Sale reports / South Dakota / Philip Livestock Auction / 2019-10-15

Philip Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Philip, South Dakota · Tue, Oct 15
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2023
Receipts
6,761 head
▲ 1,967 vs last sale 4,794▲ 6,761 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 450 lbs 10.00 to 15.00 higher, 450 to 500 lbs 5.00 to 8.00 higher, 500 to 650 lbs 4.00 to 6.00 higher, 650 to 750 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 higher, 950 to 1000 lbs 2.00. higher, Feeder Heifers under 500 lbs 6.00 to 8.00 higher, 500 to 600 lbs 4.00 to 5.00 higher, 600 to 750 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher, 750 to 850 lbs 4.00 to 6.00 higher, 850 to 1000 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Very Good Demand with Many new Buyers for Many Long Strings, Many Load Lots, and Many Many Packages of Feeder Steers, Feeder Heifers, and Tested Open Heifers which sold on an Active to Very Active Market which gained strength throughout the sale. The majority of the Supply was Spring Calves, Unweaned, and off Grass with Spring and Fall vaccinations. Next Feeder Sale October 22, Expecting 10,000 Head.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $160.79/cwt on 4,244 head.
Average price
$160.79
4,244 head · 583 lb average
Value per head Derived
$938
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$198
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$31.33/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.59
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1579161.339354,107
Medium and Large 1-2660148.5198181
Medium 1-2680142.0096619thin
Large 1862139.851,20628
Large 1-2567130.007379thin
One grade step is worth $31.33/cwt here — about $198 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 sale4,244 hd
160.79
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SD average9 barns · 15,584 hd
146.19
+14.59
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

42 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1339190.00/cwt190.00–190.0064412
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2398172.00/cwt172.00–172.0068518
Steers—Medium and Large 1425181.79/cwt176.00–185.00773174
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2433169.00/cwt169.00–169.007326
Steers—Medium and Large 1487168.95/cwt162.00–178.00823414
Steers—Large 1494154.00/cwt154.00–154.007619
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2512151.90/cwt151.00–153.0077824
Steers—Medium and Large 1530164.90/cwt153.50–175.00874869
Steers—Large 1-2567130.00/cwt130.00–130.007379
Steers—Medium and Large 1581159.75/cwt148.00–166.009281,096
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned620157.34/cwt148.50–162.009761,070
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned678155.03/cwt143.00–156.751,051351
Steers—Medium 1-2680142.00/cwt142.00–142.0096619
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned710151.04/cwt150.25–153.751,07245
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned805142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,14317
Steers—Medium and Large 1838143.50/cwt143.50–143.501,2035
Steers—Medium and Large 1851144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,2256
Steers—Medium and Large 1948142.70/cwt141.00–143.501,35325
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2953129.50/cwt129.50–129.501,23433
Steers—Medium and Large 1978139.10/cwt138.50–142.001,36023
Steers—Large 11,037133.14/cwt132.75–134.001,38119
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325169.00/cwt169.00–169.0054912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1386155.79/cwt150.00–162.0060145
Heifers—Medium and Large 1422163.26/cwt152.00–166.50689141
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2467142.00/cwt142.00–142.0066323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1479149.19/cwt145.00–160.50715268
Heifers—Large 1-2502130.00/cwt130.00–130.0065310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2506139.00/cwt139.00–139.007036
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement515157.25/cwt157.25–157.25810107
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525144.05/cwt139.00–147.00756371
Heifers—Medium and Large 1564143.20/cwt137.00–147.50808381
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned609137.47/cwt137.00–138.0083745
Heifers—Medium and Large 1615141.69/cwt141.00–142.5087187
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned653141.50/cwt141.50–141.5092421
Heifers—Medium and Large 1799147.75/cwt147.75–147.751,18163
Heifers—Medium and Large 1813145.32/cwt136.00–147.751,18188
Heifers—Large 1-2831120.50/cwt120.50–120.501,00119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1888143.64/cwt133.00–145.251,276434
Heifers—Medium and Large 1924134.61/cwt131.50–137.251,24455
Heifers—Medium and Large 1981132.96/cwt132.00–135.001,30431
Heifers—Large 11,020132.16/cwt130.50–132.751,34823
Heifers—Large 11,201113.50/cwt113.50–113.501,3636

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.