Sale reports / South Dakota / Philip Livestock Auction / 2022-10-18

Philip Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Philip, South Dakota · Tue, Oct 18
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2023
Receipts
7,926 head
3,033 vs last sale 4,893 217 vs year ago 8,143 · 2.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers under 400 Steady, 400 to 450 4.00 to 6.00 higher, 450 to 500 Steady to 2.00 higher, 500 to 600 3.00 to 5.00 higher, 600 to 650 1.00 to 3.00 higher, 650 to 700 4.00 higher, 700 to 750 Steady, over 750 were lightly tested, Feeder Heifers under 450 2.00 to 3.00 lower, 450 to 600 Steady to 2.00 lower, 600 to 650 4.00 higher, 900 to 950 Steady. Very Good Demand with many new faces in the seats for Several Strings and Many Load Lots and Packages of Feeder Steers, Feeder Heifers, and Replacement Heifers which all sold on a Very Strong, Active Market throughout the Sale. Nearly the entire Offering consisted of Light to Moderate Fleshed Cattle, with a good weigh-up, no tag and had Spring and Fall vaccinations. The Next Feeder Cattle Sale is October 25, Spring Calf and Yearling Special, expecting 8,000 Head.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $216.80/cwt on 4,952 head.
Average price
$216.80
4,952 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,211
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$360
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$46.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.89
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2348240.0083510thin
Medium 1429230.5098984
Medium and Large 1561217.001,2174,754
Large 1-2412197.2181221
Large 1617193.781,19583
One grade step is worth $46.22/cwt here — about −$360 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 sale4,952 hd
216.80
SD average8 barns · 19,615 hd
205.91
+10.89
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

39 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
BullsMedium and Large 1632159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,00512
HeifersMedium and Large 1425205.95/cwt198.00–212.00875109
HeifersLarge 1477181.20/cwt175.00–186.0086424
HeifersLarge 1396205.00/cwt205.00–205.0081211
HeifersMedium and Large 1616190.46/cwt184.00–192.501,173318
HeifersMedium and Large 1478198.94/cwt184.00–210.00951374
SteersMedium and Large 1569210.31/cwt201.00–219.001,1971,250
SteersMedium and Large 1-2325235.00/cwt235.00–235.007645
SteersMedium and Large 1-2371245.00/cwt245.00–245.009095
SteersMedium and Large 1926174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,6116
SteersMedium and Large 1955168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,6047
SteersMedium and Large 1399254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,01327
SteersLarge 1-2608171.50/cwt171.50–171.501,0436
SteersLarge 1-2333207.50/cwt207.50–207.5069115
SteersMedium and Large 1737190.50/cwt190.50–190.501,40454
SteersMedium and Large 1Full443235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,04116
SteersLarge 1645190.37/cwt190.00–192.501,22833
SteersLarge 11,187144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,7095
SteersMedium 1429230.50/cwt230.50–230.5098984
SteersMedium and Large 1412261.85/cwt242.00–268.001,079110
SteersMedium and Large 1660201.65/cwt200.25–203.001,331212
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement502238.50/cwt238.50–238.501,19796
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement488238.50/cwt238.50–238.501,16495
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement438226.00/cwt226.00–226.00990194
SteersMedium and Large 1477238.17/cwt221.00–250.001,136737
SteersMedium and Large 1525221.46/cwt212.00–239.001,1631,070
SteersMedium and Large 1621207.46/cwt199.50–212.751,2881,220
HeifersMedium and Large 1923167.84/cwt162.00–170.001,54976
HeifersMedium and Large 1762180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,37212
HeifersLarge 1589179.03/cwt175.00–181.501,05482
SteersLarge 1595185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,10119
SteersLarge 1487214.09/cwt213.00–215.001,04326
SteersMedium and Large 1879174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,5296
HeifersMedium and Large 1528195.55/cwt185.00–202.001,033537
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2338195.66/cwt192.50–200.0066145
HeifersMedium and Large 1866168.50/cwt168.50–168.501,45931
HeifersLarge 1526181.50/cwt181.50–181.5095531
HeifersMedium and Large 1579187.75/cwt181.00–193.501,087500
SteersMedium and Large 1Full593189.68/cwt187.00–196.001,12539

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.