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Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Name: Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-29

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Wed, Oct 29

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2009

← Oct 30Oct 29Oct 21 →

Receipts

3,269 head

▼ 2,013 vs last sale 5,282▲ 1,100 vs year ago 2,169 · +50.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday's special black hided calf sale: Steers from 400 lbs to 549 lbs were generally 30.00 to 50.00 lower, steers from 550 lbs to 599 lbs were 3.00 to 5.00 lower, steers from 600 lbs to 649 lbs were 15.00 to 25.00 lower. Heifers from 400 lbs to 449 lbs were 3.00 to 5.00 lower, heifers from 450 lbs to 549 lbs were mostly 15.00 to 25.00 lower. No other weight classes comparable. Big run of high quality calves for todays special black hided calf sale. Most of the calves had spring and fall vaccinations, were right off the cow , clean haired and attractive for quality. A fairly active market considering the recent action of the futures market. House full of people with order buyers, farmer feeders and internet buyers competing for todays offering. Wide price range within weight classes depending on vaccinations, quality and eye appeal. Next feeder sale is Friday, October 31st, expecting a nice run of old crop yearlings and a large run of spring born calves.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $474.28/cwt on 1,199 head. That ranks 3 of 2 comparable sales and sits +6.33 against this barn's trailing median of $467.94.

Average price

$474.28

1,199 head · 543 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,576

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$459

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

$59.77/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+10.13

vs SD average

+44.56 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	543	474.77	2,580	1,189
Medium and Large 1-2	511	415.00	2,121	10thin

One grade step is worth $59.77/cwt here — about $459 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1,199 hd

474.28

—

SD average11 barns · 12,183 hd

464.14

+10.13

National average179 barns · 33,800 hd

429.72

+44.56

This barn, trailing median2 sales

467.94

+6.33

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

22 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	313	617.50/cwt	617.50–617.50	1,933	12
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	373	592.50/cwt	592.50–592.50	2,210	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	403	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,055	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	426	524.52/cwt	520.00–540.00	2,234	127
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	492	494.95/cwt	480.00–509.00	2,435	144
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	511	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,121	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	530	479.82/cwt	457.50–518.00	2,543	770
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	568	465.50/cwt	434.00–481.00	2,644	419
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	425.47/cwt	402.50–439.00	2,689	493
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	653	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	2,605	21
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	334	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,754	19
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	394	491.40/cwt	490.00–492.50	1,936	18
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	418	487.55/cwt	480.00–526.00	2,038	167
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	490	458.64/cwt	442.00–500.00	2,247	287
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	497	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,038	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Replacement	519	494.29/cwt	484.00–504.00	2,565	247
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	431.10/cwt	405.00–465.00	2,268	204
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,976	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Replacement	557	442.50/cwt	442.50–442.50	2,465	50
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	436.00/cwt	436.00–436.00	2,490	37
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	607	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,580	35
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	629	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,406	22

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 29, 2025

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

Receipts 3,269Last week 5,282Year ago 2,169

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	313	617.50	617.50
7	400–450	403	510.00	510.00
10	500–550	511	415.00	415.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	373	592.50	592.50
127	400–450	426	520.00–540.00	524.52
144	450–500	492	480.00–509.00	494.95
770	500–550	530	457.50–518.00	479.82
419	550–600	568	434.00–481.00	465.50
493	600–650	632	402.50–439.00	425.47
21	650–700	653	399.00	399.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
247	500–550	519	484.00–504.00	494.29
50	550–600	557	442.50	442.50
35	600–650	607	425.00	425.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	334	525.00	525.00
18	350–400	394	490.00–492.50	491.40
167	400–450	418	480.00–526.00	487.55
287	450–500	490	442.00–500.00	458.64
204	500–550	526	405.00–465.00	431.10
37	550–600	571	436.00	436.00
22	600–650	629	382.50	382.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	497	410.00	410.00
9	500–550	527	375.00	375.00

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.