Name: Philip Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Feeder Cattle Sales the last two weeks, comparisons made from three weeks ago. Feeder Steers and Feeder Heifers 750 to 1,000 Steady. Very Good Demand for Several Load Lots and Many Packages of Feeder Steers, Feeder Heifers, and Tested Open Heifers which sold on a Strong, Active Market throughout the sale. Nearly all of the Offering was off grass and in Light to Moderate Flesh Conditions. The next Feeder Cattle Sale is September 29, Yearling and Spring Calf Special, Expecting 2,000 Head.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.91/cwt on 715 head.

Average price

$135.91

715 head · 837 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,138

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$431

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1

$14.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.34

vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	634	139.42	884	72
Medium and Large 1	857	135.67	1,163	634
Large 1	1,054	124.75	1,315	9thin

One grade step is worth $14.67/cwt here — about −$431 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 sale715 hd

135.91

—

SD average8 barns · 7,837 hd

131.57

+4.34

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

27 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	768	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,021	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	547	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	848	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	666	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	866	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	906	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	1,164	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	853	132.50/cwt	132.50–132.50	1,130	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	740	146.74/cwt	145.50–147.50	1,086	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	698	149.50/cwt	149.50–149.50	1,044	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	727	142.86/cwt	142.50–143.50	1,039	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	140.30/cwt	140.00–140.50	819	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	447	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	675	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	143.36/cwt	142.50–144.00	1,180	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	850	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,199	19
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	481	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	640	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	631	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	890	22
Steers	Large 1	—	1,009	135.37/cwt	126.50–135.75	1,366	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	823	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	1,082	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	928	133.11/cwt	130.00–136.50	1,235	240
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	864	134.32/cwt	130.00–137.00	1,161	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	140.81/cwt	138.50–142.00	1,077	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	981	136.83/cwt	136.25–137.50	1,342	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	917	138.89/cwt	136.75–140.00	1,274	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	844	135.70/cwt	135.00–135.75	1,145	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	685	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	983	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	958	129.92/cwt	129.50–130.00	1,245	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	729	138.33/cwt	136.00–140.50	1,008	17
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,054	124.75/cwt	124.75–124.75	1,315	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	720	6

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.

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