Sale reports / South Dakota / Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction / 2023-01-13

Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Jan 13
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021
Receipts
4,156 head
361 vs last sale 4,517 2,648 vs year ago 6,804 · 38.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Friday: Steers from 550 lbs to 749 lbs were generally steady to 2.00 lower, steers from 750 lbs to 799 lbs were mostly 3.00 to 4.00 lower; Heifer calves from 500 lbs to 649 lbs were 3.00 to 6.00 higher while heifers from 700 lbs to 749 lbs were 3.00 to 5.00 lower. No other comparisons available. An active market with good to very good demand for todays offering of calves. Flesh conditions ranged from light fleshed hay fed cattle to moderate plus backgrounded cattle. Nice offering of attractive steers and heifers for todays auction with several consignments offered in multiple loads, plenty of part loads and packages for buyers to chose from to put loads together. Mostly order buyers in the seats with some internet bidders purchasing cattle. Milder weather this past week is making for some sloppy pen conditions and creating mud and tag on some cattle. Best demand for the lighter, greener hay fed cattle that are running out and staying clean. Most of todays offering has been weaned 45 to 60 days and have been fully vaccinated. Not as mush interest in the cattle that were right off the cow or cattle that weren't fully vaccinated. Black hide is still a favorite among buyers. Next feeder sale will be next Friday, January 20, 2023.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $200.78/cwt on 2,526 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits 259.22 against this barn's trailing median of $460.00.
Average price
$200.78
2,526 head · 674 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,353
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$190
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$2.08/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.09
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2574202.851,16413thin
Medium and Large 1674200.771,3542,513
One grade step is worth $2.08/cwt here — about −$190 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 sale2,526 hd
200.78
SD average8 barns · 23,904 hd
194.69
+6.09
This barn, trailing median1 sales
460.00
−259.22
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

29 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
BullsMedium and Large 1567180.11/cwt170.00–190.001,021163
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full623164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,0226
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full595180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,07122
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2434185.00/cwt185.00–185.0080374
HeifersMedium and Large 1570197.91/cwt186.50–203.501,128389
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2371197.00/cwt197.00–197.007319
SteersMedium and Large 1539230.09/cwt213.00–233.501,24086
SteersMedium and Large 1-2520201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,0457
SteersMedium and Large 1441213.00/cwt213.00–213.009399
SteersMedium and Large 1716196.66/cwt180.50–201.001,408584
SteersMedium and Large 1765181.38/cwt179.50–182.501,388122
SteersMedium and Large 1817180.39/cwt170.50–182.001,474385
SteersMedium and Large 1669202.62/cwt189.50–209.001,356547
SteersMedium and Large 1-2637205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3066
SteersMedium and Large 1460210.92/cwt209.00–221.00970126
HeifersMedium and Large 1527199.93/cwt186.00–208.001,054193
SteersMedium and Large 1623210.56/cwt196.00–218.001,312291
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2532180.04/cwt175.00–184.0095811
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy641181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,16019
SteersMedium and Large 1Full688183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,2598
SteersMedium and Large 1Full580197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,14619
HeifersMedium and Large 1474197.50/cwt197.50–197.5093624
SteersMedium and Large 1582217.84/cwt203.50–229.001,268317
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2589158.00/cwt158.00–158.0093120
HeifersMedium and Large 1610188.27/cwt174.00–193.001,148240
HeifersMedium and Large 1715173.05/cwt170.00–176.001,237164
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2319189.00/cwt189.00–189.006035
HeifersMedium and Large 1760161.95/cwt160.00–167.001,231100
HeifersMedium and Large 1432203.67/cwt197.00–210.0088034

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.