Sale reports / South Dakota / Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction / 2022-01-07

Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Jan 7
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021
Receipts
7,445 head
▲ 270 vs last sale 7,175▲ 1,616 vs year ago 5,829 · +27.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Last sale was four weeks ago so an accurate trend can not be established. Good to very good demand for today's offering of calves, fall calves and old crop yearlings. Flesh conditions ranged from light fleshed hay fed cattle to moderate fleshed back grounded cattle. Nice offering of very attractive steers and heifers with several consignments offered in multiple loads, also there were plenty of part loads and packages for buyers to choose from. Mostly order buyers on the seats and internet sales made a very active market. The next feeder sale will be Friday, January 14th.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $179.05/cwt on 5,054 head.
Average price
$179.05
5,054 head · 684 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,225
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$737
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 1
$59.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.15
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2367195.007165thin
Medium and Large 1684179.121,2255,039
Medium 11,072135.501,45310thin
One grade step is worth $59.50/cwt here — about −$737 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 sale5,054 hd
179.05
—
SD average8 barns · 16,531 hd
172.89
+6.15
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

30 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—843145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,22222
SteersMedium and Large 1—533209.83/cwt202.00–216.001,118282
SteersMedium and Large 1—576192.32/cwt185.00–201.001,108325
SteersMedium and Large 1—672176.50/cwt169.50–185.501,186636
SteersMedium and Large 1—770169.48/cwt164.50–179.001,305978
SteersMedium and Large 1—371222.00/cwt222.00–222.008247
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—601203.50/cwt203.50–203.501,22395
SteersMedium 1—1,072135.50/cwt135.50–135.501,45310
SteersMedium and Large 1—634184.73/cwt179.00–189.501,1711,096
SteersMedium and Large 1—736171.29/cwt166.00–179.001,2611,419
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—367195.00/cwt195.00–195.007165
SteersMedium and Large 1—434225.19/cwt225.00–226.0097735
SteersMedium and Large 1—480205.24/cwt201.00–209.0098538
HeifersMedium and Large 1—527180.90/cwt172.00–196.0095394
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—726159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,15415
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—649159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,03288
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full—585158.50/cwt158.50–158.5092717
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Full—546152.00/cwt152.00–152.008306
HeifersMedium and Large 1—1,185130.50/cwt130.50–130.501,5465
HeifersMedium and Large 1—392196.00/cwt196.00–196.007688
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—680168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,14230
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—798159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,26971
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—605174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,0535
SteersMedium and Large 1Full—623173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,0787
HeifersMedium and Large 1—754154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,161149
HeifersMedium and Large 1—634169.84/cwt163.00–175.001,077422
HeifersMedium and Large 1—582175.18/cwt161.50–187.001,020564
HeifersMedium and Large 1—674166.21/cwt152.00–169.501,120640
HeifersMedium and Large 1—448188.00/cwt188.00–188.0084243
HeifersMedium and Large 1—486194.00/cwt194.00–194.0094330

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.