Sale reports / South Dakota / Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction / 2022-09-30

Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Sep 30
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021
Receipts
7,706 head
▲ 3,777 vs last sale 3,929▲ 2,673 vs year ago 5,033 · +53.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: steers from 800 lbs to 999 lbs were generally 3.00 to 6.00 lower with instances 8.00 to 10.00 lower; heifers from 750 lbs to 999 lbs mostly 5.00 to 8.00 lower. Big run of yearlings and spring calves for the 75th Anniversary sale. Several long strings of yearlings off reputation ranches offered buyers the opportunity to purchase up to 10 loads of one owner cattle in the same sort. Most of the yearlings were off grass and in light to medium flesh conditions. Good demand for todays sale with more interest in the yearlings than the spring calves. Most of the spring calves were fully preconditioned and right off the cow. Calf price is highly variable depending on hide color, vaccinations received and full loads versus packages. Next feeder sale is Friday, October 7, 2022. Enjoy your BEEF!

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $172.73/cwt on 3,795 head.
Average price
$172.73
3,795 head · 824 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,423
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$215
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$43.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.70
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2568187.591,066237
Medium and Large 1835172.881,4443,348
Large 11,063157.151,670151
Medium and Large 2591144.1485159
One grade step is worth $43.45/cwt here — about $215 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 sale3,795 hd
172.73
—
SD average8 barns · 9,748 hd
170.03
+2.70
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

55 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
HeifersLarge 1—1,080156.21/cwt152.50–159.751,687118
SteersMedium and Large 1—384223.16/cwt206.00–241.00857119
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed—961167.50/cwt166.00–169.001,610206
SteersMedium and Large 1—628206.06/cwt200.00–209.501,294305
SteersMedium and Large 2—852140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,19319
SteersMedium and Large 1—821174.78/cwt171.50–182.501,435129
SteersMedium and Large 2—610131.00/cwt131.00–131.0079947
SteersMedium and Large 1—771186.58/cwt171.00–195.001,43992
SteersLarge 1—1,052155.50/cwt155.50–155.501,63695
SteersMedium and Large 1—475234.94/cwt212.50–242.501,116352
SteersMedium and Large 1—938179.84/cwt167.00–183.001,687377
SteersMedium and Large 2—505173.00/cwt173.00–173.0087414
SteersMedium and Large 1—972174.96/cwt165.00–177.001,701851
SteersMedium and Large 1—276240.00/cwt240.00–240.0066220
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—616178.20/cwt170.00–188.001,09870
SteersMedium and Large 1—714195.98/cwt189.50–200.501,39954
SteersMedium and Large 1—875179.34/cwt167.50–186.001,569350
SteersMedium and Large 1—570214.06/cwt202.00–215.501,220113
SteersMedium and Large 1—439235.36/cwt234.00–241.001,03324
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—820190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,55868
SteersMedium and Large 1—679205.09/cwt201.00–206.001,39339
SteersMedium and Large 1—542221.20/cwt207.00–223.501,199298
HeifersMedium and Large 1—566174.00/cwt174.00–174.009858
HeifersLarge 1—1,002160.50/cwt160.50–160.501,60833
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full—910155.50/cwt155.50–155.501,41518
BullsMedium and Large 1—476201.00/cwt201.00–201.0095710
BullsMedium and Large 1—963142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,3678
HeifersMedium and Large 1—491189.55/cwt178.00–200.0093141
HeifersMedium and Large 1—729179.07/cwt176.00–180.501,30532
HeifersMedium and Large 1—959166.92/cwt155.50–170.751,601151
HeifersMedium and Large 1—924166.48/cwt158.00–174.001,538446
HeifersMedium and Large 1—377201.74/cwt200.00–202.0076172
HeifersMedium and Large 1—812171.34/cwt163.00–175.001,391381
HeifersMedium and Large 1—524203.20/cwt185.00–205.501,065105
HeifersMedium and Large 1—674181.24/cwt172.00–187.001,22235
HeifersMedium and Large 1—259225.00/cwt225.00–225.0058318
HeifersMedium and Large 1—883170.57/cwt160.50–175.001,5061,006
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed—892172.40/cwt170.00–173.001,538297
HeifersMedium and Large 1—774166.85/cwt166.00–169.001,291157
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed—530209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,10824
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed—765163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,24711
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed—575171.00/cwt171.00–171.0098312
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Spayed—514204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,04991
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Spayed—581178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,03452
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed—643191.50/cwt191.50–191.501,231161
HeifersMedium and Large 2Spayed—464168.00/cwt168.00–168.007808
HeifersMedium and Large 2Spayed—751141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,05911
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Spayed—614177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,08794
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed—927160.23/cwt150.50–166.001,485151
SteersMedium and Large 2—834143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,19318
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed—654172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,12516
SteersLarge 1—1,001156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,56250
SteersLarge 1—1,115152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,6955
HeifersMedium and Large 2Spayed—501125.00/cwt125.00–125.0062611
HeifersMedium and Large 2Spayed—599146.00/cwt146.00–146.0087529

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.