Sale reports / South Dakota / Philip Livestock Auction / 2020-03-10

Philip Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Philip, South Dakota · Tue, Mar 10
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2023
Receipts
1,391 head
▼ 2,135 vs last sale 3,526▲ 1,391 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Feeder Cattle Sale last week, comparisons made from two weeks ago. Feeder Steers under 650 Steady, 650 to 750 2.00 to 3.00 lower, other classes not well tested, Feeder Heifers under 750 Steady, 750 to 800 3.00 higher. Good Demand for Several Loads of Replacement Heifers and Packages of attractive Feeder Steers and Feeder Heifers with a good weighup, Cattle with some tagg sold on a Moderate Market. Next Feeder Cattle Sale March 24.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $148.32/cwt on 584 head.
Average price
$148.32
584 head · 638 lb average
Value per head Derived
$946
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$121
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$23.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.62
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2523150.0078415thin
Medium and Large 1640148.47951564
Large 1713127.009065thin
One grade step is worth $23.00/cwt here — about −$121 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 sale584 hd
148.32
—
SD average8 barns · 10,653 hd
137.70
+10.62
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

24 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium 1340172.50/cwt172.50–172.505876
Steers—Medium 1441167.50/cwt167.50–167.507399
Steers—Medium and Large 1472171.00/cwt171.00–171.008079
Steers—Medium and Large 1509169.91/cwt169.00–171.5086557
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2528162.75/cwt162.00–163.0085920
Steers—Medium and Large 1563167.36/cwt163.00–170.5094222
Steers—Large 1587157.00/cwt157.00–157.009225
Steers—Medium and Large 1610164.75/cwt164.75–164.751,00552
Steers—Large 1645145.00/cwt145.00–145.0093553
Steers—Medium and Large 1679147.50/cwt141.75–152.501,00265
Steers—Medium and Large 1724136.30/cwt135.50–140.0098728
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420167.85/cwt167.00–168.5070527
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2462158.00/cwt158.00–158.007307
Heifers—Medium and Large 1479164.00/cwt164.00–164.0078630
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515159.36/cwt155.50–160.7582153
Heifers—Medium and Large 1564153.87/cwt147.50–155.0086868
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2576143.00/cwt143.00–143.008248
Heifers—Medium and Large 1641146.81/cwt145.75–148.50941129
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement692153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,05981
Heifers—Large 1713127.00/cwt127.00–127.009065
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement721144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,03885
Heifers—Medium and Large 1762133.25/cwt132.50–134.001,01552
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy773125.00/cwt125.00–125.0096639
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2507140.00/cwt140.00–140.007107

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.