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Philip Livestock Auction

Name: Philip Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-19

Feeder Cattle · Philip, South Dakota · Tue, Nov 19

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2023

← Nov 12Nov 19Dec 3 →

Receipts

1,694 head

▼ 3,806 vs last sale 5,500▼ 3,190 vs year ago 4,884 · −65.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers under 450 Steady, 450 to 500 5.00 to 7.00 higher, 500 to 600 Steady, 600 to 650 4.00 higher, Feeder Heifers 450 to 600 Steady, other classes of Feeder Heifers were lightly tested. Moderate to Good Demand for several Load Lots and Packages of Feeder Steers and Feeder Heifers which sold on a Strong, Active Market. The Entire Offering consisted of Home Raised, Spring born Calves coming straight off the cow and off grass. All Calves carried Light to Moderate Flesh, were clean, open haired cattle, and had Spring and Fall vaccinations. The Next Feeder Cattle Sale is a Weaned Calf Special December 3rd, expecting 2,000 head.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $326.08/cwt on 414 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −136.40 against this barn's trailing median of $462.48.

Average price

$326.08

414 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,785

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$42

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$32.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.86

vs SD average

+16.82 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	547	326.47	1,786	409
Large 1	593	294.00	1,743	5thin

One grade step is worth $32.47/cwt here — about $42 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale414 hd

326.08

—

SD average8 barns · 6,460 hd

323.21

+2.86

National average182 barns · 24,645 hd

309.26

+16.82

This barn, trailing median7 sales

462.48

−136.40

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

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

28 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	282	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	1,135	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	371	408.75/cwt	405.00–425.00	1,516	36
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	380	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,378	14
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	382.74/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,650	56
Steers	450–500	Medium 1	478	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,637	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	362.67/cwt	355.00–375.50	1,748	236
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	328.54/cwt	321.00–336.00	1,761	196
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	557	324.56/cwt	323.00–326.00	1,808	213
Steers	550–600	Large 1	593	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,743	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	617	316.50/cwt	316.50–316.50	1,953	94
Steers	600–650	Large 1Unweaned	619	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,820	39
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	671	278.56/cwt	278.00–279.00	1,869	14
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 3-4	299	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	777	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	335	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,022	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 4	356	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	676	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	359	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,104	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,231	14
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	405	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,353	21
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	408	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,275	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	322.96/cwt	321.00–326.00	1,541	141
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	508	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,463	12
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	310.76/cwt	302.00–321.00	1,594	87
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	297.45/cwt	293.00–299.00	1,698	197
Heifers	550–600	Large 1	596	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,603	29
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	677	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,747	6
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	881	241.50/cwt	241.50–241.50	2,128	6
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,036	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,331	9
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	708	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,848	6

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.

South Dakota feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Philip Livestock Auction - Philip, SD

Tue Nov 19, 2024

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Sioux Falls, SD (LS-SF)

Receipts 1,694Last week 5,500Year ago 4,884

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	708	261.00	261.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	550–600	596	269.00	269.00
9	1000–1050	1,036	225.00	225.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	376	327.50	327.50
21	400–450	405	334.00	334.00
141	450–500	477	321.00–326.00	322.96
87	500–550	513	302.00–321.00	310.76
197	550–600	571	293.00–299.00	297.45
6	850–900	881	241.50	241.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	335	305.00	305.00
6	350–400	359	307.50	307.50
8	400–450	408	312.50	312.50
12	500–550	508	288.00	288.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	677	258.00	258.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	356	190.00	190.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	299	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
94	600–650	617	316.50	316.50
14	650–700	671	278.00–279.00	278.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	282	402.50	402.50
14	350–400	380	362.50	362.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	350–400	371	405.00–425.00	408.75
56	400–450	431	375.00–400.00	382.74
236	450–500	482	355.00–375.50	362.67
196	500–550	536	321.00–336.00	328.54
213	550–600	557	323.00–326.00	324.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
39	600–650	619	294.00	294.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	593	294.00	294.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	478	342.50	342.50

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.