Sale reports / South Dakota / Philip Livestock Auction / 2020-08-25

Philip Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Philip, South Dakota · Tue, Aug 25
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2023
Receipts
1,672 head
1,672 vs last sale 0 186 vs year ago 1,486 · +12.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The last Feeder Cattle Sale was 4 weeks ago, therefore no Market Comparison may be made. Good Demand for Several Long Strings and Many Part Loads and Packages of Feeder Steers, Feeder Heifers, and Tested Open Replacement Heifers which sold on a Strong, Active Market. Nearly all of the Offering was Home Raised, off Grass, and carrying Light to Moderate Flesh. The Next Feeder Cattle Special is September 1, Expecting 1,000 Head.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.05/cwt on 688 head.
Average price
$137.05
688 head · 840 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,151
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$173
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$15.87/cwt at this weight
vs the market
4.90
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1837137.371,150669
Medium and Large 1-2571135.007716thin
Large 11,089121.501,32313thin
One grade step is worth $15.87/cwt here — about −$173 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 sale688 hd
137.05
SD average5 barns · 3,932 hd
141.95
−4.90
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
HeifersLarge 11,089121.50/cwt121.00–122.001,32313
HeifersMedium and Large 1555156.50/cwt156.50–156.508698
HeifersMedium and Large 1979129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,26320
HeifersMedium and Large 1731143.94/cwt139.00–145.001,05292
HeifersMedium and Large 1773143.08/cwt137.00–144.001,106105
HeifersMedium and Large 1838134.82/cwt133.00–138.501,130142
SteersMedium and Large 1866143.88/cwt140.50–144.251,24676
SteersMedium and Large 1932137.83/cwt134.50–139.501,285122
SteersMedium and Large 1964136.41/cwt133.00–137.001,315210
SteersMedium and Large 1-2570158.00/cwt158.00–158.009016
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2571135.00/cwt135.00–135.007716
HeifersMedium and Large 1915133.96/cwt129.00–137.501,226144
HeifersMedium and Large 1866135.23/cwt130.00–137.501,171158
SteersMedium and Large 1782151.50/cwt151.50–151.501,1858
SteersMedium and Large 1741155.14/cwt154.00–160.001,15051
SteersMedium and Large 1827141.96/cwt139.50–144.001,17463

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.