Sale reports / South Dakota / Philip Livestock Auction / 2019-10-29

Philip Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Philip, South Dakota · Tue, Oct 29
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2023
Receipts
10,307 head
▲ 4,527 vs last sale 5,780▲ 10,307 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 600 lbs 2.00 to 6.00 higher, 600 to 700 lbs Steady to 1.00 higher, 700 to 900 lbs 3.00 higher, Feeder Heifers 400 to 450 lbs Steady to 2.00 higher, 450 to 500 lbs Steady to 3.00 lower, 500 to 550 lbs 2.00 higher, 550 to 600 lbs 2.00 lower, 600 to 850 lbs Steady to 2.00 higher, 850 to 1000 lbs 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Very Good Demand for Many Long Strings, Load Lots, and Many Many Packages of Feeder Steers, Feeder Heifers, and Tested Open Heifers which sold on an Active Market. The Supply consisted of several Strings of Yearlings all off grass and in Light Flesh and Many Many Spring Calves off the cow, with Spring and Fall Vaccinations, and carrying Light to Moderate Flesh. Next Special Sale is Saturday, November 2nd, First Bred Cow Special of the Season, Expecting 2,200 head; Next Tuesday, November 5 another big Spring Calf Special, Expecting 12,000 Head.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $160.43/cwt on 6,487 head.
Average price
$160.43
6,487 head · 610 lb average
Value per head Derived
$979
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$278
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$39.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.60
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1593161.809595,913
Large 1846146.741,241456
Medium and Large 1-2570146.09832111
Medium and Large 2558122.006817thin
One grade step is worth $39.80/cwt here — about $278 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 sale6,487 hd
160.43
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SD average12 barns · 27,969 hd
154.83
+5.60
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

49 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1340191.00/cwt191.00–191.0064914
Steers—Large 1417176.00/cwt176.00–176.0073447
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2431161.00/cwt161.00–161.0069413
Steers—Medium and Large 1435183.95/cwt180.00–185.50800158
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2469158.42/cwt158.00–159.0074315
Steers—Medium and Large 1473179.29/cwt169.00–185.75848556
Steers—Large 1494164.00/cwt164.00–164.00810114
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy505182.00/cwt182.00–182.0091987
Steers—Medium and Large 1527167.75/cwt158.50–176.508841,197
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2537149.03/cwt148.00–151.5080036
Steers—Medium and Large 2558122.00/cwt122.00–122.006817
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2569136.57/cwt130.00–142.0077717
Steers—Medium and Large 1578157.84/cwt146.00–165.509121,737
Steers—Medium and Large 1622155.88/cwt147.00–161.259701,118
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2641135.50/cwt135.50–135.5086913
Steers—Large 1645143.00/cwt143.00–143.0092216
Steers—Medium and Large 1661151.05/cwt143.00–154.00998466
Steers—Medium and Large 1717150.19/cwt146.00–151.001,07790
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2740138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,0215
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2759141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,0706
Steers—Medium and Large 1787150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,1815
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2833127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,0586
Steers—Medium and Large 1834160.53/cwt146.00–163.001,339327
Steers—Medium and Large 1896148.73/cwt146.00–149.001,33365
Steers—Medium and Large 1926145.40/cwt142.00–146.501,34671
Steers—Medium and Large 1976139.17/cwt138.00–139.501,35822
Steers—Large 11,033137.04/cwt132.50–138.001,416129
Steers—Large 11,090134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,46651
Steers—Large 11,117132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,48099
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1339166.00/cwt166.00–166.005637
Heifers—Medium and Large 1421159.81/cwt150.00–166.00673295
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2441145.70/cwt145.50–146.0064331
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy465131.00/cwt131.00–131.006099
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement470164.00/cwt164.00–164.00771118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1472146.99/cwt140.00–153.00694305
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2505129.00/cwt129.00–129.006516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529143.27/cwt138.50–151.00758806
Heifers—Medium and Large 1566142.42/cwt134.00–145.75806576
Heifers—Large 1581132.50/cwt132.50–132.507707
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618142.17/cwt138.75–147.00879401
Heifers—Medium and Large 1665142.98/cwt142.00–143.5095136
Heifers—Medium and Large 1743143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,0629
Heifers—Medium and Large 1792146.24/cwt146.00–147.001,15855
Heifers—Medium and Large 1843142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,19748
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2843132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,11741
Heifers—Medium and Large 1879144.65/cwt140.00–146.001,271223
Heifers—Medium and Large 1925140.58/cwt135.50–147.251,300210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1968145.24/cwt136.00–147.001,406196
Heifers—Large 11,074120.50/cwt120.50–120.501,2945

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.