Sale reports / South Dakota / Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction / 2020-01-17

Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Jan 17
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021
Receipts
2,372 head
2,194 vs last sale 4,566 2,372 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers were mostly steady to 2.00 lower; feeder heifers were 2.00 to 4.00 higher. The supply of cattle for today's sale was shortened up with a winter storm moving through the area. The cattle that made it to town were fully preconditioned, home-raised and most in the light to moderate flesh conditions. Very active market with most of the usual order buyers present looking to buy cattle. Next feeder sale will be next Friday, January 24th expecting a large run of high quality feeder cattle, including 2,000 head of old crop yearling cattle with 1,800 head in one consignment.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $161.53/cwt on 1,219 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits 298.47 against this barn's trailing median of $460.00.
Average price
$161.53
1,219 head · 660 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,067
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$433
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$46.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.01
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1661161.801,0701,212
Medium and Large 1-2554115.006377thin
One grade step is worth $46.80/cwt here — about $433 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 sale1,219 hd
161.53
SD average7 barns · 12,103 hd
157.52
+4.01
This barn, trailing median1 sales
460.00
−298.47
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
HeifersLarge 11,051134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,40848
HeifersMedium and Large 1779132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,0288
HeifersMedium and Large 1416165.48/cwt152.00–173.0068838
HeifersMedium and Large 1527162.52/cwt161.00–163.5085690
HeifersMedium and Large 1493158.67/cwt150.50–163.0078297
HeifersMedium and Large 1708144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,020154
SteersMedium and Large 1720156.26/cwt149.50–161.001,125337
SteersMedium and Large 1-2554115.00/cwt115.00–115.006377
SteersMedium and Large 1529167.46/cwt164.00–185.0088629
SteersMedium and Large 1829148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,22773
SteersMedium and Large 1588174.31/cwt171.00–176.001,025117
SteersMedium and Large 1616162.91/cwt152.50–169.001,004293
SteersMedium and Large 1445181.50/cwt180.00–187.0080823
HeifersMedium and Large 1668146.75/cwt146.50–147.00980156
HeifersMedium and Large 1624147.36/cwt141.00–150.50920213
HeifersMedium and Large 1578156.82/cwt145.00–163.00906258
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2591122.50/cwt122.50–122.5072412
SteersMedium and Large 1668162.51/cwt156.00–164.001,086322
SteersMedium and Large 1453175.00/cwt175.00–175.0079318

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.