Sale reports / South Dakota / Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction / 2023-10-27

Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Oct 27
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021
Receipts
8,603 head
1,344 vs last sale 9,947 1,178 vs year ago 7,425 · +15.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Friday: Steer calves from 400 lbs to 549 lbs ranged from 10.00 to 20.00 lower, steers from 550 lbs to 649 lbs were 6.00 to 10.00 lower, yearling steers from 900 lbs to 949 lbs were 15.00 to 20.00 lower. Heifer calves from 400 lbs to 549 lbs were 15.00 to 20.00 lower, heifers from 550 lbs to 599 lbs and 700 lbs to 749 lbs were 4.00 to 6.00 lower, yearling heifers from 900 lbs to 949 lbs were 3.00 to 4.00 lower. An active market as the number of yearling available for purchase continue to dwindle week after week. Yearlings were from light fleshed coming off grass to moderate plus backgrounded cattle. A good demand for todays spring born calves, most had spring and fall vaccinations and were right off the cow. Continue to see a large price range within their respective weight groups, due to vaccinations, hide color, and how many in the consignment. Majority of the calves were light fleshed to moderate flesh condition. House full of buyers with several farmer feeders, order byers competing with the internet buyers to get cattle purchased. Icey road conditions in the area caused a few cancellations for todays sale. The next feeder sale will be a special black hided calf sale on Wednesday, November 1, 2023.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $296.37/cwt on 4,775 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits 163.63 against this barn's trailing median of $460.00.
Average price
$296.37
4,775 head · 571 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,694
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$644
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$56.47/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+18.02
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1573296.471,6984,743
Medium and Large 1-2396290.241,15027
Medium and Large 2439240.001,0545thin
One grade step is worth $56.47/cwt here — about $644 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 sale4,775 hd
296.37
SD average12 barns · 28,535 hd
278.35
+18.02
This barn, trailing median1 sales
460.00
−163.63
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

50 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 1Fleshy803198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,59036
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy472250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,18044
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full540242.50/cwt242.50–242.501,31011
HeifersMedium and Large 1655258.36/cwt256.00–258.501,692167
HeifersMedium and Large 1625252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,57550
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full438266.99/cwt262.50–269.001,16923
SteersMedium and Large 1671261.72/cwt244.00–266.001,75687
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed406373.00/cwt373.00–373.001,51412
SteersMedium and Large 1-2480267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,2845
SteersMedium and Large 2439240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0545
SteersMedium and Large 1476317.99/cwt294.00–327.001,514768
SteersMedium and Large 1563296.87/cwt279.00–305.001,6711,468
SteersMedium and Large 1432343.26/cwt321.00–354.001,483313
SteersMedium and Large 1926230.65/cwt222.00–240.002,136329
SteersMedium and Large 1Full526283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,48985
SteersMedium and Large 1-2219315.00/cwt315.00–315.006909
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed375377.00/cwt377.00–377.001,41443
SteersMedium and Large 1621277.79/cwt260.00–290.501,725392
SteersMedium and Large 1-2314333.00/cwt333.00–333.001,0468
SteersMedium and Large 1813244.36/cwt238.75–254.001,987198
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement536272.57/cwt266.00–276.001,461302
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy901213.00/cwt213.00–213.001,9197
SteersMedium and Large 1365341.01/cwt334.00–348.001,24562
SteersMedium and Large 1314365.12/cwt346.00–374.001,14675
SteersMedium and Large 1Full443310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,37312
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full570245.26/cwt243.00–247.001,39896
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full628235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,47626
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2478219.75/cwt200.00–227.501,05025
HeifersMedium and Large 1470277.50/cwt260.00–286.001,304781
HeifersMedium and Large 1938207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,94264
HeifersMedium and Large 1579260.45/cwt252.50–264.501,508173
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2434264.90/cwt259.00–266.001,15044
HeifersMedium and Large 1373302.57/cwt292.00–314.001,12944
HeifersMedium and Large 1426291.65/cwt285.00–301.001,242194
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed888235.50/cwt235.50–235.502,091248
HeifersLarge 11,047202.00/cwt202.00–202.002,115286
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2327304.46/cwt302.00–308.0099622
HeifersMedium and Large 1873212.22/cwt204.50–217.001,85367
HeifersMedium and Large 1992207.00/cwt207.00–207.002,05337
SteersMedium and Large 1-2Fleshy763200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,5265
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy596262.11/cwt251.00–264.001,56251
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2234280.00/cwt280.00–280.006559
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2537232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,2496
HeifersMedium and Large 1529260.26/cwt247.00–268.501,377526
HeifersMedium and Large 1716251.18/cwt230.00–255.001,798362
SteersMedium and Large 1536302.59/cwt286.00–311.001,622756
SteersMedium and Large 1765257.89/cwt236.00–260.001,97370
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed900234.00/cwt234.00–234.002,106187
HeifersMedium and Large 1296341.00/cwt341.00–341.001,00952
SteersMedium and Large 1Full558273.50/cwt273.50–273.501,52615

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.