Sale reports / South Dakota / Philip Livestock Auction / 2021-03-09

Philip Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Philip, South Dakota · Tue, Mar 9
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2023
Receipts
2,221 head
▼ 1,579 vs last sale 3,800▲ 830 vs year ago 1,391 · +59.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder Steers under 550 3.00 to 4.00 lower, 550 to 600 Steady, 600 to 700 Steady to 3.00 lower, 700 to 750 Steady, Feeder Heifers 400 to 450 2.00 higher, 500 to 550 Steady, 550 to 600 2.00 lower, 600 to 700 Steady, 700 to 750 3.00 higher, 750 to 800 Steady, 800 to 850 3.00 lower. Good Demand for a Long String, Several Load Lots, and Many Packages of Feeder Steers, Feeder Heifers, and Replacement Heifers which sold on an Active Market. Much of the Offering carried Light to Moderate Flesh and were fully vaccinated. The Next Feeder Cattle Sale is March 23, Expecting 2,000 Head.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $144.50/cwt on 1,494 head.
Average price
$144.50
1,494 head · 646 lb average
Value per head Derived
$934
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$98
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$24.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.47
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2509155.7879364
Medium and Large 1653144.149421,403
Large 1-2543140.6776315thin
Large 1676131.7589112thin
One grade step is worth $24.03/cwt here — about −$98 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 sale1,494 hd
144.50
—
SD average7 barns · 12,857 hd
135.03
+9.47
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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2449170.50/cwt170.50–170.5076619
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy464168.50/cwt168.50–168.507829
Steers—Medium and Large 1494172.00/cwt172.00–172.008508
Steers—Medium and Large 1512171.68/cwt171.50–172.0087936
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy540152.50/cwt152.50–152.508245
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2542165.00/cwt165.00–165.0089474
Steers—Medium and Large 1562167.00/cwt167.00–167.009397
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2584157.63/cwt152.00–163.0092128
Steers—Medium and Large 1649158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,0255
Steers—Medium and Large 1677155.75/cwt153.50–156.501,054115
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full693144.00/cwt144.00–144.009986
Steers—Medium and Large 1711147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,04535
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2734131.54/cwt130.50–132.5096621
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy862127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,09913
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full869130.50/cwt130.50–130.501,13468
Steers—Large 1973122.50/cwt122.50–122.501,1927
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1439173.08/cwt172.00–173.5076038
Heifers—Large 1-2442156.00/cwt156.00–156.006905
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy449161.00/cwt161.00–161.007236
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2494160.00/cwt160.00–160.0079035
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2504154.00/cwt154.00–154.0077621
Heifers—Medium and Large 1514162.60/cwt157.00–166.50836139
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578152.37/cwt147.50–154.00881168
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2586142.00/cwt142.00–142.008328
Heifers—Large 1-2593133.00/cwt133.00–133.0078910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1619145.77/cwt141.00–149.00902173
Heifers—Large 1639134.00/cwt134.00–134.008566
Heifers—Medium and Large 1658141.12/cwt140.75–142.75929403
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full661132.50/cwt132.50–132.508766
Heifers—Large 1713129.50/cwt129.50–129.509236
Heifers—Medium and Large 1715135.86/cwt135.75–136.00971270
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement789140.02/cwt136.50–143.251,105133
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy791121.42/cwt120.50–122.0096013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1796129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,02724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1844120.50/cwt120.50–120.501,01730

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.