Sale reports / South Dakota / Philip Livestock Auction / 2021-10-05

Philip Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Philip, South Dakota · Tue, Oct 5
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2023
Receipts
5,442 head
▲ 2,615 vs last sale 2,827▲ 1,742 vs year ago 3,700 · +47.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers 400 to 450 Steady, 450 to 500 2.00 higher, 500 to 800 Steady, 800 to 950 2.00 to 3.00 higher, Feeder Heifers 400 to 450 Steady, 450 to 500 3.00 lower, 800 to 850 Steady, 900 to 950 3.00 higher. Good Demand for Many Long Strings, Load Lots, and Packages of Feeder Steers and Feeder Heifers, which all sold on an Active to Very Active Market. The entire offering under 650 lbs were home raised, straight off the cow, had vaccinations in the Spring and Fall, and carried Light to Moderate Flesh. Next Feeder Cattle Sale is October 12, Expecting 2,000 Yearlings and 6,500 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 $179.05/cwt on 3,343 head.
Average price
$179.05
3,343 head · 594 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,064
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$462
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$14.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.16
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1605180.311,0912,913
Large 1515171.62884269
Medium and Large 1-2564169.41955131
Medium and Large 2380165.8062930
One grade step is worth $14.51/cwt here — about $462 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 sale3,343 hd
179.05
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SD average7 barns · 12,962 hd
174.89
+4.16
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

39 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1317208.69/cwt207.00–215.0066214
Steers—Medium and Large 2340175.00/cwt175.00–175.0059518
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2353193.00/cwt193.00–193.006819
Steers—Medium and Large 1393197.41/cwt197.00–198.0077624
Steers—Medium and Large 1434205.75/cwt194.00–212.00893295
Steers—Large 1435183.72/cwt181.50–188.0079925
Steers—Medium and Large 2439152.00/cwt152.00–152.0066712
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2443183.00/cwt183.00–183.0081119
Steers—Large 1476170.29/cwt164.00–173.0081161
Steers—Medium and Large 1479190.44/cwt177.00–200.00912319
Steers—Large 1510173.94/cwt167.00–177.00887150
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2517170.38/cwt167.50–172.0088147
Steers—Medium and Large 1526184.41/cwt176.25–194.50970839
Steers—Large 1567158.00/cwt158.00–158.008965
Steers—Medium and Large 1570178.40/cwt168.75–186.501,017517
Steers—Large 1601147.00/cwt147.00–147.0088311
Steers—Medium and Large 1623169.86/cwt165.50–174.501,058286
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2671160.51/cwt155.00–163.501,07751
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2749157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,1765
Steers—Large 1750158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,18517
Steers—Medium and Large 1784167.54/cwt167.50–168.001,31484
Steers—Medium and Large 1830164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,36166
Steers—Medium and Large 1897163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,46259
Steers—Medium and Large 1918161.93/cwt159.25–163.001,487294
Steers—Medium and Large 1955159.25/cwt159.25–159.251,521116
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2348156.00/cwt156.00–156.0054325
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2357169.00/cwt169.00–169.0060318
Heifers—Medium and Large 1377178.16/cwt171.00–180.5067298
Heifers—Large 1428160.00/cwt160.00–160.006855
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429175.80/cwt164.00–185.00754296
Heifers—Medium and Large 1482164.14/cwt156.50–170.00791507
Heifers—Large 1514151.00/cwt151.00–151.007768
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522160.43/cwt154.00–164.50837310
Heifers—Large 1556141.00/cwt141.00–141.007849
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572156.35/cwt148.00–160.00894225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1609152.00/cwt152.00–152.0092699
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2696149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,0375
Heifers—Medium and Large 1839146.75/cwt146.75–146.751,23111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1914145.50/cwt145.50–145.501,33018

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.