Sale reports / South Dakota / Philip Livestock Auction / 2019-10-22

Philip Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Philip, South Dakota · Tue, Oct 22
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2023
Receipts
5,780 head
▼ 981 vs last sale 6,761▲ 5,780 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 Steady, 450 to 500 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 higher, 500 to 700 lbs Steady to 2.00 lower, Feeder Heifers 400 to 950 lbs Steady. Good Demand for Many Long Strings, Load Lot, and Packages of Feeder Steers, Feeder Heifers, and a few Packages of Tested Open Heifers which sold on an Active Market that gained strength throughout the sale. Nearly the entire offering was Spring Calves, off grass, with both Spring and Fall vaccinations. Next Feeder Cattle Sale October 29, Expecting 2,000 Yearlings and 10,000 Spring Calves.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $158.83/cwt on 3,909 head.
Average price
$158.83
3,909 head · 576 lb average
Value per head Derived
$914
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$327
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$33.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.47
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1578159.019193,829
Medium and Large 1-2471156.5973861
Medium 1518133.006899thin
Medium and Large 2470126.0059210thin
One grade step is worth $33.01/cwt here — about $327 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 sale3,909 hd
158.83
—
SD average12 barns · 24,049 hd
153.35
+5.47
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

35 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2329166.00/cwt166.00–166.0054610
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2351166.00/cwt166.00–166.0058310
Steers—Medium and Large 1390189.45/cwt187.00–195.0073936
Steers—Medium and Large 1416179.82/cwt170.00–186.0074866
Steers—Medium and Large 2470126.00/cwt126.00–126.0059210
Steers—Medium and Large 1473173.40/cwt158.00–182.00820297
Steers—Medium 1518133.00/cwt133.00–133.006899
Steers—Medium and Large 1524165.08/cwt150.00–174.00865527
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2535152.00/cwt152.00–152.0081341
Steers—Medium and Large 1577156.48/cwt151.50–161.009031,572
Steers—Medium and Large 1625155.70/cwt149.50–160.009731,027
Steers—Medium and Large 1669151.36/cwt149.00–154.251,013273
Steers—Medium and Large 1712143.75/cwt143.75–143.751,02426
Steers—Medium and Large 1864144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,2445
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium 1-2364121.50/cwt121.50–121.504425
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2367156.00/cwt156.00–156.0057310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1387164.51/cwt162.00–170.0063740
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429155.45/cwt151.00–159.5066753
Heifers—Medium and Large 1476150.89/cwt141.00–159.50718277
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement523153.00/cwt153.00–153.0080091
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529142.07/cwt136.00–144.75752366
Heifers—Medium and Large 1577143.20/cwt136.00–148.00826572
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628141.00/cwt141.00–141.0088559
Heifers—Medium and Large 1684139.75/cwt139.75–139.7595621
Heifers—Medium and Large 1740140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0366
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2766129.00/cwt129.00–129.009888
Heifers—Medium and Large 1846137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,16334
Heifers—Medium and Large 1861140.25/cwt140.25–140.251,20815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2867131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,1366
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2918128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,17510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1931133.50/cwt133.50–133.501,2437
Heifers—Medium and Large 1972126.75/cwt126.75–126.751,23212
Heifers—Large 11,090124.03/cwt123.50–124.501,35213
Heifers—Large 11,115126.75/cwt126.75–126.751,41310
Heifers—Large 1Full1,198116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,3905

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.