Sale reports / South Dakota / Philip Livestock Auction / 2020-02-25

Philip Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Philip, South Dakota · Tue, Feb 25
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2023
Receipts
3,526 head
966 vs last sale 4,492 3,526 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 are made to two weeks ago. Feeder Steers 600 to 650 Steady to 4.00 lower, 650 to 800 Steady to 2.00 lower, 800 to 850 4.00 to 5.00 lower, 850 to 900 Steady, Feeder Heifers under 500 5.00 higher, 500 to 750 Steady to 2.00 lower. Very Good Demand for Several Long Strings and Many Load Lots 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 little tagg, and consisted of Many Reputation Offerings in conjunction with a premier Production Bull Sale. Next Feeder Cattle Sale March 10.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $148.26/cwt on 1,629 head.
Average price
$148.26
1,629 head · 727 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,077
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$120
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$30.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
0.61
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2522165.008616thin
Medium and Large 1727148.301,0791,611
Large 1727135.0098112thin
One grade step is worth $30.00/cwt here — about −$120 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 sale1,629 hd
148.26
SD average8 barns · 19,597 hd
148.88
−0.61
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 1Fleshy828121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,00220
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy717136.50/cwt136.50–136.5097913
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full555142.00/cwt142.00–142.007887
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full692124.00/cwt124.00–124.0085813
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full625136.00/cwt136.00–136.0085025
SteersMedium and Large 1Full841126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,06015
HeifersMedium and Large 1784128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,00414
HeifersMedium and Large 1388168.50/cwt168.50–168.5065434
HeifersMedium and Large 1503158.81/cwt154.00–161.0079935
HeifersMedium and Large 1743135.03/cwt133.50–135.501,00342
HeifersMedium and Large 1570153.57/cwt152.75–157.0087572
HeifersMedium and Large 1477160.00/cwt160.00–160.0076395
SteersMedium and Large 1673153.71/cwt145.50–158.251,034531
SteersMedium and Large 1-2522165.00/cwt165.00–165.008616
SteersMedium and Large 1361198.00/cwt198.00–198.007158
SteersMedium and Large 1869134.62/cwt134.50–135.001,17077
SteersMedium and Large 1731145.25/cwt145.25–145.251,06285
SteersMedium and Large 1840136.52/cwt133.00–137.501,147197
SteersMedium and Large 1613165.01/cwt157.50–169.001,012204
SteersMedium and Large 1769142.98/cwt136.00–145.251,100481
HeifersMedium and Large 1631146.79/cwt146.25–147.00926123
HeifersMedium and Large 1659139.94/cwt135.00–141.00922269
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2513148.00/cwt148.00–148.007595
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300177.00/cwt177.00–177.0053116
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2470147.00/cwt147.00–147.0069133
SteersLarge 1727135.00/cwt135.00–135.0098112
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement784149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,16857
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement8911,400.00/cwt1,400.00–1,400.0012,47440
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement656996.90/cwt985.00–1,010.006,54084
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement7311,075.26/cwt1,060.00–1,100.007,860289

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.