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Philip Livestock Auction

Name: Philip Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-18

Feeder Cattle · Philip, South Dakota · Tue, Nov 18

● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2023

← Nov 11Nov 18Dec 2 →

Receipts

1,021 head

▼ 5,450 vs last sale 6,471▼ 673 vs year ago 1,694 · −39.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers 500 to 650 5.00 to 8.00 lower, other classes of Steers lightly tested, Feeder Heifers 450 to 650 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Many fewer receipts as we wind down on the Fall Run. Moderate Demand in the seats and on the Internet for one load lot and several packages of Feeder Steers and Feeder Heifers. The Load Lot of Steers sold on a very Strong, Active Market, the Packages sold on a Moderate Market. Nearly the entire Offering came off grass and straight off the cow and carried Light to Moderate Flesh. Nearly all of the Spring Calves were fully vaccinated with both Spring and Fall shots. The Next Sale is November 25, a Bred Cow Special, expecting 2000 Head; The Next Feeder Cattle Sale is December 2, a Weaned Calf Special, expecting 3000 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 $432.33/cwt on 180 head. That ranks 2 of 7 comparable sales and sits −30.15 against this barn's trailing median of $462.48.

Average price

$432.33

180 head · 542 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,343

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$199

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

$63.87/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−13.06

vs SD average

+22.25 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	538	441.37	2,374	151
Medium 1	560	387.28	2,168	23
Medium and Large 1-2	576	377.50	2,174	6thin

One grade step is worth $63.87/cwt here — about $199 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale180 hd

432.33

—

SD average7 barns · 6,525 hd

445.39

−13.06

National average185 barns · 23,076 hd

410.08

+22.25

This barn, trailing median7 sales

462.48

−30.15

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

24 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	504.61/cwt	500.00–507.50	2,180	15
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	436	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,006	10
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	484.00/cwt	484.00–484.00	2,246	10
Steers	450–500	Medium 1	464	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,065	7
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	497	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	1,948	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	519	461.25/cwt	458.00–463.00	2,394	90
Steers	500–550	Medium 1	535	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,081	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Full	537	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,255	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	411.33/cwt	394.00–437.00	2,336	56
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	576	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,174	6
Steers	550–600	Medium 1	579	385.95/cwt	385.00–387.50	2,235	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	609	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,278	16
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	406.57/cwt	381.00–429.00	2,509	256
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,413	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium 1	418	486.00/cwt	486.00–486.00	2,031	21
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	467	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,705	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	421.65/cwt	415.00–440.00	2,007	18
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	390.45/cwt	389.00–395.00	2,050	44
Heifers	500–550	Medium 1	544	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	1,996	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	382.40/cwt	363.50–390.00	2,141	87
Heifers	550–600	Medium 1	560	356.44/cwt	355.00–357.50	1,996	24
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	608	377.72/cwt	371.00–386.00	2,297	49
Heifers	600–650	Large 1	633	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,168	8
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,691	9

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 Nov 18, 2025

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

Receipts 1,021Last week 6,471Year ago 1,694

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	633	342.50	342.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	400–450	418	486.00	486.00
8	500–550	544	367.00	367.00
24	550–600	560	355.00–357.50	356.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	467	365.00	365.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	450–500	476	415.00–440.00	421.65
44	500–550	525	389.00–395.00	390.45
87	550–600	560	363.50–390.00	382.40
49	600–650	608	371.00–386.00	377.72
9	800–850	828	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	432	500.00–507.50	504.61
10	450–500	464	484.00	484.00
90	500–550	519	458.00–463.00	461.25
56	550–600	568	394.00–437.00	411.33
256	600–650	617	381.00–429.00	406.57
5	650–700	675	357.50	357.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	464	445.00	445.00
10	500–550	535	389.00	389.00
13	550–600	579	385.00–387.50	385.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	436	460.00	460.00
13	450–500	497	392.00	392.00
6	550–600	576	377.50	377.50
16	600–650	609	374.00	374.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	537	420.00	420.00

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.