Sale reports / South Dakota / Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction / 2022-12-09

Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Dec 9
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021
Receipts
5,652 head
1,923 vs last sale 7,575 1,523 vs year ago 7,175 · 21.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; steers from 450 lbs to 499 lbs were 2.00 to 4.00 lower, steers from 500 lbs to 700 lbs were steady to 4.00 higher; heifers from 500 lbs to 650 lbs were 4.00 to 8.00 lower, instances of 10 lower. Good to very good demand for todays special weaned and pre-conditioned calf sale. Very active market on all classes of cattle with lots of buyers in the seats competing with internet buyers. Most of todays offering had been weaned for 45 days or longer, had 2 or more rounds of vaccinations, non-implanted and home raised. Flesh condition ranged from light fleshed hay fed cattle out on pasture to moderate fleshed cattle coming out of a grow yards. Next feeder sale will be January 6, 2023. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $210.19/cwt on 3,899 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits 249.81 against this barn's trailing median of $460.00.
Average price
$210.19
3,899 head · 627 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,318
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$652
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$8.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.52
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2307218.8567341
Medium and Large 1630210.101,3253,858
One grade step is worth $8.76/cwt here — about −$652 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 sale3,899 hd
210.19
SD average9 barns · 27,873 hd
198.67
+11.52
This barn, trailing median1 sales
460.00
−249.81
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

36 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 1Full582171.00/cwt171.00–171.0099515
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full764162.00/cwt162.00–162.001,23826
HeifersMedium and Large 1664176.35/cwt171.00–181.001,17167
HeifersMedium and Large 1472187.61/cwt174.00–193.0088668
HeifersMedium and Large 1620179.61/cwt173.00–188.501,114219
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2514182.00/cwt182.00–182.009355
SteersMedium and Large 1822184.35/cwt181.00–186.501,515113
SteersMedium and Large 1477236.83/cwt225.00–242.001,130168
SteersMedium and Large 1534222.13/cwt212.50–229.001,186242
SteersMedium and Large 1718203.72/cwt188.00–207.001,463421
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed580230.50/cwt230.50–230.501,337187
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed526231.50/cwt231.50–231.501,218114
SteersMedium and Large 1572212.40/cwt204.00–217.001,215439
SteersMedium and Large 1873190.25/cwt190.25–190.251,66168
SteersMedium and Large 1-2642183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,1756
SteersMedium and Large 1-2250225.00/cwt225.00–225.0056335
SteersMedium and Large 1680201.35/cwt193.50–206.001,369626
SteersMedium and Large 1618209.52/cwt195.50–214.001,2951,178
SteersMedium and Large 1Full678185.50/cwt185.50–185.501,25818
SteersMedium and Large 1Full520206.47/cwt206.00–208.001,07468
SteersMedium and Large 1406242.41/cwt220.00–252.0098417
SteersMedium and Large 1765196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,49949
SteersMedium and Large 1370248.69/cwt232.00–257.0092051
SteersMedium and Large 1946183.75/cwt183.75–183.751,73857
HeifersMedium and Large 1341199.30/cwt160.00–208.0068028
HeifersMedium and Large 1702175.50/cwt175.50–175.501,23237
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement581202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,17426
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement691185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,27838
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement627199.07/cwt198.00–202.501,24884
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy728181.50/cwt181.50–181.501,32142
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2468164.00/cwt164.00–164.007686
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2421174.42/cwt172.00–178.0073417
HeifersMedium and Large 1423201.00/cwt196.00–205.0085064
HeifersMedium and Large 1525199.33/cwt191.00–206.001,046263
HeifersMedium and Large 1589190.11/cwt179.00–201.001,120309
HeifersMedium and Large 1804171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,37513

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.