Sale reports / South Dakota / Philip Livestock Auction / 2019-11-12

Philip Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Philip, South Dakota · Tue, Nov 12
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2023
Receipts
7,178 head
3,977 vs last sale 11,155 7,178 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers 400 to 750 lbs Steady to 2.00 higher, Feeder Heifers 450 to 600 lbs Steady, 600 to 950 lbs Steady to 2.00 higher. Good Demand for Several Long Strings, Many Load Lots, and Many Many Packages of Feeder Steers and Feeder Heifers which sold on an Active Market. Nearly all of the Supply consisted of Spring Calves, Unweaned, Off Grass, in Light to Moderate Flesh Conditions, with Spring and Fall Vaccinations. Next Feeder Cattle Sale November 19, Expecting 4,000 Head.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $160.54/cwt on 4,689 head.
Average price
$160.54
4,689 head · 582 lb average
Value per head Derived
$934
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$89
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$14.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.07
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1584161.259424,418
Medium and Large 1-2551149.68824202
Medium and Large 2484147.0071157
Large 1582146.5085312thin
One grade step is worth $14.75/cwt here — about $89 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 sale4,689 hd
160.54
SD average10 barns · 27,638 hd
155.47
+5.07
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

31 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
SteersMedium and Large 1436186.67/cwt177.00–191.5081463
HeifersMedium and Large 1667138.66/cwt135.50–143.0092547
HeifersMedium and Large 1427159.87/cwt155.50–164.50683202
HeifersMedium and Large 1475152.91/cwt143.00–166.50726225
HeifersMedium and Large 1619143.53/cwt139.50–145.50888348
HeifersMedium and Large 1583143.71/cwt139.50–145.00838368
HeifersMedium and Large 1527148.62/cwt142.00–152.50783718
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement565150.00/cwt150.00–150.0084888
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2402151.00/cwt151.00–151.006079
HeifersMedium and Large 2426140.00/cwt140.00–140.005967
SteersLarge 1582146.50/cwt146.50–146.5085312
SteersMedium and Large 1907144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,3063
SteersMedium and Large 1378186.83/cwt182.00–190.0070624
HeifersLarge 11,175113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,3284
HeifersLarge 1525136.82/cwt135.50–138.0071811
HeifersLarge 1495137.55/cwt136.00–138.5068134
HeifersMedium and Large 1761141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,0737
HeifersMedium and Large 1394162.50/cwt162.50–162.5064010
HeifersMedium and Large 1720134.50/cwt134.50–134.5096816
HeifersMedium and Large 1932138.50/cwt138.50–138.501,29119
SteersMedium and Large 1720148.40/cwt147.00–150.001,06868
SteersMedium and Large 1484178.49/cwt171.50–184.50864502
SteersMedium and Large 1665155.19/cwt148.00–160.001,032603
SteersMedium and Large 1533164.48/cwt154.00–174.75877673
SteersMedium and Large 1624157.71/cwt149.00–160.759841,207
SteersMedium and Large 1578157.96/cwt150.50–162.259131,275
SteersMedium and Large 1-2490160.00/cwt160.00–160.007846
SteersMedium and Large 1-2516146.00/cwt146.00–146.0075312
SteersMedium and Large 1-2420168.00/cwt168.00–168.0070626
SteersMedium and Large 1-2577146.55/cwt145.00–148.75846158
SteersMedium and Large 2484147.00/cwt147.00–147.0071157

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.