Name: Philip Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported sale in more than a month, no recent price comparison available. Very good demand for this large offering of very high quality feeder steers and heifers. Many long strings offered, many full load lots and multiple load lots. Buyers were able to make full feedyard pens of uniform cattle from single outfits, and they were quick to bid to secure these fancy, ranch raised, western cattle. The market was incredibly active as the cash fed cattle market topped at 206.00 last week and cattle feeders are feeling very bullish about the market. The cattle were very eye appealing as the flesh was light to moderate, and the cattle were clean and open haired, making them very easy to sell.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $338.99/cwt on 390 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −126.27 against this barn's trailing median of $465.26.

Average price

$338.99

390 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,915

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$28

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

$5.90/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.66

vs SD average

−1.95 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	553	343.07	1,896	121
Medium and Large 1	570	337.16	1,923	269

One grade step is worth $5.90/cwt here — about −$28 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 sale390 hd

338.99

—

SD average8 barns · 3,597 hd

350.66

−11.66

National average147 barns · 15,667 hd

340.94

−1.95

This barn, trailing median4 sales

465.26

−126.27

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

42 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	650–700	686	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,852	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	594	307.80/cwt	306.00–311.00	1,828	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	655	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,913	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	409	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,585	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	506	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,599	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	791	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,938	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,410	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	609	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,599	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	322.28/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,521	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,659	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	586	329.70/cwt	324.00–331.00	1,932	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	306.49/cwt	306.00–307.00	2,044	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,297	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	460	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,714	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	301.48/cwt	282.50–315.00	1,884	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	733	291.77/cwt	288.00–294.00	2,139	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	596	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,669	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	347.67/cwt	334.00–357.50	1,881	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,141	491
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	279.04/cwt	268.00–297.00	2,001	644
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	317	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,331	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	361.46/cwt	345.00–369.00	1,721	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	500–550	549	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,427	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	340.65/cwt	327.00–356.00	1,966	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	326.48/cwt	313.00–343.50	2,031	188
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	346.12/cwt	338.00–347.00	1,859	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	319.18/cwt	298.00–338.00	1,848	189
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	287.20/cwt	277.00–297.00	1,918	255
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	562	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,720	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	858	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,445	476
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	299.34/cwt	285.00–311.50	2,200	589
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,602	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	397.04/cwt	390.00–412.50	1,826	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	369.58/cwt	354.00–383.00	1,926	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	373.43/cwt	368.00–384.00	1,636	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	812	280.43/cwt	274.00–285.00	2,277	346
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	638	279.16/cwt	279.00–279.50	1,781	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	662	315.85/cwt	306.00–328.00	2,091	404
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	283.41/cwt	278.00–286.25	2,225	416
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	617	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,925	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	736	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,201	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	613	311.89/cwt	296.00–319.00	1,912	383

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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