Sale reports / South Dakota / Philip Livestock Auction / 2021-09-14

Philip Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Philip, South Dakota · Tue, Sep 14
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2023
Receipts
2,481 head
1,176 vs last sale 3,657 759 vs year ago 1,722 · +44.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Sale not recently reported therefore no market comparison may be made. Good Demand for Several Long Strings, Load Lots, and Many Packages of Feeder Steers, Feeder Heifers, and Tested Open Heifers; today was also the first reported offering of Spring Calves which are coming earlier in the Season due to the drought in this area. The heavier cattle and larger groups of Spring Calves sold on an Active Market; many smaller groups of Spring Calves sold on a Slower Market to Moderate Demand, widening the price gaps within some of the weight classes. Nearly the entire offering was Home Raised and off Grass, carrying Light to Moderate Flesh with little to no tag. The Next Feeder Cattle Offering is September 28, Expecting 500 Yearlings and 2,500 Spring Calves.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $172.22/cwt on 1,244 head.
Average price
$172.22
1,244 head · 655 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,128
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$239
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$21.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.66
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1609177.031,077941
Medium and Large 1-2529165.4087545
Large 1845155.871,317258
One grade step is worth $21.16/cwt here — about −$239 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 sale1,244 hd
172.22
SD average8 barns · 6,969 hd
165.56
+6.66
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

34 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 1964139.38/cwt135.50–142.251,344148
HeifersMedium and Large 1770146.07/cwt142.75–150.501,12573
HeifersMedium and Large 1578162.25/cwt162.25–162.2593893
HeifersMedium and Large 1399182.00/cwt182.00–182.0072687
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2307162.00/cwt162.00–162.0049716
HeifersMedium and Large 1423174.69/cwt173.50–175.0073983
SteersMedium and Large 1940152.03/cwt147.50–154.251,429186
SteersLarge 11,018144.87/cwt140.50–145.001,475169
HeifersMedium and Large 1475167.00/cwt167.00–167.0079379
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2473152.50/cwt152.50–152.5072124
HeifersMedium and Large 1821139.94/cwt137.50–143.001,149172
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement463185.00/cwt185.00–185.00857106
SteersMedium and Large 1325193.00/cwt193.00–193.0062734
SteersMedium and Large 1-2744152.50/cwt152.50–152.501,1356
HeifersMedium and Large 1937139.36/cwt135.00–141.751,30671
HeifersMedium and Large 1883139.15/cwt137.00–140.501,229158
SteersMedium and Large 1417187.58/cwt181.50–198.00782229
SteersMedium and Large 1-2407170.00/cwt170.00–170.0069213
SteersMedium and Large 1-2320181.00/cwt181.00–181.0057915
SteersMedium and Large 1-2883140.50/cwt140.50–140.501,2416
SteersLarge 1516176.75/cwt176.75–176.7591289
SteersMedium and Large 1Full464180.50/cwt180.50–180.5083828
SteersMedium and Large 1-2790152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,2015
SteersMedium and Large 1884151.46/cwt145.50–154.001,33984
SteersMedium and Large 1626173.25/cwt173.25–173.251,08588
SteersMedium and Large 1822149.53/cwt148.50–150.501,22917
SteersMedium and Large 1510188.19/cwt172.50–195.00960224
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed407217.00/cwt217.00–217.0088351
HeifersMedium and Large 1732146.89/cwt144.00–152.501,07558
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2367169.00/cwt169.00–169.0062012
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2671153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,0277
HeifersMedium and Large 1328181.00/cwt181.00–181.0059415
HeifersLarge 1507156.50/cwt156.50–156.5079319
HeifersLarge 11,016132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,3415

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.