Sale reports / South Dakota / Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction / 2020-09-11

Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Sep 11
● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021
Receipts
3,822 head
▼ 517 vs last sale 4,339▲ 2,263 vs year ago 1,559 · +145.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: steers from 800 lbs to 949 lbs were generally 2.00 to 4.00 lower, heifers from 800 lbs to 999 lbs were mostly 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Good to excellent demand for today's offering of feeder cattle, more buyer interest in heifers today than steers. There was a large crowd of order buyers on the seats with fewer farmer feeders than the last sale. Internet buyers were an active part of the sale. Most of the cattle were right off grass so flesh condition ranged from light to moderate. Several long strings of yearling steers and heifers gave buyer the opportunity to buy multiple loads of one owner cattle. There were lots of part loads and packages of mostly tested open heifers with a few consignments of weaned fall calves that buyers could make loads out of. This made for a very active market as cattle feeders are refilling their pens. The next feeder sale is the Anniversary Sale in two weeks, Friday, September 25, 2020 expecting a large run yearlings and several consignments of spring calves.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $136.58/cwt on 2,099 head.
Average price
$136.58
2,099 head · 870 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,188
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$123
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$7.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.29
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1870136.721,1892,045
Medium and Large 1-2610134.9482319thin
Large 11,015129.251,31235
One grade step is worth $7.47/cwt here — about −$123 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 sale2,099 hd
136.58
—
SD average6 barns · 6,314 hd
131.29
+5.29
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

35 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—914140.88/cwt133.50–146.751,288141
SteersMedium and Large 1—837146.76/cwt146.00–147.001,22871
SteersMedium and Large 1—588165.55/cwt165.00–166.0097311
SteersMedium and Large 1—742157.50/cwt157.50–157.501,16916
SteersMedium and Large 1—750145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,0886
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—622141.21/cwt136.50–144.5087837
SteersMedium and Large 1—632163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,03016
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—902148.25/cwt148.25–148.251,33762
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—675141.00/cwt141.00–141.0095216
SteersLarge 1—1,053128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,34815
SteersMedium and Large 1—872143.32/cwt141.00–146.251,250389
SteersMedium and Large 1—973137.03/cwt135.50–138.251,333353
BullsMedium and Large 1—831135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,12242
BullsMedium and Large 1—643151.00/cwt151.00–151.0097110
SteersLarge 1—1,017126.72/cwt123.50–131.001,28914
HeifersLarge 1—1,015129.25/cwt129.25–129.251,31235
HeifersMedium and Large 1—579148.50/cwt148.50–148.5086022
HeifersMedium and Large 1—920135.17/cwt129.50–139.251,244616
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—681125.44/cwt125.00–126.0085411
HeifersMedium and Large 1—769138.50/cwt138.50–138.501,06515
HeifersMedium and Large 1—875138.00/cwt131.50–140.251,208556
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—513148.00/cwt148.00–148.007598
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full—905126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,14016
HeifersMedium and Large 1—813138.96/cwt130.00–142.001,130266
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed—874130.48/cwt126.50–131.501,140108
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full—840129.50/cwt129.50–129.501,0887
HeifersMedium and Large 1—980130.43/cwt126.00–137.001,278139
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed—723145.50/cwt145.50–145.501,05270
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full—851123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,0475
HeifersMedium and Large 1—722146.70/cwt142.50–149.501,05933
HeifersMedium and Large 1—685141.85/cwt132.00–147.5097235
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed—775145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,12469
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—914127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,1656
HeifersMedium and Large 1—620145.08/cwt141.00–146.5089923
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed—984126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,24059

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.