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Philip Livestock Auction

Name: Philip Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-21

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

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2023

← Oct 14Oct 21Oct 28 →

Receipts

4,897 head

▼ 3,098 vs last sale 7,995▼ 681 vs year ago 5,578 · −12.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers under 600 10.00 to 15.00 lower, 600 to 700 8.00 to 12.00 higher, Feeder Heifers 400 to 450 10.00 to 12.00 lower, 450 to 550 5.00 to 10.00 lower, 550 to 600 10.00 to 15.00 lower, 950 to 1000 Steady, other classes not well compared. Good Demand in the seats and Moderate Demand on the Internet for Many Load Lots and Many Part Loads and Packages of Feeder Steers, Feeder Heifers, and Tested Open Heifers which sold on a Moderate Market initially then transitioned into an Active Market as the sale progressed. Nearly the entire Offering came off grass and carried Light to Moderate Flesh. The presentation was very attractive with clean, open haired cattle with no tagg and a favorable weigh-up; nearly all the Spring Calves were fully vaccinated with both Spring and Fall Shots. The next Feeder Cattle Sale is October 28, expecting 8,000 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 $493.55/cwt on 1,213 head. That ranks 9 of 8 comparable sales and sits +34.71 against this barn's trailing median of $458.84.

Average price

$493.55

1,213 head · 553 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,730

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$64

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

$34.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.49

vs SD average

+35.41 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	496.01	2,737	1,122
Medium 1	518	477.50	2,473	9thin
Large 1	562	462.03	2,597	25
Medium and Large 1-2	579	461.60	2,673	57

One grade step is worth $34.41/cwt here — about $64 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale1,213 hd

493.55

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SD average7 barns · 6,095 hd

501.04

−7.49

National average182 barns · 38,495 hd

458.14

+35.41

This barn, trailing median8 sales

458.84

+34.71

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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $471.75, low $386.56, median $458.84 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

30 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	350–400	Medium and Large 2-3	353	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	865	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	372	609.18/cwt	600.00–615.00	2,266	41
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	383	577.24/cwt	575.00–585.00	2,211	22
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	432	520.16/cwt	517.50–525.00	2,247	23
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	554.08/cwt	524.50–594.00	2,604	432
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	492	511.08/cwt	505.00–515.00	2,515	25
Steers	500–550	Medium 1	518	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	2,473	9
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	509.86/cwt	489.00–540.00	2,692	541
Steers	500–550	Large 1	534	473.45/cwt	464.00–482.50	2,528	14
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	483.11/cwt	457.50–495.50	2,773	581
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	461.60/cwt	461.50–462.50	2,673	57
Steers	550–600	Large 1	598	447.50/cwt	447.50–447.50	2,676	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	467.32/cwt	444.00–484.50	2,879	758
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	659	455.15/cwt	438.00–465.50	2,999	347
Steers	650–700	Large 1	680	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,856	16
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	712	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	3,047	67
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	381	550.86/cwt	550.00–552.50	2,099	39
Heifers	350–400	Medium 1	388	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	2,027	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	396	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,901	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	427	521.78/cwt	497.50–545.00	2,228	155
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	481.58/cwt	465.00–500.00	2,297	426
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	450.69/cwt	440.00–462.50	2,348	580
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	423.65/cwt	404.00–444.00	2,428	234
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1	580	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,059	5
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	589	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,223	7
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	395.43/cwt	380.00–403.00	2,452	40
Heifers	600–650	Large 1	637	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,389	16
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	707	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,489	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	825	351.23/cwt	350.50–353.50	2,898	86
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	953	336.50/cwt	336.50–336.50	3,207	37

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 21, 2025

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

Receipts 4,897Last week 7,995Year ago 5,578

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	600–650	637	375.00	375.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	388	522.50	522.50
5	550–600	580	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	350–400	381	550.00–552.50	550.86
155	400–450	427	497.50–545.00	521.78
426	450–500	477	465.00–500.00	481.58
580	500–550	521	440.00–462.50	450.69
234	550–600	573	404.00–444.00	423.65
40	600–650	620	380.00–403.00	395.43
86	800–850	825	350.50–353.50	351.23
37	950–1000	953	336.50	336.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	396	480.00	480.00
5	700–750	707	352.00	352.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	589	377.50	377.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	534	464.00–482.50	473.45
11	550–600	598	447.50	447.50
16	650–700	680	420.00	420.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	518	477.50	477.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	350–400	372	600.00–615.00	609.18
432	450–500	470	524.50–594.00	554.08
541	500–550	528	489.00–540.00	509.86
581	550–600	574	457.50–495.50	483.11
758	600–650	616	444.00–484.50	467.32
347	650–700	659	438.00–465.50	455.15
67	700–750	712	428.00	428.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	350–400	383	575.00–585.00	577.24
23	400–450	432	517.50–525.00	520.16
25	450–500	492	505.00–515.00	511.08
57	550–600	579	461.50–462.50	461.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	353	245.00	245.00

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.