00–375.001,8713
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750720325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,3401
SteersMedium and Large 11000–10501,030285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,9361
SteersMedium and Large 1200–250205545.00/cwt545.00–545.001,1171
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550500365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,8251
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650623345.27/cwt337.50–352.502,1512
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450415412.41/cwt410.00–415.001,7122
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650600335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,0101
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700655345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,2601
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300290545.00/cwt545.00–545.001,5811
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500464387.45/cwt385.00–390.001,7984
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350325390.03/cwt385.00–395.001,2683
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600553375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,0742
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350305550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,6781
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400375455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,7061
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450413422.45/cwt415.00–430.001,7452
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700690300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,0701
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400380460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,7481
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300293387.52/cwt385.00–390.001,1352
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700675322.50/cwt322.50–322.502,1771
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450437385.33/cwt380.00–392.001,6845
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550516367.43/cwt360.00–370.001,8966
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650608328.32/cwt325.00–335.001,9963
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600558354.97/cwt350.00–360.001,9813
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500476391.44/cwt385.00–400.001,8635
CowsLean 85-90%1,025127.07/cwt120.00–137.001,3025
CowsLean 85-90%845172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,4531
CowsLean 85-90%1,110141.92/cwt137.00–147.501,5754
CowsBoner 80-85%1,537147.02/cwt145.00–149.002,2603
Bulls1,860155.00/cwt155.00–155.002,8831
Bulls1,695191.00/cwt191.00–191.003,2371
Bred CowsMedium and Large 19002,600.00/head2,600.00–2,600.002,6001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 18552,150.00/head2,150.00–2,150.002,1501
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,1251,942.67/head1,900.00–2,000.001,9432
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0102,400.00/head2,400.00–2,400.002,4001
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,2302,550.00/head2,550.00–2,550.002,5501
Bulls1,723177.33/cwt170.00–182.003,0553
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600570342.49/cwt325.00–355.001,9526
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500476349.30/cwt325.00–375.001,6636
SteersMedium and Large 2550–600580321.31/cwt317.50–325.001,8642
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500480375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,8001
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400365425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,5511
BullsMedium and Large 1-21,0423,160.64/head2,500.00–3,600.003,1613
SteersMedium and Large 2600–650624310.12/cwt300.00–325.001,9355
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450412321.42/cwt300.00–350.001,3243
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400375313.18/cwt295.00–325.001,1743
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350320372.54/cwt370.00–375.001,1922
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650640310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,9841
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300270355.00/cwt355.00–355.009591
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550528321.34/cwt300.00–345.001,6978
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600568333.36/cwt325.00–340.001,8933
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300283466.28/cwt440.00–495.001,3202
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650635315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,0001
BullsMedium and Large 2200–250210400.00/cwt400.00–400.008401
SteersMedium and Large 2650–700684287.61/cwt250.00–325.001,9674
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500486371.85/cwt355.00–380.001,8078
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550525348.14/cwt325.00–355.001,8286
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350331454.27/cwt305.00–525.001,5046
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400376400.52/cwt350.00–435.001,5065
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450425389.00/cwt360.00–410.001,6534
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650637344.00/cwt344.00–344.002,1915
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700696312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,1724
SteersMedium and Large 1-2600–650625339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,1194
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600560340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,9041

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.