Sale reports / Mississippi / Philadelphia Livestock Auction / 2025-11-11

Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Philadelphia, Mississippi · Tue, Nov 11
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2116
Feeder Cattle receipts
62 head
156 vs last sale 218 115 vs year ago 177 · 65.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
6 head
16 vs last sale 22 9 vs year ago 15 · 60.0%
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
10 vs last sale 14 10 vs year ago 14 · 71.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough data to call a trend. Quality was average and demand was good.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $331.38/cwt on 9 head. That ranks 1 of 9 comparable sales and sits 37.08 against this barn's trailing median of $368.46.
Average price
$331.38
9 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,803
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$132
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$24.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
6.88
vs MS average
32.58 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544344.941,8764thin
Medium and Large 2544320.531,7445thin
One grade step is worth $24.40/cwt here — about $132 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 sale9 hd
331.38
MS average14 barns · 380 hd
338.25
−6.88
National average183 barns · 20,348 hd
363.96
−32.58
This barn, trailing median9 sales
368.46
−37.08
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
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,008126.781,2784thin

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)1,008$2,3262thin
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,030$1,2251thin
Stock CowsOpenYoung (2-4 yrs)645$1,3001thin

Every lot, as filed

38 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
CowsLean 85-90%1,158134.32/cwt129.00–140.001,5552
CowsLean 85-90%858119.23/cwt114.00–127.501,0232
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400395415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,6391
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450420400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,6801
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500485370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,7951
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550530375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,9881
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500465361.67/cwt355.00–365.001,6823
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0082,325.81/head2,000.00–2,650.002,3262
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400368425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,5642
BullsMedium and Large 1300–350328449.81/cwt445.00–455.001,4752
BullsMedium and Large 1250–300267446.75/cwt440.00–450.001,1933
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550518360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,8652
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600570329.87/cwt325.00–335.001,8802
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400365380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,3872
SteersMedium and Large 2450–500475368.76/cwt365.00–375.001,7524
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550505360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,8181
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450433402.46/cwt395.00–410.001,7432
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450415368.52/cwt362.50–375.001,5292
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350320405.00/cwt405.00–405.001,2961
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650605310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,8761
BullsMedium and Large 2900–950915227.50/cwt227.50–227.502,0821
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600590310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,8291
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500455390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,7751
HeifersMedium and Large 2500–550528325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,7162
HeifersMedium and Large 2400–450410355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,4561
SteersMedium and Large 2400–450423375.27/cwt370.00–380.001,5872
HeifersMedium and Large 2350–400365360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,3141
BullsMedium and Large 2350–400390375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,4631
HeifersMedium and Large 2550–600555317.55/cwt310.00–322.501,7623
BullsMedium and Large 2400–450425385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,6361
BullsMedium and Large 2300–350335425.00/cwt425.00–425.001,4241
BullsMedium and Large 2600–650610275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,6781
Stock CowsMedium and Large 16451,300.00/head1,300.00–1,300.001,3001
Bred CowsMedium and Large 11,0301,225.00/head1,225.00–1,225.001,2251
HeifersMedium and Large 2700–750715200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4301
SteersMedium and Large 2500–550522335.00/cwt325.00–345.001,7493
SteersMedium and Large 2350–400355350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2431
BullsMedium and Large 2500–550523327.69/cwt300.00–360.001,7143

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.