Sale reports / South Dakota / Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction / 2024-11-01

Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Nov 1
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021
Receipts
8,957 head
1,494 vs last sale 7,463 500 vs year ago 9,457 · 5.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Friday: steers from 450 lbs to 499 lbs were steady to 4.00 higher, steers from 500 lbs to 699 lbs were steady to instances of 6.00 lower, heifers from 450 lbs to 599 lbs were mostly steady. No other comparisons available. Good to very good demand for today's nice offering of yearlings which consisted of several strings and lots of part loads and packages. An active market on the yearlings as most were light to medium flesh coming off dry pasture. Calves were well received with most being fully vaccinated, right off the cow and attractive for quality. Calves were light to medium flesh as pasture conditions continue to deteriorate due to warm and dry weather. Multiple consignments of reputation calves offered in full loads continue to bring a premium. Mostly order buyers, farmer feeders and internet buyers made for a full house and an active market. Next feeder sale is scheduled for Friday, November 8, 2024.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $321.10/cwt on 2,243 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits 180.55 against this barn's trailing median of $501.66.
Average price
$321.10
2,243 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,782
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+2.14
vs SD average
+20.41 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1555321.101,7822,243
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
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 sale2,243 hd
321.10
SD average11 barns · 11,482 hd
318.96
+2.14
National average185 barns · 40,108 hd
300.69
+20.41
This barn, trailing median17 sales
501.66
−180.55
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

46 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 1300–350328377.17/cwt372.00–385.001,23722
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450404308.00/cwt308.00–308.001,24413
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350336345.00/cwt345.00–345.001,1598
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000967254.22/cwt246.00–257.752,458310
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700672287.65/cwt275.00–294.001,933110
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800755254.14/cwt250.00–255.001,91976
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400385346.02/cwt330.00–360.001,33255
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350345409.04/cwt407.50–410.001,41126
SteersMedium and Large 1-2800–850836208.19/cwt192.50–237.001,74017
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850817252.95/cwt247.00–255.002,06777
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900869245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,12913
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450425337.18/cwt336.00–339.001,43334
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750706242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,70931
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650638225.82/cwt216.00–237.501,44113
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400357321.41/cwt316.00–330.001,14716
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2700–750736244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,7967
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2250–300293365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,0696
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full500–550532279.68/cwt279.00–281.001,48846
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full400–450446303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,35142
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full450–500480293.47/cwt285.00–298.001,40923
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy950–1000990219.00/cwt219.00–219.002,16815
SteersLarge 11050–11001,073244.85/cwt242.50–246.002,627139
HeifersLarge 11100–11501,111198.04/cwt195.00–200.002,20036
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550532325.77/cwt312.00–338.001,7331,050
SteersMedium and Large 1300–350333427.63/cwt420.00–435.001,42419
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900866249.53/cwt249.00–250.002,16121
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement550–600574319.01/cwt296.00–335.001,831213
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement500–550548311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,704103
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650625304.31/cwt291.00–315.501,9021,253
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450429335.91/cwt319.00–344.001,441308
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500479315.12/cwt299.00–337.501,509708
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500472354.10/cwt332.00–366.501,671900
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000951231.00/cwt231.00–231.002,1977
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650628261.00/cwt261.00–261.001,63921
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850846253.00/cwt253.00–253.002,14061
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450424376.20/cwt370.00–387.001,59579
SteersMedium and Large 1Full550–600564299.19/cwt297.00–299.501,68749
SteersMedium and Large 1Full450–500493321.00/cwt321.00–321.001,58365
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400363420.12/cwt405.00–430.001,52527
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600576317.79/cwt300.00–335.501,8301,139
SteersMedium and Large 1Full500–550525311.00/cwt311.00–311.001,6335
SteersMedium and Large 1Full600–650629275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,7308
BullsMedium and Large 1400–450441365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,6107
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400352410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,44314
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600585279.55/cwt266.00–286.001,635410
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550530291.57/cwt282.00–302.501,545671

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.