Sale reports / South Dakota / Philip Livestock Auction / 2020-03-24

Philip Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Philip, South Dakota · Tue, Mar 24
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2023
Receipts
1,752 head
361 vs last sale 1,391 1,752 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 600 not well compared, 600 to 650 3.00 lower, 650 to 700 2.00 higher, 700 to 750 8.00 higher, over 750 not well compared, Feeder Heifers under 500 not well compared, 500 to 550 3.00 lower, 550 to 650 Steady to 2.00 lower, over 650 not well compared. Very Good Demand for Several Load Lots and Many Packages of Feeder Steers, Feeder Heifers, and Replacement Heifers. Much of the Offering Carried Light to Moderate Flesh with a favorable weighup and sold on a Very Active Market, Cattle with some Tagg sold on a Slower Market. Next Feeder Cattle Sale April 7, Early Consignments Indicate 1,000 Head.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $147.66/cwt on 833 head.
Average price
$147.66
833 head · 745 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,100
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$4
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$27.78/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+16.78
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2580157.1491146
Medium and Large 1756147.431,114773
Large 1701129.3690714thin
One grade step is worth $27.78/cwt here — about $4 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 sale833 hd
147.66
SD average6 barns · 2,405 hd
130.89
+16.78
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

25 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 1Fleshy729121.00/cwt121.00–121.008827
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy681129.50/cwt129.50–129.5088234
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy844113.50/cwt113.50–113.5095845
SteersLarge 1Fleshy723128.50/cwt128.50–128.509298
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy893124.75/cwt124.75–124.751,11434
SteersLarge 1Full672130.50/cwt130.50–130.508776
HeifersLarge 1787123.75/cwt123.75–123.7597446
HeifersMedium and Large 1580148.53/cwt147.00–150.0086123
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2552137.00/cwt137.00–137.007565
HeifersMedium and Large 1504154.71/cwt152.00–156.5078028
HeifersMedium and Large 1675139.50/cwt139.50–139.5094244
HeifersMedium and Large 1725137.00/cwt137.00–137.0099370
SteersMedium and Large 1-2564156.50/cwt156.50–156.5088313
SteersMedium and Large 1682154.57/cwt151.75–163.501,054124
SteersMedium and Large 1739150.11/cwt145.00–152.251,109198
SteersMedium and Large 1773147.22/cwt143.25–153.251,138287
SteersMedium and Large 1-2656151.00/cwt151.00–151.009915
SteersMedium and Large 1-2787137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,0785
HeifersMedium and Large 1607146.17/cwt144.00–149.5088797
SteersMedium and Large 1-2545164.00/cwt164.00–164.0089417
SteersMedium and Large 1839137.53/cwt136.50–137.751,15479
SteersMedium and Large 1-2476161.00/cwt161.00–161.007666
SteersMedium and Large 1857130.50/cwt130.50–130.501,11813
SteersMedium and Large 1625158.40/cwt154.50–159.5099038
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement719150.13/cwt145.50–152.001,079106

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.