Sale reports / South Dakota / Philip Livestock Auction / 2022-10-25

Philip Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Philip, South Dakota · Tue, Oct 25
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2023
Receipts
7,509 head
417 vs last sale 7,926 848 vs year ago 6,661 · +12.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers under 550 Steady to 2.00 lower, 550 to 700 Steady, 700 to 850 Steady to 2.00 lower, Feeder Heifers under 500 Steady to 2.00 lower, 500 to 600 2.00 higher, 600 to 650 Steady, 850 to 900 3.00 higher. Very Good Demand for Several Long Strings and Many Load Lots and Packages of Feeder Steers, Feeder Heifers, and Replacement Heifers which sold on a Strong, Active Market. 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 November 1, expecting 10,500 Head.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $211.34/cwt on 4,608 head.
Average price
$211.34
4,608 head · 573 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,211
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$105
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 3-4
$71.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.63
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2452227.481,02794
Medium and Large 1580213.111,2364,053
Medium and Large 2-3387200.93778133
Large 1587195.211,146250
Large 1-2675182.401,23140
Medium and Large 3-4592155.8492238
One grade step is worth $71.63/cwt here — about $105 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 sale4,608 hd
211.34
SD average11 barns · 27,105 hd
207.71
+3.63
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

43 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 1-2495188.50/cwt188.50–188.5093364
HeifersMedium and Large 1652184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,20088
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3301187.50/cwt187.50–187.5056412
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2416184.85/cwt184.00–189.0076989
HeifersMedium and Large 1571191.07/cwt184.00–194.501,091393
HeifersMedium and Large 1616187.11/cwt182.00–193.001,153456
SteersMedium and Large 1624205.66/cwt196.50–217.751,2831,152
SteersLarge 1-2801175.50/cwt175.50–175.501,40617
SteersMedium and Large 1428249.03/cwt234.00–269.001,066211
SteersMedium and Large 1704191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,34572
SteersMedium and Large 1-2836181.50/cwt181.50–181.501,5175
SteersMedium and Large 1673197.57/cwt192.00–207.251,330404
SteersMedium and Large 1577211.04/cwt202.00–217.501,2181,312
SteersLarge 1-2582187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,09123
SteersMedium and Large 1530219.79/cwt210.00–233.001,165501
SteersMedium and Large 2-3351187.50/cwt187.50–187.5065819
SteersMedium and Large 1-2431225.46/cwt224.00–230.0097220
SteersMedium and Large 2-3428205.00/cwt205.00–205.0087781
SteersMedium and Large 1-2395240.00/cwt240.00–240.0094851
SteersLarge 1361240.00/cwt240.00–240.008668
SteersMedium and Large 2-3308198.67/cwt197.00–202.5061233
HeifersMedium and Large 1474204.74/cwt202.00–209.0097095
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2582174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,0135
HeifersMedium and Large 1866173.50/cwt173.50–173.501,5039
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3293179.83/cwt175.00–190.0052727
HeifersMedium and Large 1395206.26/cwt203.00–211.0081560
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement565206.50/cwt206.50–206.501,16785
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement513217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,11393
HeifersMedium and Large 1529197.21/cwt187.75–204.001,043646
HeifersLarge 1518185.62/cwt180.00–189.00962107
HeifersMedium and Large 1424202.75/cwt199.50–209.00860117
SteersLarge 1529199.73/cwt198.00–201.001,05727
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2371186.81/cwt181.00–192.5069358
SteersLarge 1562196.36/cwt196.00–199.001,104116
SteersLarge 1650189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,22999
SteersMedium and Large 1Full613189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,1597
SteersMedium and Large 1Full520204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,06111
SteersMedium and Large 3-4878111.00/cwt111.00–111.0097514
HeifersMedium and Large 1709176.50/cwt176.50–176.501,2519
SteersMedium and Large 3-4425182.00/cwt182.00–182.0077424
SteersMedium and Large 1-2528207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,09318
SteersMedium and Large 1477236.55/cwt219.50–246.001,128374
SteersMedium and Large 1857185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,5859

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.