Name: Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-02-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers from 600 lbs to 649 lbs were 3.00 to 5.00 lower, steers from 650 lbs to 749 lbs were 4.00 to 10.00 higher, steers from 750 lbs to 849 lbs were 3.00 to 5.00 lower, steers from 850 lbs to 900 lbs were steady to 2.00 higher; heifers from 550 lbs to 599 lbs were 3.00 to 5.00 lower, heifers from 600 lbs to 699 lbs were 8.00 to 12.00 higher, other weight classes not well compared. Large crowed in attendance for todays sale with usual group of order buyers, a few farmer feeders competing with internet buyers making for an active market. Good to very good demand for todays large offering of feeder cattle and replacement heifers. Best demand continues to be the light fleshed hay fed cattle that have been running out on pasture. Most of todays offering was home raised, fully vaccinated and long time weaned. Multiple consignments of replacement heifers offered buyers the opportunity to purchase multiple loads of one owner cattle. Lots of interest for the replacement heifers in todays sale. Flesh ranged from light fleshed hay fed cattle to moderate plus flesh condition cattle coming out of grow yards. Next feeder sale is Friday March 7, 2025.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $365.08/cwt on 219 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −136.58 against this barn's trailing median of $501.66.

Average price

$365.08

219 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,035

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$157

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

$36.92/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.13

vs SD average

+16.84 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	365.92	2,039	214
Medium and Large 1-2	572	329.00	1,882	5thin

One grade step is worth $36.92/cwt here — about $157 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 sale219 hd

365.08

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SD average7 barns · 1,246 hd

363.95

+1.13

National average180 barns · 14,929 hd

348.24

+16.84

This barn, trailing median17 sales

501.66

−136.58

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

38 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	600–650	645	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,983	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	605	297.64/cwt	283.00–300.00	1,801	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	355.81/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,523	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	345.06/cwt	333.00–358.00	1,639	103
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,063	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	716	279.56/cwt	261.00–289.50	2,002	193
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	314.91/cwt	300.00–320.00	2,258	237
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	285.78/cwt	271.00–294.50	2,369	566
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	301.88/cwt	299.00–304.00	2,361	778
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	383.26/cwt	360.00–393.00	1,981	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	489	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	1,870	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	337	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,323	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	572	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,882	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	776	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,258	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	532	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,777	29
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,005	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,342	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	339.28/cwt	323.00–359.00	2,127	589
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,552	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	331.55/cwt	314.00–342.50	2,248	621
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	854	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,391	186
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	657	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,872	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	464	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,601	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	397.24/cwt	385.00–403.00	1,931	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	444.24/cwt	440.00–447.50	1,888	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	755	315.81/cwt	309.00–322.00	2,384	141
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	736	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,090	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,150	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,826	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	585	364.25/cwt	347.00–373.50	2,131	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,111	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	318.59/cwt	305.00–339.50	1,797	200
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	342.87/cwt	325.00–357.00	1,793	267
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	819	274.74/cwt	273.00–280.00	2,250	426
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	730	306.21/cwt	284.00–331.00	2,235	569
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	548	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,644	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	781	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,906	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	316.94/cwt	309.00–330.00	1,981	620
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	306.14/cwt	290.00–325.00	2,051	471

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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