Sale reports / South Dakota / Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction / 2025-01-24

Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Jan 24
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021
Receipts
2,532 head
2,932 vs last sale 5,464 3,546 vs year ago 6,078 · 58.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers from 550 lbs to 749 lbs were steady to 4.00 higher, best test on heifers 500 lbs to 549 lbs and 600 lbs to 649 lbs were 10.00 to 15.00 higher on limited numbers, other weight classes not well compared. Very good demand for todays offering. Calves were long time weaned, home raised, fully vaccinated and clean haired. Flesh condition ranged from light fleshed hay fed cattle to moderate plus cattle coming out of a grow yard. Several consignments from reputation ranchers offered buyers multiple loads of one owner cattle. Best demand for the light fleshed black hided cattle suitable for summer grazing programs. Most of the usual crowd of order buyers, a few farmer feeders and internet buyers made for an active market. A few consignments of old crop yearlings with most being offered as packages. Milder weather the past couple days and into next week make for good cattle feeding conditions. Next feeder sale will be Friday, January 31, 2025.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $354.14/cwt on 280 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits 147.52 against this barn's trailing median of $501.66.
Average price
$354.14
280 head · 576 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,040
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+1.19
vs SD average
+13.20 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1576354.142,040280
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
537501464428median 501.6601/0902/1303/1305/0807/31
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 sale280 hd
354.14
SD average7 barns · 2,121 hd
352.95
+1.19
National average147 barns · 15,667 hd
340.94
+13.20
This barn, trailing median17 sales
501.66
−147.52
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

22 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 1400–450439397.32/cwt391.00–405.001,74451
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500485367.22/cwt361.00–385.001,78175
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned300–350330440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,4527
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850832275.66/cwt272.00–284.002,29367
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700676324.57/cwt305.00–344.002,194216
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600576354.14/cwt345.00–362.002,040280
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450437415.00/cwt412.00–423.001,81428
HeifersMedium and Large 1Full400–450415360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,4947
HeifersLarge 11150–12001,168231.50/cwt231.50–231.502,70439
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650615325.35/cwt305.00–339.002,001204
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600594350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,07995
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650629316.42/cwt311.00–318.001,990119
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2650–700668281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,87711
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550536358.98/cwt341.00–371.001,924191
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000976257.50/cwt257.50–257.502,51317
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500486387.23/cwt377.50–391.001,88238
HeifersMedium and Large 1650–700690292.42/cwt284.00–293.002,01889
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned250–300288400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,15216
HeifersMedium and Large 1350–400356400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,4249
SteersMedium and Large 1Full650–700681275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,87310
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750735311.05/cwt303.00–317.002,286688
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800796296.50/cwt296.50–296.502,360192

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.