Sale reports / South Dakota / Philip Livestock Auction / 2022-02-22

Philip Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Philip, South Dakota · Tue, Feb 22
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2023
Receipts
1,874 head
▼ 746 vs last sale 2,620▼ 1,926 vs year ago 3,800 · −50.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago Feeder Steers under 650 Steady, 650 to 700 4.00 higher, 700 to 850 Steady, Feeder Heifers under 550 Steady, 550 to 650 4.00 to 6.00 higher, 650 to 750 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Good Demand for Several Load Lots and Packages of Feeder Heifers. Load Lots sold on a Very Strong, Active Market while packages sold on a Moderate Market. The entire Offering was Home Raised, weaned a long time, fully vaccinated, and carried Light to Moderate Flesh. The next Feeder Cattle Sale is March 1, expecting 1,500 head.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $185.11/cwt on 1,136 head.
Average price
$185.11
1,136 head · 688 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,274
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$159
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$21.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.93
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2527198.031,04349
Medium and Large 1696184.581,2841,080
Large 1679177.001,2027thin
One grade step is worth $21.03/cwt here — about −$159 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 sale1,136 hd
185.11
—
SD average7 barns · 16,918 hd
174.18
+10.93
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

16 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
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—492206.00/cwt206.00–206.001,0148
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—445208.00/cwt208.00–208.0092614
HeifersMedium and Large 1—426188.00/cwt188.00–188.008016
HeifersMedium and Large 1—452183.50/cwt183.50–183.5082911
HeifersMedium and Large 1—763148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,12915
HeifersMedium and Large 1—634167.75/cwt167.00–168.001,06432
HeifersMedium and Large 1—519184.50/cwt184.50–184.5095863
HeifersMedium and Large 1—593181.54/cwt180.00–183.501,077166
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—579190.50/cwt190.50–190.501,10327
SteersMedium and Large 1—726176.77/cwt167.00–179.751,283389
HeifersMedium and Large 1—727162.89/cwt160.25–165.001,184276
HeifersMedium and Large 1—679166.20/cwt154.50–168.001,128110
SteersLarge 1—679177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,2027
SteersMedium and Large 1—806164.39/cwt161.00–165.001,325157
SteersMedium and Large 1—589207.74/cwt207.50–208.001,224192
SteersMedium and Large 1—671189.72/cwt180.50–192.251,273342

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.