Sale reports / South Dakota / Philip Livestock Auction / 2019-11-05

Philip Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Philip, South Dakota · Tue, Nov 5
● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2023
Receipts
11,155 head
▲ 848 vs last sale 10,307▲ 11,155 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers 400 to 500 lbs 3.00 to 4.00 higher, 500 to 600 lbs Steady to 2.00 higher, 600 to 650 lbs Steady to 2.00 lower, 650 to 750 lbs Steady to 2.00 higher, Feeder Heifers under 450 lbs Steady, 450 to 600 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher, 600 to 750 lbs Steady. Very Good Demand for Many Long Strings, Load Lots, and Many Many Packages of Feeder Steers and Feeder Heifers which sold on a Mostly Moderate to Active Market with instances of a Very Active Market on several Strings of very attractive Cattle. Nearly all of the Supply consisted of Spring Calves, Unweaned, Off Grass, in Light to Moderate Flesh Conditions, with Spring and Fall Vaccinations. Next Feeder Cattle Sale November 12, 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 $160.23/cwt on 7,474 head.
Average price
$160.23
7,474 head · 590 lb average
Value per head Derived
$945
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$451
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$30.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.52
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1591160.479487,327
Medium and Large 1-2529148.65787143
Large 11,076130.001,3994thin
One grade step is worth $30.47/cwt here — about −$451 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 sale7,474 hd
160.23
—
SD average12 barns · 34,592 hd
155.70
+4.52
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

33 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1336190.00/cwt190.00–190.006389
Steers—Medium and Large 1391197.52/cwt193.00–201.5077269
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2393157.00/cwt157.00–157.0061730
Steers—Medium and Large 1423185.90/cwt183.00–190.0078658
Steers—Medium and Large 1477178.15/cwt164.00–189.50850785
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2517149.11/cwt146.50–157.0077190
Steers—Medium and Large 1528166.32/cwt154.50–171.258781,196
Steers—Medium and Large 1581158.68/cwt150.50–166.509222,311
Steers—Medium and Large 1628153.51/cwt143.50–157.509641,307
Steers—Medium and Large 1670153.63/cwt145.00–157.501,0291,051
Steers—Medium and Large 1735152.33/cwt146.50–152.751,120508
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Full754123.00/cwt123.00–123.009276
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2756140.50/cwt140.50–140.501,06217
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned772136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,0507
Steers—Medium and Large 1777144.65/cwt142.00–147.501,12421
Steers—Medium and Large 1933138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,2885
Steers—Large 11,076130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,3994
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2368147.00/cwt147.00–147.0054115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1372172.70/cwt165.50–175.0064224
Heifers—Medium and Large 1424164.15/cwt150.00–169.75696128
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2480140.00/cwt140.00–140.0067271
Heifers—Medium and Large 1483151.07/cwt142.00–160.00730390
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529148.63/cwt144.00–151.75786885
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2537138.36/cwt138.00–138.5074321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement564154.50/cwt154.50–154.50871100
Heifers—Medium and Large 1570144.57/cwt139.00–150.00824455
Heifers—Medium and Large 1623142.58/cwt136.00–146.50888596
Heifers—Medium and Large 1662141.26/cwt139.50–142.75935417
Heifers—Medium and Large 1726139.08/cwt139.00–139.501,01090
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2787128.50/cwt128.50–128.501,01119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1836135.50/cwt135.50–135.501,13319
Heifers—Medium and Large 1854136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,1615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1911133.50/cwt133.50–133.501,21612

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.