Sale reports / South Dakota / Philip Livestock Auction / 2021-04-06

Philip Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Philip, South Dakota · Tue, Apr 6
● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2023
Receipts
1,837 head
493 vs last sale 2,330 933 vs year ago 904 · +103.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder Steers under 600 4.00 to 6.00 lower, 600 to 650 Steady, 650 to 800 3.00 to 4.00 higher, Feeder Heifers under 600 3.00 lower, 600 to 750 Steady. Moderate Demand for several Long Strings, Load Lots, and Packages of Feeder Steers and Feeder Heifers which sold on an Active Market. Much of the Supply was out of a Feed Yard and carried Moderate Flesh with some fill but clean cattle. The Next Feeder Cattle Sale is April 20, Expecting 1,500 Head.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $153.26/cwt on 983 head.
Average price
$153.26
983 head · 731 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,120
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$142
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$10.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.70
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1736154.351,136876
Medium and Large 1-2686146.061,00218thin
Large 1690143.9799489
One grade step is worth $10.38/cwt here — about $142 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 sale983 hd
153.26
SD average5 barns · 8,512 hd
144.56
+8.70
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
HeifersLarge 1763132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,0075
SteersLarge 1682144.50/cwt144.50–144.5098584
SteersLarge 1832135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,1235
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy653136.00/cwt136.00–136.008885
SteersMedium and Large 1Full706148.75/cwt148.75–148.751,05046
HeifersMedium and Large 1873121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,0569
SteersMedium and Large 1589173.84/cwt170.00–178.001,024159
SteersMedium and Large 1625163.23/cwt162.00–170.001,02019
SteersMedium and Large 1813144.68/cwt143.25–147.751,176294
SteersMedium and Large 1489181.85/cwt180.50–188.0088921
HeifersMedium and Large 1677142.43/cwt140.00–144.25964239
HeifersMedium and Large 1757130.50/cwt130.50–130.5098849
SteersMedium and Large 1-2604154.00/cwt154.00–154.009305
SteersMedium and Large 1-2718143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,02713
SteersMedium and Large 1780149.75/cwt149.75–149.751,168153
HeifersMedium and Large 1612148.00/cwt148.00–148.0090619
SteersMedium and Large 1706162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,14416
HeifersMedium and Large 1586150.78/cwt146.00–154.0088449
HeifersMedium and Large 1724135.39/cwt133.50–136.0098052
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2577140.00/cwt140.00–140.008087
SteersMedium and Large 1521172.44/cwt172.00–173.0089814
SteersMedium and Large 1688160.50/cwt160.50–160.501,10484
SteersMedium and Large 1882141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,24470

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.