Name: Philadelphia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-04

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers sold steady to 15.00 higher. Heifers sold 8.00 - 15.00 higher, 25.00 higher in spots. Slaughter cattle sold steady to 10.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $378.88/cwt on 33 head, up $9.38 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 3 of 13 comparable sales and sits −46.43 against this barn's trailing median of $425.30.

Average price

$378.88

▲ 9.38 vs prior sale

33 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,082

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$18

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

$17.03/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.26

vs MS average

−35.36 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	529	388.16	2,054	7thin
Medium and Large 1-2	557	378.32	2,108	19thin
Medium and Large 2	549	371.13	2,036	7thin

One grade step is worth $17.03/cwt here — about $18 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $503.67, low $369.50, median $425.30 across 13 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 sale33 hd

378.88

—

MS average13 barns · 354 hd

380.14

−1.26

National average157 barns · 6,223 hd

414.24

−35.36

This barn, trailing median13 sales

425.30

−46.43

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
Bulls	—	Average	1,442	188.98	2,724	3thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,415	169.23	2,395	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,550	165.00	2,558	1thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,178	163.81	1,930	21

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.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,345	$3,428	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,103	$2,785	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,218	$2,611	9
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,235	$2,500	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,245	$2,350	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	985	$2,300	1thin
Bred Heifers	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	(<2 yrs)	980	$2,700	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	745	$1,450	1thin
Stock Cows	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	750	$1,050	1thin

Every lot, as filed

71 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,192	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	369.61/cwt	357.50–372.50	2,340	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	475	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,936	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,513	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,496	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,450	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	454.91/cwt	450.00–460.00	1,970	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	360.00/cwt	355.00–365.00	2,214	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,900	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,734	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,752	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,024	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	200–250	228	552.69/cwt	550.00–555.00	1,260	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,748	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	392.58/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,825	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	424.95/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,976	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,968	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	347.82/cwt	340.00–355.00	1,951	7
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,235	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,980	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	980	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,030	190.49/cwt	188.00–193.00	1,962	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,979	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	539.92/cwt	535.00–545.00	1,674	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	700	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,100	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,103	2,785.37/head	2,700.00–2,850.00	2,785	2
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	745	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	780	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,833	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,245	2,350.00/head	2,350.00–2,350.00	2,350	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,308	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	2,328	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,550	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	2,558	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,427	174.73/cwt	173.00–177.00	2,493	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,403	163.74/cwt	158.00–169.00	2,297	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,200	167.92/cwt	160.00–175.00	2,015	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,043	144.60/cwt	139.00–153.00	1,508	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,939	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	463.21/cwt	460.00–470.00	1,515	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	568	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,945	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	370.60/cwt	352.50–382.50	1,942	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	389.68/cwt	375.00–405.00	2,022	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	387.02/cwt	380.00–395.00	2,032	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,863	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	348.77/cwt	342.50–355.00	2,347	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	371.40/cwt	350.00–397.50	1,987	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	393.05/cwt	375.00–405.00	1,867	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	650	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,820	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	373.07/cwt	372.50–375.00	2,145	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	333.60/cwt	332.50–335.00	2,265	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,927	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	250	420.00/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,050	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	240	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,200	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	330	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,700	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	420	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,344	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	690	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,001	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	493	384.97/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,898	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	445	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,802	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	355.12/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,875	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	567	370.76/cwt	367.50–375.00	2,102	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,869	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,075	2,200.00/head	2,200.00–2,200.00	2,200	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,345	3,428.13/head	3,300.00–3,600.00	3,428	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	418.36/cwt	410.00–430.00	1,765	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	383	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,628	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	482	376.63/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,815	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	420.11/cwt	415.00–425.00	1,399	2
Bulls	—	—	1,540	195.97/cwt	190.00–203.00	3,018	2
Bulls	—	—	1,245	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	2,179	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	985	2,300.00/head	2,300.00–2,300.00	2,300	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,140	2,400.00/cwt	2,400.00–2,400.00	27,360	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,236	2,661.86/head	2,200.00–3,100.00	2,662	8
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	750	1,050.00/head	1,050.00–1,050.00	1,050	1

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 Aug 4, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 232Last week 145Year ago 241

Slaughter CattleReceipts 38Last week 9Year ago 32

Replacement CattleReceipts 24Last week 14Year ago 21

Compared to last week: Steers sold steady to 15.00 higher. Heifers sold 8.00 - 15.00 higher, 25.00 higher in spots. Slaughter cattle sold steady to 10.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	315	555.00	555.00
1	400–450	405	460.00	460.00
2	450–500	465	420.00–430.00	424.95
6	500–550	525	380.00–395.00	387.02
1	550–600	555	395.00	395.00
3	600–650	615	355.00–365.00	360.00
2	650–700	673	342.50–355.00	348.77
1	750–800	750	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	419	460.00	460.00
4	450–500	475	407.50	407.50
6	500–550	519	375.00–405.00	389.68
13	550–600	575	372.50–375.00	373.07
10	600–650	633	357.50–372.50	369.61
9	650–700	679	332.50–335.00	333.60
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	330	515.00	515.00
1	400–450	445	405.00	405.00
8	450–500	475	375.00–405.00	393.05
4	500–550	535	350.00–397.50	371.40
3	550–600	567	367.50–375.00	370.76
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	228	550.00–555.00	552.69
1	250–300	285	525.00	525.00
2	300–350	310	535.00–545.00	539.92
1	350–400	385	455.00	455.00
2	400–450	433	450.00–460.00	454.91
2	450–500	465	385.00–400.00	392.58
1	550–600	570	355.00	355.00
1	600–650	600	330.00	330.00
1	700–750	700	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	240	500.00	500.00
1	400–450	420	320.00	320.00
2	450–500	493	380.00–390.00	384.97
1	650–700	690	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	327	460.00–470.00	463.21
1	350–400	365	475.00	475.00
1	400–450	435	455.00	455.00
3	450–500	473	410.00	410.00
1	500–550	500	380.00	380.00
7	550–600	561	340.00–355.00	347.82
1	600–650	615	320.00	320.00
1	700–750	700	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	524	352.50–382.50	370.60
3	550–600	568	342.50	342.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	250	415.00–425.00	420.00
2	300–350	333	415.00–425.00	420.11
3	350–400	383	425.00	425.00
3	400–450	422	410.00–430.00	418.36
3	450–500	482	375.00–380.00	376.63
2	500–550	528	350.00–360.00	355.12
1	550–600	575	325.00	325.00
1	650–700	650	280.00	280.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,235	2,500.00	2,500.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	2	—	1,103	2,700.00–2,850.00	2,785.37
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,245	2,350.00	2,350.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,345	3,300.00–3,600.00	3,428.13
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	985	2,300.00	2,300.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,140	2,400.00	2,400.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	8	—	1,236	2,200.00–3,100.00	2,661.86
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,075	2,200.00	2,200.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	980	2,700.00	2,700.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,030	188.00–193.00	190.49
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	780	235.00	235.00
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	745	1,450.00	1,450.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	750	1,050.00	1,050.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,308	178.00	178.00
13	—	1,200	160.00–175.00	167.92
5	—	1,043	139.00–153.00	144.60
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,550	165.00	165.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,427	173.00–177.00	174.73
3	—	1,403	158.00–169.00	163.74
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,540	190.00–203.00	195.97
1	—	1,245	175.00	175.00

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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Reporter comment USDA

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

What quality paid 500–600 lb

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

How it compared 500–600 lb

Slaughter cattle

Replacement cattle Per head

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

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