Sale reports / South Dakota / Philip Livestock Auction / 2023-10-31

Philip Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Philip, South Dakota · Tue, Oct 31
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2023
Receipts
5,278 head
▼ 2,329 vs last sale 7,607▼ 4,148 vs year ago 9,426 · −44.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers under 500 10.00 to 15.00 higher, 500 to 550 8.00 to 10.00 higher, 550 to 600 Steady to 6.00 higher, 600 to 650 2.00 to 4.00 higher, 650 to 700 4.00 to 6.00 higher, Feeder Heifers under 450 10.00 to 15.00 higher, 450 to 500 6.00 to 8.00 higher, 500 to 550 Steady to 2.00 higher, 550 to 650 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Very Good Demand for Several Long Strings and Many Load Lots and Packages of Feeder Steers, Feeder Heifers, and Replacement Heifers which sold on an Active to Very Active Market. Nearly the entire Supply consisted of Home Raised Calves, off the cow with Spring and Fall vaccinations, carrying light to moderate Flesh. Most of the weighing conditions were favorable except for a few instances of some extra tag and fill on some cattle likely due to the recent cold weather across the local country. The next Feeder Cattle Sale is November 7, expecting 7,500 head.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $306.13/cwt on 3,460 head.
Average price
$306.13
3,460 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,684
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$14
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$52.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+24.71
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549307.911,6903,264
Medium and Large 1-2480305.891,46973
Medium and Large 2342287.5098314thin
Large 1-2538258.001,3887thin
Large 1668255.331,704102
One grade step is worth $52.58/cwt here — about −$14 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 sale3,460 hd
306.13
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SD average12 barns · 27,760 hd
281.43
+24.71
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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1270360.00/cwt360.00–360.009726
Steers—Medium and Large 2342287.50/cwt287.50–287.5098314
Steers—Medium and Large 1365363.81/cwt360.00–367.501,32843
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2413323.72/cwt322.00–325.001,33714
Steers—Medium and Large 1433358.89/cwt332.50–374.001,554340
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2474312.93/cwt311.00–316.001,48338
Steers—Medium and Large 1475337.35/cwt319.00–351.001,602405
Steers—Medium and Large 1527314.00/cwt293.00–332.001,655664
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2536281.28/cwt281.00–282.001,50821
Steers—Large 1-2538258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,3887
Steers—Large 1557264.33/cwt262.00–266.001,47212
Steers—Medium and Large 1577293.78/cwt267.00–303.251,6951,165
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy607257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,5635
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned624279.36/cwt265.00–289.751,743318
Steers—Large 1Full631242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,5278
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned661277.30/cwt265.00–284.751,833305
Steers—Large 1Unweaned679256.50/cwt256.50–256.501,74277
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned734239.50/cwt239.50–239.501,75813
Steers—Large 1814237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,9295
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2294287.50/cwt287.50–287.5084513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1313329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,03012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2329299.00/cwt299.00–299.009845
Heifers—Medium and Large 1386308.95/cwt290.00–321.501,193133
Heifers—Large 1395272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,07412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435295.95/cwt279.00–317.001,287227
Heifers—Large 1435272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,1836
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474284.57/cwt275.00–290.001,349181
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement476311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,480115
Heifers—Medium and Large 2489253.00/cwt253.00–253.001,2375
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2491268.69/cwt265.00–270.001,31946
Heifers—Medium and Large 1533277.06/cwt267.00–280.001,477285
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement568287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,63094
Heifers—Medium and Large 1576267.88/cwt259.00–273.001,543240
Heifers—Large 1-2598242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,44711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned614261.03/cwt260.00–263.001,603161
Heifers—Medium and Large 1926223.50/cwt223.50–223.502,0705

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.