Sale reports / South Dakota / Philip Livestock Auction / 2021-10-19

Philip Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Philip, South Dakota · Tue, Oct 19
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2023
Receipts
8,143 head
▼ 84 vs last sale 8,227▲ 803 vs year ago 7,340 · +10.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder Steers under 450 Steady, 450 to 600 2.00 to 4.00 lower, 600 to 650 Steady, 650 to 700 3.00 higher, Feeder Heifers under 500 2.00 to 4.00 lower, 500 to 600 2.00 to 4.00 higher, 600 to 650 4.00 higher. Good Demand for Many Long Strings and Many Many Load Lots and Packages which sold on an Active to Very Active Market. Nearly the entire Offering was Home Raised, had Spring and Fall vaccinations, and carried Light to Moderate Flesh. The next Feeder Cattle Sale is October 26, Expecting 7,000 Head.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $179.68/cwt on 4,844 head.
Average price
$179.68
4,844 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,011
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$702
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$30.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.87
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2437180.3878716thin
Medium and Large 1557180.071,0034,766
Large 1995149.611,48962
One grade step is worth $30.76/cwt here — about −$702 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 sale4,844 hd
179.68
—
SD average11 barns · 20,727 hd
171.82
+7.87
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

29 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 1—670146.50/cwt146.50–146.5098215
HeifersMedium and Large 1—521163.19/cwt157.50–169.00850692
HeifersMedium and Large 1—889150.25/cwt150.25–150.251,33626
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—419183.00/cwt183.00–183.007679
SteersMedium and Large 1—382221.08/cwt216.00–229.0084540
HeifersLarge 1—645138.00/cwt138.00–138.008905
HeifersLarge 1—531143.00/cwt143.00–143.007597
HeifersLarge 1—441158.00/cwt158.00–158.0069715
SteersMedium and Large 1—739150.00/cwt150.00–150.001,10916
SteersMedium and Large 1—578175.67/cwt168.50–181.501,0151,052
SteersMedium and Large 1—483189.52/cwt180.50–199.00915871
SteersMedium and Large 1—664171.84/cwt167.00–175.001,141382
SteersLarge 1—659145.00/cwt145.00–145.0095610
SteersMedium and Large 1—618173.84/cwt165.50–178.751,074931
SteersMedium and Large 1—888158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,40313
HeifersMedium and Large 1—366173.57/cwt171.00–175.0063554
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—459177.00/cwt177.00–177.008127
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—498172.00/cwt172.00–172.008576
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—550166.00/cwt166.00–166.0091310
SteersLarge 1—1,060150.50/cwt150.50–150.501,59552
SteersMedium and Large 1—432200.57/cwt189.00–214.00866178
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—619148.00/cwt148.00–148.009166
SteersMedium and Large 1—532180.88/cwt171.00–187.259621,267
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—483155.00/cwt155.00–155.0074913
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—408155.00/cwt155.00–155.0063216
HeifersMedium and Large 1—433169.03/cwt162.00–172.50732303
HeifersMedium and Large 1—481163.36/cwt155.00–169.50786459
HeifersMedium and Large 1—574158.27/cwt153.50–161.00908692
HeifersMedium and Large 1—617157.10/cwt150.50–159.00969254

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.