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 1—449174.00/cwt174.00–174.007815
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—385190.00/cwt190.00–190.0073244
SteersMedium and Large 1—683147.58/cwt142.00–154.501,008251
SteersMedium and Large 1—626165.17/cwt162.00–167.001,034146
HeifersMedium and Large 1—359152.00/cwt152.00–152.005466
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—565139.00/cwt139.00–139.007857
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—696141.00/cwt141.00–141.0098180
HeifersMedium and Large 1—530152.83/cwt145.00–154.0081066
SteersMedium and Large 1—525174.18/cwt162.50–187.5091486
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—911120.50/cwt120.50–120.501,09836
HeifersMedium and Large 1—639139.76/cwt135.00–141.00893197
HeifersMedium and Large 1—718133.66/cwt130.00–137.0096095
HeifersMedium and Large 1—822117.00/cwt117.00–117.0096223
SteersMedium and Large 1—480176.00/cwt176.00–176.0084514
SteersMedium and Large 1—761142.49/cwt137.00–144.501,084359
SteersMedium and Large 1—581165.93/cwt157.00–175.00964151
SteersMedium and Large 1—870126.40/cwt124.00–126.751,10077
SteersMedium and Large 1—826133.36/cwt132.75–134.001,102132
SteersMedium and Large 1—730149.59/cwt138.50–154.501,092530
SteersMedium and Large 1—920120.65/cwt115.50–123.751,110225
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full—984104.50/cwt104.50–104.501,02814
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—390156.00/cwt156.00–156.0060831
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—959123.75/cwt123.50–124.001,187110
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—798125.00/cwt125.00–125.0099841
HeifersMedium and Large 1—667139.66/cwt128.50–146.00932199
HeifersMedium and Large 1—484152.28/cwt148.00–154.0073740
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full—804119.00/cwt119.00–119.0095752
HeifersMedium and Large 1—576149.13/cwt137.00–152.50859169
HeifersMedium and Large 1—787125.53/cwt119.00–131.50988647
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—705141.00/cwt141.00–141.0099467
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—884124.33/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.