Sale reports / South Dakota / Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction / 2020-12-11

Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Dec 11
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021
Receipts
8,617 head
3,517 vs last sale 5,100 130 vs year ago 8,487 · +1.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves from 450 - 499 lbs were 5.00 to 6.00 higher, 500 - 549 lbs were steady to 2.00 lower, the 550 - 699 lbs were 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Yearling steers were not of comparable weights. Heifer claves from 400 - 449 lbs were 8.00 to 10.00 higher, the 450 to 499 lbs were 5.00 to 6.00 higher, the 500 - 599 lbs were steady to 2.00 higher. The only weight comparison on the yearling heifers were the 950- 999 lbs and they would be steady to 2.00 higher. No other comparisons made. A very active market with good demand for todays sale. Flesh condition ranged from light fleshed hay fed cattle to moderate plus cattle coming out of grow yards. Todays calf offering consisted of a few consignments coming straight off the cow to long time weaned consignments coming out of grow yards. Lots of buyers on the seats and internet that aggressively placed their bid, wanting to own cattle. Today's sale offered several long strings of one owner cattle in both the yearling and calf consignments, offering buyers the opportunity to put multiple loads of one owner cattle in the same pen. This was the last feeder sale of the year. The next will be January 8, 2021. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $166.20/cwt on 4,834 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits 293.80 against this barn's trailing median of $460.00.
Average price
$166.20
4,834 head · 612 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,018
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$243
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$51.96/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.83
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1612166.461,0194,756
Medium and Large 1-2523156.7181966
Large 11,103114.501,26212thin
One grade step is worth $51.96/cwt here — about −$243 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 sale4,834 hd
166.20
SD average8 barns · 22,990 hd
151.37
+14.83
This barn, trailing median1 sales
460.00
−293.80
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

47 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 11,020125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,2756
SteersLarge 11,185104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,2326
HeifersLarge 1Spayed1,016128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,300288
HeifersLarge 11,012125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,26521
HeifersLarge 11,166111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,2945
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy533191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,01898
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement616151.50/cwt151.50–151.5093390
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed867135.86/cwt134.00–140.001,178265
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed928135.81/cwt127.50–136.751,260838
HeifersMedium and Large 1524156.02/cwt148.50–166.00818191
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed792137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,08971
HeifersMedium and Large 1818134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,10023
SteersMedium and Large 1678154.28/cwt145.50–162.001,046712
HeifersMedium and Large 1730135.36/cwt132.00–137.0098828
SteersMedium and Large 1637163.61/cwt152.00–172.001,0421,118
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed961130.13/cwt125.50–134.001,251135
HeifersMedium and Large 1860132.98/cwt132.50–136.501,14468
HeifersMedium and Large 1431171.19/cwt165.00–181.00738175
HeifersMedium and Large 1933134.97/cwt125.00–137.501,259119
HeifersMedium and Large 1960132.86/cwt125.00–133.501,275175
SteersMedium and Large 1822134.54/cwt132.75–142.001,106176
HeifersMedium and Large 1356178.00/cwt178.00–178.006347
SteersMedium and Large 1528174.24/cwt171.00–176.00920236
SteersMedium and Large 1-2488133.00/cwt133.00–133.006497
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2327184.98/cwt172.00–192.0060521
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full562137.00/cwt137.00–137.0077012
SteersMedium and Large 1Full731139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,01660
SteersMedium and Large 1Full631147.00/cwt147.00–147.0092842
SteersMedium and Large 1Full489172.00/cwt172.00–172.0084113
HeifersMedium and Large 1603151.00/cwt151.00–151.0091146
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy605149.00/cwt149.00–149.0090111
SteersMedium and Large 1577171.10/cwt160.00–177.009871,289
SteersMedium and Large 1768147.68/cwt142.00–149.001,13498
SteersMedium and Large 1-2628144.44/cwt135.00–148.0090728
SteersMedium and Large 1-2504145.00/cwt145.00–145.007316
HeifersMedium and Large 1757131.50/cwt131.50–131.5099510
SteersMedium and Large 1-2419179.90/cwt176.00–193.0075425
SteersMedium and Large 1476188.94/cwt183.00–196.00899517
SteersMedium and Large 1716153.23/cwt140.50–162.001,097193
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2607127.16/cwt126.00–129.5077215
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2545141.50/cwt141.50–141.5077113
SteersMedium and Large 1944140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,32257
HeifersMedium and Large 1487164.50/cwt152.00–167.50801291
HeifersMedium and Large 1665141.32/cwt125.50–142.5094090
SteersMedium and Large 1421194.94/cwt186.00–204.0082188
SteersMedium and Large 1380200.23/cwt191.00–206.0076148
HeifersMedium and Large 1579147.13/cwt136.00–154.00852310

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.