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Philip Livestock Auction

Name: Philip Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-02

Feeder Cattle · Philip, South Dakota · Tue, Dec 2

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2023

← Nov 18Dec 2Jan 20 →

Receipts

2,644 head

▲ 1,623 vs last sale 1,021▲ 42 vs year ago 2,602 · +1.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to 2 weeks ago Feeder Steers 450 to 500 10.00 higher, 550 to 650 Steady to 5.00 higher, Feeder Heifers 450 to 500 10.00 lower, 500 to 550 10.00 higher, 550 to 600 Steady to 5.00 higher, 600 to 650 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Good Demand in the seats and on the Internet for Several Strings and Load Lots, and Many Packages of Feeder Steers and Feeder Heifers which sold on an Active Market. Today's Weaned Calf Special featured several loads and packages of weaned calves but the majority was straight off the cow. Flesh conditions mostly ranged from Light to Moderate Plus with many of the cattle being clean and open haired. Nearly the entire Offering was Home Raised and had both Spring and Fall Vaccinations. Next Week Features a Bred Cow Sale, Two Weeks has a few calves and Bred Cows, December 20th is the Schaack Ranch Maternal Gems Female Sale. Likely the next reported Feeder Cattle Sale will Be January 6. Merry Christmas and Have a Happy and Prosperous New Year!

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 $442.00/cwt on 493 head. That ranks 4 of 8 comparable sales and sits −16.84 against this barn's trailing median of $458.84.

Average price

$442.00

493 head · 575 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,543

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$399

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$74.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+6.60

vs SD average

+12.85 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	575	445.47	2,561	470
Medium 1	583	371.00	2,163	23

One grade step is worth $74.47/cwt here — about $399 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 sale493 hd

442.00

—

SD average2 barns · 605 hd

435.40

+6.60

National average190 barns · 23,426 hd

429.15

+12.85

This barn, trailing median8 sales

458.84

−16.84

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

28 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	350–400	Medium and Large 1	366	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,922	8
Steers	400–450	Medium 1Full	421	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	1,772	5
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	440	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,848	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	494.74/cwt	487.50–497.50	2,355	28
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	445.47/cwt	435.00–456.00	2,561	470
Steers	550–600	Medium 1	583	371.00/cwt	355.00–389.00	2,163	23
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	643	402.42/cwt	385.00–405.00	2,588	302
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Full	659	374.00/cwt	374.00–374.00	2,465	6
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	660	400.58/cwt	379.00–403.50	2,644	400
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	381.82/cwt	375.00–386.00	2,711	201
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	722	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,527	14
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	349.00/cwt	349.00–349.00	2,670	13
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	863	301.06/cwt	300.00–302.00	2,598	26
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	371	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,558	15
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Full	433	384.64/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,665	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	459	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,744	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	396.45/cwt	390.00–404.00	1,923	51
Heifers	500–550	Medium 1	521	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,824	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	413.09/cwt	401.00–414.00	2,189	68
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	533	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,999	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	562	388.87/cwt	365.00–399.00	2,185	287
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	620	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,548	105
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	388.33/cwt	350.00–398.00	2,419	303
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	624	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,075	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Full	628	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,041	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,457	35
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	839	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,139	13
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	650–700	Medium and Large 1	691	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,539	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 Dec 2, 2025

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

Receipts 2,644Last week 1,021Year ago 2,602

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	350–400	371	420.00	420.00
16	450–500	459	380.00	380.00
12	500–550	533	375.00	375.00
5	600–650	624	332.50	332.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	433	380.00–395.00	384.64
8	600–650	628	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	450–500	485	390.00–404.00	396.45
68	500–550	530	401.00–414.00	413.09
287	550–600	562	365.00–399.00	388.87
303	600–650	623	350.00–398.00	388.33
35	650–700	675	364.00	364.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
105	600–650	620	411.00	411.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	800–850	839	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	521	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	366	525.00	525.00
28	450–500	476	487.50–497.50	494.74
470	550–600	575	435.00–456.00	445.47
302	600–650	643	385.00–405.00	402.42
400	650–700	660	379.00–403.50	400.58
201	700–750	710	375.00–386.00	381.82
13	750–800	765	349.00	349.00
26	850–900	863	300.00–302.00	301.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	659	374.00	374.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	700–750	722	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	440	420.00	420.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	550–600	583	355.00–389.00	371.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	421	421.00	421.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	691	367.50	367.50

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.