Sale reports / South Dakota / Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction / 2023-10-13

Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Oct 13
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021
Receipts
5,696 head
▲ 1,596 vs last sale 4,100▼ 2,115 vs year ago 7,811 · −27.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week no comparisons on the yearlings due to limited numbers. Best test on the steer calves 450 lbs to 599 lbs wee mostly 5.00 to 7.00 lower. Heifer calves from 400 lbs to 549 lbs were 6.00 to 8.00 lower. Today yearlings were met with good demand. A couple of long strings of spayed heifers, along with lots of part loads and packages of tested open heifers made up the bulk of todays yearling offering. Flesh condition ranged from light flesh to a few moderate fleshed. A fairly active market for todays offering of both yearlings and calves. High winds for several days along with reports of 2 to 4 inches of rain in the areas to the south and east made for less than ideal weather conditions to wean calves or place yearlings in feedlot pens. Next feeder sale will be Wednesday, October 18th, a special black hided calf sale.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $261.64/cwt on 3,395 head.
Average price
$261.64
3,395 head · 719 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,881
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$699
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$93.44/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.44
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2485288.581,401119
Medium and Large 1726260.931,8943,263
Large 11,076195.142,10013thin
One grade step is worth $93.44/cwt here — about −$699 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 sale3,395 hd
261.64
—
SD average9 barns · 11,493 hd
258.21
+3.44
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

46 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 1—571247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,4139
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full—541252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,3639
HeifersLarge 1—1,076195.14/cwt194.00–197.002,10013
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—553259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,4326
HeifersMedium and Large 1—366321.83/cwt302.00–330.001,17853
HeifersMedium and Large 1—776246.31/cwt241.50–250.001,911152
SteersMedium and Large 1—767256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,96412
SteersMedium and Large 1—670282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,88939
SteersMedium and Large 1—581307.77/cwt298.00–319.001,788263
SteersMedium and Large 1—476330.28/cwt313.00–340.501,572531
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—401324.00/cwt324.00–324.001,2999
SteersMedium and Large 1—370370.43/cwt366.00–374.001,37153
SteersMedium and Large 1—618284.38/cwt264.00–290.501,757151
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—371309.22/cwt280.00–334.001,14714
SteersMedium and Large 1—527316.19/cwt296.00–323.001,666690
SteersMedium and Large 1—323354.00/cwt354.00–354.001,14310
SteersMedium and Large 1—407364.91/cwt349.00–368.001,48555
SteersMedium and Large 1—818253.22/cwt250.00–255.002,07159
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Spayed—798209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,66821
HeifersMedium and Large 1—645260.22/cwt260.00–261.001,67836
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—559241.94/cwt235.00–250.001,35211
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—347230.00/cwt230.00–230.0079833
SteersMedium and Large 1—914242.27/cwt222.50–249.252,21478
SteersMedium and Large 1—713279.14/cwt271.00–280.501,99079
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—463326.00/cwt326.00–326.001,509223
HeifersMedium and Large 1—569262.33/cwt260.00–263.001,49389
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—548278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,5237
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—717241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,7286
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed—804243.83/cwt243.00–245.501,960201
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed—882236.35/cwt235.50–237.502,0851,227
HeifersMedium and Large 1—536275.42/cwt263.00–283.001,476244
HeifersMedium and Large 1—434313.13/cwt310.00–327.001,359248
HeifersMedium and Large 1—887226.45/cwt222.00–236.002,00939
SteersMedium and Large 1Full—574274.00/cwt274.00–274.001,57312
HeifersMedium and Large 1—979218.24/cwt210.00–221.502,137141
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement—538340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,82987
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—393295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,1599
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—432297.00/cwt297.00–297.001,2837
HeifersMedium and Large 1—467301.56/cwt292.00–308.001,408181
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed—797239.50/cwt239.50–239.501,90934
HeifersMedium and Large 1—823237.39/cwt232.00–241.001,95481
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—507277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,40718
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—324338.58/cwt330.00–342.001,09750
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—724217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,5758
HeifersMedium and Large 1—722254.92/cwt252.50–257.501,841159
HeifersMedium and Large 1—930232.00/cwt232.00–232.002,15859

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.