Sale reports / South Dakota / Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction / 2023-08-18

Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Aug 18
● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021
Receipts
2,129 head
2,031 vs last sale 4,160 381 vs year ago 2,510 · 15.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Last sale was three weeks ago so no comparisons to be made. Nice offering of mostly yearlings off grass, a few consignments of fall calves. The majority of todays offering were tested open replacement heifers, with several consignments of yearling steers off grass. A very active market with mostly order buyers in the seats competing with internet buyers. Extremely warm day had the cattle in condition to favor the buyer. Flesh condition ranged from light fleshed cattle off grass to moderate plus cattle coming out of a growyard. On feed report today showed lighter than expected placement numbers. Hot temperatures are forecasted for next week will be hard on livestock and will contribute to deteriorating pasture conditions. Next feeder sale will be September 1, 2023

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $241.84/cwt on 959 head.
Average price
$241.84
959 head · 833 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,014
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$724
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$28.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+8.72
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2595248.001,4768thin
Medium and Large 1833241.992,017942
Large 11,000220.002,2009thin
One grade step is worth $28.00/cwt here — about −$724 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 sale959 hd
241.84
SD average6 barns · 4,511 hd
233.12
+8.72
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

19 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 11,000220.00/cwt220.00–220.002,2009
HeifersMedium and Large 1966230.42/cwt229.50–231.002,22621
HeifersMedium and Large 1774247.50/cwt242.00–251.001,91637
HeifersMedium and Large 1729249.50/cwt249.50–249.501,81957
HeifersMedium and Large 1Value Added941233.00/cwt233.00–233.002,19324
HeifersMedium and Large 1633259.68/cwt249.00–269.001,644101
SteersMedium and Large 1615296.50/cwt296.50–296.501,82315
SteersLarge 11,000241.50/cwt241.50–241.502,415120
SteersMedium and Large 1801256.50/cwt256.50–256.502,05512
SteersMedium and Large 1970242.39/cwt242.00–242.752,351311
SteersMedium and Large 1662271.42/cwt263.00–283.001,79750
SteersMedium and Large 1-2640259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,6585
SteersLarge 1NHTC1,005233.00/cwt233.00–233.002,34236
SteersMedium and Large 1874240.34/cwt240.00–243.002,10181
SteersMedium and Large 1761264.00/cwt264.00–264.002,00968
HeifersMedium and Large 1876240.15/cwt237.00–245.502,104241
HeifersMedium and Large 1830240.43/cwt233.50–245.001,996312
HeifersMedium and Large 1926235.11/cwt231.00–238.502,177149
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2595248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,4768

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.