Name: Philadelphia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder calves sold mixed 15.00 lower to 20.00 higher. Slaughter cattle sold steady to 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $337.69/cwt on 17 head. That ranks 4 of 11 comparable sales and sits −16.55 against this barn's trailing median of $354.24.

Average price

$337.69

17 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,837

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$186

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

$41.26/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−9.13

vs MS average

−46.70 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	535	371.67	1,990	3thin
Medium and Large 2	546	330.40	1,804	14thin

One grade step is worth $41.26/cwt here — about $186 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale17 hd

337.69

—

MS average14 barns · 372 hd

346.81

−9.13

National average182 barns · 15,418 hd

384.39

−46.70

This barn, trailing median11 sales

354.24

−16.55

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	1,745	175.60	3,064	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,537	147.02	2,260	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,041	137.50	1,431	10

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)	900	$2,600	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,010	$2,400	1thin
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	855	$2,150	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,125	$1,943	2thin
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,042	$3,161	3thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,230	$2,550	1thin

Every lot, as filed

66 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	450–500	475	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,019	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	379.97/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,413	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	368.34/cwt	360.00–375.00	1,871	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,340	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,030	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,936	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	205	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,117	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,825	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	345.27/cwt	337.50–352.50	2,151	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	412.41/cwt	410.00–415.00	1,712	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,010	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,260	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,581	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	387.45/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,798	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	390.03/cwt	385.00–395.00	1,268	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,074	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,678	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,706	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	413	422.45/cwt	415.00–430.00	1,745	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,070	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,748	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	293	387.52/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,135	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,177	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	385.33/cwt	380.00–392.00	1,684	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	367.43/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,896	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	608	328.32/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,996	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	354.97/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,981	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	391.44/cwt	385.00–400.00	1,863	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,025	127.07/cwt	120.00–137.00	1,302	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	845	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	1,453	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,110	141.92/cwt	137.00–147.50	1,575	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,537	147.02/cwt	145.00–149.00	2,260	3
Bulls	—	—	1,860	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	2,883	1
Bulls	—	—	1,695	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	3,237	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	900	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	855	2,150.00/head	2,150.00–2,150.00	2,150	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,125	1,942.67/head	1,900.00–2,000.00	1,943	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,010	2,400.00/head	2,400.00–2,400.00	2,400	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,230	2,550.00/head	2,550.00–2,550.00	2,550	1
Bulls	—	—	1,723	177.33/cwt	170.00–182.00	3,055	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	570	342.49/cwt	325.00–355.00	1,952	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	476	349.30/cwt	325.00–375.00	1,663	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	580	321.31/cwt	317.50–325.00	1,864	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	480	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,800	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	365	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,551	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,042	3,160.64/head	2,500.00–3,600.00	3,161	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	624	310.12/cwt	300.00–325.00	1,935	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	412	321.42/cwt	300.00–350.00	1,324	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	313.18/cwt	295.00–325.00	1,174	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	320	372.54/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,192	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,984	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	270	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	959	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	528	321.34/cwt	300.00–345.00	1,697	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	568	333.36/cwt	325.00–340.00	1,893	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	283	466.28/cwt	440.00–495.00	1,320	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	635	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,000	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	210	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	840	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	684	287.61/cwt	250.00–325.00	1,967	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	371.85/cwt	355.00–380.00	1,807	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	348.14/cwt	325.00–355.00	1,828	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	331	454.27/cwt	305.00–525.00	1,504	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	400.52/cwt	350.00–435.00	1,506	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	389.00/cwt	360.00–410.00	1,653	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	637	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,191	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	696	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,172	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,119	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,904	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 Oct 7, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 197Last week 189Year ago 207

Slaughter CattleReceipts 27Last week 18Year ago 32

Replacement CattleReceipts 9Last week 9Year ago 11

Compared to last week: Feeder calves sold mixed 15.00 lower to 20.00 higher. Slaughter cattle sold steady to 5.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	205	545.00	545.00
1	350–400	375	455.00	455.00
2	400–450	415	410.00–415.00	412.41
1	450–500	475	425.00	425.00
3	500–550	508	360.00–375.00	368.34
1	550–600	560	340.00	340.00
2	600–650	623	337.50–352.50	345.27
1	650–700	655	345.00	345.00
1	700–750	720	325.00	325.00
1	1000–1050	1,030	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	365	425.00	425.00
1	450–500	480	375.00	375.00
2	550–600	580	317.50–325.00	321.31
5	600–650	624	300.00–325.00	310.12
4	650–700	684	250.00–325.00	287.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	625	339.00	339.00
4	650–700	696	312.00	312.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	250–300	293	385.00–390.00	387.52
3	300–350	325	385.00–395.00	390.03
5	350–400	372	375.00–385.00	379.97
5	400–450	437	380.00–392.00	385.33
4	450–500	464	385.00–390.00	387.45
1	500–550	500	365.00	365.00
2	550–600	553	375.00	375.00
1	600–650	600	335.00	335.00
1	650–700	675	322.50	322.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	355.00	355.00
2	300–350	320	370.00–375.00	372.54
3	350–400	375	295.00–325.00	313.18
3	400–450	412	300.00–350.00	321.42
6	450–500	476	325.00–375.00	349.30
8	500–550	528	300.00–345.00	321.34
6	550–600	570	325.00–355.00	342.49
1	600–650	640	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	637	344.00	344.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	545.00	545.00
1	300–350	305	550.00	550.00
1	350–400	380	460.00	460.00
2	400–450	413	415.00–430.00	422.45
5	450–500	476	385.00–400.00	391.44
6	500–550	516	360.00–370.00	367.43
3	550–600	558	350.00–360.00	354.97
3	600–650	608	325.00–335.00	328.32
1	650–700	690	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	210	400.00	400.00
2	250–300	283	440.00–495.00	466.28
6	300–350	331	305.00–525.00	454.27
5	350–400	376	350.00–435.00	400.52
4	400–450	425	360.00–410.00	389.00
8	450–500	486	355.00–380.00	371.85
6	500–550	525	325.00–355.00	348.14
3	550–600	568	325.00–340.00	333.36
1	600–650	635	315.00	315.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,025	120.00–137.00	127.07
1	—	845	172.00	172.00
4	—	1,110	137.00–147.50	141.92
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,537	145.00–149.00	147.02
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,860	155.00	155.00
1	—	1,695	191.00	191.00
3	—	1,723	170.00–182.00	177.33

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)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	900	2,600.00	2,600.00
Young (2-4 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	855	2,150.00	2,150.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	1,125	1,900.00–2,000.00	1,942.67
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,010	2,400.00	2,400.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,230	2,550.00	2,550.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,042	2,500.00–3,600.00	3,160.64

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

Heifers · 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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