Sale reports / South Dakota / Philip Livestock Auction / 2019-10-08

Philip Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Philip, South Dakota · Tue, Oct 8
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2023
Receipts
4,794 head
▲ 1,810 vs last sale 2,984▲ 4,794 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers under 550 lbs 4.00 to 6.00 lower, 550 to 650 lbs Steady to 2.00 lower, 700 to 1000 lbs 4.00 to 6.00 higher, Feeder Heifers under 500 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 lower, 500 to 550 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 higher, 550 to 750 lbs 4.00 to 6.00 higher, 750 to 1000 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Very Good Demand for Several Long Strings, Load Lots, and Many Packages of Feeder Steers, Feeder Heifers, and Tested Open Heifers which sold on an Active to Very Active Market. The vast majority of the Supply was Spring Calves, unweaned, and off Grass. Next Feeder Cattle Sale October 15, Expecting 9,000 Head.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $153.94/cwt on 2,675 head.
Average price
$153.94
2,675 head · 587 lb average
Value per head Derived
$904
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$256
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$21.98/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.08
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1589154.989132,500
Medium and Large 1-2517142.9073892
Large 1700135.9695149
Medium and Large 2494133.0065734
One grade step is worth $21.98/cwt here — about $256 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale2,675 hd
153.94
—
SD average9 barns · 9,319 hd
145.85
+8.08
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

46 lots · USDA AMS · Philip Livestock Auction - Philip, SD
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1276167.50/cwt167.50–167.504629
Steers—Medium and Large 1346169.00/cwt169.00–169.005855
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2355148.50/cwt148.50–148.5052712
Steers—Medium and Large 1386164.22/cwt162.00–166.5063439
Steers—Medium and Large 1418166.69/cwt159.00–170.0069797
Steers—Medium and Large 1475161.02/cwt157.50–170.00765267
Steers—Medium and Large 2494133.00/cwt133.00–133.0065734
Steers—Large 1497146.00/cwt146.00–146.007268
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy527175.50/cwt175.50–175.50925110
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2528142.00/cwt142.00–142.0075071
Steers—Medium and Large 1531155.84/cwt150.25–170.00828617
Steers—Large 1550134.00/cwt134.00–134.007378
Steers—Medium and Large 1575153.39/cwt148.00–157.50882285
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned613150.71/cwt141.75–157.50924388
Steers—Large 1Unweaned627138.10/cwt137.00–138.5086622
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2644142.50/cwt142.50–142.509189
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned664148.71/cwt143.50–154.25987344
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned706147.56/cwt141.50–148.251,042150
Steers—Medium and Large 1718156.25/cwt156.25–156.251,12217
Steers—Medium and Large 1822152.75/cwt152.75–152.751,25633
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full825139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,1515
Steers—Medium and Large 1893152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,357122
Steers—Medium and Large 1967137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,33012
Steers—Large 11,011134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,3556
Steers—Large 11,208116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,4015
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2309138.00/cwt138.00–138.0042613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1343161.50/cwt161.50–161.505547
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378151.38/cwt143.00–156.0057279
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2393138.81/cwt138.00–142.0054642
Heifers—Medium and Large 1434143.95/cwt141.00–150.5062584
Heifers—Medium and Large 2452126.50/cwt126.50–126.5057232
Heifers—Medium and Large 1482143.69/cwt138.00–150.00693320
Heifers—Large 1532122.00/cwt122.00–122.006498
Heifers—Medium and Large 1537137.71/cwt134.25–143.50740453
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560138.91/cwt134.00–143.75778156
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned635137.74/cwt135.00–141.50875189
Heifers—Large 1Unweaned647127.00/cwt127.00–127.008229
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned665138.50/cwt138.50–138.5092176
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2673126.00/cwt126.00–126.008486
Heifers—Medium and Large 1707139.92/cwt139.50–140.0098989
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2716134.50/cwt134.50–134.509637
Heifers—Medium and Large 1784140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,09825
Heifers—Medium and Large 1837138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,15552
Heifers—Medium and Large 1882135.24/cwt134.50–136.501,19392
Heifers—Medium and Large 1934133.54/cwt132.50–134.001,24779
Heifers—Medium and Large 1967132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,27611

This sale against other markets

South Dakota weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every South Dakota auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.