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Philip Livestock Auction

Name: Philip Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-03

Feeder Cattle · Philip, South Dakota · Tue, Dec 3

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2023

← Nov 19Dec 3Jan 21 →

Receipts

2,602 head

▲ 908 vs last sale 1,694▲ 176 vs year ago 2,426 · +7.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Feeder Cattle Sale last week due to the Thanksgiving Holiday, Market compared to two weeks ago. Feeder Steers 400 to 450 15.00 higher, 450 to 500 8.00 to 10.00 higher, 500 to 550 10.00 to 15.00 higher, 550 to 650 8.00 to 10.00 higher, 650 to 700 10.00 to 15.00 higher, Feeder Heifers 400 to 450 10.00 to 15.00 higher, 450 to 500 7.00 to 9.00 higher, 500 to 550 10.00 to 12.00 higher, 550 to 600 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Good Demand for Several Load Lots and Many Many Packages which all sold on a Very Strong, Active Market throughout the entire Sale. Today's Offering consisted nearly entirely of Home Raised, Spring born calves with Spring and Fall Vaccinations and carried Light to Moderate Flesh. Much of the Offering had also been weaned for at least 30 days. The Next Feeder Cattle Sale is December 17.

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 $337.39/cwt on 427 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −125.09 against this barn's trailing median of $462.48.

Average price

$337.39

427 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,920

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$237

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2

$27.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.57

vs SD average

+12.02 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	570	338.02	1,926	417
Large 1-2	543	311.00	1,689	10thin

One grade step is worth $27.02/cwt here — about $237 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale427 hd

337.39

—

SD average2 barns · 692 hd

333.82

+3.57

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

+12.02

This barn, trailing median7 sales

462.48

−125.09

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

33 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	324	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,369	12
Steers	400–450	Large 1-2	416	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,622	15
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	409.60/cwt	385.00–432.50	1,741	60
Steers	400–450	Large 1	447	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,497	6
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	449	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,643	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	370.73/cwt	357.50–390.00	1,757	28
Steers	450–500	Medium 1	486	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,677	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	490	346.74/cwt	340.00–351.00	1,699	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	350.63/cwt	337.00–355.00	1,848	51
Steers	500–550	Large 1-2	543	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,689	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fancy	554	360.50/cwt	360.50–360.50	1,997	109
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	585	325.99/cwt	318.00–338.00	1,907	257
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	612	327.98/cwt	307.00–329.50	2,007	234
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	306.88/cwt	294.00–313.00	2,062	258
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	681	276.63/cwt	275.00–278.50	1,884	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Full	688	286.50/cwt	286.50–286.50	1,971	93
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	745	268.50/cwt	268.50–268.50	2,000	27
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	335	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,248	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	368.88/cwt	355.00–384.00	1,380	53
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	384	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,267	11
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 3-4	398	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	995	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	411	344.62/cwt	336.00–352.50	1,416	52
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	461	329.30/cwt	324.00–333.00	1,518	81
Heifers	450–500	Large 1-2	487	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,549	11
Heifers	500–550	Large 1-2	504	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,421	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	324.02/cwt	313.00–334.50	1,698	296
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	298.56/cwt	289.00–308.50	1,708	324
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	287.41/cwt	281.00–291.00	1,773	305
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	686	254.71/cwt	251.00–257.00	1,747	16
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	874	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,940	5
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	878	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,107	5
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,039	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,348	11
Heifers	1050–1100	Medium and Large 1	1,069	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,384	5

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 Dec 3, 2024

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

Receipts 2,602Last week 1,694Year ago 2,426

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	850–900	874	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	335	372.50	372.50
53	350–400	374	355.00–384.00	368.88
52	400–450	411	336.00–352.50	344.62
81	450–500	461	324.00–333.00	329.30
296	500–550	524	313.00–334.50	324.02
324	550–600	572	289.00–308.50	298.56
305	600–650	617	281.00–291.00	287.41
16	650–700	686	251.00–257.00	254.71
5	850–900	878	240.00	240.00
11	1000–1050	1,039	226.00	226.00
5	1050–1100	1,069	223.00	223.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	384	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	487	318.00	318.00
5	500–550	504	282.00	282.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	398	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	486	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	324	422.50	422.50
60	400–450	425	385.00–432.50	409.60
28	450–500	474	357.50–390.00	370.73
51	500–550	527	337.00–355.00	350.63
257	550–600	585	318.00–338.00	325.99
234	600–650	612	307.00–329.50	327.98
258	650–700	672	294.00–313.00	306.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	416	390.00	390.00
10	500–550	543	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	650–700	681	275.00–278.50	276.63
27	700–750	745	268.50	268.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
93	650–700	688	286.50	286.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	447	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	449	366.00	366.00
13	450–500	490	340.00–351.00	346.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
109	550–600	554	360.50	360.50

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.