Name: Philip Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-10-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers under 500 10.00 to 15.00 higher, 500 to 550 8.00 to 10.00 higher, 550 to 600 Steady to 6.00 higher, 600 to 650 2.00 to 4.00 higher, 650 to 700 4.00 to 6.00 higher, Feeder Heifers under 450 10.00 to 15.00 higher, 450 to 500 6.00 to 8.00 higher, 500 to 550 Steady to 2.00 higher, 550 to 650 4.00 to 6.00 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 an Active to Very Active Market. Nearly the entire Supply consisted of Home Raised Calves, off the cow with Spring and Fall vaccinations, carrying light to moderate Flesh. Most of the weighing conditions were favorable except for a few instances of some extra tag and fill on some cattle likely due to the recent cold weather across the local country. The next Feeder Cattle Sale is November 7, expecting 7,500 head.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $306.13/cwt on 3,460 head.

Average price

$306.13

3,460 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,684

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$14

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$52.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+24.71

vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	307.91	1,690	3,264
Medium and Large 1-2	480	305.89	1,469	73
Medium and Large 2	342	287.50	983	14thin
Large 1-2	538	258.00	1,388	7thin
Large 1	668	255.33	1,704	102

One grade step is worth $52.58/cwt here — about −$14 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 sale3,460 hd

306.13

—

SD average12 barns · 27,760 hd

281.43

+24.71

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

36 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	Large 1	—	435	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,183	6
Heifers	Large 1	—	395	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,074	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	308.95/cwt	290.00–321.50	1,193	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	489	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,237	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	294	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	845	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	329	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	984	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	293.78/cwt	267.00–303.25	1,695	1,165
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	270	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	972	6
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	—	679	256.50/cwt	256.50–256.50	1,742	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	661	277.30/cwt	265.00–284.75	1,833	305
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	624	279.36/cwt	265.00–289.75	1,743	318
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	734	239.50/cwt	239.50–239.50	1,758	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	474	312.93/cwt	311.00–316.00	1,483	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	413	323.72/cwt	322.00–325.00	1,337	14
Steers	Large 1-2	—	538	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,388	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	358.89/cwt	332.50–374.00	1,554	340
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	475	337.35/cwt	319.00–351.00	1,602	405
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	314.00/cwt	293.00–332.00	1,655	664
Steers	Large 1Full	—	631	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,527	8
Steers	Large 1	—	814	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,929	5
Steers	Large 1	—	557	264.33/cwt	262.00–266.00	1,472	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	363.81/cwt	360.00–367.50	1,328	43
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	342	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	983	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	536	281.28/cwt	281.00–282.00	1,508	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	474	284.57/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,349	181
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	295.95/cwt	279.00–317.00	1,287	227
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	568	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,630	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	—	476	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,480	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	—	614	261.03/cwt	260.00–263.00	1,603	161
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	607	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	1,563	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	491	268.69/cwt	265.00–270.00	1,319	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	267.88/cwt	259.00–273.00	1,543	240
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	598	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,447	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	533	277.06/cwt	267.00–280.00	1,477	285
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	926	223.50/cwt	223.50–223.50	2,070	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	313	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,030	12

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.

South Dakota feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →