Sale reports / South Dakota / Philip Livestock Auction / 2019-10-22

Philip Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Philip, South Dakota · Tue, Oct 22
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2023
Receipts
5,780 head
▼ 981 vs last sale 6,761▲ 5,780 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers under 450 lbs Steady, 450 to 500 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 higher, 500 to 700 lbs Steady to 2.00 lower, Feeder Heifers 400 to 950 lbs Steady. Good Demand for Many Long Strings, Load Lot, and Packages of Feeder Steers, Feeder Heifers, and a few Packages of Tested Open Heifers which sold on an Active Market that gained strength throughout the sale. Nearly the entire offering was Spring Calves, off grass, with both Spring and Fall vaccinations. Next Feeder Cattle Sale October 29, Expecting 2,000 Yearlings and 10,000 Spring Calves.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $158.83/cwt on 3,909 head.
Average price
$158.83
3,909 head · 576 lb average
Value per head Derived
$914
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$327
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$33.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.47
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1578159.019193,829
Medium and Large 1-2471156.5973861
Medium 1518133.006899thin
Medium and Large 2470126.0059210thin
One grade step is worth $33.01/cwt here — about $327 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 sale3,909 hd
158.83
—
SD average12 barns · 24,049 hd
153.35
+5.47
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

35 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1—476150.89/cwt141.00–159.50718277
HeifersMedium and Large 1—529142.07/cwt136.00–144.75752366
HeifersMedium and Large 1—577143.20/cwt136.00–148.00826572
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—523153.00/cwt153.00–153.0080091
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—867131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,1366
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—766129.00/cwt129.00–129.009888
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—367156.00/cwt156.00–156.0057310
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—918128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,17510
SteersMedium 1—518133.00/cwt133.00–133.006899
HeifersMedium and Large 1—387164.51/cwt162.00–170.0063740
HeifersMedium and Large 1—429155.45/cwt151.00–159.5066753
HeifersMedium and Large 1—628141.00/cwt141.00–141.0088559
SteersMedium and Large 1—864144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,2445
SteersMedium and Large 1—712143.75/cwt143.75–143.751,02426
SteersMedium and Large 1—390189.45/cwt187.00–195.0073936
SteersMedium and Large 1—416179.82/cwt170.00–186.0074866
SteersMedium and Large 1—669151.36/cwt149.00–154.251,013273
SteersMedium and Large 1—473173.40/cwt158.00–182.00820297
SteersMedium and Large 1—524165.08/cwt150.00–174.00865527
SteersMedium and Large 1—625155.70/cwt149.50–160.009731,027
SteersMedium and Large 1—577156.48/cwt151.50–161.009031,572
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—329166.00/cwt166.00–166.0054610
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—351166.00/cwt166.00–166.0058310
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—535152.00/cwt152.00–152.0081341
SteersMedium and Large 2—470126.00/cwt126.00–126.0059210
HeifersMedium and Large 1—846137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,16334
HeifersMedium and Large 1—684139.75/cwt139.75–139.7595621
HeifersMedium and Large 1—861140.25/cwt140.25–140.251,20815
HeifersMedium and Large 1—972126.75/cwt126.75–126.751,23212
HeifersMedium and Large 1—931133.50/cwt133.50–133.501,2437
HeifersMedium and Large 1—740140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,0366
HeifersMedium 1-2—364121.50/cwt121.50–121.504425
HeifersLarge 1—1,090124.03/cwt123.50–124.501,35213
HeifersLarge 1—1,115126.75/cwt126.75–126.751,41310
HeifersLarge 1Full—1,198116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,3905

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.