Sale reports / South Dakota / Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction / 2022-11-18

Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Nov 18
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021
Receipts
9,880 head
▲ 4,327 vs last sale 5,553▲ 2,267 vs year ago 7,613 · +29.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Friday: Steers from 450 lbs to 499 lbs were 6.00 to 8.00 higher, steers from 500 lbs to 549 lbs were 2.00 to 4.00 lower, steers from 550 lbs to 599 lbs were 6.00 to 8.00 higher, steers from 600 lbs to 649 lbs were steady to 2.00 higher, steers from 650 lbs to 699 lbs were 6.00 to 8.00 higher; Heifers from 400 lbs to 549 lbs were 2.00 to 4.00 higher, heifers from 550 lbs to 649 lbs were steady to 6.00 higher. Good to very good demand for both yearling and calves today. A very active market on all classes of cattle today with lots of buyers in the seats competing with internet buyers. Most of the calves were fully pre-conditioned, attractive for quality, clean with little to no tag. Calves were light fleshed, right off the cow and had been running on dry pasture conditions. The recent cold blustery conditions in the area has greened the calves up. Icy conditions remain out in the country side. The Next feeder sale will be in two weeks, Dec 2, 2022. Happy Thanksgiving.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $211.95/cwt on 5,129 head.
Average price
$211.95
5,129 head · 565 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,198
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$383
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$45.38/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.21
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1571212.881,2154,776
Medium and Large 1-2489204.34999305
Medium and Large 2497167.5083248
One grade step is worth $45.38/cwt here — about $383 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 sale5,129 hd
211.95
—
SD average9 barns · 24,009 hd
202.73
+9.21
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
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—501217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,08766
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full—494185.00/cwt185.00–185.0091422
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full—539183.00/cwt183.00–183.0098630
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full—564173.63/cwt164.00–176.5097939
HeifersMedium and Large 1—724171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,2386
HeifersMedium and Large 1—668159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,06217
SteersMedium and Large 1—394252.27/cwt245.00–257.5099491
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—502236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,18577
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—496249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,23511
SteersMedium and Large 1—726177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,28515
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—533199.77/cwt199.00–200.001,06521
SteersMedium and Large 1—619200.62/cwt194.00–207.501,2421,113
SteersMedium and Large 2—497167.50/cwt167.50–167.5083248
SteersMedium and Large 1—481232.60/cwt220.00–246.001,119674
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—437215.45/cwt213.00–222.0094275
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—473197.31/cwt194.00–202.0093357
SteersMedium and Large 1—413236.45/cwt230.00–242.0097741
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—555197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,096103
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—612180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,10211
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—377221.04/cwt202.50–230.0083338
SteersMedium and Large 1—662202.67/cwt186.00–207.001,342644
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—581211.44/cwt206.00–217.001,228436
SteersMedium and Large 1—526217.10/cwt204.00–226.001,142567
HeifersMedium and Large 2—456142.00/cwt142.00–142.0064847
HeifersLarge 1—1,008161.50/cwt161.50–161.501,6289
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—481180.07/cwt178.00–185.0086640
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—323202.00/cwt202.00–202.0065222
HeifersMedium and Large 1—959166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,59227
HeifersMedium and Large 1—801176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,410146
HeifersMedium and Large 1—572190.73/cwt179.00–199.001,091734
HeifersMedium and Large 1—390209.20/cwt208.00–210.0081634
HeifersMedium and Large 1—618186.72/cwt173.00–192.001,154314
HeifersMedium and Large 1—479203.42/cwt192.00–215.50974629
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—501185.00/cwt185.00–185.0092720
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—383204.96/cwt201.00–216.0078569
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed—985159.50/cwt159.50–159.501,57113
HeifersMedium and Large 2—373167.50/cwt167.50–167.5062512
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—522224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,169102
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—621205.50/cwt205.50–205.501,276106
HeifersMedium and Large 1—429207.01/cwt198.00–221.00888251
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—560177.00/cwt177.00–177.0099112
SteersMedium and Large 1—569212.91/cwt199.00–223.001,2111,477
HeifersMedium and Large 1—517198.49/cwt188.00–210.001,026738
SteersMedium and Large 1Full—628180.54/cwt175.00–192.001,13440
SteersMedium and Large 1Full—586197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,15426
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed—943169.65/cwt164.50–170.001,600251
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed—809166.50/cwt166.50–166.501,34770

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.