Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2025-10-14

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Oct 14
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
325 head
128 vs last sale 197 133 vs year ago 458 · 29.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
24 head
3 vs last sale 27 3 vs year ago 27 · 11.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
5 vs last sale 9 5 vs year ago 9 · 55.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers sold 8.00 - 20.00 higher. Heifers sold 5.00 - 25.00 higher. Slaughter cattle sold steady to 10.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $339.19/cwt on 44 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits 29.27 against this barn's trailing median of $368.46.
Average price
$339.19
44 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,843
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$141
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$26.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.73
vs MS average
58.67 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549354.591,9457thin
Medium and Large 1-2538341.071,83523
Medium and Large 2549328.411,80414thin
One grade step is worth $26.18/cwt here — about $141 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 sale44 hd
339.19
MS average14 barns · 350 hd
345.92
−6.73
National average180 barns · 19,448 hd
397.86
−58.67
This barn, trailing median9 sales
368.46
−29.27
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
BullsAverage1,732175.463,0393thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,124156.551,75910
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,358155.522,1126thin

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 PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,318$2,8752thin

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
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400385390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,5021
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500478388.15/cwt350.00–410.001,8556
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450425433.18/cwt420.00–445.001,8413
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400385337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,2993
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2500–550515347.00/cwt347.00–347.001,78716
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550546365.97/cwt347.50–367.501,99825
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300265450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,1931
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850810340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,7541
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750710325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,3081
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300280570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,5961
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400374410.07/cwt405.00–415.001,5345
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600560370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,0721
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350318455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,4472
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500475400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,9001
HeifersMedium and Large 1200–250240435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,0441
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450421402.44/cwt400.00–410.001,6946
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600561343.70/cwt340.00–350.001,9284
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650620334.96/cwt330.00–340.002,0774
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600562365.03/cwt360.00–375.002,0513
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450402446.64/cwt440.00–455.001,7953
BullsMedium and Large 1650–700690325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,2431
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350340545.00/cwt545.00–545.001,8531
BullsMedium and Large 1600–650620344.99/cwt340.00–350.002,1394
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550532369.10/cwt362.50–375.001,9643
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550523400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,0922
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500458425.03/cwt420.00–430.001,9472
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550520387.57/cwt385.00–395.002,0154
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500458418.69/cwt415.00–430.001,9184
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400388485.03/cwt480.00–490.001,8822
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750710300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,1301
CowsLean 85-90%1,191153.78/cwt148.00–159.001,8325
CowsBoner 80-85%1,435137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,9661
CowsBoner 80-85%1,343159.22/cwt152.00–165.002,1385
Bulls1,732175.46/cwt170.00–180.003,0393
CowsLean 85-90%1,050141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,4811
CowsLean 85-90%1,058163.91/cwt161.00–170.001,7344
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,5303,450.00/head3,450.00–3,450.003,4501
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,1052,300.00/head2,300.00–2,300.002,3001
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300250595.00/cwt595.00–595.001,4881
BullsMedium and Large 1200–250210590.00/cwt590.00–590.001,2391
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350330435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,4361
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650615367.46/cwt365.00–370.002,2602
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550533336.07/cwt315.00–350.001,7918
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450429387.83/cwt380.00–395.001,6647
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650618308.64/cwt305.00–312.501,9072
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400374449.91/cwt425.00–460.001,6835
BullsMedium and Large 2450–500478381.17/cwt340.00–405.001,82210
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550525375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,9691
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400350470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,6451
BullsMedium and Large 2250–300270558.83/cwt545.00–565.001,5093
BullsMedium and Large 2200–250235535.50/cwt500.00–570.001,2583
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450426412.93/cwt390.00–435.001,7595
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500457382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,7489
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600571318.19/cwt300.00–330.001,8176
HeifersMedium and Large 2250–300270415.22/cwt400.00–425.001,1213
HeifersMedium and Large 2450–500473358.70/cwt340.00–370.001,6975
HeifersMedium and Large 2300–350327413.76/cwt375.00–435.001,3535
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700667347.07/cwt340.00–353.002,3159
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450409440.72/cwt440.00–442.501,8037
BullsMedium and Large 2550–600583341.93/cwt335.00–350.001,9938
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350322450.52/cwt350.00–510.001,4517
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650618327.01/cwt320.00–335.002,0215
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550525375.02/cwt370.00–380.001,9695
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450405480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,9441
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400360500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,8001
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600591327.50/cwt327.50–327.501,9367

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.