Sp  Mt Value  count
0  MM1  S1   a      **3**
1  MM1  S1   n      2
2  MM1  S3   cb     5
3  MM2  S3   mk      **8**
4  MM2  S4   bg     **10**
5  MM2  S4   dgd      1
6  MM4  S2  rd     2
7  MM4  S2   cb      2
8  MM4  S2   uyi      **7**

0  MM1  S1   a      **3**
1 3  MM2  S3   mk      **8**
4  MM2  S4   bg     **10**
8  MM4  S2   uyi      **7**

Sp   Mt   Value  count
4  MM2  S4   bg     10
5  MM2  S4   dgd    1
6  MM4  S2   rd     2
7  MM4  S2   cb     8
8  MM4  S2   uyi    8

MM2  S4   bg     10
MM4  S2   cb     8
MM4  S2   uyi    8

In [1]: df
Out[1]:
    Sp  Mt Value  count
0  MM1  S1     a      3
1  MM1  S1     n      2
2  MM1  S3    cb      5
3  MM2  S3    mk      8
4  MM2  S4    bg     10
5  MM2  S4   dgd      1
6  MM4  S2    rd      2
7  MM4  S2    cb      2
8  MM4  S2   uyi      7

In [2]: df.groupby(['Mt'], sort=False)['count'].max()
Out[2]:
Mt
S1     3
S3     8
S4    10
S2     7
Name: count

In [3]: idx = df.groupby(['Mt'])['count'].transform(max) == df['count']

In [4]: df[idx]
Out[4]:
    Sp  Mt Value  count
0  MM1  S1     a      3
3  MM2  S3    mk      8
4  MM2  S4    bg     10
8  MM4  S2   uyi      7

In [5]: df['count_max'] = df.groupby(['Mt'])['count'].transform(max)

In [6]: df
Out[6]:
    Sp  Mt Value  count  count_max
0  MM1  S1     a      3          3
1  MM1  S1     n      2          3
2  MM1  S3    cb      5          8
3  MM2  S3    mk      8          8
4  MM2  S4    bg     10         10
5  MM2  S4   dgd      1         10
6  MM4  S2    rd      2          7
7  MM4  S2    cb      2          7
8  MM4  S2   uyi      7          7

df.sort_values('count', ascending=False).drop_duplicates(['Sp','Mt'])

In [365]: import pandas as pd

In [366]: df = pd.DataFrame({
'sp' : ['MM1', 'MM1', 'MM1', 'MM2', 'MM2', 'MM2', 'MM4', 'MM4','MM4'],
'mt' : ['S1', 'S1', 'S3', 'S3', 'S4', 'S4', 'S2', 'S2', 'S2'],
'val' : ['a', 'n', 'cb', 'mk', 'bg', 'dgb', 'rd', 'cb', 'uyi'],
'count' : [3,2,5,8,10,1,2,2,7]
})

In [367]: df
Out[367]:
   count  mt   sp  val
0      3  S1  MM1    a
1      2  S1  MM1    n
2      5  S3  MM1   cb
3      8  S3  MM2   mk
4     10  S4  MM2   bg
5      1  S4  MM2  dgb
6      2  S2  MM4   rd
7      2  S2  MM4   cb
8      7  S2  MM4  uyi


### Apply idxmax() and use .loc() on dataframe to filter the rows with max values:
In [368]: df.loc[df.groupby(["sp", "mt"])["count"].idxmax()]
Out[368]:
   count  mt   sp  val
0      3  S1  MM1    a
2      5  S3  MM1   cb
3      8  S3  MM2   mk
4     10  S4  MM2   bg
8      7  S2  MM4  uyi

