Sale reports / South Dakota / Philip Livestock Auction / 2020-11-10

Philip Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Philip, South Dakota · Tue, Nov 10
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2023
Receipts
10,321 head
1,807 vs last sale 8,514 3,143 vs year ago 7,178 · +43.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers 400 to 450 Steady, 450 to 550 Steady to 2.00 higher, 550 to 600 Steady, 600 to 650 3.00 higher, 650 to 700 Steady, Feeder Heifers 350 to 550 Steady, 550 to 600 3.00 higher, 600 to 650 Steady, 900 to 950 2.00 higher. Very Good Demand for Several Long Strings, and Many Load Lots, and Many Many Packages of Feeder Steers, Feeder Heifers, and Replacement Heifers which sold on an Active Market. All of the Regular Order Buyers were in attendance as well as several Farmer Feeders and Bull Producers competing for customer calves. All of the Supply was Home Raised, fully vaccinated, straight off the cow, and carried light to moderate flesh with a favorable weighup. The next Feeder Cattle Sale is November 17, Expecting 3,500 to 4,000 head.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $166.44/cwt on 6,645 head.
Average price
$166.44
6,645 head · 539 lb average
Value per head Derived
$897
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$34
per head · Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$11.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.29
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Large 1451168.0375830
Medium and Large 1541166.659026,472
Medium and Large 1-2461156.98724143
One grade step is worth $11.06/cwt here — about $34 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 sale6,645 hd
166.44
SD average12 barns · 36,464 hd
160.16
+6.29
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

30 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 1492142.00/cwt142.00–142.006996
HeifersLarge 1447152.50/cwt152.50–152.5068215
SteersLarge 1528156.00/cwt156.00–156.0082411
SteersLarge 1407175.00/cwt175.00–175.0071219
HeifersMedium and Large 1315176.00/cwt176.00–176.005548
HeifersMedium and Large 1920130.50/cwt130.50–130.501,2019
SteersMedium and Large 1677155.62/cwt155.00–156.251,054170
SteersMedium and Large 1426184.18/cwt177.00–190.50785459
SteersMedium and Large 1474176.53/cwt164.00–186.508371,075
SteersMedium and Large 1619159.04/cwt149.50–163.009841,312
HeifersMedium and Large 1481154.59/cwt146.00–160.25744921
SteersMedium and Large 1570160.88/cwt152.00–165.509171,374
HeifersMedium and Large 1429163.36/cwt157.00–172.00701311
HeifersMedium and Large 1573148.09/cwt144.00–152.75849507
HeifersMedium and Large 1527149.32/cwt144.00–156.00787763
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement494176.00/cwt176.00–176.00869164
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed512178.00/cwt178.00–178.00911106
SteersMedium and Large 1533164.96/cwt160.00–173.508791,845
SteersMedium and Large 1-2264180.00/cwt180.00–180.004757
SteersMedium and Large 1-2407162.00/cwt162.00–162.0065916
SteersMedium and Large 1-2380167.69/cwt163.00–175.0063731
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2432145.96/cwt145.00–148.0063119
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2387151.01/cwt150.00–153.0058450
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2303162.50/cwt162.50–162.504928
HeifersMedium and Large 1653143.00/cwt143.00–143.0093491
HeifersMedium and Large 1382166.54/cwt157.00–175.00636207
SteersMedium and Large 1337185.96/cwt182.00–190.0062741
SteersMedium and Large 1390191.28/cwt180.00–198.0074690
SteersMedium and Large 1-2515150.53/cwt150.00–156.0077589
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3363133.00/cwt133.00–133.0048311

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.