Name: Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-07-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Sale not reported in several weeks so an accurate price trend can not be established. An active market with lots of buyers on the seats competing with internet buyers as cattle feeders try to fill empty pens. A big run of yearlings and weaned fall calves made up todays sale. Several strings of reputation cattle offered buyers the opportunity to put multiple loads of one owner cattle together. Most of the offering was attractive for quality and in light to medium flesh. The cash fed cattle market continues to improve, giving cattle feeders some optimism to purchase high priced feeder cattle. Weather has been extremely hot and fairly humid this past week with a little relief in the next couple of weeks. Next feeder sale is scheduled for Friday, August 16, 2024

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $346.76/cwt on 292 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −154.90 against this barn's trailing median of $501.66.

Average price

$346.76

292 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,955

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$40

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$25.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.75

vs SD average

+48.94 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	352.24	1,962	229
Medium and Large 1-2	588	326.82	1,922	63

One grade step is worth $25.42/cwt here — about $40 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale292 hd

346.76

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SD average3 barns · 329 hd

343.01

+3.75

National average149 barns · 6,483 hd

297.82

+48.94

This barn, trailing median17 sales

501.66

−154.90

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

34 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	306.68/cwt	302.00–311.50	1,779	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	963	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	2,249	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	279.59/cwt	273.50–286.00	1,859	170
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	256.54/cwt	247.50–260.50	2,386	1,414
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	685	275.95/cwt	266.00–286.00	1,890	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	937	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,146	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	794	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,890	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	502	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,446	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	236.93/cwt	226.50–242.00	2,170	269
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,552	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	762	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,810	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,413	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	706	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	1,761	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	247.82/cwt	233.50–257.50	2,067	220
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	256.82/cwt	253.00–270.00	1,970	209
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	326.82/cwt	325.00–327.00	1,922	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	819	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,048	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	256.58/cwt	252.00–275.00	1,888	205
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	295.37/cwt	294.00–296.00	1,828	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	843	271.16/cwt	266.00–281.00	2,286	197
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	315.69/cwt	304.00–321.50	2,128	579
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	290.25/cwt	272.00–295.00	2,078	144
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	255.57/cwt	251.50–258.00	2,244	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	972	245.63/cwt	236.00–254.75	2,388	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	312.18/cwt	308.00–317.00	1,976	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	286.13/cwt	273.50–296.50	2,195	525
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	557	352.24/cwt	337.50–355.50	1,962	229
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	238.12/cwt	228.00–255.00	2,072	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	700–750	714	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,721	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	400–450	443	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,517	8
Heifers	Medium 1-2	700–750	724	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,738	51
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,023	243.61/cwt	238.75–248.50	2,492	323
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,085	236.60/cwt	225.00–240.50	2,567	69
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,031	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,330	14

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.

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