Name: Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers from 600 lbs to 899 lbs were mostly steady to 4.00 higher, instances of 8.00 higher: heifers from 550 lbs to 599 lbs were 6.00 to 8.00 lower, heifers from 600 lbs to 649 lbs were steady to 2.00 higher, other weight classes not well compared. Good demand for todays large offering of high quality feeder steers, feeder heifers and replacement heifers. Large crowd in attendance for todays sale with the usual crowd of order buyers, a few farmer feeders competing with internet buyers. Several strings of light fleshed, hay fed cattle that were fully vaccinated, long time weaned and displayed lots of eye appeal were will received and commanded lots of buyer attention. Flesh condition ranged from light fleshed hay fed cattle that were running out on pasture to moderate plus cattle coming out of a grow yard. Extreme cold weather this past week caused several cancellations. Buyers are wanting to own cattle, though most are paying more for feeder cattle than they would like, making for some high breakeven prices. Warmer weather arrived and is giving producers and livestock some relief from last weeks brutal cold. On feed report out today indicated fewer placements and fewer marketing of fat cattle than pre report expectations. Next feeder sale is scheduled for Friday, February 28, 2025.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $371.32/cwt on 86 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −130.34 against this barn's trailing median of $501.66.

Average price

$371.32

86 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,035

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+16.57

vs SD average

+30.11 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	371.32	2,035	86

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 sale86 hd

371.32

—

SD average5 barns · 1,050 hd

354.75

+16.57

National average106 barns · 4,665 hd

341.21

+30.11

This barn, trailing median17 sales

501.66

−130.34

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

34 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 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	602	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,227	90
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	400–450	435	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,718	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	646	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,770	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	440	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,430	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	453	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,484	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	618	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,724	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	271.51/cwt	270.00–282.00	2,082	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	650–700	690	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,201	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	750–800	782	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,291	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	278.68/cwt	273.50–283.00	2,433	238
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	838	289.97/cwt	284.00–293.50	2,430	350
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	478	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	2,122	107
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	325.55/cwt	315.00–329.00	2,194	383
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	594	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	1,996	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	476	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,833	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	535	381.33/cwt	377.50–391.00	2,040	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	750–800	768	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,173	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	305.72/cwt	297.00–311.00	2,198	356
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,598	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	1,787	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	740	307.70/cwt	281.00–312.50	2,277	231
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	344.63/cwt	339.00–350.00	2,178	354
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	388	363.58/cwt	352.50–380.00	1,411	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	764	287.59/cwt	281.00–290.00	2,197	176
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	703	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,088	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	349.65/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,517	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	903	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,510	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	306.99/cwt	300.00–310.50	2,358	408
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,037	228.50/cwt	228.50–228.50	2,370	11
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,092	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	2,381	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	322.43/cwt	312.50–334.50	1,819	200
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	306.45/cwt	294.00–309.00	1,946	200
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	291.53/cwt	281.00–296.00	1,985	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	339	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,415	8

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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