Name: Philadelphia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-04-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder calves sold mixed 10.00 lower to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 - 10.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 15.00 higher.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $359.96/cwt on 4 head, down $46.55 from the prior sale (only 10 head in that comparison). That ranks 8 of 11 comparable sales and sits +5.72 against this barn's trailing median of $354.24.

Average price

$359.96

▼ 46.55 vs prior sale

4 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,012

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$6

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

$20.06/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−39.05

vs MS average

−62.22 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	535	375.00	2,006	1thin
Medium and Large 1	567	354.94	2,013	3thin

One grade step is worth $20.06/cwt here — about −$6 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

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 sale4 hd

359.96

—

MS average14 barns · 319 hd

399.01

−39.05

National average167 barns · 11,519 hd

422.17

−62.22

This barn, trailing median11 sales

354.24

+5.72

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	—	High	1,704	210.36	3,585	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,360	159.00	2,162	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,061	149.19	1,583	6thin

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)	1,205	$2,778	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young (2-4 yrs)	1,100	$3,500	1thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,173	$3,048	2thin

Every lot, as filed

60 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 1-2	450–500	498	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,117	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	750	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,438	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,519	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,209	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,998	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	354.94/cwt	350.00–365.00	2,013	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	250–300	285	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,625	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	528	484.13/cwt	482.50–487.50	2,556	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,044	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,360	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	2,671	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	405	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,045	13
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	260	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,235	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	585	365.26/cwt	350.00–380.00	2,137	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	488	462.54/cwt	455.00–470.00	2,257	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	428	469.89/cwt	445.00–495.00	2,011	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	618	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,009	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	520	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,768	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	473	406.87/cwt	365.00–425.00	1,924	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,006	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	555	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,331	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	715	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,288	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,066	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	620	112.50/cwt	112.50–112.50	698	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	965	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,351	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,360	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	2,421	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,140	154.88/cwt	150.00–159.00	1,766	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,310	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,900	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,410	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	2,439	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	295	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,519	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	755	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,454	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	725	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,429	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	645	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,354	1
Bulls	—	—	1,758	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	3,762	2
Bulls	—	—	1,668	207.94/cwt	203.00–210.00	3,468	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,396	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,220	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	645.00/cwt	645.00–645.00	2,032	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	270	645.00/cwt	645.00–645.00	1,742	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	380	500.07/cwt	495.00–505.00	1,900	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	440	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,980	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	470	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,256	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1	—	1,205	2,778.22/head	2,750.00–2,800.00	2,778	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,173	3,047.97/head	2,500.00–3,500.00	3,048	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1	—	1,100	3,500.00/head	3,500.00–3,500.00	3,500	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	405	515.00/cwt	510.00–520.00	2,086	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	710	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,290	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,399	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,756	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,588	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,620	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	478.38/cwt	475.00–485.00	1,770	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	600	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,310	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	482.46/cwt	480.00–485.00	2,243	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,016	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	310	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,504	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	150–200	150	630.00/cwt	630.00–630.00	945	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	500	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,425	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,661	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 Apr 21, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 153Last week 167Year ago 101

Slaughter CattleReceipts 18Last week 23Year ago 11

Replacement CattleReceipts 5Last week 56Year ago 9

Compared to last week: Feeder calves sold mixed 10.00 lower to 10.00 higher. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 - 10.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold steady to 15.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	405	505.00	505.00
6	450–500	498	425.00	425.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	150–200	150	630.00	630.00
1	250–300	295	515.00	515.00
1	300–350	310	485.00	485.00
3	350–400	370	475.00–485.00	478.38
1	400–450	425	470.00	470.00
1	450–500	465	475.00	475.00
3	550–600	567	350.00–365.00	354.94
1	600–650	600	385.00	385.00
1	750–800	750	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	475.00	475.00
4	450–500	473	365.00–425.00	406.87
1	500–550	535	375.00	375.00
2	600–650	618	325.00	325.00
1	700–750	725	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	285	570.00	570.00
3	350–400	380	495.00–505.00	500.07
7	400–450	428	445.00–495.00	469.89
2	450–500	488	455.00–470.00	462.54
2	550–600	585	350.00–380.00	365.26
1	600–650	645	365.00	365.00
1	700–750	725	335.00	335.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	270	645.00	645.00
1	300–350	315	645.00	645.00
2	400–450	405	510.00–520.00	515.00
4	450–500	465	480.00–485.00	482.46
1	550–600	555	400.00	400.00
2	600–650	615	390.00	390.00
1	650–700	675	355.00	355.00
1	700–750	710	322.50	322.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	393	520.00	520.00
5	450–500	472	500.00	500.00
6	500–550	528	482.50–487.50	484.13
10	600–650	630	424.00	424.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	295	515.00	515.00
1	400–450	440	450.00	450.00
1	500–550	520	340.00	340.00
1	550–600	555	420.00	420.00
1	600–650	640	375.00	375.00
1	700–750	715	320.00	320.00
1	750–800	755	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	420	480.00	480.00
2	450–500	470	480.00	480.00
1	500–550	500	485.00	485.00
1	550–600	575	450.00	450.00
1	650–700	655	400.00	400.00
1	700–750	730	377.50	377.50
1	750–800	755	352.50	352.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	620	112.50	112.50
1	—	965	140.00	140.00
1	—	1,360	178.00	178.00
3	—	1,140	150.00–159.00	154.88
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,310	145.00	145.00
1	—	1,410	173.00	173.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,758	214.00	214.00
3	—	1,668	203.00–210.00	207.94

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
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	1,205	2,750.00–2,800.00	2,778.22
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,173	2,500.00–3,500.00	3,047.97
Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	1	—	1,100	3,500.00	3,500.00

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

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

Philadelphia Stockyard -Philadelphia, MS

Feeder Cattle

Slaughter Cattle

Replacement Cattle