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Philip Livestock Auction

Name: Philip Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-07

Feeder Cattle · Philip, South Dakota · Tue, Oct 7

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2023

← Sep 9Oct 7Oct 14 →

Receipts

2,220 head

▲ 1,277 vs last sale 943▲ 56 vs year ago 2,164 · +2.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Sale not recently reported therefore no market comparison may be made. Very Good Demand both in the seats and on the Internet for Several strings, load lots, and many packages of Feeder Steers, Feeder Heifers, and Tested Open Heifers which all sold on a Very Strong, Active Market. Today was the first significant offering of the Spring born Calves and they were extremely well received. Today's Yearling Offering consisted entirely of Spayed and Tested Open Heifers, all coming off grass and carrying Light to Moderate Flesh, many with a very favorable weigh-up. Everything under 700 lbs were spring born calves straight off the cow with a very attractive presentation. The Next Feeder Cattle Sale is October 14, Expecting 8,500 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 $504.66/cwt on 545 head. That ranks 8 of 7 comparable sales and sits +42.19 against this barn's trailing median of $462.48.

Average price

$504.66

545 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,697

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$613

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

$149.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.81

vs SD average

+58.81 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	509.07	2,708	517
Medium and Large 1-2	579	453.27	2,624	19thin
Large 1-2	582	360.00	2,095	9thin

One grade step is worth $149.07/cwt here — about $613 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 sale545 hd

504.66

—

SD average7 barns · 1,725 hd

488.86

+15.81

National average181 barns · 23,254 hd

445.85

+58.81

This barn, trailing median7 sales

462.48

+42.19

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

32 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	300–350	Medium and Large 1	349	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,989	9
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	382	551.33/cwt	550.00–555.00	2,106	43
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	419	589.87/cwt	568.00–600.00	2,472	110
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	446	540.91/cwt	535.00–560.00	2,412	59
Steers	450–500	Large 1-2	462	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,379	12
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	492	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	2,595	6
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	493	549.84/cwt	546.00–577.50	2,711	129
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	518.26/cwt	495.00–533.50	2,690	378
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	484.08/cwt	470.00–502.50	2,745	139
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	453.27/cwt	452.50–455.00	2,624	19
Steers	550–600	Large 1-2	582	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,095	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	608	447.62/cwt	420.00–470.00	2,722	225
Steers	600–650	Large 1Unweaned	645	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,625	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	577.01/cwt	570.00–585.00	2,146	23
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	545.71/cwt	517.50–575.00	2,270	47
Heifers	450–500	Large 1-2	454	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,907	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	457	486.92/cwt	485.00–487.50	2,225	31
Heifers	450–500	Large 1	478	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,103	24
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	539	429.96/cwt	425.00–447.50	2,317	69
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	545	411.72/cwt	410.00–412.00	2,244	43
Heifers	550–600	Large 1	594	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,317	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	597	406.66/cwt	402.00–407.50	2,428	58
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	627	390.36/cwt	387.50–392.50	2,448	23
Heifers	700–750	Medium 1	736	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,558	6
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	771	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,752	15
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	814	354.03/cwt	352.50–355.50	2,882	107
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	879	344.49/cwt	331.00–347.50	3,028	215
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	919	326.24/cwt	321.00–331.00	2,998	70
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	990	318.29/cwt	318.00–320.00	3,151	35
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,016	314.48/cwt	311.00–315.00	3,195	55
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1Full	1,033	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	3,182	6
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,075	310.38/cwt	308.00–311.00	3,337	34

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 Oct 7, 2025

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

Receipts 2,220Last week 943Year ago 2,164

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	350–400	372	570.00–585.00	577.01
47	400–450	416	517.50–575.00	545.71
31	450–500	457	485.00–487.50	486.92
69	500–550	539	425.00–447.50	429.96
58	550–600	597	402.00–407.50	406.66
15	750–800	771	357.00	357.00
107	800–850	814	352.50–355.50	354.03
215	850–900	879	331.00–347.50	344.49
70	900–950	919	321.00–331.00	326.24
35	950–1000	990	318.00–320.00	318.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	736	347.50	347.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	454	420.00	420.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	600–650	627	387.50–392.50	390.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
43	500–550	545	410.00–412.00	411.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	450–500	478	440.00	440.00
5	550–600	594	390.00	390.00
55	1000–1050	1,016	311.00–315.00	314.48
34	1050–1100	1,075	308.00–311.00	310.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1000–1050	1,033	308.00	308.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	462	515.00	515.00
9	550–600	582	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
59	400–450	446	535.00–560.00	540.91
6	450–500	492	527.50	527.50
19	550–600	579	452.50–455.00	453.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	349	570.00	570.00
43	350–400	382	550.00–555.00	551.33
110	400–450	419	568.00–600.00	589.87
129	450–500	493	546.00–577.50	549.84
378	500–550	519	495.00–533.50	518.26
139	550–600	567	470.00–502.50	484.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
225	600–650	608	420.00–470.00	447.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	645	407.00	407.00

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.