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Philip Livestock Auction

Name: Philip Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-21

Feeder Cattle · Philip, South Dakota · Tue, Jan 21

● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2023

← Dec 3Jan 21Feb 11 →

Receipts

5,700 head

▲ 3,098 vs last sale 2,602▲ 1,252 vs year ago 4,448 · +28.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in more than a month, no recent price comparison available. Very good demand for this large offering of very high quality feeder steers and heifers. Many long strings offered, many full load lots and multiple load lots. Buyers were able to make full feedyard pens of uniform cattle from single outfits, and they were quick to bid to secure these fancy, ranch raised, western cattle. The market was incredibly active as the cash fed cattle market topped at 206.00 last week and cattle feeders are feeling very bullish about the market. The cattle were very eye appealing as the flesh was light to moderate, and the cattle were clean and open haired, making them very easy to sell.

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 $338.99/cwt on 390 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −123.48 against this barn's trailing median of $462.48.

Average price

$338.99

390 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,915

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$28

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

$5.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.66

vs SD average

−1.95 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	553	343.07	1,896	121
Medium and Large 1	570	337.16	1,923	269

One grade step is worth $5.90/cwt here — about −$28 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 sale390 hd

338.99

—

SD average8 barns · 3,597 hd

350.66

−11.66

National average147 barns · 15,667 hd

340.94

−1.95

This barn, trailing median7 sales

462.48

−123.48

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

42 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	364	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,602	14
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	409	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,585	20
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	431	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,659	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	397.04/cwt	390.00–412.50	1,826	33
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	460	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,714	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	369.58/cwt	354.00–383.00	1,926	55
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	541	347.67/cwt	334.00–357.50	1,881	90
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	340.65/cwt	327.00–356.00	1,966	137
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	586	329.70/cwt	324.00–331.00	1,932	31
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	594	307.80/cwt	306.00–311.00	1,828	77
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	326.48/cwt	313.00–343.50	2,031	188
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	625	301.48/cwt	282.50–315.00	1,884	12
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	655	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,913	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	662	315.85/cwt	306.00–328.00	2,091	404
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	667	306.49/cwt	306.00–307.00	2,044	81
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	733	291.77/cwt	288.00–294.00	2,139	24
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	299.34/cwt	285.00–311.50	2,200	589
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	785	283.41/cwt	278.00–286.25	2,225	416
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	812	280.43/cwt	274.00–285.00	2,277	346
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	858	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,445	476
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	317	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,331	11
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	368	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,297	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	421	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,410	8
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	438	373.43/cwt	368.00–384.00	1,636	99
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	472	322.28/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,521	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	361.46/cwt	345.00–369.00	1,721	22
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	506	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,599	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	537	346.12/cwt	338.00–347.00	1,859	112
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	549	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,427	17
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	562	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,720	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	319.18/cwt	298.00–338.00	1,848	189
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	596	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,669	67
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	609	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,599	8
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	311.89/cwt	296.00–319.00	1,912	383
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	617	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,925	33
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	638	279.16/cwt	279.00–279.50	1,781	25
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	287.20/cwt	277.00–297.00	1,918	255
Heifers	650–700	Large 1	686	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,852	34
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	279.04/cwt	268.00–297.00	2,001	644
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	736	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,201	81
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	791	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,938	8
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	808	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,141	491

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 Jan 21, 2025

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

Receipts 5,700Last week 2,602Year ago 4,448

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	650–700	686	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	506	316.00	316.00
5	550–600	562	306.00	306.00
25	600–650	638	279.00–279.50	279.16
8	750–800	791	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	368	352.50	352.50
8	400–450	421	335.00	335.00
14	450–500	472	315.00–330.00	322.28
67	550–600	596	280.00	280.00
8	600–650	609	262.50	262.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	317	420.00	420.00
99	400–450	438	368.00–384.00	373.43
22	450–500	476	345.00–369.00	361.46
112	500–550	537	338.00–347.00	346.12
189	550–600	579	298.00–338.00	319.18
383	600–650	613	296.00–319.00	311.89
255	650–700	668	277.00–297.00	287.20
644	700–750	717	268.00–297.00	279.04
491	800–850	808	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	500–550	549	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
33	600–650	617	312.00	312.00
81	700–750	736	299.00	299.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	400–450	409	387.50	387.50
77	550–600	594	306.00–311.00	307.80
7	650–700	655	292.00	292.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	431	385.00	385.00
11	450–500	460	372.50	372.50
90	500–550	541	334.00–357.50	347.67
31	550–600	586	324.00–331.00	329.70
12	600–650	625	282.50–315.00	301.48
81	650–700	667	306.00–307.00	306.49
24	700–750	733	288.00–294.00	291.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	364	440.00	440.00
33	450–500	460	390.00–412.50	397.04
55	500–550	521	354.00–383.00	369.58
137	550–600	577	327.00–356.00	340.65
188	600–650	622	313.00–343.50	326.48
404	650–700	662	306.00–328.00	315.85
589	700–750	735	285.00–311.50	299.34
416	750–800	785	278.00–286.25	283.41
346	800–850	812	274.00–285.00	280.43
476	850–900	858	285.00	285.00

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.