Name: Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-03-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers from 550 lbs to 699 lbs and 750 lbs to 849 lbs were steady to 2.00 higher, steers from 700 lbs to 749 lbs and 850 lbs to 899 lbs were 2.00 to 6.00 lower, heifers from 500 lbs to 749 lbs were 4.00 to 6.00 lower with instances of 10.00 lower, other weight classes not well compared. An active to very active market on all classes of feeder cattle, just an active market on the replacement heifers available for today auction. Several consignments offered buyers the opportunity to purchase multiple loads, with plenty of part loads and packages to make loads out of. Most of todays offering was home raised, long time weaned, fully vaccinated and clean haired. Several consignments of replacement heifers were met with lack luster enthusiasm. Large crowd for today auction with the usual group of order buyers and a few farmer feeders competing with internet buyers wanting to purchase cattle. Flesh conditions ranged from light fleshed hay fed cattle to moderate plus coming out of a grow yard. Next feeder sale is scheduled for Friday, March 28, 2025.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $379.03/cwt on 393 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −122.62 against this barn's trailing median of $501.66.

Average price

$379.03

393 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,109

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$237

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

$39.66/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.63

vs SD average

+20.36 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	381.66	2,125	367
Medium and Large 1-2	552	342.00	1,888	26

One grade step is worth $39.66/cwt here — about $237 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale393 hd

379.03

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SD average5 barns · 1,267 hd

373.40

+5.63

National average173 barns · 15,162 hd

358.67

+20.36

This barn, trailing median17 sales

501.66

−122.62

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 1Unweaned	350–400	368	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,619	22
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	250–300	262	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,231	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,040	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	683	263.69/cwt	259.00–270.00	1,801	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	398	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,373	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	712	248.56/cwt	242.00–257.50	1,770	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	552	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,888	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	387	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,587	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	328.29/cwt	323.00–337.00	2,236	382
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	421	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,600	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	297.47/cwt	287.00–304.25	2,445	286
Steers	Medium and Large 1NHTC	600–650	641	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,224	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	300.36/cwt	278.50–306.00	2,331	901
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	699	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,041	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	321	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,252	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	250–300	251	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,054	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	314.90/cwt	291.00–325.00	2,292	458
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	346.07/cwt	341.00–351.00	2,173	247
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	414.53/cwt	395.00–422.50	1,965	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	410.29/cwt	400.00–417.00	2,138	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	345.44/cwt	342.50–348.00	1,668	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	892	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,132	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	281.52/cwt	270.50–287.00	2,430	225
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	366.14/cwt	355.00–382.50	2,109	238
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	775	294.02/cwt	288.00–301.00	2,279	291
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	510	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,862	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	301.59/cwt	284.00–309.50	2,039	455
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	400.47/cwt	360.00–407.50	1,738	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	700–750	740	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,131	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	627	304.12/cwt	300.00–317.00	1,907	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	270.53/cwt	265.00–285.00	2,113	475
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	354	444.00/cwt	444.00–444.00	1,572	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	339.83/cwt	335.00–341.00	1,825	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	283.91/cwt	277.50–289.00	2,053	250
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	2,191	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	722	297.26/cwt	296.00–299.00	2,146	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	320.54/cwt	310.00–330.00	1,869	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	306.53/cwt	287.00–312.50	1,931	380

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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