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Philip Livestock Auction

Name: Philip Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-28

Feeder Cattle · Philip, South Dakota · Tue, Oct 28

● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2023

← Oct 21Oct 28Nov 4 →

Receipts

7,699 head

▲ 2,802 vs last sale 4,897▼ 785 vs year ago 8,484 · −9.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers 450 to 700 40.00 to 55.00 lower, Feeder Heifers 450 to 650 20.00 to 35.00 lower, 950 to 1000 20.00 lower. Moderate to Good Demand in the Seats and Good Demand on the Internet for Several Strings, Many Load Lots, and Many Part Loads and Packages of Feeder Steers and Feeder Heifers which sold on a Moderate Market at first, transitioning into a bit more Active Market as the sale progressed and the Nearby Futures markets closed only slightly down as opposed to the free fall of the futures market over the last several days. The entire Offering came off grass and carried Light to Moderate Flesh. The presentation was attractive and the weigh-up mostly favorable with a few calves showing some mud and tagg from the moisture over the weekend. Nearly all the Spring Calves were fully vaccinated with both Spring and Fall vaccinations and came straight off the cow. In 16 years of Market Reporting I don't believe I have ever seen a market transition of this magnitude. Everyone from the buyers and sellers to the sale managers hopes this Futures Market will soon find some footing and moderate the swings. The Next Sale is October 29, a Weighup Cow and Bull Special; November 1 is the Annual Stock Cow and Bred Heifer Special; The next Feeder Cattle Sale is November 4, expecting 7,000 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 $438.80/cwt on 2,524 head. That ranks 2 of 7 comparable sales and sits −23.68 against this barn's trailing median of $462.48.

Average price

$438.80

2,524 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,444

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$619

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

$128.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−30.48

vs SD average

+9.08 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	440.74	2,454	2,434
Medium 1	551	410.00	2,259	18thin
Medium and Large 1-2	554	405.00	2,244	42
Large 1	578	390.00	2,254	13thin
Large 1-2	587	312.50	1,834	17thin

One grade step is worth $128.24/cwt here — about $619 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 sale2,524 hd

438.80

—

SD average10 barns · 13,812 hd

469.28

−30.48

National average179 barns · 33,800 hd

429.72

+9.08

This barn, trailing median7 sales

462.48

−23.68

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

43 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	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	331	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,754	6
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	349	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	2,094	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	366	553.88/cwt	520.00–595.00	2,027	15
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	388	496.29/cwt	492.50–500.00	1,926	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	527.66/cwt	480.00–537.00	2,285	116
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	496.89/cwt	470.00–522.50	2,345	390
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	478	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,127	15
Steers	450–500	Medium 1	480	457.78/cwt	457.50–458.00	2,197	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	461.40/cwt	425.00–501.00	2,427	877
Steers	550–600	Medium 1	551	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,259	18
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	554	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,244	42
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	429.10/cwt	407.00–450.00	2,463	1,557
Steers	550–600	Large 1	578	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,254	13
Steers	550–600	Large 1-2	587	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,834	17
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	395.81/cwt	370.00–417.50	2,502	1,158
Steers	600–650	Large 1	637	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,249	8
Steers	650–700	Large 1-2	650	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,210	12
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	381.36/cwt	362.00–399.00	2,567	646
Steers	650–700	Large 1	694	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,415	8
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	719	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,409	69
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Large 1-2	354	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,487	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,767	17
Heifers	350–400	Large 1	384	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,555	5
Heifers	350–400	Large 2-3	394	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,359	6
Heifers	400–450	Large 1	415	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	1,809	60
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	417	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	2,137	11
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	421	415.08/cwt	405.00–442.50	1,747	19
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 2-3	431	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,422	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	468	426.43/cwt	415.00–432.50	1,996	27
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 3-4	474	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,185	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	448.78/cwt	420.00–479.00	2,154	446
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	516	381.53/cwt	380.00–382.50	1,969	34
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	418.32/cwt	405.00–442.50	2,209	455
Heifers	500–550	Large 1	536	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,077	7
Heifers	500–550	Large 1-2	541	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,731	7
Heifers	550–600	Large 1-2	567	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,800	13
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	394.63/cwt	362.50–410.00	2,245	576
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	608	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,976	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	630	348.70/cwt	344.00–352.00	2,197	296
Heifers	600–650	Large 1	644	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,174	6
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,268	80
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	986	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,933	9
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,985	11

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 28, 2025

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

Receipts 7,699Last week 4,897Year ago 8,484

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	421	405.00–442.50	415.08
27	450–500	468	415.00–432.50	426.43
34	500–550	516	380.00–382.50	381.53
11	600–650	608	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	380	465.00	465.00
11	400–450	417	512.50	512.50
446	450–500	480	420.00–479.00	448.78
455	500–550	528	405.00–442.50	418.32
576	550–600	569	362.50–410.00	394.63
296	600–650	630	344.00–352.00	348.70
80	650–700	673	337.00	337.00
9	950–1000	986	297.50	297.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	384	405.00	405.00
60	400–450	415	436.00	436.00
7	500–550	536	387.50	387.50
6	600–650	644	337.50	337.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	431	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	474	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	394	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	354	420.00	420.00
7	500–550	541	320.00	320.00
13	550–600	567	317.50	317.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	331	530.00	530.00
12	350–400	388	492.50–500.00	496.29
15	450–500	478	445.00	445.00
42	550–600	554	405.00	405.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	349	600.00	600.00
15	350–400	366	520.00–595.00	553.88
116	400–450	433	480.00–537.00	527.66
390	450–500	472	470.00–522.50	496.89
877	500–550	526	425.00–501.00	461.40
1,557	550–600	574	407.00–450.00	429.10
1,158	600–650	632	370.00–417.50	395.81
646	650–700	673	362.00–399.00	381.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	578	390.00	390.00
8	600–650	637	353.00	353.00
8	650–700	694	348.00	348.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	550–600	587	312.50	312.50
12	650–700	650	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	480	457.50–458.00	457.78
18	550–600	551	410.00	410.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
69	700–750	719	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	467	425.00	425.00

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.