Sale reports / South Dakota / Philip Livestock Auction / 2021-10-12

Philip Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Philip, South Dakota · Tue, Oct 12
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2023
Receipts
8,227 head
▲ 8,227 vs last sale 0▲ 1,089 vs year ago 7,138 · +15.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers under 400 8.00 to 10.00 higher, 400 to 500 5.00 to 7.00 higher, 500 to 600 Steady, 600 to 650 3.00 higher, over 650 not well compared, Feeder Heifers under 400 8.00 higher, 400 to 450 Steady, 450 to 500 4.00 higher, 500 to 550 Steady, 550 to 600 Steady to 2.00 lower, 600 to 650 Steady, over 650 not well compared. Good Demand for Several Long Long Strings and Many Load Lots of Feeder Steers and Feeder Heifers which sold on an Active to Very Active Market. Each time buyers were given the option to purchase multiple loads of the same sort of cattle they exercised that option. Packages of Feeder Steers and Feeder Heifers sold on a Moderate Market. Nearly the entire offering was off grass and carried Light to Moderate Flesh with a favorable weigh-up and clean, open haired calves. The next Feeder Cattle Sale is October 19, Expecting 10,000 Head.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $185.01/cwt on 4,100 head.
Average price
$185.01
4,100 head · 541 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,001
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$351
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2-3
$32.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.31
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1538187.351,0093,690
Medium and Large 1-2475176.4583897
Large 1622160.75999228
Medium and Large 2525158.8583459
Large 1-2524156.2982021
Medium and Large 2-3424155.006575thin
One grade step is worth $32.35/cwt here — about $351 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 sale4,100 hd
185.01
—
SD average7 barns · 17,099 hd
178.69
+6.31
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

49 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 1Fleshy—945133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,2575
HeifersLarge 1—686142.00/cwt142.00–142.009747
HeifersLarge 1—461156.00/cwt156.00–156.0071911
HeifersLarge 1—425163.00/cwt163.00–163.0069313
HeifersMedium and Large 2—388158.00/cwt158.00–158.006135
HeifersMedium and Large 1—373190.08/cwt185.00–196.0070980
SteersMedium and Large 1—373219.80/cwt203.00–230.00820124
SteersLarge 1—988141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,39320
SteersMedium and Large 1—708167.50/cwt167.50–167.501,18684
SteersLarge 1—576163.34/cwt155.00–168.00941140
SteersMedium and Large 1—620172.69/cwt165.00–178.001,071623
SteersMedium and Large 1—576176.29/cwt170.00–186.001,015667
SteersLarge 1—533167.93/cwt166.00–170.0089544
SteersMedium and Large 1—935155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,44914
SteersMedium and Large 1—473195.50/cwt187.00–207.50925525
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—368191.00/cwt191.00–191.0070317
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—522167.81/cwt165.00–172.0087629
SteersLarge 1—673149.79/cwt147.00–151.501,00813
SteersMedium and Large 1—675167.90/cwt165.00–169.001,133196
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—763159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,2136
SteersMedium and Large 1—337216.00/cwt216.00–216.007286
SteersMedium and Large 2—525158.85/cwt154.50–160.0083459
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—485171.05/cwt170.50–172.0083036
SteersMedium and Large 1—525185.37/cwt173.00–194.00973767
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—447157.64/cwt157.50–158.0070529
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—308160.00/cwt160.00–160.004936
HeifersMedium and Large 1—575155.72/cwt147.50–158.50895326
HeifersLarge 1—809149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,20556
HeifersMedium and Large 1—430173.41/cwt166.00–180.00746218
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—520150.00/cwt150.00–150.0078020
HeifersMedium and Large 1—347184.00/cwt184.00–184.006385
HeifersMedium and Large 1—522159.65/cwt152.00–165.50833837
HeifersMedium and Large 1—469167.44/cwt161.00–179.00785284
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—482150.44/cwt145.00–156.50725101
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—512202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,034208
HeifersMedium and Large 1—837153.24/cwt152.00–154.501,283653
HeifersMedium and Large 1—872152.14/cwt146.00–153.001,327330
SteersLarge 1-2—580150.00/cwt150.00–150.0087010
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—473202.00/cwt197.00–207.00955207
HeifersMedium and Large 1—738160.61/cwt160.25–161.251,185224
HeifersMedium and Large 1—618148.37/cwt143.00–150.0091798
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—294210.00/cwt210.00–210.006179
HeifersMedium and Large 1—794156.50/cwt156.50–156.501,24360
SteersMedium and Large 1—425215.14/cwt193.00–222.00914464
SteersMedium and Large 2-3—424155.00/cwt155.00–155.006575
SteersLarge 1—830148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,22811
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—682150.50/cwt150.50–150.501,02612
SteersLarge 1-2—474162.00/cwt162.00–162.0076811
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—400195.50/cwt195.50–195.50782120

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.