Philadelphia Stockyard -Philadelphia, MS Market Report

Philadelphia, Mississippi · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, May 2, 2023

420 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $182.00/cwt ≈ $1,296/hd at 712 lb · 69 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1-2 steers $187.00/cwt ≈ $1,631/hd at 872 lb · 60 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $201.00/cwt +36.00 vs last sale · ≈ $1,120/hd at 557 lb · 23 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	420	421	245
Feeder cattle	380	353	214
Slaughter cattle	27	29	22
Replacement cattle	13	39	9

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold steady. Slaughter cows sold steady. Bulls were steady.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
393 value added	393	7	246.00	$246.00	$967	—
488 value added	488	15	234.00	$234.00	$1,142	—
872 value added	872	60	187.00	$187.00	$1,631	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
220	220	1	240.00	$240.00	$528	—
265	265	1	255.00	$255.00	$676	—
315–340	328	2	242.50–267.00	$254.28	$834	—
350	350	1	260.00	$260.00	$910	—
400–435	422	3	230.00–252.00	$242.66	$1,024	—
565	565	1	227.00	$227.00	$1,283	—
610	610	1	214.00	$214.00	$1,305	—
680	680	1	202.00	$202.00	$1,374	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
200	200	1	210.00	$210.00	$420	—
350–365	357	3	196.00–235.00	$210.63	$752	—
440	440	1	207.00	$207.00	$911	—
615	615	1	191.00	$191.00	$1,175	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
411 value added	411	9	211.00	$211.00	$867	—
467	467	13	196.00	$196.00	$915	-3.54
557 value added	557	23	201.00	$201.00	$1,120	—
604	604	5	184.00	$184.00	$1,111	+11.53
661 value added	661	9	184.00	$184.00	$1,216	—
712 value added	712	69	182.00	$182.00	$1,296	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
265–295	280	2	254.00–257.50	$255.84	$716	—
310–330	321	4	232.00–255.00	$243.36	$781	—
355–385	367	3	222.50–245.00	$236.31	$867	+18.31
415–430	423	3	200.00–211.00	$205.40	$869	-0.60
470	470	3	200.00–206.00	$202.67	$953	-12.33
500–530	512	3	170.00–191.00	$177.25	$908	—
550	550	1	182.00	$182.00	$1,001	—
620	620	1	178.00	$178.00	$1,104	-8.00
715–725	720	2	160.00–165.00	$162.52	$1,170	—
910	910	1	143.00	$143.00	$1,301	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
215	215	1	212.50	$212.50	$457	+30.00
350–395	379	4	130.00–210.00	$152.11	$576	-21.44
400–445	428	6	137.00–200.00	$174.39	$746	—
455–495	472	3	148.00–191.00	$171.26	$808	+5.26
530	530	2	159.00–173.00	$166.00	$880	-4.26
595	595	1	141.00	$141.00	$839	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
260–290	272	3	265.00–285.00	$275.95	$751	—
335	335	1	270.00	$270.00	$904	—
435	435	1	207.50	$207.50	$903	—
450–490	469	4	200.00–210.00	$205.79	$965	—
510	510	1	190.00	$190.00	$969	—
585	585	1	200.00	$200.00	$1,170	—
675–695	685	2	179.00–180.00	$179.51	$1,230	—
715	715	2	170.00–179.00	$174.50	$1,248	—
770	770	1	157.50	$157.50	$1,213	—
890	890	1	110.00	$110.00	$979	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
335	335	1	220.00	$220.00	$737	—
420	420	1	200.00	$200.00	$840	—
450–475	460	3	160.00–210.00	$186.63	$858	-14.37
590	590	1	167.00	$167.00	$985	—
625	625	1	155.00	$155.00	$969	—
705	705	1	142.50	$142.50	$1,005	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
735–895	809	85-90%	5	66.00–73.00	$68.76	$556	—
925–1100	1020	85-90%	5	74.00–80.00	$76.51	$780	-0.87
1220	1220	85-90%	1	90.00	$90.00	$1,098	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1550–1735	1615	75-80%	3	85.00	$85.00	$1,373	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1355	1355	80-85%	1	95.00	$95.00	$1,287	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1045–1170	1108	3	90.00–95.00	$93.43	$1,035	—
1695–1950	1823	2	115.00–117.50	$116.34	$2,121	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
850	850	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	610.00	$610.00

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
680	680	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	570.00	$570.00
725	725	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	730.00	$730.00
855	855	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	750.00	$750.00
990–995	993	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	610.00–700.00	$654.89
920–1170	1027	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	840.00–980.00	$931.20

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
850–1250	1067	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	3	1,150.00–1,200.00	$1,186.72	+186.72

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.