Name: Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Market not recently reported. Nice run of yearlings and calves for todays sale. Good to very good demand for both yearlings and calves. Several load lots of yearlings along with part loads and packages, with flesh condition ranging from moderate to moderate plus. A big run of calves with most being long time weaned and at least two rounds of vaccinations. Cattle were clean and attractive for quality, with flesh ranging from light fleshed hay fed cattle to moderate fleshed coming out of grow yards. Several consignments offered buyers the opportunity to purchase multiple loads of one owner cattle. A very active market with order buyers, farmer feeders and internet buyers competing for todays offering. Producers are cautious, yet determined to keep pen space filled. Next feeder cattle sale will be Friday, January 10, 2025, a Special Calf, Yearling, and Replacement Heifers sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $353.83/cwt on 646 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −147.82 against this barn's trailing median of $501.66.

Average price

$353.83

646 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,978

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$192

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

$44.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.65

vs SD average

+20.96 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	354.38	1,981	638
Medium and Large 1-2	577	310.00	1,789	8thin

One grade step is worth $44.38/cwt here — about $192 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

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 sale646 hd

353.83

—

SD average4 barns · 1,283 hd

348.19

+5.65

National average40 barns · 9,035 hd

332.87

+20.96

This barn, trailing median17 sales

501.66

−147.82

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

32 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	700–750	744	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,039	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,894	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	516	331.09/cwt	317.00–348.50	1,708	372
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	265.77/cwt	246.00–273.00	1,940	280
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,635	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	327.92/cwt	316.00–340.00	2,191	586
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	298.74/cwt	292.00–309.50	2,276	441
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	410.25/cwt	395.00–420.00	1,575	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,488	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,789	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	362.89/cwt	342.00–378.00	1,902	198
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	346.21/cwt	332.00–350.50	2,008	348
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	490	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,715	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	589	310.52/cwt	310.00–311.00	1,829	193
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	537	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,536	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	554	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,033	92
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	341.37/cwt	324.00–349.00	2,140	475
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,004	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,580	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	438	385.54/cwt	384.00–387.50	1,689	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	963	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,244	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	343.65/cwt	320.00–355.00	1,454	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	494	379.83/cwt	377.00–384.00	1,876	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	707	326.77/cwt	325.50–328.00	2,310	163
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,728	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	759	235.16/cwt	234.00–235.50	1,785	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	288.50/cwt	283.00–294.00	1,809	152
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	645	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,000	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	736	281.68/cwt	271.00–290.00	2,073	136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	649	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,174	268
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,060	214.73/cwt	212.00–217.00	2,276	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	256.72/cwt	240.00–261.00	2,249	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	1150–1200	1,150	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	2,381	6

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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