Sale reports / South Dakota / Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction / 2024-02-23

Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Feb 23
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021
Receipts
6,807 head
1,112 vs last sale 5,695 4,152 vs year ago 2,655 · +156.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week; steers from 550 lbs to 699 lbs were steady to 4.00 lower, steers from 700 lbs to 749 lbs were 10.00 to 15.00 higher, steers from 750 lbs to 849 lbs were mostly steady; heifers from 500 lbs to 549 lbs were mostly steady, heifers from 550 lbs to 649 lbs were 8.00 to 10.00 lower, heifers from 650 lbs to 749 lbs were 3.00 to 4.00 lower, heifers from 750 lbs to 799 lbs were steady to 3.00 higher. Good to very good demand for todays large offering of feeders cattle and replacement heifers. Best demand for hay fed cattle that are suited for summer grazing operations. Several long strings of reputation cattle gave buyers the opportunity to put multiple loads of one owner cattle together. Most consignments were home raised fully preconditioned and long time weaned. Several consignments of replacement heifers were met with good demand. An active market with a house full of buyers and sellers competing with internet buyers made for a very active market. Some cattle continue to carry some tag as some pen conditions continue to be muddy. Flesh conditions ranged from light fleshed hay fed cattle to moderate plus cattle coming out of grow yards. On feed report today showed the placement numbers a little larger than the average trade estimate. Next feeder sale is scheduled for Friday, March 1, 2024.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $278.98/cwt on 3,939 head. That ranks 1 of 1 comparable sales and sits 181.02 against this barn's trailing median of $460.00.
Average price
$278.98
3,939 head · 730 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,036
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$414
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$185.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+9.60
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2415350.001,4537thin
Medium and Large 1729279.582,0393,905
Medium and Large 2848175.551,48922
Large 11,131165.001,8665thin
One grade step is worth $185.00/cwt here — about −$414 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 sale3,939 hd
278.98
SD average8 barns · 20,432 hd
269.37
+9.60
This barn, trailing median1 sales
460.00
−181.02
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

45 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 1Full585288.00/cwt282.00–295.501,68575
SteersMedium and Large 1684284.56/cwt271.00–291.001,946609
BullsMedium and Large 1979183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,7926
BullsMedium and Large 1658260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,71113
BullsMedium and Large 1740248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,8355
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full717243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,7426
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full540263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,42022
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full667239.00/cwt239.00–239.001,59436
SteersMedium and Large 1938236.75/cwt236.75–236.752,221329
SteersMedium and Large 1-2415350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,4537
SteersMedium and Large 1771260.60/cwt257.00–265.002,009445
SteersMedium and Large 1733285.43/cwt264.50–293.502,092737
SteersMedium and Large 1637304.29/cwt288.50–314.001,938383
SteersMedium and Large 2Natural679194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,3178
SteersMedium and Large 1NHTC811262.33/cwt260.50–266.002,127204
SteersLarge 1Fleshy1,131165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,8665
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy626284.39/cwt284.00–285.001,78018
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy724240.64/cwt238.00–242.001,74252
SteersMedium and Large 1971202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,96111
SteersMedium and Large 1809250.40/cwt247.00–252.002,026198
SteersMedium and Large 1483330.89/cwt320.00–344.001,59851
HeifersMedium and Large 1429320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,37322
HeifersMedium and Large 1726244.75/cwt243.00–250.001,77790
HeifersMedium and Large 2Natural537210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,12815
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed598298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,78277
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2627256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,60523
HeifersMedium and Large 1685255.93/cwt242.00–264.501,753256
HeifersMedium and Large 1612282.85/cwt267.00–290.001,731467
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy658316.00/cwt316.00–316.002,07994
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement816241.50/cwt241.50–241.501,97151
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement684262.70/cwt258.50–264.001,79798
HeifersMedium and Large 1769236.62/cwt235.00–239.001,820425
HeifersMedium and Large 1588275.03/cwt265.00–288.001,617272
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full633265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,67747
SteersMedium and Large 1Full496310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,53815
SteersMedium and Large 1Full876209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,8315
SteersMedium and Large 1876246.17/cwt244.00–248.502,156249
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement719253.41/cwt251.00–258.501,822444
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2373292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,0897
HeifersMedium and Large 1480302.15/cwt292.00–313.001,45087
SteersMedium and Large 1592322.70/cwt303.00–338.001,910356
SteersMedium and Large 2945165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,55914
SteersMedium and Large 1533333.67/cwt328.00–335.001,77874
HeifersMedium and Large 1531297.54/cwt276.00–309.001,580102
HeifersMedium and Large 2Natural816172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,4087

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.