Name: Philadelphia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week steers sold mixed higher $30 to $15 lower. Heifers sold $5 - $20 higher, $35 higher in spots. Slaughter sold steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $336.07/cwt on 7 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −89.23 against this barn's trailing median of $425.30.

Average price

$336.07

7 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,914

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$286

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

$62.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.26

vs MS average

−38.36 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	566	345.00	1,953	6thin
Medium and Large 1	590	282.50	1,667	1thin

One grade step is worth $62.50/cwt here — about $286 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 sale7 hd

336.07

—

MS average12 barns · 240 hd

341.33

−5.26

National average176 barns · 11,859 hd

374.43

−38.36

This barn, trailing median13 sales

425.30

−89.23

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	1,385	159.81	2,213	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,408	141.00	1,985	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,079	130.93	1,413	5thin

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)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	977	$2,195	3thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,135	$2,000	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,125	$1,800	1thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	845	$1,600	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,280	$2,600	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	841	$2,268	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	948	$2,030	4thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,150	$1,600	1thin

Every lot, as filed

62 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	600–650	615	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	1,645	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,953	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	2,077	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	352.74/cwt	345.00–360.00	1,640	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	395.14/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,423	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	311.27/cwt	310.00–312.50	1,774	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	330.46/cwt	327.50–345.00	2,105	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	894	269.75/cwt	269.75–269.75	2,412	58
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	400	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,500	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,060	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,438	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	339.96/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,428	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	938	258.75/cwt	258.75–258.75	2,427	56
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	424	400.91/cwt	380.00–425.00	1,700	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	322.86/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,711	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	347.50/cwt	325.00–370.00	1,268	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	465	313.82/cwt	280.00–335.00	1,459	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	350.71/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,669	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	373	328.09/cwt	315.00–340.00	1,224	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	435	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,414	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	523	309.22/cwt	292.50–317.50	1,617	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,045	2,246.65/head	2,200.00–2,300.00	2,247	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	623	286.23/cwt	285.00–287.50	1,783	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	453	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,801	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	566	280.36/cwt	267.50–290.00	1,587	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	475	318.24/cwt	300.00–335.00	1,512	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	315.03/cwt	310.00–320.00	1,537	2
Bulls	—	—	1,185	149.52/cwt	149.00–150.00	1,772	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	845	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,125	1,800.00/head	1,800.00–1,800.00	1,800	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	850	1,813.97/head	1,750.00–1,875.00	1,814	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	880	2,050.00/head	2,050.00–2,050.00	2,050	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,280	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,360	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,822	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	326.85/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,687	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,328	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	1,727	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,185	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	977	2,195.39/head	1,800.00–2,500.00	2,195	3
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,135	2,000.00/head	2,000.00–2,000.00	2,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	273.75/cwt	272.50–275.00	1,725	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	345.02/cwt	340.00–350.00	1,735	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,216	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	320	427.38/cwt	425.00–430.00	1,368	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	828	2,340.34/head	1,950.00–2,700.00	2,340	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,150	1,600.00/head	1,600.00–1,600.00	1,600	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	263.76/cwt	262.50–267.50	1,770	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	297.46/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,815	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,667	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	463	329.87/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,527	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	327.50/cwt	325.00–330.00	1,818	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	210	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	798	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	379.97/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,417	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,722	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	295.13/cwt	290.00–300.00	1,697	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	273	472.57/cwt	465.00–480.00	1,290	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	440	436.63/cwt	430.00–445.00	1,921	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	821	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,241	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,455	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	2,153	1
Bulls	—	—	1,165	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,736	1
Bulls	—	—	1,695	175.50/cwt	170.00–180.00	2,975	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	970	113.77/cwt	112.00–116.00	1,104	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,152	142.37/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,640	3

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 Apr 29, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 303Last week 101Year ago 217

Slaughter CattleReceipts 15Last week 11Year ago 16

Replacement CattleReceipts 17Last week 9Year ago 10

Compared to last week steers sold mixed higher $30 to $15 lower. Heifers sold $5 - $20 higher, $35 higher in spots. Slaughter sold steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	380.00	380.00
1	300–350	300	395.00	395.00
2	350–400	373	375.00–385.00	379.97
4	400–450	420	335.00–345.00	339.96
3	450–500	463	325.00–335.00	329.87
4	500–550	516	325.00–330.00	326.85
2	550–600	570	310.00–312.50	311.27
2	600–650	615	267.50	267.50
4	650–700	671	262.50–267.50	263.76
1	700–750	735	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	373	315.00–340.00	328.09
1	400–450	435	325.00	325.00
2	450–500	488	310.00–320.00	315.03
3	500–550	523	292.50–317.50	309.22
5	550–600	566	267.50–290.00	280.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	453	397.50	397.50
6	550–600	566	345.00	345.00
17	600–650	637	327.50–345.00	330.46
9	800–850	821	273.00	273.00
58	850–900	894	269.75	269.75
56	900–950	938	258.75	258.75
2	1050–1100	1,060	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	273	465.00–480.00	472.57
1	300–350	320	380.00	380.00
2	350–400	360	390.00–400.00	395.14
1	400–450	415	415.00	415.00
6	450–500	476	345.00–355.00	350.71
1	550–600	590	282.50	282.50
2	600–650	610	295.00–300.00	297.46
1	700–750	710	292.50	292.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	400	375.00	375.00
3	450–500	465	280.00–335.00	313.82
2	600–650	623	285.00–287.50	286.23
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	450.00	450.00
2	300–350	320	425.00–430.00	427.38
3	400–450	440	430.00–445.00	436.63
2	450–500	465	345.00–360.00	352.74
2	500–550	503	340.00–350.00	345.02
2	550–600	555	325.00–330.00	327.50
2	600–650	630	272.50–275.00	273.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	365	325.00–370.00	347.50
5	400–450	424	380.00–425.00	400.91
2	450–500	475	300.00–335.00	318.24
7	500–550	530	315.00–330.00	322.86
2	550–600	575	290.00–300.00	295.13

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,045	2,200.00–2,300.00	2,246.65
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	850	1,750.00–1,875.00	1,813.97
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	880	2,050.00	2,050.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	1,280	2,600.00	2,600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	3	—	828	1,950.00–2,700.00	2,340.34
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,150	1,600.00	1,600.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	845	1,600.00	1,600.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	977	1,800.00–2,500.00	2,195.39
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,135	2,000.00	2,000.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,125	1,800.00	1,800.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,185	149.00–150.00	149.52
1	—	1,165	149.00	149.00
2	—	1,695	170.00–180.00	175.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,360	134.00	134.00
1	—	1,455	148.00	148.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	970	112.00–116.00	113.77
3	—	1,152	140.00–145.00	142.37

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

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

Philadelphia Stockyard -Philadelphia, MS

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle