Sale reports / South Dakota / Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction / 2024-10-23

Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Wed, Oct 23
● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2009
Receipts
2,871 head
335 vs last sale 3,206 155 vs year ago 3,026 · 5.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday's special calf sale: Steers from 350 lbs to 650 lbs were generally steady to instances of 6.00 higher; heifers from 450 lbs to 549 lbs were mostly 4.00 to 6.00 lower. No other comparisons available. Good demand for this nice offering of fully vaccinated calves coming off the cow. Nice crowd of buyers competing with interest buyers made for an active market. Calves were light fleshed as most are coming off very dry and short pasture conditions. Next feeder sale will be Friday, October 25, 2024 expecting 8500 or more yearling and calves with the sale stating at 8:00 am central time.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $321.54/cwt on 1,109 head.
Average price
$321.54
1,109 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,770
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+3.21
vs SD average
+22.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550321.541,7701,109
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1,109 hd
321.54
SD average10 barns · 10,241 hd
318.33
+3.21
National average191 barns · 36,605 hd
299.04
+22.50
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

13 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 1500–550525330.20/cwt317.00–343.001,734406
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650610309.16/cwt294.00–314.501,886228
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450425378.92/cwt360.00–380.001,61091
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400381390.61/cwt380.00–408.001,488110
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350339413.72/cwt400.00–420.001,40316
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600565316.54/cwt308.50–334.001,788703
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500469356.02/cwt335.00–365.001,670509
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement450–500486307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,49290
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500484305.27/cwt297.00–315.001,478247
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550516285.16/cwt281.00–291.001,471215
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450426325.57/cwt322.50–329.001,387135
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400377324.83/cwt320.00–328.001,22541
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350330364.23/cwt360.00–366.001,20228

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.