Name: Philip Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-10-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-10-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week Feeder Steers under 400 Steady to 3.00 lower, 400 to 550 2.00 to 4.00 higher, 550 to 650 4.00 to 7.00 higher, Feeder Heifers under 400 Steady, 400 to 550 2.00 to 4.00 lower, 550 to 600 Steady. Good Demand for Several Long Strings, Load Lots, and Many Packages of Feeder Steers and Feeder Heifers which sold on a Strong, Active Market. The vast majority of the Offering was Spring born calves carrying Light to Moderate Flesh and had both Spring and Fall vaccinations. Much of the Offering were clean open haired cattle with a very attractive presentation, some offerings showed some signs of the continued dry, dusty weather displaying a little less luster and maybe some mud from drinking out of dams and dugouts yet all classes found great market acceptance. The Next Feeder Cattle Sale is October 29, expecting 8,500 Spring Calves.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $319.28/cwt on 1,863 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −145.98 against this barn's trailing median of $465.26.

Average price

$319.28

1,863 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,794

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$241

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$39.34/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.69

vs SD average

+20.24 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	319.82	1,798	1,833
Medium and Large 2	547	299.00	1,636	10thin
Medium and Large 1-2	555	280.48	1,557	20

One grade step is worth $39.34/cwt here — about $241 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale1,863 hd

319.28

—

SD average9 barns · 10,206 hd

318.59

+0.69

National average191 barns · 36,605 hd

299.04

+20.24

This barn, trailing median4 sales

465.26

−145.98

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

47 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	353	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,271	23
Steers	Large 1	450–500	469	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,529	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	786	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	1,981	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	378.76/cwt	362.00–398.50	1,610	169
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	499	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,557	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	1,500	8
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	600–650	628	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,727	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	347.62/cwt	335.00–363.00	1,648	951
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	547	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,636	10
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	484	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,578	6
Steers	Medium and Large 3	350–400	391	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,232	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,284	11
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	300–350	342	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,060	5
Steers	Medium 1Unweaned	600–650	609	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,778	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	733	259.57/cwt	259.00–260.00	1,903	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	627	307.25/cwt	296.50–310.50	1,926	228
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	470	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,246	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	290.14/cwt	284.00–294.00	1,477	502
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	323.75/cwt	311.00–339.00	1,399	287
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	503	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,378	5
Heifers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,176	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	2,164	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	350–400	386	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,274	53
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	1,538	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	237.75/cwt	237.75–237.75	1,978	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	964	221.20/cwt	221.00–221.50	2,132	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	287	331.48/cwt	330.00–335.00	951	19
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	475	274.81/cwt	266.00–278.00	1,305	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	912	230.46/cwt	230.25–231.00	2,102	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	300.67/cwt	287.00–314.50	1,416	407
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	650–700	666	261.40/cwt	256.00–266.00	1,741	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	284.12/cwt	281.00–286.00	1,611	146
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	446	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,360	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,352	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	369	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	886	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	344.46/cwt	332.50–353.00	1,333	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	324.42/cwt	311.50–334.00	1,703	415
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	374	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	1,244	12
Steers	Large 1	900–950	942	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	2,143	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	800–850	838	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,061	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	302	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,012	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	700–750	705	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,706	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	280.48/cwt	278.50–285.00	1,557	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	448	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,120	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	392.03/cwt	380.00–397.50	1,462	50
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	418	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,191	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	328	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,181	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	318.47/cwt	309.00–325.00	1,825	1,418

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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