Name: Philip Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Last report was three weeks ago, therefore no market comparison may be made. Good Demand for Several Load Lots and Many Part Loads and Packages of Feeder Steers and Feeder Heifers which all sold on a Very Strong, Active Market. Offering consisted entirely of Home Raised Cattle that had a least two rounds of vaccinations and had been weaned a long time. Cattle were clean and open haired with an attractive presentation. Next Feeder Cattle Sale is February 25.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $359.19/cwt on 351 head. That ranks 1 of 4 comparable sales and sits −106.08 against this barn's trailing median of $465.26.

Average price

$359.19

351 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,997

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$68

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$29.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.62

vs SD average

+20.52 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	359.77	1,998	344
Large 1	584	330.50	1,930	7thin

One grade step is worth $29.27/cwt here — about $68 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale351 hd

359.19

—

SD average5 barns · 1,347 hd

358.57

+0.62

National average155 barns · 9,244 hd

338.67

+20.52

This barn, trailing median4 sales

465.26

−106.08

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

30 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 1Full	550–600	551	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,846	7
Steers	Large 1	800–850	808	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	2,149	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	356.98/cwt	340.00–367.00	1,703	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	866	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,234	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	332.26/cwt	303.00–342.00	2,070	221
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	459	390.40/cwt	375.00–400.00	1,792	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	806	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,273	75
Steers	Large 1-2	750–800	799	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,013	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	1,727	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	343.68/cwt	339.50–360.00	2,004	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	289.48/cwt	286.00–297.50	2,058	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	379.78/cwt	360.00–399.00	1,986	155
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	303.15/cwt	291.00–316.00	2,049	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	279.92/cwt	277.00–283.00	2,169	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	408.34/cwt	400.00–410.00	1,699	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	321.09/cwt	315.00–327.00	1,711	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	449	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	1,403	5
Heifers	Large 1	800–850	819	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,048	11
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	564	302.35/cwt	292.00–305.00	1,705	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	318.42/cwt	300.00–333.00	1,860	312
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	255.29/cwt	253.00–262.00	1,999	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	277.03/cwt	275.50–279.00	1,975	103
Steers	Large 1	650–700	682	281.50/cwt	281.50–281.50	1,920	30
Steers	Large 1	550–600	584	330.50/cwt	330.50–330.50	1,930	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	349.64/cwt	340.00–356.00	1,843	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	297.88/cwt	278.00–307.00	1,856	289
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	279.50/cwt	279.50–279.50	1,920	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	347	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,353	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	372.22/cwt	361.00–379.00	1,574	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	331.50/cwt	331.00–332.50	1,628	15

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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