Name: Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-04-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Steers from 600 lbs to 699 lbs and 850 lbs to 899 lbs were 10.00 to 15.00 higher, steers from 750 lbs to 849 lbs were 3.00 to 5.00 higher; heifers from 500 lbs to 549 lbs and 750 lbs to 799 lbs were 4.00 to 6.00 higher, while heifers from 700 lbs to 749 lbs were 10.00 to 12.00 higher, other weight classes not well compared. Good demand for todays offering of mostly home raised, preconditioned feeders and replacement heifers. Best demand for the light fleshed hay feed cattle with moderate demand for heavier cattle coming out of grow yards. An active market today with order buyers competing with internet buyers. Several strings offered buyers the opportunity to put multiple loads of one owner cattle together, up to eight loads per consignment. Several consignments of reputation replacement heifers were well received. Wide spread rain in the area is giving promise to a productive grazing season. Next sale will be Friday, May 10, 2024

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $331.33/cwt on 360 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −170.32 against this barn's trailing median of $501.66.

Average price

$331.33

360 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,897

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+2.26

vs SD average

+21.78 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	572	331.33	1,897	360

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

17 sales

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 sale360 hd

331.33

—

SD average5 barns · 549 hd

329.07

+2.26

National average173 barns · 10,802 hd

309.55

+21.78

This barn, trailing median17 sales

501.66

−170.32

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

40 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Large 1	1100–1150	1,147	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	2,374	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	662	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	1,536	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	721	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,629	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	685	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,856	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	772	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,845	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	885	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,062	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	881	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,894	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	750–800	776	245.97/cwt	243.00–249.00	1,909	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	900–950	942	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	1,809	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	524	315.25/cwt	308.00–325.00	1,652	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	353.39/cwt	334.00–362.50	1,802	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	232.06/cwt	228.00–234.00	2,007	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	587	329.46/cwt	312.00–337.00	1,934	284
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	301.97/cwt	291.00–312.00	2,029	185
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	394	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,300	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	263.14/cwt	260.00–271.00	1,803	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	248.11/cwt	241.00–250.50	1,920	146
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	251.78/cwt	246.25–259.00	2,213	319
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	714	292.56/cwt	274.00–296.00	2,089	191
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	328.78/cwt	318.00–335.00	1,407	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	850–900	868	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,866	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	550	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,650	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	277.61/cwt	260.00–281.00	1,735	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	789	269.28/cwt	266.00–277.00	2,125	504
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	774	257.00/cwt	256.00–259.00	1,989	204
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	816	245.72/cwt	240.00–254.75	2,005	337
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	355.77/cwt	332.50–365.00	1,170	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	668	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,850	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,584	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	323.31/cwt	319.00–323.50	2,085	251
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	383	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,360	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	494	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,561	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	712	262.55/cwt	251.00–268.50	1,869	233
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	298.21/cwt	292.00–305.00	1,688	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	756	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,746	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,625	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	810	240.27/cwt	234.00–254.00	1,946	448
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	832	260.26/cwt	251.00–262.25	2,165	464
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	750–800	760	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,166	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	326.85/cwt	321.00–327.50	1,726	114

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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