Sale reports / South Dakota / Philip Livestock Auction / 2019-09-10

Philip Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Philip, South Dakota · Tue, Sep 10
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2023
Receipts
1,680 head
194 vs last sale 1,486 1,680 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Feeder Cattle Sale last week, comparisons will be made to two weeks ago. Feeder Steers 800 to 1,000 lbs 5.00 to 6.00 lower, Feeder Heifers 750 to 900 lbs 5.00 to 6.00 lower, 900 to 1000 lbs 6.00 to 7.00 lower, 1000 to 1100 lbs 5. 00 to 6.00 lower. Good Demand for Several Load Lots and Many Part Loads and Packages of Feeder Steers, Feeder Heifers, and Tested Open Heifers which sold on a Moderate to Active Market. Nearly all of the Supply was off Grass with favorable weighing conditions. Next Feeder Cattle Sale September 24, Expecting 2,000 Head.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.97/cwt on 936 head.
Average price
$123.97
936 head · 900 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,115
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$117
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$5.41/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.22
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1885124.681,104791
Medium and Large 1-2807123.0699324
Medium 1813122.509968thin
Large 11,024119.271,221113
One grade step is worth $5.41/cwt here — about −$117 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale936 hd
123.97
SD average6 barns · 3,864 hd
124.20
−0.22
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersLarge 11,053117.63/cwt116.00–119.251,23927
HeifersLarge 11,015119.79/cwt119.25–120.501,21686
HeifersMedium 1813122.50/cwt122.50–122.509968
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy595134.00/cwt134.00–134.0079715
HeifersMedium and Large 1630139.50/cwt139.50–139.508796
HeifersMedium and Large 1823125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0299
HeifersMedium and Large 1763128.92/cwt128.00–129.25984103
HeifersMedium and Large 1974122.06/cwt120.50–122.501,189142
HeifersMedium and Large 1870125.42/cwt122.50–126.251,091248
HeifersMedium and Large 1924122.90/cwt120.25–124.251,136268
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2910119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,0835
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2733126.50/cwt126.50–126.509277
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2807122.75/cwt122.75–122.7599112
SteersLarge 1881126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,1105
SteersMedium and Large 1Full804126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,0138
SteersMedium and Large 1669142.00/cwt142.00–142.009508
SteersMedium and Large 1633146.24/cwt145.00–148.0092612
SteersMedium and Large 1976122.66/cwt121.00–123.501,19722
SteersMedium and Large 1933127.62/cwt126.00–129.001,19127
SteersMedium and Large 1828135.83/cwt135.50–136.001,12545
SteersMedium and Large 1854135.35/cwt134.50–135.501,15648
SteersMedium and Large 1-2774132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,0226

How this sale compares

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.