Sale reports / South Dakota / Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction / 2020-08-28

Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Aug 28
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021
Receipts
4,339 head
▼ 3,268 vs last sale 7,607▲ 2,447 vs year ago 1,892 · +129.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Last feeder sale was four weeks ago so no price trend or price comparisons made. Good to excellent demand for today's offering of feeder cattle. Today's sale consisted mostly of yearling and weaned fall calves off grass. Flesh conditions ranged from light fleshed to moderate fleshed. Conditions were in buyers favor as most of the cattle were from dry country with short grass conditions. A large crowd of order buyers on the seats with more farmer feeders than the last sale, internet buyers continue to be fairly constant participates. Several long strings of yearling steers and spayed heifers gave buyers the opportunity to buy multiple loads of one owner cattle. There were lots of part loads and packages of mostly tested open heifers or weaned fall calves that buyers could make loads out of. There was one consignment of spring calves in today's sale and to make a full load the steer and heifer calves were sold together. They weighed 415 lbs and brought $1.74 per hundred weight. The calves were predominately Charolais cross and mixed colored. Next feeder sale in two weeks on Friday, September 11th.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $147.10/cwt on 1,821 head.
Average price
$147.10
1,821 head · 846 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,245
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$108
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$17.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.03
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1840148.051,2441,714
Medium and Large 1-2807133.141,07543
Medium and Large 21,032131.001,35264
One grade step is worth $17.05/cwt here — about −$108 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 sale1,821 hd
147.10
—
SD average8 barns · 6,997 hd
138.07
+9.03
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

34 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 1Full—875122.69/cwt122.50–123.001,07423
SteersMedium and Large 1Full—847136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,1527
SteersMedium and Large 1Full—673142.00/cwt142.00–142.0095614
HeifersMedium and Large 1—393165.00/cwt165.00–165.006485
HeifersMedium and Large 1—510155.00/cwt155.00–155.007917
HeifersMedium and Large 1—656144.50/cwt144.50–144.5094810
HeifersMedium and Large 1—439162.00/cwt162.00–162.0071120
HeifersMedium and Large 1—562153.50/cwt153.50–153.5086344
HeifersMedium and Large 1—811131.28/cwt129.50–132.501,06563
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—823129.54/cwt129.00–130.001,06617
SteersMedium and Large 2—1,032131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,35264
SteersMedium and Large 1—500178.00/cwt178.00–178.008908
SteersMedium and Large 1—790147.08/cwt142.00–150.001,162112
SteersMedium and Large 1—839148.46/cwt138.50–153.001,246210
SteersMedium and Large 1—918141.48/cwt135.00–145.751,299344
SteersMedium and Large 1—877146.29/cwt142.25–149.001,283773
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—686142.00/cwt142.00–142.009747
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—749135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0117
SteersMedium and Large 1—465178.00/cwt178.00–178.0082812
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—889132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,17312
HeifersMedium and Large 1—724137.75/cwt128.00–140.5099751
HeifersMedium and Large 1—873135.51/cwt132.00–137.751,183402
SteersMedium and Large 1—569170.00/cwt170.00–170.0096714
SteersMedium and Large 1—667164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,09458
SteersMedium and Large 1—627166.95/cwt161.00–167.501,04781
SteersMedium and Large 1—734153.55/cwt136.00–156.001,12781
HeifersMedium and Large 1—979129.05/cwt127.00–131.001,263118
HeifersMedium and Large 1—914132.69/cwt130.00–136.251,213246
HeifersMedium and Large 1—772139.94/cwt133.00–142.501,080388
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—683129.00/cwt129.00–129.008819
HeifersMedium and Large 2—1,021120.50/cwt120.50–120.501,23015
HeifersMedium and Large 1—627142.90/cwt138.00–146.0089645
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed—845135.72/cwt125.00–136.751,147144
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed—776141.50/cwt141.50–141.501,09869

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.