Sale reports / South Dakota / Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction / 2024-03-01

Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Mar 1
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021
Receipts
5,911 head
896 vs last sale 6,807 226 vs year ago 6,137 · 3.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers from 600 lbs to 699 lbs were 6.00 to 10.00 higher, steers from 700 lbs to 749 lbs were steady to 6.00 lower, steers from 750 lbs to 899 lbs were steady to 4.00 higher; heifers from 500 lbs to 599 lbs and 650 lbs to 749 lbs were 10.00 to 12.00 higher, heifers from 600 lbs to 649 lbs were 8.00 to 10.00 lower, heifers from 750 lbs to 799 lbs were 3.00 to 4.00 higher, no other comparisons available. Good to very good demand for todays large offering of feeder 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 timed weaned. Several consignments of replacement heifers were met with good demand, but the majority of the heifers continue to go to a feed yard. 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 are slow to dry. Flesh conditions ranged from light fleshed hay fed cattle to moderate plus cattle coming out of grow yards. Next feeder sale is Friday, March 8, 2024

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $260.47/cwt on 3,387 head.
Average price
$260.47
3,387 head · 701 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,826
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$155
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$73.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.38
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1700260.841,8263,360
Medium and Large 1-2757226.001,71119thin
Large 11,059187.001,9808thin
One grade step is worth $73.84/cwt here — about −$155 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 sale3,387 hd
260.47
SD average7 barns · 13,798 hd
248.09
+12.38
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

36 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 1Fleshy641245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,57044
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full635250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,5885
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full663242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,60419
HeifersLarge 11,059187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,9808
HeifersMedium and Large 1848231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,9598
HeifersMedium and Large 1964194.50/cwt194.50–194.501,8758
SteersMedium and Large 1569316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,79818
SteersMedium and Large 1905243.00/cwt243.00–243.002,19963
SteersMedium and Large 1803253.75/cwt253.75–253.752,03870
SteersMedium and Large 1616314.52/cwt309.00–324.001,937298
SteersMedium and Large 1-2654265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,73319
SteersMedium and Large 1675290.33/cwt279.00–300.001,960177
SteersMedium and Large 1890244.05/cwt238.50–251.752,172371
SteersMedium and Large 1725276.22/cwt260.00–292.002,003492
SteersMedium and Large 1780262.63/cwt258.00–268.502,049494
SteersMedium and Large 1432350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,51210
SteersMedium and Large 1475347.58/cwt345.00–350.001,65124
SteersMedium and Large 1543340.00/cwt322.00–342.001,84652
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement814238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,93767
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed700243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,7015
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy700295.50/cwt295.50–295.502,06978
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy632327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,070174
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy571299.00/cwt299.00–299.001,7078
SteersMedium and Large 1Full646291.50/cwt290.00–293.001,88320
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2757226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,71119
HeifersMedium and Large 1429322.50/cwt322.50–322.501,38413
HeifersMedium and Large 1473299.89/cwt296.00–302.501,41813
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement698260.50/cwt260.50–260.501,81874
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement715258.50/cwt258.50–258.501,848160
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement769253.71/cwt242.00–273.001,951424
HeifersMedium and Large 1571288.97/cwt283.00–296.001,650139
HeifersMedium and Large 1514309.16/cwt298.00–317.501,589278
HeifersMedium and Large 1627272.74/cwt259.50–279.501,710336
HeifersMedium and Large 1673269.31/cwt255.00–278.001,812514
HeifersMedium and Large 1782240.61/cwt239.00–241.501,882834
HeifersMedium and Large 1717253.15/cwt239.00–263.001,815419

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.