Name: Philip Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The last Feeder Cattle Sale was three weeks ago, therefore no market comparison may be made. Very Good Demand from many Order Buyers as well as private Operators and a couple Seedstock Producers (seeking to place Bull Sale customer cattle) for several Load Lots and Many Part Loads and Packages of Feeder Steers, Feeder Heifers, and Replacement Heifers which all sold on a Very Strong, Active Market. Today's Offering consisted of both Home Raised and Procured Cattle, many of which were fully vaccinated, weaned a long time, and carried light to moderate flesh. There were sure some instances of cattle showing some flesh and some tagg. Several sets of Replacement Heifers and many cattle suitable for grass experienced strong demand despite the lack of precipitation so far this Spring and Winter over a broad range of Western South Dakota. It will be interesting to keep tabs on the grass development as the Spring progresses. The Next Feeder Cattle Sale is April 8th.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $341.86/cwt on 506 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −101.23 against this barn's trailing median of $443.09.

Average price

$341.86

506 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,907

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$48

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

$19.32/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.16

vs SD average

+27.28 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	342.32	1,908	494
Medium and Large 1-2	576	323.00	1,860	12thin

One grade step is worth $19.32/cwt here — about $48 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

5 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $455.98, low $393.00, median $443.09 across 5 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 sale506 hd

341.86

—

SD average6 barns · 1,890 hd

330.70

+11.16

National average174 barns · 12,680 hd

314.58

+27.28

This barn, trailing median5 sales

443.09

−101.23

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

43 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,014	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	814	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,994	16
Heifers	Medium 1	650–700	677	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,929	6
Heifers	Medium 1	750–800	799	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,982	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	859	250.28/cwt	246.00–254.00	2,150	76
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	753	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,108	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	348.60/cwt	335.00–356.00	2,004	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	295.81/cwt	295.00–297.00	2,429	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	670	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,178	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	511	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,916	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	318.45/cwt	312.50–321.00	2,000	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	658	337.18/cwt	336.00–338.00	2,219	82
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	464	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,508	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,911	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	707	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,100	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	444	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,843	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	335.97/cwt	325.00–342.50	2,402	398
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	335.22/cwt	331.00–340.00	2,129	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	383.31/cwt	379.00–384.00	2,262	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	829	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,180	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	908	279.22/cwt	277.50–282.00	2,535	112
Steers	Large 1	800–850	813	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,276	5
Steers	Large 1	700–750	737	303.50/cwt	303.50–303.50	2,237	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	889	283.50/cwt	283.50–283.50	2,520	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	280.45/cwt	280.00–281.00	2,202	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	317.28/cwt	306.00–324.00	1,993	226
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	789	305.50/cwt	297.00–306.25	2,410	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	787	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,369	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	474	350.76/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,663	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	439	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,295	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	780	291.50/cwt	291.50–291.50	2,274	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	706	289.26/cwt	285.00–292.50	2,042	286
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	667	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,068	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	576	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,860	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	791	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,914	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	297.43/cwt	289.50–308.00	2,005	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	823	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,222	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	381.73/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,802	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	368	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,435	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	383.61/cwt	377.50–390.00	1,603	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	250.74/cwt	249.00–252.00	2,084	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	341.57/cwt	319.00–346.00	1,940	380
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	344.83/cwt	335.00–354.00	1,800	114

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.

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