Sale reports / South Dakota / Philip Livestock Auction / 2020-02-11

Philip Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Philip, South Dakota · Tue, Feb 11
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2023
Receipts
4,492 head
3,323 vs last sale 7,815 4,492 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 made to two weeks ago. Feeder Steers under 550 4.00 lower, 550 to 700 Steady to 2.00 higher, 700 to 850 Steady to 2.00 lower, Feeder Heifers under 550 4.00 to 5.00 lower, 550 to 650 Steady to 2.00 higher, 650 to 700 3.00 lower, 700 to 750 Steady. Good Demand for Several Long Strings and Many Packages of Feeder Steers, Feeder Heifers, and Replacement Heifers which sold on an Active to Very Active Market. Much of the Offering carried Light to Moderate Flesh with good weighing conditions. Next Feeder Sale February 25, Expecting 4,000 Head.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $157.27/cwt on 1,996 head.
Average price
$157.27
1,996 head · 677 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,065
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$77
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$32.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.15
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1685157.501,0791,817
Medium and Large 1-2582156.73912169
Large 1-2802125.001,00310thin
One grade step is worth $32.50/cwt here — about $77 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 sale1,996 hd
157.27
SD average6 barns · 10,239 hd
153.12
+4.15
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

30 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 1Full599143.50/cwt143.50–143.5086014
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Full486139.00/cwt139.00–139.0067612
SteersMedium and Large 1Full673145.00/cwt145.00–145.0097620
HeifersMedium and Large 1426161.00/cwt161.00–161.006865
HeifersMedium and Large 1380161.00/cwt161.00–161.0061211
HeifersMedium and Large 1850120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,02011
HeifersMedium and Large 1762132.69/cwt130.00–134.501,01133
HeifersMedium and Large 1491155.20/cwt152.00–159.0076268
HeifersMedium and Large 1528154.52/cwt150.50–161.00816147
SteersMedium and Large 1-2668148.25/cwt148.25–148.2599070
SteersMedium and Large 1770144.74/cwt138.50–147.001,114354
SteersMedium and Large 1615170.43/cwt157.00–175.001,048415
SteersMedium and Large 1730146.20/cwt142.00–148.751,067450
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550157.50/cwt157.50–157.508668
SteersMedium and Large 1-2636152.77/cwt152.00–153.0097229
SteersMedium and Large 1-2464168.05/cwt167.00–171.0078062
SteersMedium and Large 1891132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,18119
SteersMedium and Large 1533180.00/cwt180.00–180.0095937
SteersMedium and Large 1487184.33/cwt182.00–187.5089844
SteersMedium and Large 1681152.59/cwt152.00–155.001,03982
SteersMedium and Large 1822141.51/cwt140.75–142.251,163146
SteersMedium and Large 1565180.24/cwt170.50–185.001,018250
HeifersMedium and Large 1721137.96/cwt133.00–140.25995214
HeifersMedium and Large 1680137.91/cwt137.00–138.75938246
HeifersMedium and Large 1633148.74/cwt143.00–157.00942262
HeifersMedium and Large 1581155.72/cwt152.00–165.00905393
HeifersMedium and Large 2356136.00/cwt136.00–136.004846
SteersLarge 1-2802125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,00310
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement754140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,05682
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement735144.88/cwt143.00–148.001,065132

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.