Sale reports / South Dakota / Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction / 2020-10-09

Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Oct 9
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021
Receipts
5,118 head
▲ 2,513 vs last sale 2,605▼ 272 vs year ago 5,390 · −5.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers from 900 lbs to 999 lbs were steady, heifers weighing from 750 lbs to 849 lbs were steady to 3.00 higher in places, heifers from 950 lbs to 999 lbs were 2.00 to 4.00 higher. No other comparisons were made due to the limited numbers in their weight categories. Most of the cattle were coming off dry pasture conditions and were in light fleshed to moderate fleshed conditions. The market was fairly active today on the internet and in the seats. Buyers had more interest in the yearlings than the calves. Most of the calves were right off the cow and had had their preconditioning shots. The next feeder sale will be a special black hided calf sale on Wednesday, October 14, 2020.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $164.39/cwt on 2,849 head.
Average price
$164.39
2,849 head · 621 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,020
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$351
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$30.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+10.85
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1610165.651,0112,643
Medium and Large 1-2483162.2278398
Large 11,005135.501,362108
One grade step is worth $30.15/cwt here — about −$351 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 sale2,849 hd
164.39
—
SD average7 barns · 12,514 hd
153.54
+10.85
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

43 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
HeifersLarge 1—1,115121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,34911
SteersLarge 1—1,005135.50/cwt135.50–135.501,362108
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full—374159.00/cwt159.00–159.0059539
SteersMedium and Large 1Full—394177.00/cwt177.00–177.0069728
HeifersMedium and Large 1—319170.00/cwt170.00–170.0054211
HeifersMedium and Large 1—580140.00/cwt140.00–140.0081212
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—574144.22/cwt142.00–148.0082842
HeifersMedium and Large 1—740139.88/cwt138.00–144.001,035181
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—447167.00/cwt167.00–167.0074672
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—648133.00/cwt133.00–133.008625
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—932113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,0539
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—406142.00/cwt142.00–142.005777
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—655140.50/cwt140.50–140.509206
SteersMedium and Large 1—825143.86/cwt140.00–147.001,18725
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—467161.00/cwt161.00–161.007529
HeifersMedium and Large 1—626143.00/cwt143.00–143.008957
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—314176.00/cwt176.00–176.005538
HeifersMedium and Large 1—776143.01/cwt141.50–144.001,110119
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—481175.00/cwt175.00–175.00842120
SteersMedium and Large 1—1,005131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,31714
SteersMedium and Large 1—389200.09/cwt186.00–202.00778177
SteersMedium and Large 1—515166.73/cwt156.00–173.00859371
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—325149.00/cwt149.00–149.0048412
SteersMedium and Large 1—563165.46/cwt159.50–168.00932807
HeifersMedium and Large 1—438158.19/cwt155.00–173.00693208
HeifersMedium and Large 1—533149.39/cwt139.00–151.00796101
HeifersMedium and Large 1—867135.03/cwt132.00–137.501,171108
SteersMedium and Large 1—609152.73/cwt149.00–157.5093064
HeifersMedium and Large 1—823138.52/cwt133.50–141.001,140189
SteersMedium and Large 1—887143.25/cwt143.25–143.251,271124
SteersMedium and Large 1—662141.00/cwt141.00–141.0093310
SteersMedium and Large 1—478183.33/cwt173.50–187.00876510
HeifersMedium and Large 1—972135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,312238
SteersMedium and Large 1—431189.00/cwt188.00–192.0081545
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—514168.00/cwt168.00–168.00864103
SteersMedium and Large 1—717146.50/cwt146.50–146.501,05014
HeifersMedium and Large 1—469156.58/cwt142.00–159.00734166
HeifersMedium and Large 1—697144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,00481
SteersMedium and Large 1—936142.37/cwt136.25–143.751,333148
HeifersMedium and Large 1—918132.57/cwt129.50–135.001,21737
HeifersMedium and Large 1—371175.51/cwt171.00–181.0065140
SteersMedium and Large 1—996135.75/cwt135.75–135.751,352214
SteersMedium and Large 1—783146.92/cwt140.00–150.501,15092

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.