Sale reports / South Dakota / Philip Livestock Auction / 2020-04-21

Philip Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Philip, South Dakota · Tue, Apr 21
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2023
Receipts
1,354 head
450 vs last sale 904 1,354 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 600 to 900 lbs Steady, Feeder Heifers 600 to 700 Steady. Moderate Demand for Several Long Strings and Packages of Feeder Steers and Feeder Heifers which sold on a Moderate Market. Many of the Steers came from Backgrounding Yards and carried Moderate to Moderate Plus Flesh, Many of the Heifers carried Light to Moderate Flesh. Next Feeder Cattle Sale May 12.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $117.92/cwt on 406 head.
Average price
$117.92
406 head · 905 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,067
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$320
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$26.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
13.01
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2522144.1475210thin
Medium and Large 1915117.261,073396
One grade step is worth $26.88/cwt here — about −$320 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 sale406 hd
117.92
SD average6 barns · 4,574 hd
130.93
−13.01
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

16 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 1856121.25/cwt121.25–121.251,03863
SteersMedium and Large 1686138.50/cwt138.50–138.5095016
SteersMedium and Large 1609152.00/cwt152.00–152.0092612
SteersMedium and Large 1938114.75/cwt114.75–114.751,076184
SteersMedium and Large 1971112.74/cwt112.25–113.251,095121
HeifersMedium and Large 1627140.97/cwt138.00–141.5088459
SteersMedium and Large 1-2522144.14/cwt142.00–147.5075210
HeifersMedium and Large 1868110.00/cwt110.00–110.0095549
HeifersMedium and Large 2410128.00/cwt128.00–128.005254
HeifersMedium and Large 1916110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,00888
HeifersMedium and Large 1810111.79/cwt109.00–113.5090516
HeifersMedium and Large 1663131.50/cwt131.50–131.508726
HeifersLarge 1713117.39/cwt117.00–118.0083713
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full703118.00/cwt118.00–118.0083036
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full631121.50/cwt121.50–121.5076710
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy729111.00/cwt111.00–111.0080918

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.