Sale reports / South Dakota / Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction / 2020-10-23

Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Oct 23
● Final25 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021
Receipts
5,196 head
1,334 vs last sale 6,530 90 vs year ago 5,286 · 1.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: no comparisons made on yearling steers and heifers. Steer calves were 3.00 to 5.00 lower for steers weighing 450 lbs to 599 lbs, the 600 lbs to 649 lbs steers were 6.00 to 8.00 lower. Only comparisons available on heifers were 450 lbs to 549 lbs and they were 4.00 to 6.00 lower. No other comparisons available. Good to moderate demand for today's yearlings that were right off grass and in light to moderate flesh condition. There was a more active market on today's calves that had their preconditioning shots and were straight off the cow. This weeks adverse weather made it difficult for producers to get their cattle to town causing several cancelations in today's sale. The continued pounding of the futures market this past week and a lower cash fat cattle trade with a bearish cattle on feed repot may have weighed on today's auction. Next feeder sale will be next Wednesday, October 25th expecting a large run of high quality of black hided calves. They have also extended the Wednesday sales thru November 4, 2020

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $156.72/cwt on 3,753 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits 303.28 against this barn's trailing median of $460.00.
Average price
$156.72
3,753 head · 584 lb average
Value per head Derived
$915
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$14
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$32.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.21
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1583157.159163,620
Medium and Large 1-2589148.15873115
Medium and Large 2744125.0093018thin
One grade step is worth $32.15/cwt here — about −$14 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 sale3,753 hd
156.72
SD average12 barns · 22,080 hd
148.51
+8.21
This barn, trailing median1 sales
460.00
−303.28
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

25 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 1Full741136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,0085
HeifersMedium and Large 1581137.96/cwt135.50–141.50802244
HeifersMedium and Large 1306168.00/cwt168.00–168.005147
HeifersMedium and Large 1624136.50/cwt136.50–136.5085279
HeifersMedium and Large 1472144.66/cwt142.00–148.50683329
HeifersMedium and Large 1518143.43/cwt135.00–146.00743450
SteersMedium and Large 1479167.43/cwt154.00–176.50802479
SteersMedium and Large 1523159.72/cwt151.00–167.00835858
SteersMedium and Large 1-2434162.00/cwt162.00–162.0070324
SteersMedium and Large 1374180.61/cwt172.00–185.0067570
SteersMedium and Large 2744125.00/cwt125.00–125.0093018
HeifersMedium and Large 1897130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,16663
HeifersMedium and Large 1427156.28/cwt151.00–165.0066776
SteersMedium and Large 1868144.75/cwt144.75–144.751,25664
HeifersMedium and Large 1660135.00/cwt135.00–135.0089185
HeifersMedium and Large 1940121.50/cwt121.50–121.501,1428
SteersMedium and Large 1-2630144.50/cwt144.50–144.5091091
HeifersMedium and Large 1362167.56/cwt159.00–174.0060770
SteersMedium and Large 1724146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,057374
SteersMedium and Large 1618150.84/cwt147.00–152.50932394
SteersMedium and Large 1786139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,09674
SteersMedium and Large 1667146.44/cwt145.00–148.00977157
SteersMedium and Large 1576155.23/cwt149.50–160.00894692
SteersMedium and Large 1813143.16/cwt141.50–144.001,164203
SteersMedium and Large 1426180.86/cwt172.00–186.50770250

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.