Name: Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers 450 lbs to 599 lbs were 6.00 to 10.00 higher, 600 lbs to 699 lbs were steady to 2.00 higher, 750 lbs to 799 lbs were 6.00 to 10.00 higher; best test on heifers 500 lbs to 599 lbs were 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Yearlings were not well tested. Good demand for several packages of yearlings with one load of spayed heifers in the offering. Flesh ranged from light flesh coming off dry pasture to medium plus coming out of a grow yard. Very good demand for todays large run of calves, most had been weaned at least 45 days, had spring and fall vaccinations. A few consignments were straight off the cow. Best demand for multiple loads that had been fully vaccinated and were black hided. Wide range in preconditioning from unweaned, no vaccinations, no casteration to long time weaned with 2 or 3 rounds of vaccinations. An active market with lots of buyers on the internet competing with order buyers and farmer feeder in the seats. This is the last feeder sale for 2024, Merry Christmas and Happy new Year. See you January 3, 2025.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $344.12/cwt on 1,338 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −157.54 against this barn's trailing median of $501.66.

Average price

$344.12

1,338 head · 565 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,945

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+4.00

vs SD average

+19.77 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	565	344.12	1,945	1,338

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 sale1,338 hd

344.12

—

SD average7 barns · 4,573 hd

340.12

+4.00

National average185 barns · 29,268 hd

324.35

+19.77

This barn, trailing median17 sales

501.66

−157.54

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

43 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
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	361.65/cwt	356.00–367.50	1,852	193
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	487	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,709	77
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	403	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	1,763	113
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	281	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,152	23
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	302	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,374	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	513	295.95/cwt	294.00–299.00	1,518	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	292.91/cwt	272.50–303.00	2,247	475
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	407	422.01/cwt	400.00–427.50	1,718	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	327	373.53/cwt	370.00–375.00	1,221	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	370.66/cwt	356.00–390.00	1,783	276
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	326.70/cwt	302.00–344.50	2,061	741
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,470	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	318.14/cwt	300.00–327.50	2,154	449
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,517	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	261.50/cwt	261.50–261.50	2,414	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	400–450	442	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	1,684	9
Steers	Large 1	1200–1250	1,247	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	2,494	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	422.76/cwt	422.00–437.50	1,640	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	339.72/cwt	323.00–350.00	1,977	936
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	800–850	843	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,015	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	297.35/cwt	278.50–312.50	2,144	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	499	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	1,756	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	649	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,895	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	510	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	1,596	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	594	309.78/cwt	294.00–313.00	1,840	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	373.88/cwt	357.50–390.00	1,391	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	360.06/cwt	336.00–370.00	1,869	356
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	323	359.92/cwt	340.00–370.00	1,163	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	900–950	910	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	2,134	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	579	338.02/cwt	329.00–351.00	1,957	303
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	500–550	537	345.16/cwt	336.00–357.50	1,854	243
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	292.61/cwt	278.00–297.00	1,808	213
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	450–500	459	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,882	110
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	327.29/cwt	306.00–344.00	1,702	477
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	969	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,267	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	1,918	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	312.47/cwt	300.00–324.00	1,759	186
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	284.35/cwt	263.00–294.00	1,922	140
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	258.70/cwt	247.00–265.50	1,894	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	261	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,018	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	337.83/cwt	321.00–351.00	1,605	881
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	358.26/cwt	334.00–365.00	1,533	275
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	368.24/cwt	367.50–370.00	1,204	40

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.

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