Sale reports / South Dakota / Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction / 2020-10-02

Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Oct 2
● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021
Receipts
2,605 head
6,146 vs last sale 8,751 327 vs year ago 2,932 · 11.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers from 750 lbs to 799 lbs were steady to 1.00 lower, steers from 900 lbs to 999 lbs were steady to 1.00 higher, heifers weighing 750 lbs to 849 lbs were 1.00 to 3.00 lower, heifers weighing 950 lbs to 999 lbs were 1.00 to 2.00 higher. No other comparisons were made due to the limited numbers in their weight categories. Not as many cattle for today's auction when compared to last weeks big anniversary sale. There was a smaller crowd of people in attendance and not as many order buyers as last week. Fairly active market as buyers were aggressive at times to procure cattle, most obvious when there were multiple loads of one owner cattle available. Todays offering consisted of yearling steers, tested open replacement heifers with several consignments of fall calves. Most of the cattle were coming off dry pasture conditions and were in light fleshed to moderate fleshed condition. Cash fat cattle continues to see small improvement from one week to the next. Last Friday's cattle on feed report indicated more placements in feed yards than expected, fewer market ready cattle marketed than expected, yet the cash fat cattle trade was higher week over week. Packers have plenty of room to give more money and still be profitable, meat exports are record large, is demand better than most of us ever dreamed of? Next feeder sale will be Friday, October 9th, expecting a large run of yearlings and spring calves. STAY SAFE!

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $143.61/cwt on 1,057 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits 316.39 against this barn's trailing median of $460.00.
Average price
$143.61
1,057 head · 883 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,268
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$605
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$21.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.33
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2518155.4180429
Medium and Large 1834146.691,224746
Large 11,050134.251,409282
One grade step is worth $21.17/cwt here — about −$605 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 sale1,057 hd
143.61
SD average9 barns · 10,081 hd
140.27
+3.33
This barn, trailing median1 sales
460.00
−316.39
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

26 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
SteersLarge 11,043135.01/cwt133.50–136.001,408261
SteersLarge 11,135124.75/cwt124.75–124.751,41621
HeifersMedium and Large 1877137.97/cwt136.50–139.001,21090
HeifersMedium and Large 1663143.08/cwt136.00–144.0094994
HeifersMedium and Large 1960129.04/cwt126.00–131.751,239163
HeifersMedium and Large 1493138.50/cwt138.50–138.5068317
HeifersMedium and Large 1785139.19/cwt133.50–144.001,093132
HeifersMedium and Large 1619141.35/cwt140.00–142.5087513
SteersMedium and Large 1763152.47/cwt149.00–153.001,163160
HeifersMedium and Large 1917130.06/cwt125.00–132.001,19333
SteersMedium and Large 1660160.64/cwt158.50–161.001,06095
SteersMedium and Large 1929142.29/cwt139.00–144.501,322159
HeifersMedium and Large 1827137.71/cwt132.00–139.001,139117
SteersMedium and Large 1964137.92/cwt128.00–139.251,330165
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed691149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,03079
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed858138.50/cwt138.50–138.501,18836
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed721138.00/cwt138.00–138.0099540
SteersMedium and Large 1810148.16/cwt146.00–151.751,20084
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed769147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,13071
SteersMedium and Large 1862144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,24114
SteersMedium and Large 1-2449159.00/cwt159.00–159.0071416
SteersMedium and Large 1-2602151.00/cwt151.00–151.0090913
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2613135.00/cwt135.00–135.0082821
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2719131.50/cwt131.50–131.5094558
SteersMedium and Large 1736143.92/cwt143.50–145.001,05969
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2766121.63/cwt118.00–126.0093211

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.