Sale reports / South Dakota / Philip Livestock Auction / 2020-09-29

Philip Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Philip, South Dakota · Tue, Sep 29
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2023
Receipts
1,326 head
396 vs last sale 1,722 1,658 vs year ago 2,984 · 55.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Feeder Cattle sale last week, comparisons made to two weeks ago. Feeder Steers 700 to 750 3.00 higher, 800 to 850 Steady to 1.00 lower, 850 to 900 Steady to 1.00 higher, 900 to 1000 1.00 to 2.00 lower, Feeder Heifers 700 to 750 2.00 higher, 750 to 800 2.00 lower, 800 to 850 Steady, 850 to 1000 Steady to 2.00 lower. Good Demand for several loads and part loads and many packages of Feeder Steers, Feeder Heifers, and Tested Open Heifers which sold on a Moderate Market. All of the Offering was off grass and carried light to moderate flesh conditions with average weighing conditions. The Next Feeder Cattle Sale is October 6, Expecting 1,500 Yearlings and 2,000 Spring Calves.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.15/cwt on 674 head.
Average price
$133.15
674 head · 835 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,112
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$781
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3
$17.36/cwt at this weight
vs the market
3.85
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1851134.361,144545
Medium and Large 1-2792131.651,04285
Large 11,062124.611,32424
Medium and Large 2-3310117.0036320
One grade step is worth $17.36/cwt here — about $781 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 sale674 hd
133.15
SD average8 barns · 8,985 hd
137.01
−3.85
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
HeifersLarge 11,005126.39/cwt125.00–127.001,27013
SteersLarge 1667150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,0018
SteersMedium and Large 1Full746141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,0525
HeifersMedium and Large 1981126.90/cwt125.25–128.001,24522
HeifersMedium and Large 1871132.39/cwt132.25–133.501,15379
SteersMedium and Large 2564142.00/cwt142.00–142.008015
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2832127.82/cwt125.00–129.001,06317
SteersMedium and Large 1825142.60/cwt141.50–143.751,17675
SteersMedium and Large 1959135.25/cwt135.25–135.251,2979
SteersMedium and Large 1-2673142.00/cwt142.00–142.0095623
SteersMedium and Large 1-2572160.50/cwt160.50–160.509185
SteersMedium and Large 2725132.50/cwt132.50–132.5096111
SteersMedium and Large 1936133.29/cwt131.50–138.751,24842
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3310117.00/cwt117.00–117.0036320
HeifersMedium and Large 1932130.76/cwt127.00–133.001,219165
HeifersMedium and Large 1728141.81/cwt139.50–144.001,03282
HeifersMedium and Large 1834134.88/cwt133.00–135.751,125117
SteersMedium and Large 1-2622145.50/cwt145.50–145.509055
SteersMedium and Large 1871139.10/cwt136.00–143.001,21231
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2796131.50/cwt131.50–131.501,04762
HeifersMedium and Large 1781137.38/cwt134.00–140.501,07380
SteersMedium and Large 2-3352130.00/cwt130.00–130.0045822
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2633144.00/cwt144.00–144.009126
SteersMedium and Large 1725150.73/cwt148.00–151.751,09330
HeifersLarge 11,130122.50/cwt122.50–122.501,38411

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.