Name: Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers from 450 lbs to 499 lbs were steady to 2.00 higher, steers from 500 lbs to 549 lbs were 10.00 to 12.00 higher, steers from 550 lbs to 699 lbs were 2.00 to 4.00 higher, steers from 950 lbs to 999 lbs were 6.00 to 8.00 higher. Heifers from 450 lbs to 549 lbs were 4.00 to 8.00 higher. No other comparisons were available. An active market with very good demand for all classes of cattle today. Big crowd of order buyers, farmer feeders, and internet buyers today. Several strings of yearlings were offered in multiple load lots with plenty of part loads and packages available as well. Most of the yearlings were light to moderate for flesh as they were coming of day pasture conditions. Calves were attractive for quality, most had two rounds of vaccinations and were right off the cow. It seemed like the buyer attitude today was to purchase some cattle at whatever cost. Next feeder sale is scheduled for Friday, November 15, 2024.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $329.82/cwt on 1,712 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −171.84 against this barn's trailing median of $501.66.

Average price

$329.82

1,712 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,817

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$190

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

$23.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.77

vs SD average

+27.97 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	329.97	1,818	1,701
Medium and Large 1-2	532	306.00	1,628	11thin

One grade step is worth $23.97/cwt here — about $190 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale1,712 hd

329.82

—

SD average9 barns · 6,740 hd

322.04

+7.77

National average187 barns · 26,509 hd

301.85

+27.97

This barn, trailing median17 sales

501.66

−171.84

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

44 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 1Full	500–550	540	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,528	14
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,032	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,405	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	341.73/cwt	321.00–350.00	1,442	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	704	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,732	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,359	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,618	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	799	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	2,153	62
Steers	Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,036	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	2,284	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	417.18/cwt	402.50–422.50	1,573	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	380.21/cwt	370.00–405.00	1,665	291
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,376	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,351	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	950	263.25/cwt	263.25–263.25	2,501	252
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	320.74/cwt	305.00–335.00	1,851	832
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	609	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,784	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	862	258.77/cwt	246.50–264.00	2,231	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	328	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,394	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,628	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,336	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	661	291.74/cwt	275.50–302.50	1,928	218
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	1000–1050	1,005	232.75/cwt	232.75–232.75	2,339	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	500–550	541	319.49/cwt	312.00–324.00	1,728	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	308.43/cwt	303.50–312.50	1,894	316
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	480	356.17/cwt	342.00–366.00	1,710	219
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	595	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,696	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	538	309.32/cwt	307.00–312.00	1,664	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	345.65/cwt	336.00–357.50	1,331	56
Heifers	Medium 1-2	250–300	283	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	991	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	323.03/cwt	312.00–325.00	1,576	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	339.76/cwt	320.00–351.00	1,784	849
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	886	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,056	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	850–900	896	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,097	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	432	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,292	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,677	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	567	312.88/cwt	296.00–328.00	1,774	261
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	800–850	847	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	2,058	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	527	299.02/cwt	291.00–308.00	1,576	217
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	322.45/cwt	302.00–332.00	1,519	321
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,171	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,936	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	950–1000	980	236.75/cwt	236.75–236.75	2,320	168
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Spayed	950–1000	957	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,914	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	314	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,232	86
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,443	9

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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