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Philip Livestock Auction

Name: Philip Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-07-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-07-28

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

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2023

← Mar 17Jul 28Sep 1 →

Receipts

1,028 head

▼ 26 vs last sale 1,054▼ 631 vs year ago 1,659 · −38.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Sale not recently reported due to seasonally low receipts, therefore no market comparison may be made. Good Demand in the seats and on the Internet for Several Load Lots and Many Packages of Feeder Steers, Feeder Heifers, and Tested Open Heifers which all sold on a Moderate to Active Market during today's Special Anniversary Sale. The Offering was Attractive and varied from Light to Moderate Flesh, with much of the Offering being Home Raised Cattle. All the cattle expressed clean, open hair, mostly with a favorable weighup. Recent Futures volatility and heat in Cattle Feeding Country combined with the announcement of plans for Mexican Cattle to be allowed to enter the country certainly all put pressure on the market, yet many of the buyers left owning some cattle with an instance where multiple loads were offered as buyer's choice with a 25 pound spread in the loads and the buyer took both loads, which I thought was noteworthy. The next Feeder Cattle Sale is August 11, a Yearling Special. Much of the surrounding country is dry so the Barn is expecting to start seeing some Spring Calves offered sometime in September.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $393.00/cwt on 31 head, down $29.04 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 8 comparable sales and sits −19.55 against this barn's trailing median of $412.55.

Average price

$393.00

▼ 29.04 vs prior sale

31 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,162

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−8.14

vs SD average

+32.48 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	550	393.00	2,162	31

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 sale31 hd

393.00

—

SD average2 barns · 83 hd

401.14

−8.14

National average152 barns · 4,754 hd

360.52

+32.48

This barn, trailing median8 sales

412.55

−19.55

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $433.26, low $350.00, median $412.55 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

22 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	512	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,035	6
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,196	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	681	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,401	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	756	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,570	9
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	913	321.53/cwt	321.00–322.00	2,936	28
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	922	333.79/cwt	328.00–336.00	3,078	93
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	960	315.13/cwt	310.00–320.00	3,025	29
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,001	311.07/cwt	302.00–312.00	3,114	65
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,079	298.92/cwt	296.50–300.00	3,225	84
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,138	271.50/cwt	271.50–271.50	3,090	31
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	550	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,162	31
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	622	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,053	11
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	637	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,261	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	671	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,469	50
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	717	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,373	18
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	754	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,526	36
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	813	324.33/cwt	324.00–326.00	2,637	78
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	879	309.99/cwt	309.50–312.50	2,725	81
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	921	308.87/cwt	294.00–309.50	2,845	116
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Full	927	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,679	6
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	962	298.02/cwt	289.00–300.00	2,867	56
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,053	279.09/cwt	279.00–280.00	2,939	33

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 Jul 28, 2026

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

Receipts 1,028Last week 1,054Year ago 1,659

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	900–950	927	289.00	289.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	750–800	754	335.00	335.00
78	800–850	813	324.00–326.00	324.33
81	850–900	879	309.50–312.50	309.99
116	900–950	921	294.00–309.50	308.87
56	950–1000	962	289.00–300.00	298.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	637	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	550–600	550	393.00	393.00
11	600–650	622	330.00	330.00
50	650–700	671	368.00	368.00
18	700–750	717	331.00	331.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	1050–1100	1,053	279.00–280.00	279.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
65	1000–1050	1,001	302.00–312.00	311.07
84	1050–1100	1,079	296.50–300.00	298.92
31	1100–1150	1,138	271.50	271.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	750–800	756	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	512	397.50	397.50
10	550–600	578	380.00	380.00
5	650–700	681	352.50	352.50
28	900–950	913	321.00–322.00	321.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
93	900–950	922	328.00–336.00	333.79
29	950–1000	960	310.00–320.00	315.13

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.