### Just to show what values are returned by .idxmax() above:
In [369]: df.groupby(["sp", "mt"])["count"].idxmax().values
Out[369]: array([0, 2, 3, 4, 8])

df = pd.DataFrame({
    'sp' : ['MM1', 'MM1', 'MM1', 'MM2', 'MM2', 'MM2', 'MM4', 'MM4', 'MM4'],
    'mt' : ['S1', 'S1', 'S3', 'S3', 'S4', 'S4', 'S2', 'S2', 'S2'],
    'val' : ['a', 'n', 'cb', 'mk', 'bg', 'dgb', 'rd', 'cb', 'uyi'],
    'count' : [3,2,5,8,10,1,2,2,7]
    })

df_grouped = df.groupby(['sp', 'mt']).agg({'count':'max'})

df_grouped = df_grouped.reset_index()

df_grouped = df_grouped.rename(columns={'count':'count_max'})

df = pd.merge(df, df_grouped, how='left', on=['sp', 'mt'])

df = df[df['count'] == df['count_max']]

df[df['count'] == df.groupby(['Mt'])['count'].transform(max)]

df['date']=pd.to_datetime(df['date'])

idx=df.groupby(by='ad_id')['date'].idxmax()

df_max=df.loc[idx,]

ad_id  price       date
7     22      2 2018-06-11
6     23      2 2018-06-22
2     24      2 2018-06-30
3     28      5 2018-06-22

df.sort_values('count').drop_duplicates(['Sp','Mt'],keep='last')
Out[190]:
    Sp  Mt Value  count
0  MM1  S1     a      3
2  MM1  S3    cb      5
8  MM4  S2   uyi      7
3  MM2  S3    mk      8
4  MM2  S4    bg     10

df.sort_values('count').groupby(['Sp', 'Mt']).tail(1)
Out[52]:
    Sp  Mt Value  count
0  MM1  S1     a      3
2  MM1  S3    cb      5
8  MM4  S2   uyi      7
3  MM2  S3    mk      8
4  MM2  S4    bg     10

df = pd.DataFrame({
'sp' : ['MM1', 'MM1', 'MM1', 'MM2', 'MM2', 'MM2', 'MM4', 'MM4','MM4'],
'mt' : ['S1', 'S1', 'S3', 'S3', 'S4', 'S4', 'S2', 'S2', 'S2'],
'val' : ['a', 'n', 'cb', 'mk', 'bg', 'dgb', 'rd', 'cb', 'uyi'],
'count' : [3,2,5,8,10,1,2,2,7]
})

df.groupby(['sp', 'mt']).apply(lambda grp: grp.nlargest(1, 'count'))

df = pd.DataFrame({
   'Sp' : ['MM1', 'MM1', 'MM1', 'MM2', 'MM2', 'MM2', 'MM4', 'MM4', 'MM4'],
   'Mt' : ['S1', 'S1', 'S3', 'S3', 'S4', 'S4', 'S2', 'S2', 'S2'],
   'Val' : ['a', 'n', 'cb', 'mk', 'bg', 'dgb', 'rd', 'cb', 'uyi'],
   'Count' : [3,2,5,8,10,1,2,2,7]
})

df.groupby('Mt')
  .apply(lambda group: group[group.Count == group.Count.max()])
  .reset_index(drop=True)

    sp  mt  val  count
0  MM1  S1    a      3
1  MM4  S2  uyi      7
2  MM2  S3   mk      8
3  MM2  S4   bg     10

In [85]: import pandas as pd

In [86]: df = pd.DataFrame({
    ...: 'sp' : ['MM1', 'MM1', 'MM1', 'MM2', 'MM2', 'MM2', 'MM4', 'MM4','MM4'],
    ...: 'mt' : ['S1', 'S1', 'S3', 'S3', 'S4', 'S4', 'S2', 'S2', 'S2'],
    ...: 'val' : ['a', 'n', 'cb', 'mk', 'bg', 'dgb', 'rd', 'cb', 'uyi'],
    ...: 'count' : [3,2,5,8,10,1,2,2,7]
    ...: })

## Apply nlargest(1) to find the max val df, and nlargest(n) gives top n values for df:
In [87]: df.groupby(["sp", "mt"]).apply(lambda x: x.nlargest(1, "count")).reset_index(drop=True)
Out[87]:
   count  mt   sp  val
0      3  S1  MM1    a
1      5  S3  MM1   cb
2      8  S3  MM2   mk
3     10  S4  MM2   bg
4      7  S2  MM4  uyi