Name: Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers from 500 lbs to 599 lbs were steady to 2.00 higher, steers from 600 lbs to 649 lbs were 6.00 to 8.00 lower, steers from 650 lbs to 800 lbs were 3.00 to 6.00 higher; heifers sold steady to higher on limited comparisons. A few packages of yearlings sold on an active market. Many attractive, long time weaned and fully pre-conditioned calves sold on a very active market. Several consignments from reputation producers offered buyers multiple loads on one owner cattle. Flesh conditions ranged from light fleshed hay fed cattle to moderate plus condition coming out of grow yards. Good to very good demand for todays large offering of feeder cattle and replacement heifers. Best demand for the light fleshed black hided cattle suitable for summer grazing. Several sets of reputation replacement heifers were well received as multiple buyers were competing for ownership. Lots of buying power in the seats as farmer feeders and order buyers competed with internet buyers to purchase cattle. Cold temperatures and strong winds forecasted for the area for the next several day. Next feeder sale is scheduled for Friday, January 24, 2025.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $340.87/cwt on 775 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −117.86 against this barn's trailing median of $458.73.

Average price

$340.87

775 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,883

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$170

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

$51.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.86

vs SD average

+36.84 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	341.20	1,884	770
Medium and Large 1-2	591	290.00	1,714	5thin

One grade step is worth $51.20/cwt here — about $170 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

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 sale775 hd

340.87

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SD average7 barns · 3,727 hd

325.01

+15.86

National average192 barns · 30,803 hd

304.03

+36.84

This barn, trailing median18 sales

458.73

−117.86

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

42 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 1Fleshy	600–650	639	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,770	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	718	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,018	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	546	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,693	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	750–800	753	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,883	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	580	314.17/cwt	311.00–321.00	1,822	15
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,135	209.50/cwt	209.50–209.50	2,378	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,696	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	1,879	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	366.42/cwt	357.50–379.00	1,916	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	315.03/cwt	302.00–328.00	1,991	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650–700	650	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,334	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	516	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	1,925	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	325.57/cwt	319.00–336.00	2,188	319
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	347.76/cwt	330.00–361.00	2,017	338
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	310.76/cwt	304.00–313.00	2,262	466
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	270.20/cwt	268.50–272.00	2,235	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	605	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,876	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	384	380.89/cwt	365.00–387.50	1,463	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	765	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,165	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	488	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,708	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	750–800	773	275.51/cwt	275.00–276.00	2,130	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	665	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,081	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	536	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,806	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	308.71/cwt	307.00–312.00	2,352	291
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	360.92/cwt	349.00–368.00	1,595	220
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	343.50/cwt	334.00–358.00	1,800	257
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	591	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,714	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	706	316.09/cwt	312.00–320.00	2,232	152
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	623	320.61/cwt	314.00–327.00	1,997	252
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	667	312.52/cwt	310.00–321.00	2,085	409
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	341.33/cwt	333.00–353.50	1,932	490
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	964	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,265	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	703	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,919	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	1,540	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	269.97/cwt	267.00–273.00	2,087	149
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	354.49/cwt	338.00–361.00	1,680	182
Heifers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,153	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	2,392	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	331	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,324	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,868	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,625	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	305.72/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,899	349
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	301.93/cwt	285.00–305.00	2,026	418

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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