Sale reports / South Dakota / Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction / 2020-05-08

Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, May 8
● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021
Receipts
4,690 head
916 vs last sale 5,606 604 vs year ago 4,086 · +14.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: feeder steers from 600 lbs to 649 lbs were 8.00 to 12.00 higher, the 650 lbs to 699 lbs steers were steady; the 700 lbs to 799 lbs steers were generally 6.00 to 8.00 higher, the 800 lbs to 949 lbs steers were steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers from 550 lbs to 599 lbs were 6.00 to 10.00 higher, the 600 lbs to 699 lbs heifers were mostly steady to 2.00 higher. No other comparisons available. Today's cattle auction saw a good demand for the available supply of feeder cattle and replacement heifers. Flesh conditions ranged from light fleshed hay fed cattle to moderate plus flesh conditions on the long time back grounded cattle. Several strings of replacement heifers were meet with good demand. Buyers in the seats and on the internet made it a fairly active market today. A better futures market this past week gave buyers some incentive to procure cattle today. Next feeder cattle sale will be in two weeks, May 22, 2020.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.93/cwt on 2,064 head.
Average price
$132.93
2,064 head · 735 lb average
Value per head Derived
$977
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$337
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$20.31/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.11
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2422152.8764538
Medium and Large 1741132.559822,026
One grade step is worth $20.31/cwt here — about −$337 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 sale2,064 hd
132.93
SD average7 barns · 5,973 hd
125.82
+7.11
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

31 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 1449174.00/cwt174.00–174.007815
SteersMedium and Large 1-2385190.00/cwt190.00–190.0073244
SteersMedium and Large 1683147.58/cwt142.00–154.501,008251
SteersMedium and Large 1626165.17/cwt162.00–167.001,034146
HeifersMedium and Large 1359152.00/cwt152.00–152.005466
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2565139.00/cwt139.00–139.007857
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement696141.00/cwt141.00–141.0098180
HeifersMedium and Large 1530152.83/cwt145.00–154.0081066
SteersMedium and Large 1525174.18/cwt162.50–187.5091486
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement911120.50/cwt120.50–120.501,09836
HeifersMedium and Large 1639139.76/cwt135.00–141.00893197
HeifersMedium and Large 1718133.66/cwt130.00–137.0096095
HeifersMedium and Large 1822117.00/cwt117.00–117.0096223
SteersMedium and Large 1480176.00/cwt176.00–176.0084514
SteersMedium and Large 1761142.49/cwt137.00–144.501,084359
SteersMedium and Large 1581165.93/cwt157.00–175.00964151
SteersMedium and Large 1870126.40/cwt124.00–126.751,10077
SteersMedium and Large 1826133.36/cwt132.75–134.001,102132
SteersMedium and Large 1730149.59/cwt138.50–154.501,092530
SteersMedium and Large 1920120.65/cwt115.50–123.751,110225
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full984104.50/cwt104.50–104.501,02814
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2390156.00/cwt156.00–156.0060831
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement959123.75/cwt123.50–124.001,187110
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement798125.00/cwt125.00–125.0099841
HeifersMedium and Large 1667139.66/cwt128.50–146.00932199
HeifersMedium and Large 1484152.28/cwt148.00–154.0073740
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full804119.00/cwt119.00–119.0095752
HeifersMedium and Large 1576149.13/cwt137.00–152.50859169
HeifersMedium and Large 1787125.53/cwt119.00–131.50988647
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement705141.00/cwt141.00–141.0099467
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement884124.33/cwt118.75–134.001,099184

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.