Sale reports / South Dakota / Philip Livestock Auction / 2024-02-06

Philip Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Philip, South Dakota · Tue, Feb 6
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2023
Receipts
2,223 head
▼ 2,225 vs last sale 4,448▼ 404 vs year ago 2,627 · −15.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Sale last week therefore comparisons will be made to two weeks ago. Feeder Steers under 600 3.00 to 5.00 higher, 600 to 650 8.00 to 10.00 higher, 650 to 800 10.00 to 12.00 higher, Feeder Heifers under 600 Steady, 600 to 650 10.00 to 12.00 higher, 650 to 700 6.00 to 8.00 higher, 700 to 750 8.00 to 10.00 higher. Good Demand for several strings, load lots, and many packages of Feeder Steers, Feeder Heifers, and Replacement Heifers which sold on a Strong, Active Market. Nearly the entire Offering was Home Raised, Weaned, and had Spring and Fall Vaccinations. Much of the Supply carried light to Moderate Flesh with a favorable weigh-up displaying clean, open haired cattle, although there were several drafts that showed evidence of muddy pens due to the fabulously warm weather around the country the last several weeks. The next Feeder Cattle Sale is February 27, expecting 2,500 head.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $292.38/cwt on 883 head.
Average price
$292.38
883 head · 639 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,867
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$647
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Large 1
$62.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+32.87
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2374302.501,1318thin
Medium and Large 1642293.621,886822
Medium 1554289.081,60313thin
Medium and Large 1-2560286.991,60622
Large 1740240.441,77918thin
One grade step is worth $62.06/cwt here — about −$647 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 sale883 hd
292.38
—
SD average6 barns · 12,468 hd
259.52
+32.87
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

29 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
HeifersLarge 1—840207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,7398
HeifersLarge 1—635256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,6269
HeifersMedium and Large 1—621270.74/cwt266.00–278.501,681114
HeifersMedium and Large 1—688251.95/cwt245.50–258.001,733173
HeifersMedium and Large 1—537289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,55210
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—606256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,55113
SteersMedium and Large 1—611311.38/cwt296.00–316.501,903143
SteersMedium and Large 1—526319.04/cwt314.00–321.001,678175
SteersMedium and Large 1—589309.67/cwt309.50–310.001,82429
SteersMedium and Large 1—435342.95/cwt341.00–346.001,49254
SteersMedium and Large 1—775254.88/cwt252.00–261.001,975220
SteersMedium and Large 1—705283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,99585
SteersLarge 1Full—698246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,71710
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—535303.77/cwt302.50–305.001,62510
SteersMedium and Large 1—676288.57/cwt285.00–291.001,951105
SteersMedium 1—589281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,6558
HeifersMedium and Large 1—416305.88/cwt300.00–314.001,27214
SteersMedium and Large 2—374302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,1318
SteersMedium and Large 1Full—719242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,7406
SteersLarge 1—792233.50/cwt233.50–233.501,8498
SteersMedium 1—499302.00/cwt302.00–302.001,5075
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—580273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,58312
HeifersMedium and Large 1—745238.03/cwt236.00–238.501,77342
SteersMedium and Large 1—473323.00/cwt323.00–323.001,5285
HeifersMedium and Large 1—479304.77/cwt294.00–308.001,46031
HeifersMedium and Large 1—579279.67/cwt275.00–287.001,619259
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—651274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,78432
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—601291.00/cwt291.00–291.001,74914
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—767243.32/cwt238.00–250.001,86672

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.