Name: Philadelphia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder calves sold 10.00- 30.00 higher. Slaughter cattle sod 5.00 - 15.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $462.50/cwt on 10 head, down $41.17 from the prior sale (only 15 head in that comparison). That ranks 12 of 13 comparable sales and sits +37.20 against this barn's trailing median of $425.30.

Average price

$462.50

▼ 41.17 vs prior sale

10 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,471

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$104

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

$25.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.97

vs MS average

−15.59 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	505	475.00	2,399	1thin
Medium and Large 1-2	541	462.50	2,502	8thin
Medium and Large 2	510	450.00	2,295	1thin

One grade step is worth $25.00/cwt here — about $104 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

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 sale10 hd

462.50

—

MS average13 barns · 213 hd

450.53

+11.97

National average173 barns · 11,948 hd

478.09

−15.59

This barn, trailing median13 sales

425.30

+37.20

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	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,448	178.09	2,579	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,020	146.38	1,494	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)	1,355	$3,775	2thin
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Young (2-4 yrs)	855	$2,700	1thin
Bred Cows	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	885	$1,900	1thin
Bred Heifers	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	1,150	$3,500	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	835	$2,900	1thin

Every lot, as filed

67 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 2	350–400	373	501.70/cwt	500.00–505.00	1,871	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,279	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	711	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,382	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	685	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,192	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,061	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	372.29/cwt	345.00–400.00	2,383	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	363	514.83/cwt	510.00–520.00	1,869	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,295	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	360	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	2,178	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	349.89/cwt	345.00–355.00	2,705	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	439.95/cwt	435.00–445.00	2,055	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	409	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,168	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	520.15/cwt	515.00–530.00	1,690	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	376	542.67/cwt	535.00–550.00	2,040	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,568	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	510	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,295	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	471	463.40/cwt	440.00–485.00	2,183	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,399	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	720	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,628	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	3,014	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	2,502	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	820	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,583	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	340	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,870	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,520	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	430	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,064	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,255	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	823	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,675	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,126	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	150–200	175	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	1,313	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	100–150	120	1,040.00/cwt	1,040.00–1,040.00	1,248	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,663	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	345	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	2,053	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	275	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	1,788	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,078	161.51/cwt	157.00–166.00	1,741	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,545	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	2,750	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	913	110.93/cwt	110.00–112.00	1,013	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,120	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	2,094	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,400	178.14/cwt	175.00–181.00	2,494	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	855	2,700.00/head	2,700.00–2,700.00	2,700	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	885	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	835	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	1
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,150	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,355	3,774.72/head	3,700.00–3,850.00	3,775	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,710	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	3,711	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,976	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	438	459.66/cwt	440.00–480.00	2,013	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	308	552.56/cwt	550.00–555.00	1,702	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,061	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,683	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	200–250	220	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,320	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	333	472.44/cwt	470.00–475.00	1,573	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,471	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,233	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,166	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,180	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,214	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,034	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	339.92/cwt	335.00–345.00	2,101	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	650	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,373	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	595	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,231	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,146	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	406.51/cwt	400.00–415.00	2,337	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	613	328.90/cwt	320.00–345.00	2,016	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	700	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,170	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	418	451.18/cwt	425.00–475.00	1,886	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	530	359.34/cwt	325.00–395.00	1,905	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,194	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 Mar 24, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 132Last week 156Year ago 127

Slaughter CattleReceipts 12Last week 24Year ago 20

Replacement CattleReceipts 7Last week 39Year ago 47

Compared to last week: Feeder calves sold 10.00- 30.00 higher. Slaughter cattle sod 5.00 - 15.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	333	470.00–475.00	472.44
3	350–400	373	500.00–505.00	501.70
3	400–450	418	425.00–475.00	451.18
1	450–500	485	425.00	425.00
2	500–550	530	325.00–395.00	359.34
3	600–650	613	320.00–345.00	328.90
1	650–700	685	320.00	320.00
1	700–750	700	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	588	387.50	387.50
4	700–750	711	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	325	515.00–530.00	520.15
2	350–400	363	510.00–520.00	514.83
2	400–450	415	490.00	490.00
3	450–500	467	435.00–445.00	439.95
1	500–550	535	410.00	410.00
1	550–600	595	375.00	375.00
4	600–650	618	335.00–345.00	339.92
1	650–700	650	365.00	365.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	340	550.00	550.00
4	350–400	376	535.00–550.00	542.67
1	400–450	430	480.00	480.00
4	450–500	471	440.00–485.00	463.40
1	500–550	510	450.00	450.00
2	600–650	640	345.00–400.00	372.29
1	700–750	720	365.00	365.00
1	750–800	790	325.00	325.00
1	800–850	820	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	360	605.00	605.00
1	450–500	450	510.00	510.00
1	500–550	505	475.00	475.00
1	700–750	735	410.00	410.00
2	750–800	773	345.00–355.00	349.89
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	409	530.00	530.00
3	450–500	465	485.00	485.00
8	500–550	541	462.50	462.50
2	600–650	630	400.00	400.00
2	800–850	823	325.00	325.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	100–150	120	1,040.00	1,040.00
1	150–200	175	750.00	750.00
1	250–300	275	650.00	650.00
1	300–350	345	595.00	595.00
1	350–400	380	570.00	570.00
1	400–450	405	525.00	525.00
1	450–500	475	470.00	470.00
1	500–550	505	425.00	425.00
3	550–600	575	400.00–415.00	406.51
1	600–650	610	405.00	405.00
1	700–750	725	370.00	370.00
1	750–800	750	355.00	355.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	200–250	220	600.00	600.00
2	300–350	308	550.00–555.00	552.56
1	350–400	380	520.00	520.00
2	400–450	438	440.00–480.00	459.66
1	450–500	485	425.00	425.00
1	500–550	545	400.00	400.00
1	550–600	575	385.00	385.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,078	157.00–166.00	161.51
2	—	913	110.00–112.00	110.93
1	—	1,120	187.00	187.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,545	178.00	178.00
2	—	1,400	175.00–181.00	178.14

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)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	855	2,700.00	2,700.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	—	885	1,900.00	1,900.00
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,355	3,700.00–3,850.00	3,774.72
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	835	2,900.00	2,900.00
Bred Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	1,150	3,500.00	3,500.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	1	—	1,710	217.00	217.00

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

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

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