Sale reports / South Dakota / Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction / 2022-10-26

Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Wed, Oct 26
● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2009
Receipts
2,027 head
252 vs last sale 2,279 1,305 vs year ago 3,332 · 39.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday: Steers from 450 lbs to 499 lbs were 6.00 to 8.00 higher; steers from 500 lbs to 649 lbs were steady to 4.00 higher, heifers from 450 lbs to 549 lbs were steady , no other comparisons available. Market was active to very active on the full loads, less active on the part loads and packages. Calves were attractive for quality and most were fully pre-conditioned and fresh off the cow. Lots of buyers on the seats wanting to buy calves today . Warm and dry in the area has given producers the opportunity to get their fall harvest and cattle work done with few weather related problems. Next sale will be Friday, October 28th, expecting a large run of high quality feeders, starting with load lots of yearling at 8:00am central time. Eat beef.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $228.37/cwt on 1,390 head.
Average price
$228.37
1,390 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,215
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$271
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$1.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+19.96
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1534228.391,2191,370
Medium and Large 1-2417227.1094820
One grade step is worth $1.29/cwt here — about $271 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 sale1,390 hd
228.37
SD average12 barns · 27,595 hd
208.41
+19.96
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

18 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 1-2312246.00/cwt246.00–246.007688
SteersMedium and Large 1-2535193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,0336
SteersMedium and Large 1-2440236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,0386
SteersMedium and Large 1618213.09/cwt192.00–218.501,317113
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement465224.66/cwt220.00–226.001,04565
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2404203.00/cwt203.00–203.0082028
SteersMedium and Large 1424258.42/cwt242.00–265.001,09692
SteersMedium and Large 1655198.50/cwt198.50–198.501,30058
SteersMedium and Large 1361265.53/cwt264.00–266.0095929
SteersMedium and Large 1521229.09/cwt221.00–245.001,194446
SteersMedium and Large 1585213.27/cwt204.00–221.501,248405
SteersMedium and Large 1461252.34/cwt242.00–260.001,163227
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2344202.00/cwt202.00–202.006956
HeifersMedium and Large 1467205.25/cwt197.00–212.50959214
HeifersMedium and Large 1513196.80/cwt191.00–199.501,010139
HeifersMedium and Large 1594188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,11737
HeifersMedium and Large 1369209.74/cwt202.00–212.0077430
HeifersMedium and Large 1626183.50/cwt183.50–183.501,14921

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.