Sale reports / South Dakota / Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction / 2020-10-16

Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Oct 16
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021
Receipts
6,530 head
▲ 1,412 vs last sale 5,118▼ 2,772 vs year ago 9,302 · −29.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: yearling steers and heifers narrowly compared due to limited numbers, lower undertones noted. Steer calves from 450 lbs to 599 lbs were generally 6.00 to 8.00 lower, heifer calves from 400 lbs to 549 lbs were mostly 3.00 to 5.00 lower, no other comparisons made due to limited numbers in their weight categories. Very good demand for today's yearlings that were right off grass, in light to moderate flesh conditions. A more active market on the yearlings than the calves, good demand for all classes of cattle today. Most of the calves had their pre-conditioning shots and were straight off the cow. Next feeder sale will be a special black hided calf sale, Wednesday, October 21st. Be safe.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $161.85/cwt on 3,526 head.
Average price
$161.85
3,526 head · 574 lb average
Value per head Derived
$929
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$284
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$0.83/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.57
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2399162.6764948
Medium and Large 1576161.849333,478
One grade step is worth $0.83/cwt here — about −$284 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 sale3,526 hd
161.85
—
SD average11 barns · 25,784 hd
152.29
+9.57
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

36 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 1—336172.12/cwt168.00–174.0057853
SteersMedium and Large 1—754142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,07117
SteersMedium and Large 1—716140.52/cwt138.50–141.001,00646
SteersMedium and Large 1—823148.20/cwt143.50–151.001,22081
SteersMedium and Large 1—444177.60/cwt172.00–187.00789154
SteersMedium and Large 1—917134.99/cwt133.50–139.251,238240
SteersMedium and Large 1—381184.62/cwt177.00–199.00703120
HeifersMedium and Large 1—819137.40/cwt131.50–139.251,12579
HeifersMedium and Large 1—723138.26/cwt131.50–140.501,00083
SteersMedium and Large 1—609162.30/cwt151.00–165.50988365
SteersMedium and Large 1—533163.15/cwt155.00–172.00870465
SteersMedium and Large 1—348186.00/cwt186.00–186.006478
HeifersMedium and Large 1—429153.64/cwt149.00–156.00659186
SteersMedium and Large 1—475173.70/cwt157.00–181.50825695
SteersMedium and Large 1—576158.30/cwt145.50–162.509121,191
HeifersMedium and Large 1—916132.41/cwt128.00–134.001,213251
HeifersMedium and Large 1—467149.92/cwt140.00–158.50700363
SteersMedium and Large 1—671151.50/cwt151.50–151.501,01783
HeifersMedium and Large 1—533148.53/cwt139.00–158.00792698
HeifersMedium and Large 1—868132.09/cwt131.25–132.501,14762
HeifersMedium and Large 1—685132.82/cwt132.50–136.0091066
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—543153.50/cwt153.50–153.50834197
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed—981133.12/cwt131.25–134.251,306473
HeifersMedium and Large 1—606142.34/cwt140.00–142.5086396
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—269180.00/cwt180.00–180.004849
SteersMedium and Large 1—977129.50/cwt129.50–129.501,26513
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—411145.00/cwt145.00–145.0059617
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—259200.35/cwt193.00–213.0051919
HeifersLarge 1—1,033123.82/cwt122.50–126.501,27918
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full—521136.00/cwt136.00–136.0070925
HeifersMedium and Large 1—771130.46/cwt130.00–132.001,00630
HeifersMedium and Large 1—568139.72/cwt137.00–140.5079432
HeifersMedium and Large 1—367168.37/cwt156.00–174.0061836
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—529126.00/cwt126.00–126.006675
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—655129.50/cwt129.50–129.508487
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—473136.00/cwt136.00–136.0064314

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.