Name: Philip Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No Feeder Cattle Sale last week due to the Thanksgiving Holiday, Market compared to two weeks ago. Feeder Steers 400 to 450 15.00 higher, 450 to 500 8.00 to 10.00 higher, 500 to 550 10.00 to 15.00 higher, 550 to 650 8.00 to 10.00 higher, 650 to 700 10.00 to 15.00 higher, Feeder Heifers 400 to 450 10.00 to 15.00 higher, 450 to 500 7.00 to 9.00 higher, 500 to 550 10.00 to 12.00 higher, 550 to 600 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Good Demand for Several Load Lots and Many Many Packages which all sold on a Very Strong, Active Market throughout the entire Sale. Today's Offering consisted nearly entirely of Home Raised, Spring born calves with Spring and Fall Vaccinations and carried Light to Moderate Flesh. Much of the Offering had also been weaned for at least 30 days. The Next Feeder Cattle Sale is December 17.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $337.39/cwt on 427 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −127.87 against this barn's trailing median of $465.26.

Average price

$337.39

427 head · 569 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,920

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$237

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

$27.02/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.57

vs SD average

+12.02 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	570	338.02	1,926	417
Large 1-2	543	311.00	1,689	10thin

One grade step is worth $27.02/cwt here — about $237 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 sale427 hd

337.39

—

SD average2 barns · 692 hd

333.82

+3.57

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

+12.02

This barn, trailing median4 sales

465.26

−127.87

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

33 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	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	874	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,940	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1000–1050	1,039	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,348	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	617	287.41/cwt	281.00–291.00	1,773	305
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,267	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	368.88/cwt	355.00–384.00	1,380	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	344.62/cwt	336.00–352.50	1,416	52
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	486	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,677	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	409.60/cwt	385.00–432.50	1,741	60
Steers	Large 1-2	400–450	416	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,622	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	745	268.50/cwt	268.50–268.50	2,000	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	688	286.50/cwt	286.50–286.50	1,971	93
Steers	Large 1	400–450	447	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,497	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	350.63/cwt	337.00–355.00	1,848	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	1,369	12
Steers	Large 1-2	500–550	543	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	1,689	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	298.56/cwt	289.00–308.50	1,708	324
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,248	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	329.30/cwt	324.00–333.00	1,518	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	449	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	1,643	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	306.88/cwt	294.00–313.00	2,062	258
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	370.73/cwt	357.50–390.00	1,757	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	686	254.71/cwt	251.00–257.00	1,747	16
Heifers	Large 1-2	500–550	504	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,421	5
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	487	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,549	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	327.98/cwt	307.00–329.50	2,007	234
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	325.99/cwt	318.00–338.00	1,907	257
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	346.74/cwt	340.00–351.00	1,699	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 3-4	350–400	398	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	995	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,107	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1050–1100	1,069	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	2,384	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	324.02/cwt	313.00–334.50	1,698	296
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	554	360.50/cwt	360.50–360.50	1,997	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	681	276.63/cwt	275.00–278.50	1,884	11

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.

South Dakota feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →