Sale reports / South Dakota / Philip Livestock Auction / 2020-10-20

Philip Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Philip, South Dakota · Tue, Oct 20
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2023
Receipts
7,340 head
202 vs last sale 7,138 1,560 vs year ago 5,780 · +27.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers 400 to 600 2.00 to 4.00 lower, 600 to 750 4.00 to 6.00 lower, Feeder Heifers 450 to 500 Steady, 500 to 650 2.00 to 4.00 lower, 650 to 850 3.00 lower, 850 to 950 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Very Good Demand for Several Long Strings and Many Many Load Lots and Packages of Feeder Steers and Feeder Heifers which sold on a Moderate to Active Market. Nearly all of the Supply was Home Raised, fully vaccinated, and carrying light to moderate flesh with favorable weighing conditions. The Next Feeder Cattle Sale is October 27, Expecting 11,000 Head.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $157.00/cwt on 4,595 head.
Average price
$157.00
4,595 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$880
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$323
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3
$40.93/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.85
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1563158.438934,215
Medium and Large 1-2524148.44777154
Large 1567144.58819125
Medium 1485142.0068922
Medium and Large 2496125.1162037
Medium and Large 2-3485117.5057042
One grade step is worth $40.93/cwt here — about $323 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 sale4,595 hd
157.00
SD average12 barns · 27,226 hd
151.15
+5.85
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

52 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
SteersLarge 1547147.75/cwt147.75–147.7580827
HeifersMedium and Large 1527141.47/cwt133.00–146.50746487
HeifersMedium and Large 1923127.25/cwt127.00–127.501,175118
SteersMedium and Large 1-2357175.00/cwt175.00–175.006259
SteersMedium and Large 1-2615132.00/cwt132.00–132.008128
SteersMedium and Large 1483165.88/cwt157.00–172.50801486
HeifersMedium and Large 1481145.72/cwt141.00–154.50701349
SteersMedium and Large 1582155.57/cwt146.50–161.259051,442
SteersMedium and Large 1520161.29/cwt153.00–168.508391,006
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2646126.50/cwt126.50–126.508175
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2471137.00/cwt137.00–137.0064514
SteersMedium and Large 1675148.21/cwt138.00–152.251,000420
SteersMedium and Large 1429179.40/cwt175.00–189.00770167
HeifersMedium and Large 1970119.86/cwt119.25–123.001,16372
SteersMedium and Large 1617153.28/cwt142.00–158.75946550
HeifersMedium and Large 1873132.40/cwt128.00–136.001,156294
SteersMedium and Large 1953133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,2675
SteersLarge 1609138.88/cwt138.00–139.5084622
HeifersMedium and Large 2382137.00/cwt137.00–137.005236
HeifersMedium and Large 2349127.00/cwt127.00–127.004438
HeifersMedium and Large 1431149.09/cwt142.00–155.00643108
HeifersMedium and Large 1789135.75/cwt135.75–135.751,07112
SteersLarge 1573143.06/cwt141.00–145.0082070
SteersLarge 1428169.00/cwt169.00–169.007236
HeifersLarge 11,070115.50/cwt115.50–115.501,23613
BullsLarge 1685124.00/cwt124.00–124.0084910
SteersMedium and Large 1724147.16/cwt147.00–148.501,06573
SteersMedium and Large 1387191.67/cwt190.00–194.0074266
HeifersMedium and Large 1568136.02/cwt131.00–140.50773243
HeifersMedium and Large 1381157.22/cwt153.00–161.00599134
SteersMedium 1485142.00/cwt142.00–142.0068922
HeifersLarge 1421141.00/cwt141.00–141.005945
SteersMedium and Large 1-2499149.00/cwt149.00–149.0074412
SteersMedium and Large 1-2415154.00/cwt154.00–154.0063912
HeifersLarge 1-2985111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,0935
HeifersLarge 1462141.50/cwt141.50–141.5065413
SteersMedium and Large 2403126.00/cwt126.00–126.0050815
SteersMedium and Large 2475132.00/cwt132.00–132.006277
SteersMedium and Large 1-2332173.00/cwt173.00–173.005745
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2525131.16/cwt128.00–133.0068933
HeifersMedium and Large 1667134.83/cwt133.50–140.7589957
HeifersMedium and Large 1839136.04/cwt136.00–136.501,14156
HeifersMedium and Large 2435122.00/cwt122.00–122.0053146
HeifersMedium and Large 2503123.00/cwt123.00–123.006199
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2283162.00/cwt162.00–162.004589
HeifersMedium and Large 1739138.23/cwt136.25–139.501,02213
SteersMedium and Large 2-3485117.50/cwt117.50–117.5057042
SteersMedium and Large 2598121.00/cwt121.00–121.0072415
SteersMedium and Large 1-2582141.50/cwt141.50–141.5082427
SteersMedium and Large 1-2545147.00/cwt147.00–147.0080181
HeifersMedium and Large 1623136.15/cwt132.75–138.5084872
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2380147.95/cwt146.50–150.0056220

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.