Sale reports / South Dakota / Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction / 2023-02-25

Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Sat, Feb 25
● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021
Receipts
1,150 head
1,505 vs last sale 2,655 1,696 vs year ago 2,846 · 59.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Feeder sale moved to Saturday due to the weather. Lots of cancellations and postponements on feeder cattle consignments due to the sever cold in the area this past week. No comparisons made due to limited numbers. An active market with strong demand for feeder cattle. Flesh condition ranged from light fleshed hay cattle to moderate fleshed backgrounded cattle. Next feeder sale well be March 3, 2023.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $202.67/cwt on 536 head.
Average price
$202.67
536 head · 594 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,203
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$168
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$27.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+17.24
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1594203.441,208521
Medium and Large 1-2591176.001,04015thin
One grade step is worth $27.44/cwt here — about $168 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 sale536 hd
202.67
SD average3 barns · 3,617 hd
185.43
+17.24
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

17 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
SteersMedium and Large 1680210.08/cwt202.00–214.501,429240
SteersMedium and Large 1-2588196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,15216
SteersMedium and Large 1807189.32/cwt175.00–191.501,52885
HeifersMedium and Large 1482223.00/cwt223.00–223.001,075100
HeifersMedium and Large 1631203.28/cwt187.00–207.001,283205
HeifersMedium and Large 1782172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,34519
HeifersMedium and Large 1330225.00/cwt225.00–225.0074324
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2591176.00/cwt176.00–176.001,04015
SteersMedium and Large 1Full746173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,2916
SteersMedium and Large 1Full524214.00/cwt214.00–214.001,12113
BullsMedium and Large 1561239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,34110
BullsMedium and Large 1356249.00/cwt249.00–249.0088624
BullsMedium and Large 1526230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,21081
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full666172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,1467
HeifersMedium and Large 1745180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,34178
HeifersMedium and Large 1526205.77/cwt193.00–206.501,08288
SteersMedium and Large 1566236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,33679

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.