Name: Philadelphia Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-06-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-06-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Not enough data to call a trend. Quality was average and demand was moderate.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $398.01/cwt on 5 head, up $15.45 from the prior sale (only 14 head in that comparison). That ranks 9 of 9 comparable sales and sits +29.56 against this barn's trailing median of $368.46.

Average price

$398.01

▲ 15.45 vs prior sale

5 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,147

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$344

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

$60.01/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.84

vs MS average

−17.82 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	410.02	2,216	4thin
Medium and Large 2	535	350.00	1,873	1thin

One grade step is worth $60.01/cwt here — about $344 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

9 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $406.51, low $344.80, median $368.46 across 9 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 sale5 hd

398.01

—

MS average12 barns · 152 hd

393.17

+4.84

National average161 barns · 8,493 hd

415.83

−17.82

This barn, trailing median9 sales

368.46

+29.56

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%	High	1,475	181.00	2,670	2thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,077	165.04	1,777	6thin

Every lot, as filed

37 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
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	985	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,537	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,535	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	2,886	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,095	166.85/cwt	161.00–179.00	1,827	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,415	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	2,462	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	290	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,523	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,717	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	503	454.98/cwt	450.00–460.00	2,289	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	392.49/cwt	390.00–395.00	2,249	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,709	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,907	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	419.93/cwt	415.00–430.00	2,364	3
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	550	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,200	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,976	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	700–750	710	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,556	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	427.54/cwt	420.00–435.00	2,172	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	760	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,660	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,829	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	450–500	495	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,980	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	419.87/cwt	415.00–425.00	2,414	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	400–450	415	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,764	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	415.08/cwt	410.00–420.00	2,615	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	420	455.00/cwt	450.00–465.00	1,911	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	535	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,873	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,872	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	325	418.23/cwt	405.00–425.00	1,359	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,379	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	425	407.91/cwt	390.00–425.00	1,734	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	610	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,044	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	550–600	575	390.04/cwt	385.00–395.00	2,243	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	300–350	305	512.50/cwt	500.00–525.00	1,563	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	500–550	545	401.25/cwt	377.50–425.00	2,187	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	265	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,272	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,643	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,971	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,003	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	375	420.80/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,578	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 2	350–400	370	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,665	2

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 Jun 23, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 64Last week 65Year ago 231

Slaughter CattleReceipts 11Last week 6Year ago 30

Compared to last week: Not enough data to call a trend. Quality was average and demand was moderate.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	985	156.00	156.00
5	—	1,095	161.00–179.00	166.85
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,535	188.00	188.00
1	—	1,415	174.00	174.00

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	290	525.00	525.00
1	300–350	315	545.00	545.00
1	400–450	415	475.00	475.00
1	450–500	450	445.00	445.00
2	550–600	575	415.00–425.00	419.87
1	600–650	645	420.00	420.00
1	750–800	765	380.00	380.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	300–350	305	500.00–525.00	512.50
2	350–400	370	450.00	450.00
1	400–450	415	425.00	425.00
1	450–500	495	400.00	400.00
2	500–550	545	377.50–425.00	401.25
2	550–600	575	385.00–395.00	390.04
1	600–650	610	390.00	390.00
1	700–750	710	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	350–400	385	475.00	475.00
2	500–550	503	450.00–460.00	454.98
3	550–600	563	415.00–430.00	419.93
2	600–650	630	410.00–420.00	415.08
1	750–800	760	350.00	350.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	550–600	550	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	265	480.00	480.00
1	350–400	365	450.00	450.00
3	400–450	420	450.00–465.00	455.00
1	450–500	465	425.00	425.00
2	500–550	508	420.00–435.00	427.54
2	550–600	573	390.00–395.00	392.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	325	405.00–425.00	418.23
7	350–400	375	400.00–425.00	420.80
2	400–450	425	390.00–425.00	407.91
2	450–500	468	400.00	400.00
1	500–550	535	350.00	350.00
1	600–650	610	335.00	335.00

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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