Sale reports / South Dakota / Philip Livestock Auction / 2024-01-23

Philip Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Philip, South Dakota · Tue, Jan 23
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2023
Receipts
4,448 head
2,022 vs last sale 2,426 269 vs year ago 4,179 · +6.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Sale not recently reported due to the Christmas and New Year Holidays and weather cancellations therefore no market comparison may be made. Very Good Demand for Many Long strings, Load Lots, and Packages of Feeder Steers and Feeder Heifers which sold on a Very Active Market. Nearly the entire Supply was Home Raised, Weaned, had Spring and Fall Vaccinations and carried light to Moderate Flesh with some instances of Moderate Plus to Fleshy weighing conditions. There was some tagg on the calves due to the recent winter weather but overall the presentation was Attractive with predominately a favorable weighup. The next Feeder Cattle Sale is February 6, expecting 2,000 Head.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $256.98/cwt on 2,494 head.
Average price
$256.98
2,494 head · 728 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,872
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$288
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$57.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.69
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2551283.131,559118
Medium 1585278.881,63116thin
Medium and Large 1735256.731,8872,267
Large 1817226.131,84793
One grade step is worth $57.00/cwt here — about −$288 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 sale2,494 hd
256.98
SD average8 barns · 12,373 hd
251.28
+5.69
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

38 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 1531287.17/cwt279.50–289.501,52530
HeifersMedium and Large 1566285.97/cwt273.00–290.501,61969
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2517274.02/cwt272.00–277.001,41712
HeifersMedium and Large 1638255.15/cwt248.50–268.001,628268
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full638244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,55712
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full539272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,4669
HeifersMedium and Large 1814222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,811290
HeifersLarge 1546269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,4697
HeifersLarge 1639238.11/cwt237.00–238.501,52262
SteersMedium and Large 1583293.18/cwt281.00–312.001,709147
SteersMedium and Large 1864234.25/cwt234.25–234.252,024418
SteersMedium and Large 1471331.86/cwt318.00–342.001,56350
SteersMedium and Large 1624290.36/cwt280.00–293.501,812180
SteersLarge 1873215.50/cwt215.50–215.501,88170
SteersMedium and Large 1-2503290.30/cwt289.50–296.001,46067
SteersMedium 1543292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,5869
SteersMedium and Large 1-2604283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,70927
SteersMedium and Large 1Full636270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,7177
SteersMedium and Large 1Full574278.40/cwt278.00–279.001,59815
SteersMedium and Large 1-2471302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,4225
SteersMedium and Large 1-2664253.06/cwt248.00–262.001,68019
SteersMedium and Large 1677268.21/cwt260.50–280.001,816397
SteersMedium and Large 1721251.52/cwt243.50–256.001,813431
HeifersMedium and Large 2457267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,22236
HeifersMedium and Large 2-3423240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,01511
SteersMedium and Large 1530311.80/cwt309.00–320.001,65346
SteersMedium and Large 1769246.88/cwt242.00–249.501,899363
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy879221.66/cwt220.00–222.501,948213
SteersMedium 1Full639262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,6747
HeifersMedium and Large 1458309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,41525
HeifersMedium and Large 1670247.03/cwt234.00–251.001,655116
SteersLarge 1706223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,5746
SteersLarge 1624271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,69117
HeifersMedium and Large 1396300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,1886
HeifersMedium and Large 1715231.70/cwt226.00–240.001,657199
HeifersMedium and Large 1797222.50/cwt222.50–222.501,773147
HeifersLarge 1783210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,64474
HeifersLarge 1672232.79/cwt231.00–234.001,564236

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.