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Philip Livestock Auction

Name: Philip Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-04-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-08

Feeder Cattle · Philip, South Dakota · Tue, Apr 8

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2023

← Mar 18Apr 8Jul 29 →

Receipts

1,083 head

▼ 1,923 vs last sale 3,006▲ 1,083 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The last Feeder Cattle Sale was three weeks ago, therefore no market comparison will be made. Good Demand for Several Load Lots and Several Part Loads and Packages of Feeder Steers and Feeder Heifers which Sold on a Moderate to Active Market. Today's Offering consisted mostly of Home Raised Cattle, most of which were fully vaccinated and weaned a long time. Significant movement in the futures market over the last several days sure had an impact on the Market. High quality cattle carrying light Flesh sold on an Active Market while Cattle with a little less frame or a little more flesh sold on a Slow to Moderate Market. Moisture is still needed over a large part of the area and will be something to pay attention to in the coming weeks. The Next Feeder Cattle Sale is April 29.

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 $344.20/cwt on 91 head. That ranks 1 of 7 comparable sales and sits −118.27 against this barn's trailing median of $462.48.

Average price

$344.20

91 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,927

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$117

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$40.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−23.56

vs SD average

−10.10 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	352.78	1,964	71
Medium and Large 2	511	317.50	1,622	5thin
Medium 1	591	312.50	1,847	15thin

One grade step is worth $40.28/cwt here — about $117 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale91 hd

344.20

—

SD average4 barns · 478 hd

367.77

−23.56

National average175 barns · 9,187 hd

354.30

−10.10

This barn, trailing median7 sales

462.48

−118.27

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

21 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	420	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,764	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,912	14
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	511	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,622	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	369.21/cwt	360.00–384.00	1,949	41
Steers	550–600	Medium 1	591	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,847	15
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	595	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,029	10
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	596	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,937	20
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	351.06/cwt	333.00–357.00	2,141	77
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	330.74/cwt	323.00–334.00	2,246	121
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	832	306.08/cwt	296.00–307.00	2,547	82
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,185	27
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	942	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,496	132
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	954	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,528	66
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,539	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,685	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	431	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,681	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	363.35/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,700	38
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	531	340.51/cwt	332.00–350.00	1,808	70
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	589	328.79/cwt	319.00–330.00	1,937	52
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	315.50/cwt	306.00–318.00	1,959	31
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	783	280.96/cwt	268.50–282.00	2,200	90

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 Apr 8, 2025

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

Receipts 1,083Last week 3,006Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	431	390.00	390.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	360	427.50	427.50
6	400–450	416	405.00	405.00
38	450–500	468	350.00–380.00	363.35
70	500–550	531	332.00–350.00	340.51
52	550–600	589	319.00–330.00	328.79
31	600–650	621	306.00–318.00	315.50
90	750–800	783	268.50–282.00	280.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	420	420.00	420.00
14	450–500	481	397.50	397.50
41	500–550	528	360.00–384.00	369.21
10	550–600	595	341.00	341.00
77	600–650	610	333.00–357.00	351.06
121	650–700	679	323.00–334.00	330.74
82	800–850	832	296.00–307.00	306.08
132	900–950	942	265.00	265.00
66	950–1000	954	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	511	317.50	317.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	550–600	596	325.00	325.00
27	850–900	850	257.00	257.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	550–600	591	312.50	312.50

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.