Sale reports / South Dakota / Philip Livestock Auction / 2026-01-20

Philip Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Philip, South Dakota · Tue, Jan 20
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2023
Receipts
7,014 head
7,014 vs last sale 0 7,014 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Sale not recently reported therefore no market comparison may be made. Very Good Demand for Many Long Strings, Load Lots, and Many Packages of Feeder Steers and Feeder Heifers which all sold on a Strong, Active Market. The Offering consisted nearly entirely of Home Raised Cattle with an attractive presentation. Cattle displayed clean, open hair with very little to no tag, weighup was mostly favorable, and Flesh was mostly Light to Moderate with a couple instances of Moderate Plus. The seats were full of buyers and the Internet was active as well. The Next Feeder Cattle Sale is February 10. Enjoy the Black Hills Stock Show!

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $485.52/cwt on 537 head. That ranks 3 of 4 comparable sales and sits +20.26 against this barn's trailing median of $465.26.
Average price
$485.52
537 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,715
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$11
per head · Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$35.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
8.45
vs SD average
+20.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Large 1507502.502,54811thin
Medium and Large 1561486.842,733481
Medium and Large 1-2548467.232,55945
One grade step is worth $35.27/cwt here — about −$11 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

4 sales
510464418373median 465.2601/2002/1002/2407/2807/28
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 sale537 hd
485.52
SD average7 barns · 3,364 hd
493.97
−8.45
National average169 barns · 18,411 hd
465.33
+20.19
This barn, trailing median4 sales
465.26
+20.26
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

50 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800774381.12/cwt370.50–395.502,950512
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700687421.15/cwt410.00–432.502,893307
SteersMedium 1Unweaned750–800783348.00/cwt348.00–348.002,72513
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed550–600558530.00/cwt530.00–530.002,95732
SteersLarge 1500–550507502.50/cwt502.50–502.502,54811
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600556459.05/cwt440.00–472.502,55234
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500480530.18/cwt515.00–565.002,54578
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750721405.00/cwt382.50–422.502,920631
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850811376.66/cwt373.00–382.503,055619
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750715385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,75343
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700668408.00/cwt408.00–408.002,72534
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550520520.37/cwt475.00–545.002,706142
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900898370.25/cwt370.25–370.253,325141
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450439583.54/cwt570.00–622.502,56222
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400391625.00/cwt625.00–625.002,4449
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600581466.84/cwt440.00–504.002,712307
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650622447.70/cwt440.00–452.502,785122
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned650–700678410.75/cwt406.00–412.002,785115
SteersMedium 1700–750734373.64/cwt373.00–374.002,74358
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2750–800783342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,67863
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2450–500474420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,9915
HeifersLarge 1600–650643395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,54019
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700690372.00/cwt372.00–372.002,56739
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650615417.04/cwt402.50–435.002,565295
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full600–650638390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,4889
SteersLarge 1-2750–800759351.00/cwt351.00–351.002,66416
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy800–850826350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,89167
SteersMedium and Large 1Full700–750728379.00/cwt379.00–379.002,7597
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500473512.50/cwt512.50–512.502,4246
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950913370.25/cwt370.25–370.253,380349
SteersLarge 1750–800793362.50/cwt362.50–362.502,8757
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550522492.50/cwt492.50–492.502,57111
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900862342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,948431
HeifersMedium 1700–750705366.00/cwt366.00–366.002,5807
SteersLarge 1800–850846363.00/cwt363.00–363.003,07127
SteersLarge 1650–700674397.04/cwt395.00–402.002,67641
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550521473.03/cwt437.50–517.002,464157
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned550–600591402.00/cwt402.00–402.002,37662
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700676394.71/cwt380.50–404.002,668546
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500476488.64/cwt470.00–507.502,32643
SteersMedium and Large 1Full750–800777363.87/cwt362.50–366.002,82715
SteersMedium and Large 1Full600–650622420.60/cwt412.50–425.002,61617
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450423498.29/cwt487.50–512.502,10824
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450445460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,0475
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850808364.00/cwt364.00–364.002,94178
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400382542.50/cwt542.50–542.502,07214
HeifersMedium 1450–500462445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,0569
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750713380.35/cwt370.00–384.002,712470
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800769368.45/cwt348.00–375.002,833213
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600576436.85/cwt421.00–440.002,516345

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.