Name: Philip Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No recently reported sale to compare to. Very good demand displayed throughout today's special anniversary sale. Yearlings and fall calves accounted for today's offerings. Active bidding throughout sale from internet buyers and buyers in the seats. Flesh conditions consisted of mostly light with few fleshy offered. CME feeder cattle index reached new highs today breaking past $330. CME cattle futures posted solid gains fueling the bullish attitudes and demand today.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $379.77/cwt on 88 head. That ranks 1 of 5 comparable sales and sits −63.32 against this barn's trailing median of $443.09.

Average price

$379.77

88 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,108

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$120

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

$0.15/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.43

vs SD average

+32.27 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	379.83	2,157	52
Medium and Large 1-2	537	379.68	2,038	36

One grade step is worth $0.15/cwt here — about $120 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

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 sale88 hd

379.77

—

SD average3 barns · 220 hd

392.21

−12.43

National average149 barns · 6,369 hd

347.50

+32.27

This barn, trailing median5 sales

443.09

−63.32

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

35 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	600–650	627	364.53/cwt	362.50–366.00	2,286	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	437	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	1,840	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	940	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,754	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	400.18/cwt	400.00–401.00	2,533	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	793	334.80/cwt	333.00–343.00	2,655	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,305	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	598	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,123	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	485	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	1,782	7
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	1,815	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	957	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,871	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	979	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,800	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	359.59/cwt	359.00–361.00	2,283	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	745	345.50/cwt	345.50–345.50	2,574	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	891	321.66/cwt	321.50–323.00	2,866	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	346.86/cwt	345.00–347.00	3,045	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	354.11/cwt	351.00–359.00	2,712	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	350.74/cwt	350.00–351.00	2,908	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	824	329.31/cwt	319.50–335.50	2,714	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	768	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,588	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	382.77/cwt	362.50–392.00	2,025	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	746	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,678	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	379	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,469	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	360.23/cwt	348.00–368.00	2,464	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	379.83/cwt	379.00–380.50	2,157	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	711	326.54/cwt	321.00–330.00	2,322	16
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,030	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,884	4
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,098	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	3,009	5
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,016	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	3,124	24
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,076	310.61/cwt	306.50–315.00	3,342	111
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,133	296.50/cwt	296.50–296.50	3,359	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	952	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,808	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	398.59/cwt	390.00–407.50	2,647	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	929	332.89/cwt	324.00–336.25	3,093	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	366.08/cwt	363.00–367.00	2,694	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	842	310.50/cwt	308.00–313.00	2,614	12

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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