Sale reports / South Dakota / Philip Livestock Auction / 2021-03-23

Philip Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Philip, South Dakota · Tue, Mar 23
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2023
Receipts
2,330 head
109 vs last sale 2,221 578 vs year ago 1,752 · +33.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder Steers under 550 8.00 higher, 550 to 650 5.00 higher, 650 to 750 Steady to 2.00 higher, Feeder Heifers 500 to 550 Steady to 3.00 higher, 550 to 700 Steady, 700 to 750 2.00 higher. Good Demand for several strings, load lots, and packages of Feeder Steers and Feeder Heifers which sold on an Active Market. Much of the Offering carried Light to Moderate Flesh with just a few instances of cattle with some tag and fill. The Next Feeder Cattle Special is April 6, Expecting 1,500 Head. Happy Easter!

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $150.57/cwt on 1,012 head.
Average price
$150.57
1,012 head · 622 lb average
Value per head Derived
$937
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$111
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$16.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.39
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2499155.0077311thin
Medium and Large 1623150.72939985
Large 1639138.3788416thin
One grade step is worth $16.63/cwt here — about −$111 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 sale1,012 hd
150.57
SD average6 barns · 5,841 hd
138.18
+12.39
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

23 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1627143.54/cwt141.00–150.0090068
SteersMedium and Large 1657157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,0315
HeifersMedium and Large 1576158.54/cwt148.00–165.00913264
SteersMedium and Large 1636163.79/cwt161.25–169.001,042112
SteersMedium and Large 1-2461159.00/cwt159.00–159.007337
SteersMedium and Large 1-2525171.29/cwt166.00–172.0089952
SteersLarge 1Full610148.00/cwt148.00–148.009035
HeifersLarge 1639138.37/cwt138.00–139.0088416
SteersLarge 1675148.00/cwt148.00–148.009996
SteersMedium and Large 1Full634158.50/cwt158.50–158.501,0056
BullsMedium and Large 1626150.50/cwt150.50–150.5094211
HeifersMedium and Large 1383180.00/cwt180.00–180.0068910
HeifersMedium and Large 1716138.07/cwt132.00–140.25989276
SteersMedium and Large 1727148.26/cwt148.00–149.501,07867
SteersMedium and Large 1767144.41/cwt142.50–148.001,108217
SteersMedium and Large 1396196.43/cwt192.50–200.0077823
HeifersMedium and Large 1533157.67/cwt152.50–167.0084077
SteersMedium and Large 1517183.92/cwt181.00–186.5095192
HeifersMedium and Large 1806130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,04872
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2499155.00/cwt155.00–155.0077311
HeifersMedium and Large 1671140.34/cwt140.00–141.2594273
SteersMedium and Large 1589181.10/cwt172.00–182.001,06787
HeifersMedium and Large 1480173.74/cwt168.50–180.00834145

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.