Sale reports / South Dakota / Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction / 2019-10-16

Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Wed, Oct 16
● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2009
← earliestOct 16Oct 23
Receipts
2,954 head
22 vs last sale 2,932 2,954 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This was the first special Wednesday sale of the season, so no comparison available. Moderate to good demand for today's offering of calves. Calves were preconditioned and attractive for quality. Flesh conditioned ranged from light to moderate. Several loads and part loads available today. Best demand for the steer calves as evidenced by the price spread between steers and heifers. Next feeder sale will be Friday, October 18th expecting 10,000 or more high quality calves and yearlings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $161.46/cwt on 2,215 head.
Average price
$161.46
2,215 head · 577 lb average
Value per head Derived
$932
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$237
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$2.35/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.60
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2433163.67709135
Medium and Large 1586161.319462,080
One grade step is worth $2.35/cwt here — about −$237 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale2,215 hd
161.46
SD average11 barns · 16,258 hd
149.86
+11.60
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

20 lots · USDA AMS · Ft. Pierre Calf Auction (Wed-Seasonal) - Ft. Pierre, 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 1-2504153.00/cwt153.00–153.0077144
SteersMedium and Large 1617155.79/cwt151.50–158.00961469
SteersMedium and Large 1679158.73/cwt156.50–159.501,078325
SteersMedium and Large 1424178.20/cwt171.00–187.0075639
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2366162.52/cwt148.00–166.0059526
HeifersMedium and Large 1574136.04/cwt134.00–137.00781138
HeifersMedium and Large 1432153.50/cwt153.50–153.5066326
SteersMedium and Large 1-2426164.00/cwt164.00–164.0069949
SteersMedium and Large 1-2340200.00/cwt200.00–200.006805
SteersMedium and Large 1570160.24/cwt153.00–165.50913424
SteersMedium and Large 1706153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,080170
SteersMedium and Large 1Full531155.00/cwt155.00–155.0082331
HeifersMedium and Large 1478150.77/cwt145.00–154.50721225
HeifersMedium and Large 1612132.00/cwt132.00–132.0080832
SteersMedium and Large 1-2372171.00/cwt171.00–171.0063637
SteersMedium and Large 1524165.47/cwt154.00–169.00867425
SteersMedium and Large 1474176.06/cwt166.50–181.00835183
SteersMedium and Large 1397188.00/cwt188.00–188.0074614
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement527155.50/cwt155.50–155.50819101
HeifersMedium and Large 1510151.35/cwt145.00–152.5077274

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.