Sale reports / South Dakota / Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction / 2024-10-04

Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Oct 4
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021
Receipts
6,723 head
2,025 vs last sale 8,748 2,623 vs year ago 4,100 · +64.0%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week best test on steers from 450 lbs to 549 lbs would be 6.00 to 10.00 higher, steers from 850 lbs to1050 lbs were steady to 4.00 higher, best test on heifers 350 lbs to 499 lbs and 800 lbs to 1049 lbs were steady to 4.00 higher. Other weight classes were to lightly tested to make a market comparison. Big run of yearlings along with a couple thousand calves for to days auction. Good to very good demand for todays yearlings with most of the yearlings coming off grass. Several strings of reputation yearlings offered buyers the opportunity to purchase multiple loads of one owner cattle . Plenty of part loads and packages of tested open replacement heifers gave buyers the opportunity to put part loads and packages together. Flesh ranged from light flesh to a few moderate plus coming out of a grow yard. A good test on the spring born calves that were attractive for quality and fully vaccinated. Calves were met with a more moderate demand as many feeders are busy with fall harvest and not ready to deal with a bawling calf. Lots of byers in the seats competing with the internet buyers today. The area remains dry and dusty, with temperatures fluctuating daily making for health concerns for a bawling calf. Mild and dry conditions are forecast for the area for the next week and no rain in the forecast. Next feeder sale is scheduled for Friday, October 11, 2024.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $321.25/cwt on 923 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits 180.41 against this barn's trailing median of $501.66.
Average price
$321.25
923 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,760
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$131
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$26.40/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.84
vs SD average
+34.43 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548322.281,765887
Medium and Large 1-2552295.881,63436
One grade step is worth $26.40/cwt here — about $131 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 800–900 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 sale923 hd
321.25
SD average5 barns · 1,681 hd
314.41
+6.84
National average167 barns · 15,497 hd
286.82
+34.43
This barn, trailing median17 sales
501.66
−180.41
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

48 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
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500469348.78/cwt338.00–356.001,636494
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000982248.57/cwt241.00–251.252,441473
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550533330.19/cwt322.50–336.001,760454
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600563313.99/cwt299.00–324.001,768433
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950923251.56/cwt250.50–253.002,322241
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800765276.47/cwt269.00–280.002,115175
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750723267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,93013
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650611298.97/cwt286.00–304.001,827149
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400382368.53/cwt360.00–385.001,408136
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900879257.33/cwt256.50–259.002,262101
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700669290.28/cwt287.00–290.501,94281
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850827274.00/cwt274.00–274.002,26658
SteersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed400–450406383.00/cwt383.00–383.001,555113
SteersMedium and Large 1250–300283415.00/cwt415.00–415.001,17438
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350332408.02/cwt397.50–420.001,35519
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900876222.00/cwt222.00–222.001,94522
SteersMedium and Large 1-2550–600574298.00/cwt298.00–298.001,71119
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550528293.52/cwt290.00–295.001,55017
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700689261.90/cwt261.00–263.001,80464
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500469299.62/cwt275.00–308.001,405383
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400394317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,25113
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650605252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,5285
HeifersLarge 11000–10501,019219.02/cwt216.25–228.002,232238
HeifersLarge 11050–11001,068222.50/cwt222.50–222.502,37633
SteersMedium and Large 1Full850–900894236.00/cwt236.00–236.002,1106
SteersMedium and Large 1Full450–500471305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,43774
SteersLarge 11000–10501,015241.21/cwt226.00–242.502,448105
SteersLarge 11050–11001,067234.63/cwt230.00–235.252,504240
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450436352.54/cwt337.00–357.501,537186
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750731274.80/cwt272.00–275.502,009119
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed750–800769252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,93876
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed650–700691254.08/cwt254.00–255.001,75690
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed950–1000959236.00/cwt236.00–236.002,263108
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed900–950920224.00/cwt224.00–224.002,06157
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed800–850817252.00/cwt252.00–252.002,05958
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed850–900861242.00/cwt242.00–242.002,08458
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000986223.50/cwt223.50–223.502,20419
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350322380.81/cwt355.00–400.001,22624
HeifersMedium and Large 1250–300271410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,11138
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750709256.20/cwt237.00–260.501,81640
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350314280.00/cwt280.00–280.008795
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement500–550535290.01/cwt286.00–291.001,552106
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900869244.52/cwt234.00–246.502,12588
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850811248.68/cwt242.50–250.002,01797
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950921235.77/cwt228.00–243.002,171143
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400378350.45/cwt335.00–355.001,325171
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450425312.06/cwt309.00–316.001,326241
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800759241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,8297

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.