Name: Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, best test on steers 1,000 lbs to 1,049 lbs were steady, best test on heifers 850 lbs to 949 lbs were steady to 3.00 higher, other weight classes were to lightly tested to make a market comparison. Several consignments offered buyers the chance to purchase multiple loads of one owner cattle, up to eleven loads in one sort. Loads and packages of tested open heifers were met with good demand. An active market with mostly order buyers in the seats competing with internet buyers. Cattle coming off grass were more in demand then the cattle coming out of grow yards. Flesh ranged from light fleshed fall calves that were coming off grass to moderate fleshed yearlings coming from a grow yard. Much of the area has received some rain in the past two weeks, but warmer and drier conditions are forecasted for the next week. Cash fed cattle market continues its downward slide lending concern to buyers trying to procure feeder cattle. Next feeder sale is scheduled for Friday, September 13, 2024.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $305.23/cwt on 45 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −196.43 against this barn's trailing median of $501.66.

Average price

$305.23

45 head · 591 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,804

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+14.35

vs SD average

+36.68 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	591	305.23	1,804	45

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 sale45 hd

305.23

—

SD average3 barns · 172 hd

290.88

+14.35

National average155 barns · 6,455 hd

268.55

+36.68

This barn, trailing median17 sales

501.66

−196.43

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

28 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 1Fleshy	850–900	881	217.77/cwt	217.00–218.00	1,919	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	850–900	852	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	1,870	6
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,032	211.99/cwt	210.00–214.00	2,188	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	978	223.90/cwt	220.00–228.00	2,190	221
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,684	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	606	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,697	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,525	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	889	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,974	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	994	235.93/cwt	225.00–236.75	2,345	114
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	264.64/cwt	253.50–274.00	2,072	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	253.92/cwt	251.00–260.00	2,110	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	734	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,817	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,383	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	238.62/cwt	229.00–248.00	2,095	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	693	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,733	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	251.55/cwt	247.50–255.00	2,181	274
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,022	232.30/cwt	232.00–233.00	2,374	475
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	258.73/cwt	247.50–264.00	1,772	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	241.87/cwt	236.00–248.00	1,899	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	243.26/cwt	237.50–257.50	1,764	207
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	243.83/cwt	243.50–244.00	2,268	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	591	305.23/cwt	293.00–307.00	1,804	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	237.17/cwt	232.00–239.00	1,940	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,408	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	552	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,394	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	235.78/cwt	230.00–242.00	1,474	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	931	227.13/cwt	215.50–234.50	2,115	241
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	850–900	897	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,153	10

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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