Name: Philadelphia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-06-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

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

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $398.01/cwt on 5 head, up $15.45 from the prior sale (only 14 head in that comparison). That ranks 11 of 11 comparable sales and sits +43.78 against this barn's trailing median of $354.24.

Average price

$398.01

▲ 15.45 vs prior sale

5 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,147

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$344

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$60.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.84

vs MS average

−17.82 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	410.02	2,216	4thin
Medium and Large 2	535	350.00	1,873	1thin

One grade step is worth $60.01/cwt here — about $344 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

11 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $406.51, low $316.92, median $354.24 across 11 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 sale5 hd

398.01

—

MS average12 barns · 152 hd

393.17

+4.84

National average161 barns · 8,493 hd

415.83

−17.82

This barn, trailing median11 sales

354.24

+43.78

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,475	181.00	2,670	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,077	165.04	1,777	6thin

Every lot, as filed

37 lots · USDA AMS · Philadelphia Stockyard -Philadelphia, MS

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,537	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,535	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	2,886	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	166.85/cwt	161.00–179.00	1,827	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,415	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	2,462	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,523	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,717	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	454.98/cwt	450.00–460.00	2,289	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	392.49/cwt	390.00–395.00	2,249	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,709	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,907	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	419.93/cwt	415.00–430.00	2,364	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,200	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,976	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,556	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	427.54/cwt	420.00–435.00	2,172	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,660	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,829	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,980	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	419.87/cwt	415.00–425.00	2,414	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,764	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	415.08/cwt	410.00–420.00	2,615	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	455.00/cwt	450.00–465.00	1,911	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,873	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,872	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	418.23/cwt	405.00–425.00	1,359	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,379	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	407.91/cwt	390.00–425.00	1,734	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,044	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	390.04/cwt	385.00–395.00	2,243	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	512.50/cwt	500.00–525.00	1,563	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	401.25/cwt	377.50–425.00	2,187	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,272	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,643	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,971	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,003	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	420.80/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,578	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,665	2

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.

Mississippi feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Philadelphia Stockyard -Philadelphia, MS

Tue Jun 23, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Jackson, MS (LS-JK)

Feeder CattleReceipts 64Last week 65Year ago 231

Slaughter CattleReceipts 11Last week 6Year ago 30

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

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	985	156.00	156.00
5	—	1,095	161.00–179.00	166.85
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,535	188.00	188.00
1	—	1,415	174.00	174.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	525.00	525.00
1	300–350	315	545.00	545.00
1	400–450	415	475.00	475.00
1	450–500	450	445.00	445.00
2	550–600	575	415.00–425.00	419.87
1	600–650	645	420.00	420.00
1	750–800	765	380.00	380.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	305	500.00–525.00	512.50
2	350–400	370	450.00	450.00
1	400–450	415	425.00	425.00
1	450–500	495	400.00	400.00
2	500–550	545	377.50–425.00	401.25
2	550–600	575	385.00–395.00	390.04
1	600–650	610	390.00	390.00
1	700–750	710	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	475.00	475.00
2	500–550	503	450.00–460.00	454.98
3	550–600	563	415.00–430.00	419.93
2	600–650	630	410.00–420.00	415.08
1	750–800	760	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	480.00	480.00
1	350–400	365	450.00	450.00
3	400–450	420	450.00–465.00	455.00
1	450–500	465	425.00	425.00
2	500–550	508	420.00–435.00	427.54
2	550–600	573	390.00–395.00	392.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	325	405.00–425.00	418.23
7	350–400	375	400.00–425.00	420.80
2	400–450	425	390.00–425.00	407.91
2	450–500	468	400.00	400.00
1	500–550	535	350.00	350.00
1	600–650	610	335.00	335.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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