Sale reports / South Dakota / Philip Livestock Auction / 2026-09-01

Philip Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Philip, South Dakota · Tue, Sep 1
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2023
Receipts
1,075 head
▲ 47 vs last sale 1,028▲ 1,075 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Sale not recently reported due to Seasonally low Receipts, therefore no market comparison may be made. Good Demand in the seats and moderate demand on the Internet for Several Load Lots and Packages of Spring Calves and Several Part Loads and Packages of Feeder Steers and Tested Open Heifers which sold on a Moderate to Active Market. Nearly all the Yearling Heifers were tested open off the keepers, had an attractive presentation, were off grass, and carried Light to Moderate Flesh. The Spring Calves in the Offering are about a month earlier than normal due to dry conditions in some of the surrounding areas. Despite the dry conditions the Spring Calves were healthy, shiny, fully vaccinated, and carried a very favorable weigh-up. The Next Sale is September 15, Yearling and Spring Calf Special; 300 Yearlings and 600 Spring Calves are on the books with more expected by Sale Day. Happy Labor Day! Many Thanks to all the Hard working Americans today as well as those who have gone before us!

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $439.70/cwt on 340 head, up $53.13 from the prior sale (only 16 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 5 comparable sales and sits −5.30 against this barn's trailing median of $445.00.
Average price
$439.70
▲ 53.13 vs prior sale
340 head · 559 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,459
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.17
vs SD average
+68.31 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1559439.702,459340
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

5 sales
510464418373median 445.0002/1002/2407/2809/0109/15
Steers 500–600 lb: high $496.22, low $386.56, median $445.00 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 sale340 hd
439.70
—
SD average2 barns · 346 hd
439.53
+0.17
National average157 barns · 5,984 hd
371.39
+68.31
This barn, trailing median5 sales
445.00
−5.30
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

19 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
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350336520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,74716
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500454501.00/cwt482.50–504.002,275134
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900869298.00/cwt298.00–298.002,5906
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500477421.41/cwt410.00–425.002,010132
SteersLarge 1-2450–500494417.50/cwt417.50–417.502,06216
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000968285.61/cwt280.00–288.002,76554
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600565380.82/cwt373.00–385.002,152150
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450400515.00/cwt515.00–515.002,06071
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600588427.20/cwt422.00–432.502,512198
HeifersMedium and Large 11000–10501,021276.93/cwt271.00–282.002,82711
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450439430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,8889
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550519457.12/cwt440.00–466.002,372142
HeifersLarge 1-21050–11001,060265.00/cwt265.00–265.002,8094
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400375535.00/cwt535.00–535.002,00633
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950911286.00/cwt286.00–286.002,6055
HeifersLarge 11050–11001,057270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,85410
HeifersLarge 11100–11501,127258.00/cwt258.00–258.002,9086
SteersMedium and Large 1Full750–800753339.50/cwt339.50–339.502,55610
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full1000–10501,004272.38/cwt272.00–272.502,73538

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.