Sale reports / South Dakota / Philip Livestock Auction / 2024-11-05

Philip Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Philip, South Dakota · Tue, Nov 5
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2023
Receipts
4,888 head
▼ 3,596 vs last sale 8,484▼ 1,807 vs year ago 6,695 · −27.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers 400 to 450 Steady to 3.00 higher, 450 to 550 Steady, 550 to 700 Steady to 2.00 higher; Feeder Heifers 400 to 550 2.00 to 4.00 higher, 550 to 600 2.00 to 3.00 lower, 800 to 850 2.00 higher. Good Demand for Several Long Strings and Many Load Lots and Packages of Feeder Steers, Feeder Heifers, and Replacement Heifers which all sold on a Very Strong, Active Market. The Offering consisted largely of reputation, high quality calves in a very attractive presentation. The Entire Offering consisted of Home Raised Cattle with Spring and Fall vaccinations and no tagg. The next Feeder Cattle Sale is November 12, expecting 6,000 Head.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $325.01/cwt on 1,464 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −137.47 against this barn's trailing median of $462.48.
Average price
$325.01
1,464 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,796
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+6.82
vs SD average
+23.16 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552325.011,7961,464
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1,464 hd
325.01
—
SD average10 barns · 9,202 hd
318.19
+6.82
National average187 barns · 26,509 hd
301.85
+23.16
This barn, trailing median7 sales
462.48
−137.47
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

7 sales
486448410373median 462.4807/2809/0110/0610/2010/28
Steers 500–600 lb: high $471.75, low $386.56, median $462.48 across 7 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

34 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 2-3308337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,0405
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1364422.50/cwt422.50–422.501,53823
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2364381.91/cwt342.00–390.001,39032
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Full410360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,47618
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2412350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4425
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1428379.51/cwt363.00–399.001,624243
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2453307.50/cwt307.50–307.501,3936
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473357.68/cwt341.00–364.001,692307
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Full493329.00/cwt329.00–329.001,6226
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1535331.50/cwt313.00–344.001,774885
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Full543304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,65113
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1580315.35/cwt304.00–327.501,829566
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned626301.68/cwt288.00–312.501,889595
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Full667279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,86120
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned681297.95/cwt293.00–300.502,029257
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Unweaned708278.31/cwt272.00–279.001,97093
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1Full994220.50/cwt220.50–220.502,1926
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1287347.50/cwt347.50–347.509975
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330331.31/cwt330.00–332.501,09316
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1389322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,2557
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1423329.06/cwt322.00–336.001,392170
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Replacement424349.00/cwt349.00–349.001,480138
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1482305.69/cwt293.00–321.001,473198
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Replacement520321.93/cwt320.00–324.001,674221
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525299.75/cwt288.00–318.001,574314
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1563285.60/cwt275.50–290.501,608159
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Unweaned639272.85/cwt272.00–280.001,744190
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Full648266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,72427
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Unweaned667269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,79493
Heifers800–850Large 1815237.70/cwt233.00–239.001,93724
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1835248.00/cwt248.00–248.002,07172
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1862233.00/cwt233.00–233.002,0087
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1960227.00/cwt227.00–227.002,1795
Heifers950–1000Large 1998219.00/cwt219.00–219.002,1867

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.