Sale reports / South Dakota / Philip Livestock Auction / 2020-10-13

Philip Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Philip, South Dakota · Tue, Oct 13
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2023
Receipts
7,138 head
3,438 vs last sale 3,700 377 vs year ago 6,761 · +5.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers 400 to 550 Steady, 550 to 600 Steady to 2.00 lower, 600 to 850 Steady to 2.00 higher, Feeder Heifers 400 to 450 Steady, 450 to 750 2.00 to 4.00 lower, 750 to 950 Steady to 2.00 higher. Very Good Demand for Many Long, Long Strings, Load Lots and Many Packages of Feeder Steers and Feeder Heifers which sold on an Active Market. Several instances of multiple loads of the same sort of cattle off the same ranch allowed buyers to buy in volume. Most of the Supply was Home Raised, fully vaccinated, and carried light to moderate flesh with favorable weighing conditions. The next Feeder Cattle Sale is October 20, Expecting 8,000 Head.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $164.43/cwt on 3,933 head.
Average price
$164.43
3,933 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$919
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$64
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$36.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.37
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1559165.459243,715
Medium and Large 1-2482157.4876073
Large 1619145.81902108
Medium and Large 2521130.8868228
Large 1-2667129.008609thin
One grade step is worth $36.45/cwt here — about $64 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 sale3,933 hd
164.43
SD average8 barns · 15,981 hd
155.06
+9.37
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

47 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 1499139.00/cwt139.00–139.006945
HeifersLarge 11,072118.18/cwt117.00–120.001,2675
SteersLarge 1674140.30/cwt136.00–140.7594665
HeifersLarge 11,049123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,2907
SteersLarge 1519155.00/cwt155.00–155.0080428
SteersLarge 1629146.00/cwt146.00–146.009188
SteersMedium and Large 1621160.88/cwt154.00–165.00999651
SteersMedium and Large 1442180.40/cwt175.00–194.00797478
HeifersMedium and Large 1912132.75/cwt132.75–132.751,21114
SteersMedium and Large 1777149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,1588
SteersMedium and Large 1580159.91/cwt153.50–163.00927818
HeifersMedium and Large 1695135.75/cwt135.75–135.7594388
HeifersMedium and Large 1808140.13/cwt136.25–140.751,13273
SteersMedium and Large 1480171.74/cwt164.00–175.00824285
SteersMedium and Large 1675156.41/cwt149.50–161.001,056402
HeifersMedium and Large 1864143.32/cwt134.25–143.751,238629
HeifersMedium and Large 1380166.19/cwt161.00–171.5063263
HeifersMedium and Large 1575140.36/cwt137.50–142.00807247
HeifersMedium and Large 1429156.63/cwt152.00–167.50672243
SteersMedium and Large 1825144.39/cwt143.50–146.501,19110
SteersMedium and Large 1360198.00/cwt198.00–198.00713137
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2323159.08/cwt158.00–161.0051424
HeifersMedium and Large 1492146.55/cwt141.50–153.75721239
SteersMedium and Large 1720155.31/cwt154.00–157.001,118142
BullsMedium and Large 1505146.00/cwt146.00–146.0073722
BullsMedium and Large 1410153.00/cwt153.00–153.0062710
SteersMedium and Large 1Full978129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,26212
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full741139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,03448
SteersLarge 1-2667129.00/cwt129.00–129.008609
HeifersMedium and Large 1520143.18/cwt138.50–145.00745516
SteersLarge 1491160.00/cwt160.00–160.007867
SteersMedium and Large 1-2669140.00/cwt140.00–140.009378
SteersMedium and Large 1-2439162.00/cwt162.00–162.007115
SteersMedium and Large 2580126.00/cwt126.00–126.007315
SteersMedium and Large 2478132.00/cwt132.00–132.006319
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2618130.00/cwt130.00–130.0080315
SteersMedium and Large 1345199.13/cwt194.00–200.0068739
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2439141.00/cwt141.00–141.0061914
SteersMedium and Large 2528131.90/cwt130.00–133.0069614
HeifersMedium and Large 2463126.00/cwt126.00–126.0058317
HeifersMedium and Large 2631113.00/cwt113.00–113.007138
HeifersMedium and Large 1627138.48/cwt137.00–142.00868122
SteersMedium and Large 1-2303184.71/cwt184.00–185.0056018
SteersMedium and Large 1527163.60/cwt159.00–170.00862733
SteersMedium and Large 1-2529148.61/cwt148.00–152.5078642
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2475135.31/cwt132.50–139.5064338
HeifersMedium and Large 1769143.98/cwt140.00–145.001,107283

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.