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Philip Livestock Auction

Name: Philip Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-17

Feeder Cattle · Philip, South Dakota · Tue, Mar 17

● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2023

← Feb 24Mar 17Jul 28 →

Receipts

1,054 head

▼ 1,238 vs last sale 2,292▼ 1,952 vs year ago 3,006 · −64.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The most recent Feeder Cattle sale was three weeks ago, therefore no market comparison may be made. Good Demand both in the seats and on the internet for Several Load Lots and Several Packages of Feeder Steers, Feeder Heifers, and a Package of Replacement Heifers which all sold on a Moderate to Active Market. Today's Offering consisted entirely of Home Raised Cattle which had been weaned a long time, and had multiple rounds of vaccinations. The presentation was attractive displaying clean, open haired cattle carrying Light to Moderate Flesh, with mostly favorable weigh-up conditions. The Next Feeder Cattle Sale is April 7. Have a Great Easter Celebration!

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 $490.00/cwt on 5 head. That ranks 8 of 7 comparable sales and sits +27.52 against this barn's trailing median of $462.48.

Average price

$490.00

5 head · 520 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,548

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+1.00

vs SD average

+17.88 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	520	490.00	2,548	5thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale5 hd

490.00

—

SD average7 barns · 598 hd

489.00

+1.00

National average160 barns · 7,757 hd

472.12

+17.88

This barn, trailing median7 sales

462.48

+27.52

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

16 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,548	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	449.00/cwt	449.00–449.00	2,784	56
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	695	423.01/cwt	420.50–425.50	2,940	175
Steers	650–700	Medium 1	698	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,841	89
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	415.99/cwt	414.50–417.50	2,983	150
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	724	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,860	11
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	761	397.20/cwt	390.00–398.00	3,023	89
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	839	355.22/cwt	354.00–358.00	2,980	13
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	499	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,495	53
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	589	422.04/cwt	416.00–431.00	2,486	46
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	401.42/cwt	397.00–410.00	2,501	24
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	626	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,348	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,692	19
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	374.34/cwt	370.00–386.00	2,710	154
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	764	365.35/cwt	365.00–368.00	2,791	61
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Replacement	908	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	3,087	26

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 Mar 17, 2026

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

Receipts 1,054Last week 2,292Year ago 3,006

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	520	490.00	490.00
56	600–650	620	449.00	449.00
175	650–700	695	420.50–425.50	423.01
150	700–750	717	414.50–417.50	415.99
89	750–800	761	390.00–398.00	397.20
13	800–850	839	354.00–358.00	355.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	700–750	724	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
89	650–700	698	407.00	407.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
26	900–950	908	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
53	450–500	499	500.00	500.00
46	550–600	589	416.00–431.00	422.04
24	600–650	623	397.00–410.00	401.42
19	650–700	673	400.00	400.00
154	700–750	724	370.00–386.00	374.34
61	750–800	764	365.00–368.00	365.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	626	375.00	375.00

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.