Sale reports / South Dakota / Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction / 2019-08-30

Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Aug 30
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021
Receipts
1,892 head
3,011 vs last sale 4,903 1,892 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First reported feeder cattle auction in several weeks, no recent price comparison available. Good demand for this nice offering of very attractive, high quality, strings of yearling steers and heifers. Flesh condition was attractive, light to moderate as most cattle were straight off grass. Plenty of buyers on the seats actively bidding as they are eager to place yearling feeder cattle in their yards. Next feeder cattle sale will be Friday Sept 13, 2019.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.12/cwt on 682 head.
Average price
$138.12
682 head · 847 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,170
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$3
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$10.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.60
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1846138.311,170670
Medium and Large 1-2918127.791,17312thin
One grade step is worth $10.52/cwt here — about −$3 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 sale682 hd
138.12
SD average7 barns · 3,732 hd
129.53
+8.60
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

17 lots · USDA AMS · Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction (Friday) - Ft. Pierre, SD
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2852127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,0865
HeifersMedium and Large 1873137.70/cwt136.50–140.001,20265
SteersMedium and Large 1769153.87/cwt150.50–155.001,183152
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2965128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,2357
HeifersMedium and Large 1715145.50/cwt145.50–145.501,04073
SteersMedium and Large 1-2925131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,21211
SteersMedium and Large 1620161.00/cwt161.00–161.009987
HeifersMedium and Large 1916135.57/cwt134.00–136.001,24292
SteersMedium and Large 1698153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,06812
HeifersMedium and Large 1984131.76/cwt129.75–133.751,297135
SteersMedium and Large 1815145.73/cwt141.50–148.001,18853
HeifersMedium and Large 1829139.98/cwt138.75–141.751,160137
HeifersMedium and Large 1600144.00/cwt144.00–144.0086410
SteersMedium and Large 1919141.45/cwt137.50–142.251,30059
HeifersMedium and Large 1774140.44/cwt138.50–142.501,087144
HeifersMedium and Large 1687142.50/cwt142.50–142.5097914
SteersMedium and Large 1969137.19/cwt131.00–137.501,329126

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.