Sale reports / South Dakota / Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction / 2024-03-15

Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Mar 15
● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021
Receipts
4,448 head
703 vs last sale 5,151 559 vs year ago 5,007 · 11.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week best test on steers from 550 lbs to 599 lbs were 6.00 to 8.00 higher, steers from 600 lbs to 649 lbs and from 700 lbs to 749 lbs were steady to 2.00 lower, steers from 750 lbs to 799 lbs were 2.00 to 4.00 higher, heifers from 600 lbs to 699 lbs were steady to 1.00 lower, heifers from 750 lbs to 799 lbs were 2.00 to 4.00 higher, no other comparisons available. Good to very good demand for all classes of cattle, especially the greener, hay fed cattle suitable for summer grazing programs. Buyers continue to bid aggressively for the cattle. Lots of buyers in the seats competing with internet buyers made for an active market. Several strings offered buyers the opportunity to put multiple loads of one owner cattle together. Several consignments of reputation replacement heifers were well received. Warm, dry conditions in the area are giving cattle the opportunity to perform well in yards that continue to dry out. Next feeder sale is scheduled for Friday, March 29, 2024.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $349.81/cwt on 381 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits 151.85 against this barn's trailing median of $501.66.
Average price
$349.81
381 head · 543 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,901
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$70
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$42.70/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.09
vs SD average
+33.74 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1542350.701,902373
Medium and Large 1-2595308.001,8338thin
One grade step is worth $42.70/cwt here — about $70 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

17 sales
537501464428median 501.6601/0902/1303/1305/0807/31
Steers 500–600 lb: high $522.90, low $441.91, median $501.66 across 17 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale381 hd
349.81
SD average5 barns · 1,225 hd
335.71
+14.09
National average167 barns · 13,796 hd
316.07
+33.74
This barn, trailing median17 sales
501.66
−151.85
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 1Full650–700659249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,6417
SteersMedium and Large 1Full650–700698264.00/cwt264.00–264.001,84316
BullsMedium and Large 1500–550528327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,72789
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350319345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,1015
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850800234.50/cwt234.50–234.501,8767
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450421333.25/cwt329.00–336.001,40318
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800754246.99/cwt246.00–248.001,862146
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400383332.50/cwt332.50–332.501,2736
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750721235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,6946
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2800–850848217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,84012
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700687227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,56326
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600595308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,8338
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650624318.49/cwt307.00–326.001,987435
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550527300.59/cwt298.00–304.001,58485
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750734277.34/cwt260.00–283.002,036264
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600581300.24/cwt278.00–308.501,74487
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850830263.79/cwt251.25–270.002,189259
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700696264.98/cwt263.50–274.001,844105
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement700–750732267.79/cwt261.00–274.501,960160
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650620284.28/cwt275.00–292.501,763256
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750735250.91/cwt245.00–261.001,844483
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500460372.56/cwt364.00–377.001,71499
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550512363.90/cwt359.00–368.001,863181
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600571338.26/cwt333.50–344.001,931192
SteersMedium and Large 1NHTC650–700665314.00/cwt314.00–314.002,08887
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800782267.84/cwt260.00–282.002,095733
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400367397.62/cwt390.00–400.001,45928
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900880249.75/cwt249.75–249.752,19864
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700662306.00/cwt306.00–306.002,02685
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement750–800773266.86/cwt253.00–271.502,063230

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.