Sale reports / South Dakota / Philip Livestock Auction / 2020-03-10

Philip Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Philip, South Dakota · Tue, Mar 10
● Final24 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2023
Receipts
1,391 head
2,135 vs last sale 3,526 1,391 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 from two weeks ago. Feeder Steers under 650 Steady, 650 to 750 2.00 to 3.00 lower, other classes not well tested, Feeder Heifers under 750 Steady, 750 to 800 3.00 higher. Good Demand for Several Loads of Replacement Heifers and Packages of attractive Feeder Steers and Feeder Heifers with a good weighup, Cattle with some tagg sold on a Moderate Market. Next Feeder Cattle Sale March 24.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $148.32/cwt on 584 head.
Average price
$148.32
584 head · 638 lb average
Value per head Derived
$946
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$121
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$23.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.62
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2523150.0078415thin
Medium and Large 1640148.47951564
Large 1713127.009065thin
One grade step is worth $23.00/cwt here — about −$121 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 sale584 hd
148.32
SD average8 barns · 10,653 hd
137.70
+10.62
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

24 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 1Fleshy773125.00/cwt125.00–125.0096639
BullsMedium and Large 1-2507140.00/cwt140.00–140.007107
HeifersLarge 1713127.00/cwt127.00–127.009065
HeifersMedium and Large 1420167.85/cwt167.00–168.5070527
HeifersMedium and Large 1479164.00/cwt164.00–164.0078630
HeifersMedium and Large 1762133.25/cwt132.50–134.001,01552
HeifersMedium and Large 1564153.87/cwt147.50–155.0086868
SteersMedium and Large 1509169.91/cwt169.00–171.5086557
SteersMedium and Large 1679147.50/cwt141.75–152.501,00265
SteersMedium and Large 1-2528162.75/cwt162.00–163.0085920
SteersLarge 1645145.00/cwt145.00–145.0093553
SteersMedium 1340172.50/cwt172.50–172.505876
SteersMedium 1441167.50/cwt167.50–167.507399
SteersMedium and Large 1472171.00/cwt171.00–171.008079
SteersMedium and Large 1724136.30/cwt135.50–140.0098728
SteersMedium and Large 1610164.75/cwt164.75–164.751,00552
HeifersMedium and Large 1641146.81/cwt145.75–148.50941129
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2462158.00/cwt158.00–158.007307
HeifersMedium and Large 1515159.36/cwt155.50–160.7582153
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2576143.00/cwt143.00–143.008248
SteersMedium and Large 1563167.36/cwt163.00–170.5094222
SteersLarge 1587157.00/cwt157.00–157.009225
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement692153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,05981
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement721144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,03885

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.