Sale reports / South Dakota / Philip Livestock Auction / 2021-11-09

Philip Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Philip, South Dakota · Tue, Nov 9
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2023
Receipts
6,526 head
▼ 906 vs last sale 7,432▼ 3,795 vs year ago 10,321 · −36.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers under 450 Steady to 4.00 higher, 450 to 500 4.00 to 6.00 lower, 500 to 600 6.00 to 8.00 lower, 600 to 650 2.00 lower, 650 to 700 Steady to 4.00 lower, Feeder Heifers under 400 6.00 lower, 400 to 500 8.00 to 10.00 lower, 500 to 550 4.00 to 6.00 lower, 550 to 600 Steady, 600 to 650 3.00 lower. Very Good Demand for several long strings and many load lots and packages of Feeder Steers and Feeder Heifers which sold on a Moderate to Active Market. Much of the Offering was Home Raised, had Spring and Fall Vaccinations, and carried Light to Moderate Flesh. The Next Feeder Cattle Sale is November 16, Regular Cattle Sale and Spring Calf Special, Expecting 1,000 Head.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $175.55/cwt on 3,490 head.
Average price
$175.55
3,490 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$974
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$388
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$15.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.60
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558175.939823,326
Medium and Large 1-2475170.33808104
Large 1551164.8190848
Medium and Large 2372160.0059412thin
One grade step is worth $15.93/cwt here — about $388 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 sale3,490 hd
175.55
—
SD average10 barns · 31,667 hd
172.95
+2.60
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

36 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 2308170.00/cwt170.00–170.005246
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2342200.00/cwt200.00–200.0068423
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2374180.00/cwt180.00–180.006737
Steers—Medium and Large 1377210.00/cwt210.00–210.0079222
Steers—Medium and Large 1424204.67/cwt191.00–216.00868119
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2429187.00/cwt187.00–187.0080212
Steers—Medium and Large 2435150.00/cwt150.00–150.006536
Steers—Medium and Large 1482189.92/cwt178.50–195.25915467
Steers—Medium and Large 1527176.44/cwt168.00–185.50930851
Steers—Large 1531167.00/cwt167.00–167.0088742
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2544155.00/cwt155.00–155.0084362
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full574153.00/cwt153.00–153.008789
Steers—Medium and Large 1576171.23/cwt164.00–177.509861,035
Steers—Medium and Large 1619168.45/cwt158.00–172.001,043482
Steers—Medium and Large 1658168.70/cwt154.25–175.501,110341
Steers—Large 1690149.50/cwt149.50–149.501,0326
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2339181.00/cwt181.00–181.0061410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1386176.42/cwt173.50–183.0068190
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2386167.00/cwt167.00–167.0064522
Heifers—Medium and Large 2405140.00/cwt140.00–140.005676
Heifers—Medium and Large 1422162.63/cwt159.00–170.0068682
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2443151.50/cwt151.50–151.5067113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2457143.00/cwt143.00–143.0065412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471160.84/cwt152.50–169.00758568
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2517143.50/cwt143.50–143.5074227
Heifers—Medium and Large 1519153.96/cwt149.00–156.00799673
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full536133.00/cwt133.00–133.007137
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement539169.00/cwt169.00–169.0091157
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2552138.00/cwt138.00–138.0076225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1561154.46/cwt151.00–157.50867709
Heifers—Medium and Large 1621147.07/cwt141.00–150.00913150
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2714132.00/cwt132.00–132.009428
Heifers—Medium and Large 1821151.50/cwt151.50–151.501,24415
Heifers—Large 1856144.50/cwt144.50–144.501,2377
Heifers—Medium and Large 1938148.18/cwt148.00–148.501,39011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1970147.92/cwt146.25–148.501,43528

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.