Sale reports / South Dakota / Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction / 2021-12-10

Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Dec 10
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021
Receipts
7,175 head
▲ 1,274 vs last sale 5,901▼ 1,442 vs year ago 8,617 · −16.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers from 500 lbs to 550 lbs were 8.00 to 10.00 lower, 550lbs to 600lbs were steady to 2.00 higher, 600 lbs to 650lbs were 6.00 to 8.00 higher, 650 lbs to 700lbs were 3.00 to 4.00 higher; Heifers 450 lbs to 400 lbs were 6.00 to 8.00 higher, 550 lbs to 600 lbs were 2.00 to 4.00 lower, 600 lbs to 650 lbs were 4.00 to 6.00 higher. There was a good demand for todays annual weaned and preconditioned calf sale. Most of the offering was weaned for forty-five days or more and had both spring and fall vaccinations. Several long strings from reputations ranches offered buyers the opportunity to put multiple loads together. Flesh condition ranged from moderate to light fleshed calves right off the cow. This was the final feeder sale for 2021, the next feeder sale will be Friday, January 7, 2022. It will be a special calf, yearling and replacement heifer sale. Happy Holidays to everyone and eat beef.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $187.23/cwt on 5,273 head.
Average price
$187.23
5,273 head · 620 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,161
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$188
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$17.64/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.74
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1622187.641,1675,132
Medium and Large 1-2546172.56943129
Medium and Large 2576170.0097912thin
One grade step is worth $17.64/cwt here — about $188 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 sale5,273 hd
187.23
—
SD average9 barns · 23,847 hd
177.49
+9.74
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

40 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
BullsMedium and Large 1—845147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,24241
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—521163.00/cwt163.00–163.0084914
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—382152.00/cwt152.00–152.0058110
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—482157.06/cwt156.00–158.0075746
HeifersLarge 1—1,090142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,55310
HeifersMedium and Large 1—526176.43/cwt165.50–184.50928419
SteersMedium and Large 1—382221.10/cwt217.00–223.0084523
SteersMedium and Large 1—901163.50/cwt163.50–163.501,47365
SteersMedium and Large 1—985154.50/cwt154.50–154.501,5226
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—641159.04/cwt155.00–167.501,01955
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—486180.00/cwt180.00–180.0087543
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—512184.00/cwt184.00–184.0094220
SteersMedium and Large 1—723179.77/cwt165.00–182.001,300616
SteersMedium and Large 1—581187.56/cwt182.00–197.001,090955
SteersMedium and Large 2—576170.00/cwt170.00–170.0097912
SteersMedium and Large 1—618188.40/cwt177.00–196.501,164977
SteersMedium and Large 1—467214.32/cwt201.00–223.001,001196
SteersMedium and Large 1—829162.50/cwt162.50–162.501,3476
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—766155.50/cwt155.50–155.501,19141
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—713162.89/cwt160.50–164.001,16144
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—370190.29/cwt180.00–202.0070411
SteersMedium and Large 1—668182.40/cwt172.00–191.001,2181,504
SteersMedium and Large 1Full—632174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,10035
SteersMedium and Large 1—518200.45/cwt188.00–208.001,038433
HeifersMedium and Large 1—761154.87/cwt148.50–156.001,17934
HeifersMedium and Large 1—459185.23/cwt173.50–190.00850179
SteersMedium and Large 1—339222.50/cwt222.50–222.507548
SteersMedium and Large 1—414217.66/cwt211.00–230.00901189
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—590173.50/cwt173.50–173.501,02450
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed—884146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,2917
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—521158.89/cwt155.00–159.5082866
HeifersMedium and Large 1—418181.45/cwt172.00–187.00758116
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—607173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,0509
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—677168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,13725
HeifersMedium and Large 1—653158.15/cwt158.00–160.001,033120
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—311152.50/cwt152.50–152.5047414
HeifersMedium and Large 1—585164.69/cwt156.00–168.00963287
HeifersMedium and Large 1—399196.00/cwt196.00–196.0078246
HeifersMedium and Large 1—625162.90/cwt153.50–168.001,018230
HeifersMedium and Large 1—976141.73/cwt139.50–145.001,38312

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.