Sale reports / South Dakota / Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction / 2020-03-27

Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Mar 27
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021
Receipts
3,269 head
1,738 vs last sale 1,531 3,269 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers 6.00 to 12.00 higher, except 800-850 lbs not well compared. Feeder heifers were too limited last sale to offer a comparison with this week. Very good demand for all weights of steers and heifers this week. Many long strings of high quality, light fleshed steers and heifers of offer, including full loads and multiple load lots of cattle suitable to run on grass this summer or to head straight to finishing yards. Many outstanding, high quality heifers suitable to breed were on offer as well and were met with very good demand by many buyers. The next feeder cattle sale will be in 2 weeks, April 10, 2020.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $145.74/cwt on 1,739 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits 314.26 against this barn's trailing median of $460.00.
Average price
$145.74
1,739 head · 748 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,091
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$347
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Medium and Large 1
$1.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.75
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2508147.0074717thin
Medium and Large 1751145.731,0941,722
One grade step is worth $1.27/cwt here — about −$347 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 sale1,739 hd
145.74
SD average7 barns · 12,481 hd
137.99
+7.75
This barn, trailing median1 sales
460.00
−314.26
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

28 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 1365159.50/cwt159.50–159.5058233
HeifersMedium and Large 1820122.54/cwt118.50–124.001,00535
SteersMedium and Large 1670156.74/cwt147.50–160.501,050251
SteersMedium and Large 2508147.00/cwt147.00–147.0074717
SteersMedium and Large 1842132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,11162
SteersMedium and Large 1550172.00/cwt172.00–172.0094697
SteersMedium and Large 1921127.75/cwt127.75–127.751,177132
SteersMedium and Large 1714148.46/cwt146.00–149.501,060170
BullsMedium and Large 1569157.00/cwt157.00–157.008937
BullsMedium and Large 1357178.00/cwt178.00–178.0063516
BullsMedium and Large 1507169.00/cwt169.00–169.0085782
HeifersMedium and Large 1850115.00/cwt115.00–115.0097811
HeifersMedium and Large 1577154.00/cwt154.00–154.0088974
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2688125.00/cwt125.00–125.008609
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2721120.50/cwt120.50–120.5086916
SteersMedium and Large 1626163.98/cwt155.00–166.001,027291
SteersMedium and Large 1881127.94/cwt126.50–131.501,127322
SteersMedium and Large 1781140.35/cwt138.00–142.001,096397
HeifersMedium and Large 1610147.54/cwt139.50–149.50900192
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2611125.00/cwt125.00–125.0076410
HeifersMedium and Large 1766124.39/cwt124.00–124.5095345
HeifersMedium and Large 1668138.68/cwt133.50–142.5092655
HeifersMedium and Large 1479151.75/cwt149.50–152.0072767
HeifersMedium and Large 1524155.50/cwt155.50–155.5081571
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement832131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,09035
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement789140.50/cwt140.50–140.501,10972
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement662148.00/cwt148.00–148.0098080
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement719141.70/cwt135.00–147.001,019177

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.