Name: Philip Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-07-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Sale not recently reported due to Seasonally low trends, therefore no market comparison may be made. Very Good Demand with several new faces in the seats for the Annual Anniversary Yearling Sale and BBQ Lunch. There were several long strings and many load lots and packages of Feeder Steers, Feeder Heifers, and Tested Open Heifers which all sold on a very Strong, Active Market. Much of the Offering was Home Raised and the Entire Offering came off grass and carried Light to Moderate Flesh. Grass around the area seems to be holding up well despite the recent heat but hay production has been varied through out the area. Grass Cattle owners are hopeful the gains will continue to be good as this grass cures and this strong market continues into the Fall Run. Next Feeder Cattle Sale is August 13.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $265.60/cwt on 121 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −199.66 against this barn's trailing median of $465.26.

Average price

$265.60

121 head · 573 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,523

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$449

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 3-4

$95.91/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−56.73

vs SD average

−22.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	328.41	1,814	33
Medium and Large 1-2	545	302.50	1,649	12thin
Medium and Large 3-4	587	232.50	1,365	76

One grade step is worth $95.91/cwt here — about $449 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

4 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $496.22, low $386.56, median $465.26 across 4 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale121 hd

265.60

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SD average3 barns · 424 hd

322.33

−56.73

National average138 barns · 5,135 hd

287.79

−22.19

This barn, trailing median4 sales

465.26

−199.66

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

35 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	850–900	894	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,101	6
Heifers	Large 1	900–950	917	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,127	9
Steers	Large 1	800–850	823	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	2,103	52
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,031	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	2,376	11
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,106	238.50/cwt	238.50–238.50	2,638	51
Steers	Large 1	850–900	872	254.50/cwt	254.50–254.50	2,219	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,782	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	273.12/cwt	269.00–276.50	2,119	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	246.00/cwt	240.00–247.00	2,140	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	300.32/cwt	294.50–304.50	2,006	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	262.68/cwt	261.00–263.50	2,301	376
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	254.27/cwt	253.00–256.00	2,065	253
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	689	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,860	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	272.98/cwt	270.50–278.00	1,867	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	846	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,200	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	272.59/cwt	271.00–274.00	2,017	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,821	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,629	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	833	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,124	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,649	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,867	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,946	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	253.74/cwt	247.50–257.75	2,327	294
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	263.80/cwt	260.00–264.50	1,955	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	288.62/cwt	282.00–290.00	1,775	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	257.61/cwt	255.00–260.00	1,991	281
Heifers	Medium and Large 3	550–600	565	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,300	74
Steers	Medium and Large 3-4	550–600	587	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,365	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	771	262.27/cwt	261.50–264.00	2,022	23
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,084	237.62/cwt	236.25–238.50	2,576	217
Heifers	Medium 1	700–750	748	255.50/cwt	255.50–255.50	1,911	8
Steers	Medium 1	900–950	919	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,242	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	599	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,773	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	965	231.68/cwt	228.50–233.00	2,236	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	2,196	37

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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