Sale reports / South Dakota / Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction / 2023-09-01

Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Sep 1
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021
Receipts
3,510 head
1,381 vs last sale 2,129 859 vs year ago 2,651 · +32.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: limited comparisons on the steers with higher undertones; for the heifers only comparisons made were on the 800 lbs - 949 lbs would be 3.00 to 7.00 higher. Nice offering of mostly yearlings off grass, a few consignments of fall calves. The majority of todays offering were tested open replacement heifer and yearling steers off grass. Several long strings of reputation cattle offered buyers the opportunity to purchase multiple loads of one owner cattle in the same sort. A very active market with mostly order buyers in the seats competing with internet buyers. Extremely warm temperatures today 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 grow yard. Hot, dry weather is forecasted for the area this next week. The next feeder auction will be in two weeks, September 15, 2023

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $246.02/cwt on 2,223 head.
Average price
$246.02
2,223 head · 848 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,086
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$975
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$36.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.88
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2520251.001,30442
Medium and Large 1852246.212,0982,161
Large 11,061214.802,27920
One grade step is worth $36.20/cwt here — about −$975 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 sale2,223 hd
246.02
SD average5 barns · 5,555 hd
239.14
+6.88
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

30 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 1712270.51/cwt269.50–271.001,92661
HeifersMedium and Large 1626274.50/cwt274.50–274.501,71886
SteersMedium and Large 1846263.50/cwt263.50–263.502,22945
SteersMedium and Large 1623299.76/cwt288.00–303.001,868118
SteersMedium and Large 1723290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,097231
SteersMedium and Large 1929243.00/cwt243.00–243.002,25753
SteersMedium and Large 1966237.00/cwt237.00–237.002,28960
BullsMedium and Large 1763197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,5076
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full787236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,85715
HeifersLarge 11,090201.00/cwt201.00–201.002,1918
HeifersLarge 11,042224.00/cwt224.00–224.002,33412
SteersMedium and Large 1854259.32/cwt251.00–260.002,21567
SteersLarge 11,128227.00/cwt227.00–227.002,56152
SteersMedium and Large 1464341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,58229
SteersMedium and Large 1760267.00/cwt267.00–267.002,02975
SteersMedium and Large 1-2577260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5005
SteersMedium and Large 1-2741261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,93418
SteersMedium and Large 1-2691251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,73447
HeifersMedium and Large 1880241.90/cwt234.50–251.502,129883
HeifersMedium and Large 1966235.65/cwt222.00–239.502,27651
HeifersMedium and Large 1671267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,79582
HeifersMedium and Large 1925245.24/cwt235.50–250.002,268232
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed907238.50/cwt238.50–238.502,163390
SteersMedium and Large 1Full710257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,8258
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2614249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,5297
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2446240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,07016
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2547261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,42819
HeifersMedium and Large 1821248.67/cwt240.00–260.002,042295
HeifersMedium and Large 1449298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,33829
HeifersMedium and Large 1753242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,82237

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.