Sale reports / South Dakota / Philip Livestock Auction / 2023-04-11

Philip Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Philip, South Dakota · Tue, Apr 11
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2023
Receipts
1,589 head
1,090 vs last sale 2,679 349 vs year ago 1,240 · +28.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Sale not recently reported, therefore no market comparison may be made. Good Demand for several strings, load lots, and packages of Feeder Steers, Feeder Heifers, and Replacement Heifers which all sold on a Very Strong, Active Market. Nearly the entire Offering was Home Raised, fully vaccinated, and carried Light to Moderate Flesh. Strong gains in the futures market and some much needed moisture in the area have created a tremendous amount of optimism being expressed in the market!

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $208.76/cwt on 1,094 head.
Average price
$208.76
1,094 head · 705 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,472
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$439
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$39.91/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.92
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2454226.411,02771
Medium and Large 1721208.001,5001,001
Large 1786186.501,46622
One grade step is worth $39.91/cwt here — about −$439 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 sale1,094 hd
208.76
SD average4 barns · 3,119 hd
197.84
+10.92
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

25 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 1Full483220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,06310
HeifersLarge 1786186.50/cwt186.50–186.501,46622
HeifersMedium and Large 1581224.09/cwt220.00–228.001,30225
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2634207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,3129
HeifersMedium and Large 1817187.79/cwt184.00–188.251,53465
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2395229.00/cwt229.00–229.0090529
SteersMedium and Large 1555241.63/cwt240.00–242.001,34143
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement754215.50/cwt215.50–215.501,62575
SteersMedium and Large 1707228.85/cwt220.00–230.001,61890
SteersLarge 1726217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,57933
SteersLarge 1595233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,3866
SteersMedium and Large 1416260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,0828
SteersMedium and Large 1-2869182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,5868
HeifersMedium and Large 1635218.88/cwt211.00–221.001,39042
SteersMedium and Large 1604239.81/cwt236.00–246.001,44899
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement738215.41/cwt215.00–215.501,59093
HeifersMedium and Large 1522236.09/cwt227.00–239.001,23256
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2429228.00/cwt228.00–228.0097814
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement818190.53/cwt189.00–193.001,559145
HeifersMedium and Large 1723203.50/cwt200.00–205.001,471129
SteersLarge 1944181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,7097
HeifersMedium and Large 1680212.50/cwt203.50–217.501,445150
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement630228.50/cwt228.50–228.501,44052
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2476230.47/cwt228.00–232.001,09719
HeifersMedium and Large 1764200.96/cwt194.75–204.501,535159

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.