Sale reports / South Dakota / Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction / 2024-12-06

Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Dec 6
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021
Receipts
6,470 head
563 vs last sale 5,907 1,318 vs year ago 5,152 · +25.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No feeder sale last week, compared to two weeks ago best test on steer calves 400 lbs to 449 lbs were 10.00 to 12.00 higher, steers calves from 450 lbs to 499 lbs were 4.00 to 6.00 lower, steer calves from 500 lbs to 649 lbs were steady to 6.00 higher; heifer calves from 450 lbs to 599 lbs were from 10.00 to 20.00 higher. No other comparisons available. Big run of yearlings consisting of mostly spayed heifers were meet with very good demand. Flesh condition ranged from light flesh condition coming off dry pasture to medium plus coming from a grow yard. A very active market as buyers chase after the few remaining yearlings available. The bulk of todays yearlings were offered in load lots, with multiple loads offered at times, not as many packages as last sale. Todays calf offering was mostly non-weaned calves that were fully preconditioned and coming off the cow. Calves were meet with good demand, making for a fairly active market. A few consignments offered buyers the opportunity to purchase multiple loads. There were lots of part loads and packages available to make full loads. Big crowd in attendance for todays sale, with lots of order buyers and farmer feeders in the seats. Good demand for replacement heifers in today auction as well. Next feeder sale is scheduled for Friday, December 13, 2024.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $333.20/cwt on 778 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits 125.53 against this barn's trailing median of $458.73.
Average price
$333.20
778 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,832
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$301
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$55.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+21.33
vs SD average
+49.88 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1550336.481,850732
Medium and Large 1-2551281.001,54846
One grade step is worth $55.48/cwt here — about $301 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

18 sales
493462430399median 458.7301/0902/1303/2705/2207/31
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $479.45, low $412.54, median $458.73 across 18 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 sale778 hd
333.20
SD average8 barns · 3,760 hd
311.87
+21.33
National average190 barns · 29,311 hd
283.32
+49.88
This barn, trailing median18 sales
458.73
−125.53
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

56 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 1-2450–500466317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,48026
HeifersMedium and Large 2600–650648267.00/cwt267.00–267.001,73017
SteersMedium and Large 1Full400–450427371.84/cwt368.00–376.001,58882
SteersMedium and Large 1Full550–600580299.15/cwt290.50–300.501,73567
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850835256.00/cwt256.00–256.002,1385
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600567331.12/cwt311.00–340.001,877557
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed850–900878249.00/cwt249.00–249.002,18620
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed750–800759247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,8755
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650622326.28/cwt311.00–340.002,029604
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700658316.91/cwt313.00–321.002,085158
SteersMedium and Large 1-2300–350313421.00/cwt421.00–421.001,31810
SteersMedium and Large 1-2400–450429353.72/cwt340.00–360.001,51745
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400375433.47/cwt431.00–435.001,62618
SteersMedium and Large 1-2500–550544317.30/cwt314.00–329.001,72622
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800752282.84/cwt272.00–285.002,12785
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900866267.50/cwt267.50–267.502,31765
SteersMedium and Large 1-2650–700690269.76/cwt260.00–272.001,86132
SteersMedium and Large 1-2350–400387340.50/cwt335.00–350.001,31816
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550520349.93/cwt332.50–372.001,820537
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000967249.00/cwt249.00–249.002,40863
SteersMedium and Large 1-2450–500454338.13/cwt325.00–342.501,53536
SteersLarge 1-21150–12001,195208.50/cwt208.50–208.502,49235
BullsMedium and Large 1350–400355390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,38510
BullsMedium and Large 1450–500476320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,52316
BullsMedium and Large 1550–600558277.50/cwt277.50–277.501,54813
BullsMedium and Large 1700–750732285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,08641
BullsMedium and Large 1800–850845240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,02820
BullsLarge 1Fleshy1000–10501,007227.50/cwt227.50–227.502,29137
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed950–1000975243.65/cwt239.50–245.002,3761,161
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy800–850818229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,87338
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450410337.02/cwt330.00–345.001,38252
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2400–450430327.43/cwt317.50–332.501,40860
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850815257.73/cwt238.00–266.002,100299
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600570308.23/cwt303.00–311.001,757101
HeifersLarge 11050–11001,073222.50/cwt222.50–222.502,3876
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full450–500454316.00/cwt316.00–316.001,43512
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2300–350330361.30/cwt342.50–370.001,19224
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2350–400373323.88/cwt320.00–327.501,20821
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700691263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,81783
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2600–650643227.50/cwt227.50–227.501,46319
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650625288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,80024
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400370357.42/cwt345.00–381.001,32274
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement500–550509349.86/cwt330.00–352.001,78177
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed700–750717252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,81021
HeifersMedium and Large 1300–350314365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,1465
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550526325.84/cwt316.00–331.001,714252
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2550–600551281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,54846
HeifersMedium and Large 1Spayed900–950910256.75/cwt250.50–260.502,336303
SteersMedium and Large 1Full600–650630282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,77710
SteersMedium and Large 1Full450–500460335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,5418
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500482352.55/cwt329.00–359.001,699225
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750705245.53/cwt237.50–251.001,73132
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed400–450432385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,66340
HeifersMedium and Large 1Replacement550–600573351.39/cwt332.00–368.002,013302
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500474361.35/cwt349.00–365.001,713106
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450412411.95/cwt400.00–426.001,69795

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.