Sale reports / South Dakota / Philip Livestock Auction / 2024-02-27

Philip Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Philip, South Dakota · Tue, Feb 27
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2023
Receipts
2,782 head
559 vs last sale 2,223 103 vs year ago 2,679 · +3.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The last Feeder Cattle Sale was three weeks ago therefore no market comparison may be made. Very Good Demand for several long strings, load lots, and many packages of Feeder Steers, Feeder Heifers, and Replacement Heifers as well as a Premier Bull sale which all sold on a Strong, Active Market. Much of the Offering was Home Raised and carried Light to Moderate Flesh with some instances of Moderate Plus. Unseasonably warm weather has created mud in some pens resulting in evidence of some tagg but nothing too distracting. In correlation with the bull sale were several lots of high quality replacement heifers which sold on a per head basis as noted in the report. The next Feeder Cattle Sale is March 5th, expecting 1,000 Head.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $269.84/cwt on 1,309 head.
Average price
$269.84
1,309 head · 649 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,752
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$117
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$25.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+13.34
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2570277.141,57950
Medium and Large 2404275.001,11111thin
Medium and Large 1654270.261,7671,197
Large 1674251.681,69751
One grade step is worth $25.46/cwt here — about −$117 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 sale1,309 hd
269.84
SD average9 barns · 14,834 hd
256.50
+13.34
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

39 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
BullsMedium and Large 1431325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,40123
BullsMedium and Large 1-2523267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,39912
BullsMedium and Large 1536297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,59517
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full610266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,6238
HeifersLarge 1519292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,5155
HeifersLarge 1691247.30/cwt246.00–250.001,70946
SteersMedium and Large 1776263.19/cwt258.00–266.252,04285
SteersMedium and Large 1832247.03/cwt242.50–248.502,055159
SteersMedium and Large 1443338.56/cwt333.00–343.001,50016
SteersLarge 1603287.00/cwt287.00–287.001,73118
SteersMedium and Large 1-2519310.55/cwt310.00–311.001,61216
SteersMedium 1726264.25/cwt264.25–264.251,91889
SteersMedium and Large 1-2574282.50/cwt282.50–282.501,6227
SteersMedium and Large 1695288.27/cwt287.00–289.002,00322
SteersMedium and Large 1573300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,7194
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement7632,009.70/head1,900.00–2,200.002,01095
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement8072,100.00/head2,100.00–2,100.002,10058
HeifersMedium and Large 1764250.87/cwt240.00–258.001,91778
SteersMedium and Large 1-2718263.99/cwt260.00–266.001,89515
SteersMedium and Large 1905234.25/cwt234.25–234.252,12023
SteersMedium and Large 1871245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,13470
HeifersMedium and Large 1683259.74/cwt253.00–263.501,774433
HeifersMedium and Large 1723257.36/cwt243.00–262.501,861265
HeifersMedium and Large 1635272.12/cwt269.50–273.001,72885
SteersMedium and Large 1526337.08/cwt323.00–341.001,77347
SteersMedium and Large 1630301.57/cwt292.00–315.001,90053
SteersMedium and Large 1724277.73/cwt273.00–287.502,011367
HeifersMedium and Large 1474313.96/cwt309.00–320.001,48856
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2486305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,4827
HeifersMedium and Large 1578284.69/cwt280.00–293.001,64696
HeifersMedium and Large 2404275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,11111
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy667269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,79427
SteersLarge 1666265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,76515
HeifersMedium and Large 1516302.46/cwt294.00–313.001,561100
HeifersMedium and Large 1432319.50/cwt310.00–326.001,38025
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2578277.00/cwt277.00–277.001,60136
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement631291.50/cwt291.50–291.501,83951
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2612250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5307
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement8712,073.84/head2,000.00–2,100.002,07461

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.