Sale reports / South Dakota / Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction / 2020-01-03

Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Jan 3
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021
Receipts
3,927 head
4,560 vs last sale 8,487 3,927 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Recent price comparison not available as last sale was three weeks ago. Steady to higher undertones on steers, higher to much higher undertones at times on heifers. Good to very good demand for this nice offering of very high quality, attractive, steers and heifers. Many full loads and multiple load lots offered, buyers were quick to take all the loads when offered the chance to buy multiple loads which made for a fast paced auction. Most consignments were long time weaned and in a light to moderate flesh condition. The market was very active as there were many buyers on the seats ready to buy cattle, especially as they could make full feedyard pens of cattle from a single ranch. There were several cancellations this week as there were many snow blocked roads and now many muddy roads that made it impossible to get cattle loaded and shipped to town. Much larger offering of feeder cattle expected for next week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $161.47/cwt on 2,717 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits 298.53 against this barn's trailing median of $460.00.
Average price
$161.47
2,717 head · 681 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,100
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$391
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$21.58/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.36
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2388183.007106thin
Medium and Large 1682161.421,1012,711
One grade step is worth $21.58/cwt here — about −$391 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 sale2,717 hd
161.47
SD average3 barns · 6,488 hd
154.10
+7.36
This barn, trailing median1 sales
460.00
−298.53
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

19 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
SteersMedium and Large 1764153.44/cwt152.00–154.501,172434
SteersMedium and Large 1660159.80/cwt152.00–163.501,055146
SteersMedium and Large 1589168.47/cwt165.50–170.00992107
SteersMedium and Large 1524168.38/cwt165.00–171.0088249
SteersMedium and Large 1-2388183.00/cwt183.00–183.007106
SteersMedium and Large 1497175.00/cwt175.00–175.0087044
SteersMedium and Large 1425181.00/cwt181.00–181.0076921
SteersMedium and Large 1723159.65/cwt143.50–167.501,1541,112
SteersMedium and Large 1623166.10/cwt159.50–173.501,035787
HeifersMedium and Large 1564151.62/cwt141.50–155.00855196
HeifersMedium and Large 1709142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,010156
HeifersMedium and Large 1607147.07/cwt144.00–147.50893104
HeifersMedium and Large 1458154.19/cwt148.00–159.0070690
HeifersMedium and Large 1525144.41/cwt142.00–146.0075848
BullsMedium and Large 1544162.00/cwt162.00–162.0088111
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy630150.00/cwt150.00–150.0094511
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy528161.18/cwt160.00–162.00851170
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy674162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,095149
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy582161.50/cwt161.50–161.5094082

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.