Name: Philadelphia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Not enough data to call a trend. Demand was good, Quality was average.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $274.14/cwt on 6 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −130.33 against this barn's trailing median of $404.47.

Average price

$274.14

6 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,513

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$45

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

$13.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.54

vs MS average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	280.76	1,535	3thin
Medium and Large 2	557	267.52	1,490	3thin

One grade step is worth $13.24/cwt here — about $45 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

7 sales

Bulls 500–600 lb: high $426.77, low $384.78, median $404.47 across 7 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 sale6 hd

274.14

—

MS average8 barns · 59 hd

281.68

−7.54

This barn, trailing median7 sales

404.47

−130.33

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	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,170	111.53	1,305	9thin

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	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	950	$2,000	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	855	$1,876	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,285	$1,846	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,263	$1,692	4thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	970	$1,450	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,183	$1,429	2thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,173	$1,406	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,056	$1,827	5
Stock Cows	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	810	$1,150	1thin

Every lot, as filed

40 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
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	970	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	1
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	810	1,150.00/head	1,150.00–1,150.00	1,150	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	990	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	563	266.28/cwt	260.00–272.50	1,499	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	251.13/cwt	247.50–255.00	1,168	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,189	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,325	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	383	347.52/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,331	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,380	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,320	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	790	91.00/cwt	91.00–91.00	719	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,218	114.10/cwt	105.00–120.00	1,390	8
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	950	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	395	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,244	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	282.54/cwt	277.50–287.50	1,610	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,334	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,183	1,428.96/head	1,300.00–1,550.00	1,429	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,173	1,406.18/head	1,200.00–1,550.00	1,406	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,263	1,691.98/head	1,500.00–1,900.00	1,692	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,151	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,472	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	301.59/cwt	297.50–305.00	1,704	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	279.88/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,721	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	288.99/cwt	282.50–297.50	1,494	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	285	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	827	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	855	1,875.58/head	1,850.00–1,900.00	1,876	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	989	1,746.46/head	1,700.00–1,850.00	1,746	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	271.14/cwt	265.00–277.50	1,545	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	364.92/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,204	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,832	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,974	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,285	1,845.82/head	1,800.00–1,875.00	1,846	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	410	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,179	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,094	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	335	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,189	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,271	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	980	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	1,637	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,009	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	221.25/cwt	220.00–222.50	1,294	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 Jan 7, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 67Last week 251Year ago 222

Slaughter CattleReceipts 11Last week 16Year ago 35

Replacement CattleReceipts 23Last week 18Year ago 5

Not enough data to call a trend. Demand was good, Quality was average.

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
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	970	1,450.00	1,450.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	950	2,000.00	2,000.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,183	1,300.00–1,550.00	1,428.96
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	—	1,173	1,200.00–1,550.00	1,406.18
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	4	—	1,263	1,500.00–1,900.00	1,691.98
Young (2-4 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	855	1,850.00–1,900.00	1,875.58
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,285	1,800.00–1,875.00	1,845.82
Stock Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	810	1,150.00	1,150.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,325	2,150.00	2,150.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	4	—	989	1,700.00–1,850.00	1,746.46

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	290.00	290.00
1	300–350	345	292.50	292.50
2	350–400	360	275.00	275.00
1	400–450	410	287.50	287.50
1	450–500	450	282.50	282.50
2	550–600	585	220.00–222.50	221.25
2	600–650	635	210.00	210.00
1	950–1000	980	167.00	167.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	257.50	257.50
2	450–500	465	247.50–255.00	251.13
1	550–600	580	205.00	205.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	355.00	355.00
1	350–400	395	315.00	315.00
1	450–500	495	232.50	232.50
1	500–550	545	270.00	270.00
2	550–600	563	260.00–272.50	266.28
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	330	360.00–370.00	364.92
2	350–400	383	345.00–350.00	347.52
1	400–450	440	300.00	300.00
1	450–500	480	287.50	287.50
1	500–550	500	300.00	300.00
2	550–600	570	265.00–277.50	271.14
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	550–600	570	277.50–287.50	282.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	500–550	517	282.50–297.50	288.99
3	550–600	565	297.50–305.00	301.59
2	600–650	615	275.00–285.00	279.88
1	650–700	660	277.50	277.50
1	700–750	745	265.00	265.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	790	91.00	91.00
8	—	1,218	105.00–120.00	114.10

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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Philadelphia Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Bulls · 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

Philadelphia Stockyard -Philadelphia, MS

Replacement Cattle

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