Name: Philip Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Sale not recently reported therefore no market comparison may be made. Very Good Demand both in the seats and on the Internet for Several strings, load lots, and many packages of Feeder Steers, Feeder Heifers, and Tested Open Heifers which all sold on a Very Strong, Active Market. Today was the first significant offering of the Spring born Calves and they were extremely well received. Today's Yearling Offering consisted entirely of Spayed and Tested Open Heifers, all coming off grass and carrying Light to Moderate Flesh, many with a very favorable weigh-up. Everything under 700 lbs were spring born calves straight off the cow with a very attractive presentation. The Next Feeder Cattle Sale is October 14, Expecting 8,500 Head.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $504.66/cwt on 545 head. That ranks 5 of 4 comparable sales and sits +39.40 against this barn's trailing median of $465.26.

Average price

$504.66

545 head · 534 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,697

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$613

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

$149.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.81

vs SD average

+58.81 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	509.07	2,708	517
Medium and Large 1-2	579	453.27	2,624	19thin
Large 1-2	582	360.00	2,095	9thin

One grade step is worth $149.07/cwt here — about $613 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale545 hd

504.66

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SD average7 barns · 1,725 hd

488.86

+15.81

National average181 barns · 23,254 hd

445.85

+58.81

This barn, trailing median4 sales

465.26

+39.40

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

32 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 1	350–400	372	577.01/cwt	570.00–585.00	2,146	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,752	15
Heifers	Medium 1	700–750	736	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,558	6
Steers	Large 1-2	550–600	582	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,095	9
Steers	Large 1-2	450–500	462	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,379	12
Heifers	Large 1-2	450–500	454	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,907	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	446	540.91/cwt	535.00–560.00	2,412	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	627	390.36/cwt	387.50–392.50	2,448	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	990	318.29/cwt	318.00–320.00	3,151	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	919	326.24/cwt	321.00–331.00	2,998	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	539	429.96/cwt	425.00–447.50	2,317	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	589.87/cwt	568.00–600.00	2,472	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	453.27/cwt	452.50–455.00	2,624	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	2,595	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	457	486.92/cwt	485.00–487.50	2,225	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	484.08/cwt	470.00–502.50	2,745	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	518.26/cwt	495.00–533.50	2,690	378
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	545	411.72/cwt	410.00–412.00	2,244	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	344.49/cwt	331.00–347.50	3,028	215
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	545.71/cwt	517.50–575.00	2,270	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	597	406.66/cwt	402.00–407.50	2,428	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	814	354.03/cwt	352.50–355.50	2,882	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	600–650	608	447.62/cwt	420.00–470.00	2,722	225
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	551.33/cwt	550.00–555.00	2,106	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	549.84/cwt	546.00–577.50	2,711	129
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	349	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,989	9
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,016	314.48/cwt	311.00–315.00	3,195	55
Steers	Large 1Unweaned	600–650	645	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,625	8
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,075	310.38/cwt	308.00–311.00	3,337	34
Heifers	Large 1	450–500	478	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,103	24
Heifers	Large 1	550–600	594	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,317	5
Heifers	Large 1Full	1000–1050	1,033	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	3,182	6

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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