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Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Name: Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-10-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-10-25

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Wed, Oct 25

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2009

← Oct 18Oct 25Nov 1 →

Receipts

3,026 head

▼ 755 vs last sale 3,781▲ 999 vs year ago 2,027 · +49.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday: Steers from 400 lbs to 599 lbs were mostly 10.00 to 20.00 lower, Heifers from 450 lbs to 550 lbs were mostly 10.00 to 15.00 lower. Most of the calves were light fleshed, right off the cow and had spring and fall vaccinations. Good demand for many loads and packages of steer and heifer calves made for a fairly active market. Nice crowd of order buyers, farmer feeders and internet buyers competing for todays offering of calves. Cooler temperature and forecast of light snow in the area for the next few days. The next feeder sale will be October 27, 20023 expecting 2500 yearlings and 8700 spring calves.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $307.15/cwt on 1,902 head.

Average price

$307.15

1,902 head · 517 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,587

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$444

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

$29.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+18.11

vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	341	336.20	1,146	15thin
Medium and Large 1	518	306.92	1,590	1,887

One grade step is worth $29.28/cwt here — about −$444 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 sale1,902 hd

307.15

—

SD average12 barns · 29,896 hd

289.04

+18.11

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers9 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	304	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	1,055	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	328	368.90/cwt	368.00–370.00	1,210	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	379	347.95/cwt	345.00–351.00	1,319	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	396	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,267	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	406	338.17/cwt	314.00–350.00	1,373	165
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	325.14/cwt	296.00–348.00	1,538	461
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	300.22/cwt	282.00–314.00	1,582	637
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	577	290.55/cwt	277.00–304.00	1,676	552
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	665	261.16/cwt	258.50–263.50	1,737	41
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	318	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,081	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	321	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,008	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	381	292.08/cwt	285.00–318.00	1,113	114
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	431	302.55/cwt	284.00–307.00	1,304	74
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	285.87/cwt	270.00–296.00	1,358	270
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	477	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	990	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	520	272.23/cwt	256.00–278.00	1,416	375
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	580	259.84/cwt	259.00–262.00	1,507	41
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	621	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,596	21

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.

South Dakota feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Ft. Pierre Calf Auction (Wed-Seasonal) - Ft. Pierre, SD

Wed Oct 25, 2023

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Sioux Falls, SD (LS-SF)

Receipts 3,026Last week 3,781Year ago 2,027

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	304	347.00	347.00
6	—	396	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	379	345.00–351.00	347.95
637	—	527	282.00–314.00	300.22
552	—	577	277.00–304.00	290.55
461	—	473	296.00–348.00	325.14
165	—	406	314.00–350.00	338.17
41	—	665	258.50–263.50	261.16
17	—	328	368.00–370.00	368.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	621	257.00	257.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	321	314.00	314.00
6	—	477	207.50	207.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
375	—	520	256.00–278.00	272.23
270	—	475	270.00–296.00	285.87
114	—	381	285.00–318.00	292.08
74	—	431	284.00–307.00	302.55
41	—	580	259.00–262.00	259.84
11	—	318	340.00	340.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.