Name: Philadelphia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-09-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers sold 10.00 - 25.00 higher. Heifers sold 10.00 - 20.00 higher. Feeder bulls sold 10.00 - 20.00 higher. Slaughter was steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $362.57/cwt on 19 head, up $30.26 from the prior sale (only 16 head in that comparison). That ranks 3 of 16 comparable sales and sits −47.03 against this barn's trailing median of $409.60.

Average price

$362.57

▲ 30.26 vs prior sale

19 head · 563 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,043

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$79

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

$44.19/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.18

vs MS average

−40.79 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	529	391.94	2,075	5thin
Medium and Large 2	577	356.42	2,057	7thin
Medium and Large 1-2	574	347.75	1,996	7thin

One grade step is worth $44.19/cwt here — about $79 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

16 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $503.67, low $332.31, median $409.60 across 16 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 sale19 hd

362.57

—

MS average12 barns · 334 hd

368.75

−6.18

National average167 barns · 12,243 hd

403.36

−40.79

This barn, trailing median16 sales

409.60

−47.03

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	—	Low	1,632	184.33	3,008	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,145	139.21	1,594	10

Every lot, as filed

59 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,074	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,092	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,118	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,484	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,350	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,860	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,983	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,869	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	312.51/cwt	310.00–315.00	2,056	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	524.93/cwt	520.00–530.00	1,759	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	522.50/cwt	520.00–525.00	1,541	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	436.03/cwt	425.00–450.00	1,639	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	466.71/cwt	460.00–475.00	1,951	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,802	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	391.17/cwt	385.00–400.00	2,046	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	457.65/cwt	450.00–465.00	1,753	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,192	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	220	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,100	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	390	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,853	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	377.50/cwt	370.00–385.00	1,812	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	313.29/cwt	310.00–320.00	2,077	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	327.24/cwt	320.00–335.00	1,882	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	360.01/cwt	355.00–370.00	2,034	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,471	1
Bulls	—	—	1,190	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	1,999	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,270	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,524	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,131	141.34/cwt	135.00–148.00	1,599	9
Bulls	—	—	2,225	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	4,450	1
Bulls	—	—	1,480	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,738	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	574	347.75/cwt	337.50–355.00	1,996	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	400.16/cwt	385.00–415.00	1,921	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	391.18/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,659	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	658	295.03/cwt	292.50–297.50	1,941	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	308.79/cwt	302.50–315.00	2,347	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	629	353.96/cwt	345.00–365.00	2,226	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	356.42/cwt	340.00–367.50	2,057	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	628	336.08/cwt	327.50–345.00	2,111	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	675	317.37/cwt	300.00–335.00	2,142	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	560	332.65/cwt	295.00–355.00	1,863	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	810	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,410	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	696	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,210	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	288	522.57/cwt	520.00–525.00	1,505	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	385	452.56/cwt	450.00–455.00	1,742	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	533	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,892	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	470	335.21/cwt	325.00–345.00	1,575	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,112	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	200–250	225	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,058	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	540	331.67/cwt	327.50–340.00	1,791	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,673	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	718	304.25/cwt	295.00–317.50	2,185	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	355	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,473	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	338	481.91/cwt	455.00–495.00	1,629	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	447.50/cwt	440.00–455.00	1,902	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,288	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,228	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	507.50/cwt	505.00–510.00	1,573	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	447.47/cwt	445.00–450.00	2,036	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	378.33/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,979	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	330.07/cwt	315.00–345.00	1,858	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 Sep 15, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 206Last week 213Year ago 299

Slaughter CattleReceipts 16Last week 19Year ago 14

Compared to last week: Steers sold 10.00 - 25.00 higher. Heifers sold 10.00 - 20.00 higher. Feeder bulls sold 10.00 - 20.00 higher. Slaughter was steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	200–250	220	500.00	500.00
4	350–400	376	425.00–450.00	436.03
1	400–450	405	445.00	445.00
4	450–500	480	370.00–385.00	377.50
1	500–550	505	370.00	370.00
2	550–600	575	320.00–335.00	327.24
1	600–650	615	322.50	322.50
3	650–700	663	310.00–320.00	313.29
1	700–750	715	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	225	470.00	470.00
1	350–400	355	415.00	415.00
4	400–450	424	385.00–400.00	391.18
2	450–500	470	325.00–345.00	335.21
3	500–550	540	327.50–340.00	331.67
2	550–600	563	315.00–345.00	330.07
2	650–700	658	292.50–297.50	295.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	295	520.00–525.00	522.50
2	300–350	335	520.00–530.00	524.93
2	350–400	383	450.00–465.00	457.65
1	400–450	400	465.00	465.00
1	450–500	470	445.00	445.00
4	500–550	523	385.00–400.00	391.17
1	550–600	555	395.00	395.00
5	600–650	629	345.00–365.00	353.96
2	650–700	658	310.00–315.00	312.51
2	750–800	760	302.50–315.00	308.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	574	337.50–355.00	347.75
2	600–650	623	340.00	340.00
5	650–700	696	317.50	317.50
3	700–750	723	325.00	325.00
5	750–800	795	312.50	312.50
2	800–850	810	297.50	297.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	345	485.00	485.00
2	450–500	480	385.00–415.00	400.16
7	550–600	577	340.00–367.50	356.42
1	600–650	645	327.50	327.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	555.00	555.00
2	300–350	310	505.00–510.00	507.50
1	350–400	390	475.00	475.00
3	400–450	418	460.00–475.00	466.71
2	450–500	455	445.00–450.00	447.47
6	500–550	523	375.00–385.00	378.33
4	550–600	565	355.00–370.00	360.01
1	600–650	610	375.00	375.00
1	650–700	675	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	288	520.00–525.00	522.57
5	300–350	338	455.00–495.00	481.91
2	350–400	385	450.00–455.00	452.56
2	400–450	425	440.00–455.00	447.50
2	500–550	533	355.00	355.00
3	550–600	560	295.00–355.00	332.65
2	600–650	628	327.50–345.00	336.08
2	650–700	675	300.00–335.00	317.37
3	700–750	718	295.00–317.50	304.25

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,190	168.00	168.00
1	—	2,225	200.00	200.00
1	—	1,480	185.00	185.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,270	120.00	120.00
9	—	1,131	135.00–148.00	141.34

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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