Sale reports / South Dakota / Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction / 2022-09-02

Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Sep 2
● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021
Receipts
2,651 head
▲ 141 vs last sale 2,510▲ 2,651 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Last feeder sale was two weeks ago, limited comparisons: Steers 900 lbs to 950 lbs were steady with instances 2.00 higher, heifers from 800 lbs to 999 lbs mostly 2.00 to 3.00 lower. A couple of small consignments of spring calves in todays offering. Most of todays offering were right off grass in light flesh condition. Cattle were green and fancy for quality. Several strings of reputation yearling steers offered buyers the opportunity to buy multiple loads of one owner cattle. Lots of part loads and packages of tested open heifers in todays sale. Hot and dry conditions in the area are becoming more prevalent. The next feeder sale in two weeks, September 16, 2022. Enjoy your Labor Day weekend with some beef on the grill.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $177.69/cwt on 1,457 head.
Average price
$177.69
1,457 head · 852 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,514
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$573
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$30.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.36
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1854178.941,5281,388
Large 11,055158.691,67529
Medium and Large 1-2645148.0595540
One grade step is worth $30.89/cwt here — about $573 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 sale1,457 hd
177.69
—
SD average4 barns · 4,869 hd
172.33
+5.36
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

27 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—698179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,24912
HeifersMedium and Large 1—922176.28/cwt171.50–180.251,625188
SteersMedium and Large 1—1,009176.50/cwt176.50–176.501,781178
SteersMedium and Large 1—377245.00/cwt245.00–245.009248
SteersMedium and Large 1—983175.85/cwt174.00–176.501,72949
HeifersMedium and Large 1—776179.41/cwt175.50–183.501,39236
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed—687188.24/cwt183.50–192.501,29359
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed—805182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,46975
SteersLarge 1NHTC—1,038180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,868108
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full—849168.50/cwt168.50–168.501,43112
HeifersLarge 1—1,012168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,70011
HeifersLarge 1—1,082153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,65518
HeifersMedium and Large 1—343220.00/cwt220.00–220.007558
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—579190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,1006
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—673140.50/cwt140.50–140.5094617
HeifersMedium and Large 1—829179.94/cwt172.00–184.001,492223
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—673160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0775
HeifersMedium and Large 1—965175.28/cwt172.00–178.001,691119
SteersMedium and Large 1—796201.67/cwt197.50–202.001,60577
SteersMedium and Large 1—700206.69/cwt196.50–209.001,44738
SteersMedium and Large 1—818195.74/cwt190.50–198.001,601101
HeifersMedium and Large 1—735189.27/cwt189.00–189.501,391100
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed—735179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,3167
HeifersMedium and Large 1—880176.46/cwt168.50–181.751,553549
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—641146.34/cwt139.00–172.0093835
SteersMedium and Large 1Full—923174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,6068
SteersMedium and Large 1—918187.68/cwt186.00–190.001,723146

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.