Name: Philadelphia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder calves sold mixed 20.00 lower to 10.00 higher. Not enough data to call trend on slaughter.

Weight class

Bulls · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb bulls averaged $421.78/cwt on 13 head, up $24.00 from the prior sale (only 16 head in that comparison). That ranks 6 of 7 comparable sales and sits +17.31 against this barn's trailing median of $404.47.

Average price

$421.78

▲ 24.00 vs prior sale

13 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,282

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$113

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

$9.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.74

vs MS average

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	545	425.00	2,316	8thin
Medium and Large 1	555	420.00	2,331	1thin
Medium and Large 2	530	415.78	2,204	4thin

One grade step is worth $9.22/cwt here — about $113 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

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 sale13 hd

421.78

—

MS average12 barns · 84 hd

421.03

+0.74

This barn, trailing median7 sales

404.47

+17.31

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	1,455	156.50	2,277	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,040	143.75	1,495	2thin

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)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,190	$1,850	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	950	$1,700	1thin

Every lot, as filed

46 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,331	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	641.74/cwt	635.00–645.00	2,034	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,207	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	2,240	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	655.00/cwt	655.00–655.00	1,736	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	290	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	1,842	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,145	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	695	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,606	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	2,680	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	367.37/cwt	360.00–377.50	2,627	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,061	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	608	434.00/cwt	434.00–434.00	2,639	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	446.96/cwt	440.00–455.00	1,868	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	515.00/cwt	510.00–520.00	1,700	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	417	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,252	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,273	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,750	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,760	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,200	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	477	423.34/cwt	420.00–425.00	2,019	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	447.49/cwt	445.00–450.00	2,363	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,432	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	848	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,544	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	441.36/cwt	340.00–475.00	1,660	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	478.45/cwt	470.00–490.00	1,593	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	422	491.93/cwt	455.00–520.00	2,076	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	487.57/cwt	485.00–490.00	1,780	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,304	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	650–700	673	359.78/cwt	340.00–380.00	2,421	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,610	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,116	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	466.45/cwt	460.00–475.00	1,950	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,479	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,399	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	415.78/cwt	385.00–455.00	2,204	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	2,054	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	321	569.07/cwt	500.00–615.00	1,827	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,316	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,231	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,188	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	2,281	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	950	1,700.00/head	1,700.00–1,700.00	1,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,190	1,850.00/head	1,850.00–1,850.00	1,850	1
Bulls	—	—	1,040	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,425	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	875	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,116	1
Bulls	—	—	1,870	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	3,291	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,205	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,928	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 Feb 24, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 125Last week 142Year ago 288

Slaughter CattleReceipts 6Last week 14Year ago 5

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 11Year ago 8

Compared to last week: Feeder calves sold mixed 20.00 lower to 10.00 higher. Not enough data to call trend on slaughter.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	655.00	655.00
3	300–350	317	635.00–645.00	641.74
1	350–400	350	640.00	640.00
1	400–450	425	525.00	525.00
1	450–500	455	485.00	485.00
1	550–600	555	420.00	420.00
1	600–650	615	390.00	390.00
1	650–700	670	370.00	370.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	635.00	635.00
5	300–350	321	500.00–615.00	569.07
1	350–400	370	555.00	555.00
5	400–450	422	455.00–520.00	491.93
4	500–550	530	385.00–455.00	415.78
2	650–700	673	340.00–380.00	359.78
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	450–500	485	475.00	475.00
8	500–550	545	425.00	425.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	390.00	390.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	417	540.00	540.00
12	500–550	513	522.50	522.50
3	600–650	608	434.00	434.00
3	650–700	695	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	400–450	425	485.00	485.00
2	500–550	528	445.00–450.00	447.49
1	650–700	690	400.00	400.00
3	700–750	715	360.00–377.50	367.37
1	750–800	780	352.50	352.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	333	470.00–490.00	478.45
4	350–400	376	340.00–475.00	441.36
6	400–450	418	440.00–455.00	446.96
3	450–500	477	420.00–425.00	423.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	290	555.00	555.00
2	300–350	330	510.00–520.00	515.00
2	350–400	365	485.00–490.00	487.57
3	400–450	418	460.00–475.00	466.45
1	450–500	455	465.00	465.00
1	500–550	505	450.00	450.00
1	550–600	550	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	600–650	640	380.00	380.00
2	800–850	848	300.00	300.00

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,188	192.00	192.00
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	1	—	950	1,700.00	1,700.00
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,190	1,850.00	1,850.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,040	137.00	137.00
1	—	1,870	176.00	176.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	875	127.50	127.50
1	—	1,205	160.00	160.00

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

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

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