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Philip Livestock Auction

Name: Philip Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-29

Feeder Cattle · Philip, South Dakota · Tue, Jul 29

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2023

← Apr 8Jul 29Sep 9 →

Receipts

1,659 head

▲ 576 vs last sale 1,083▼ 958 vs year ago 2,617 · −36.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recently reported sale to compare to. Very good demand displayed throughout today's special anniversary sale. Yearlings and fall calves accounted for today's offerings. Active bidding throughout sale from internet buyers and buyers in the seats. Flesh conditions consisted of mostly light with few fleshy offered. CME feeder cattle index reached new highs today breaking past $330. CME cattle futures posted solid gains fueling the bullish attitudes and demand today.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $379.77/cwt on 88 head. That ranks 2 of 8 comparable sales and sits −32.78 against this barn's trailing median of $412.55.

Average price

$379.77

88 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,108

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$120

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

$0.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.43

vs SD average

+32.27 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	379.83	2,157	52
Medium and Large 1-2	537	379.68	2,038	36

One grade step is worth $0.15/cwt here — about $120 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale88 hd

379.77

—

SD average3 barns · 220 hd

392.21

−12.43

National average149 barns · 6,369 hd

347.50

+32.27

This barn, trailing median8 sales

412.55

−32.78

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

8 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $433.26, low $350.00, median $412.55 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

35 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 2	431	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	1,815	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	485	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,782	7
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	627	364.53/cwt	362.50–366.00	2,286	23
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	400.18/cwt	400.00–401.00	2,533	22
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	664	398.59/cwt	390.00–407.50	2,647	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	736	366.08/cwt	363.00–367.00	2,694	22
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	746	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,678	12
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	766	354.11/cwt	351.00–359.00	2,712	92
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	768	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,588	26
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	829	350.74/cwt	350.00–351.00	2,908	16
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	878	346.86/cwt	345.00–347.00	3,045	73
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	929	332.89/cwt	324.00–336.25	3,093	87
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	957	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,871	5
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,016	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	3,124	24
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,076	310.61/cwt	306.50–315.00	3,342	111
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,133	296.50/cwt	296.50–296.50	3,359	31
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	379	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,469	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	437	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	1,840	10
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	382.77/cwt	362.50–392.00	2,025	32
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	379.83/cwt	379.00–380.50	2,157	52
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	598	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,123	4
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	635	359.59/cwt	359.00–361.00	2,283	23
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	680	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,305	17
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	684	360.23/cwt	348.00–368.00	2,464	142
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	711	326.54/cwt	321.00–330.00	2,322	16
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	745	345.50/cwt	345.50–345.50	2,574	45
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	793	334.80/cwt	333.00–343.00	2,655	41
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	824	329.31/cwt	319.50–335.50	2,714	179
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	842	310.50/cwt	308.00–313.00	2,614	12
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	891	321.66/cwt	321.50–323.00	2,866	64
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	940	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,754	11
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	952	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,808	5
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	979	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,800	5
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,030	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,884	4
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,098	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	3,009	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 Jul 29, 2025

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

Receipts 1,659Last week 1,083Year ago 2,617

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	600–650	627	362.50–366.00	364.53
12	700–750	746	359.00	359.00
26	750–800	768	337.00	337.00
5	950–1000	957	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	600–650	633	400.00–401.00	400.18
10	650–700	664	390.00–407.50	398.59
22	700–750	736	363.00–367.00	366.08
92	750–800	766	351.00–359.00	354.11
16	800–850	829	350.00–351.00	350.74
73	850–900	878	345.00–347.00	346.86
87	900–950	929	324.00–336.25	332.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	431	421.00	421.00
7	450–500	485	367.50	367.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	1000–1050	1,016	307.50	307.50
111	1050–1100	1,076	306.50–315.00	310.61
31	1100–1150	1,133	296.50	296.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	379	387.50	387.50
10	400–450	437	421.00	421.00
32	500–550	529	362.50–392.00	382.77
4	550–600	598	355.00	355.00
17	650–700	680	339.00	339.00
16	700–750	711	321.00–330.00	326.54
12	800–850	842	308.00–313.00	310.50
11	900–950	940	293.00	293.00
5	950–1000	979	286.00	286.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
52	550–600	568	379.00–380.50	379.83
23	600–650	635	359.00–361.00	359.59
142	650–700	684	348.00–368.00	360.23
45	700–750	745	345.50	345.50
41	750–800	793	333.00–343.00	334.80
179	800–850	824	319.50–335.50	329.31
64	850–900	891	321.50–323.00	321.66
5	950–1000	952	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1000–1050	1,030	280.00	280.00
5	1050–1100	1,098	274.00	274.00

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.