Name: Philip Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2022-02-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The last Feeder Cattle Sale was three weeks ago therefore no market comparison may be made. Good Demand for Several Strings, Load Lots, and Many Packages of Feeder Steers, Feeder Heifers, and Replacement Heifers which sold on a Strong, Active Market. Nearly the entire Offering was Home Raised, fully vaccinated, weaned a long time. Extremely dry conditions persist around the area but that makes for dry pens and clean, open haired cattle carrying moderate flesh. The next Feeder Cattle Sale is February 22, Expecting 2,500 Head.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $180.83/cwt on 1,310 head.

Average price

$180.83

1,310 head · 693 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,252

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$440

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1

$58.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.98

vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	338	200.00	676	6thin
Medium and Large 1	694	181.01	1,255	1,295
Large 1	786	142.00	1,116	9thin

One grade step is worth $58.00/cwt here — about −$440 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 sale1,310 hd

180.83

—

SD average6 barns · 10,093 hd

170.85

+9.98

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

24 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	196.50/cwt	196.50–196.50	863	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	164.06/cwt	160.00–166.00	1,016	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	460	193.21/cwt	188.00–195.50	889	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	177.60/cwt	169.00–184.00	1,014	365
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	473	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	717	8
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	596	159.50/cwt	159.50–159.50	951	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	469	223.59/cwt	214.00–228.00	1,049	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	809	163.50/cwt	163.50–163.50	1,323	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	654	182.22/cwt	179.00–183.00	1,192	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	204.26/cwt	203.50–209.00	1,089	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	627	185.75/cwt	178.50–195.00	1,165	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	862	156.39/cwt	155.50–157.25	1,348	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	738	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,151	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	677	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,144	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	176.67/cwt	166.00–180.75	1,286	191
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	588	204.35/cwt	192.00–207.75	1,202	223
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	338	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	676	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	169.20/cwt	163.50–172.25	1,308	231
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	539	178.76/cwt	173.00–184.00	964	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	664	164.35/cwt	158.75–169.50	1,091	342
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	157.25/cwt	157.25–157.25	1,126	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	719	168.56/cwt	165.50–170.00	1,212	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	783	175.28/cwt	172.00–178.00	1,372	143
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	—	786	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,116	9

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.

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