Sale reports / South Dakota / Philip Livestock Auction / 2020-10-06

Philip Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Philip, South Dakota · Tue, Oct 6
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2023
Receipts
3,700 head
▲ 2,374 vs last sale 1,326▼ 1,094 vs year ago 4,794 · −22.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers 700 to 750 2.00 higher, 800 to 950 Steady to 1.00 higher, Feeder Heifers 700 to 950 Steady to 1.00 higher, 950 to 1000 2.00 higher. Very Good Demand for Several Long Strings, Load Lots, and Packages of Yearling Feeder Steers and Yearling Feeder Heifers and Tested Open Heifers which sold on a Moderate to Active Market; Very Good Demand for Several Load Lots and Many Packages for the first offering of the Season of Spring Calf Feeder Steers and Feeder Heifers which sold on a Very Active Market. The next Feeder Cattle Sale is October 13, Expecting 1,000 Yearlings and 5,000 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 $150.97/cwt on 2,105 head.
Average price
$150.97
2,105 head · 759 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,146
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$399
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$26.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.67
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1639159.301,0191,390
Medium and Large 1-2427154.0765867
Medium and Large 2368146.0053720
Large 11,071132.361,417628
One grade step is worth $26.94/cwt here — about −$399 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 sale2,105 hd
150.97
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SD average8 barns · 11,214 hd
142.30
+8.67
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

41 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2311170.00/cwt170.00–170.0052910
Steers—Medium and Large 1346184.55/cwt184.00–185.0063911
Steers—Medium and Large 1366202.00/cwt202.00–202.0073932
Steers—Medium and Large 2368146.00/cwt146.00–146.0053720
Steers—Medium and Large 1430184.46/cwt177.50–187.5079356
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2445151.00/cwt149.00–163.0067249
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2464153.00/cwt153.00–153.007108
Steers—Medium and Large 1493171.99/cwt162.00–174.75848223
Steers—Medium and Large 1533164.74/cwt157.00–166.5087839
Steers—Medium and Large 1567161.09/cwt151.50–168.00913366
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned621157.93/cwt152.00–162.75981161
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned677155.50/cwt155.00–156.001,053175
Steers—Medium and Large 1711154.50/cwt154.50–154.501,0985
Steers—Medium and Large 1773147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,13621
Steers—Medium and Large 1826142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,1735
Steers—Medium and Large 1881144.37/cwt141.50–146.501,272138
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full888135.88/cwt135.50–136.501,20713
Steers—Large 1906132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,19630
Steers—Medium and Large 1934137.67/cwt133.00–138.751,286145
Steers—Large 11,007136.75/cwt136.50–137.001,377112
Steers—Large 11,085132.28/cwt130.75–135.501,435316
Steers—Large 11,110129.99/cwt128.75–130.751,443156
Steers—Large 11,179126.25/cwt126.25–126.251,48814
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1318165.00/cwt165.00–165.005256
Heifers—Medium and Large 2335133.00/cwt133.00–133.0044620
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368161.00/cwt161.00–161.0059210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2407144.00/cwt144.00–144.0058613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1431161.15/cwt158.00–167.5069562
Heifers—Medium and Large 1470152.28/cwt146.00–158.00716110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1543145.77/cwt145.50–146.5079270
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578147.11/cwt142.00–151.00850174
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2625135.50/cwt135.50–135.5084713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned629145.93/cwt144.25–147.75918178
Heifers—Medium and Large 1653146.50/cwt146.50–146.5095735
Heifers—Medium and Large 1705144.17/cwt142.00–144.501,01658
Heifers—Medium and Large 1767143.75/cwt143.75–143.751,10374
Heifers—Medium and Large 1878131.98/cwt130.25–133.001,15998
Heifers—Medium and Large 1932131.72/cwt130.75–133.001,228122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1963131.57/cwt130.00–131.751,267385
Heifers—Large 11,029131.25/cwt131.25–131.251,35160
Heifers—Large 11,068127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,36244

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.