Name: Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-06-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-06-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale two weeks ago: steers were generally 10.00 to 15.00 lower; heifers from 650 lbs to 899 lbs were mostly 10.00 to 20.00 lower based on limited comparisons. Todays offering consisted of fall calves, weaned or right off the cow; yearlings off grass or coming from a back grounding lot and several consignments of fancy replacement heifers. Flesh condition ranged from light fleshed cattle that had been turned out on grass to moderate plus cattle coming out of a grow yard. An active market on all classes with order buyers and farmer feeders competing with internet buyers. Multiple consignments offered in multiple loads enabled buyers to fill empty pens quickly. Next feeder sale is scheduled for Friday, July 11, 2025.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $425.25/cwt on 247 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −76.41 against this barn's trailing median of $501.66.

Average price

$425.25

247 head · 549 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,336

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+12.12

vs SD average

+53.33 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	549	425.25	2,336	247

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 sale247 hd

425.25

—

SD average3 barns · 384 hd

413.12

+12.12

National average146 barns · 8,317 hd

371.92

+53.33

This barn, trailing median17 sales

501.66

−76.41

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

45 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 1Replacement	850–900	866	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,520	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	324.09/cwt	310.00–330.00	2,628	504
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	933	311.55/cwt	301.00–315.25	2,907	861
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	888	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,726	35
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,050	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	900–950	929	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,610	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	746	332.25/cwt	331.00–333.00	2,479	93
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	369.52/cwt	347.00–375.00	2,465	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	388.23/cwt	386.00–399.00	2,481	146
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	289.82/cwt	289.50–291.00	2,414	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	493	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,046	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	974	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	2,221	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	412.22/cwt	410.00–414.00	2,123	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	806	314.20/cwt	309.00–317.00	2,532	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	912	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,499	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	377	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,791	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	682	325.42/cwt	307.50–340.00	2,219	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	388.52/cwt	374.00–403.00	2,242	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	283.69/cwt	279.00–301.00	2,218	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	800–850	803	289.50/cwt	289.50–289.50	2,325	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	427.60/cwt	414.00–430.00	2,416	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	439.14/cwt	427.50–452.50	2,310	101
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	559	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,040	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,999	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,328	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	346.63/cwt	334.00–350.00	2,523	302
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	969	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	2,442	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	747	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	1,957	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	277.59/cwt	262.00–289.00	2,446	147
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	342.93/cwt	330.00–367.00	2,112	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,061	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	334.73/cwt	334.50–338.00	2,634	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	523	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,765	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	455	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	1,649	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	769	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,468	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	337.30/cwt	329.00–347.00	2,300	101
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	484.98/cwt	480.00–489.00	2,299	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,872	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	718	303.79/cwt	290.00–312.00	2,181	52
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	554	383.67/cwt	370.00–402.50	2,126	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	585	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,112	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	566	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	2,253	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	842	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,038	34
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,018	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,504	8
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,058	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,476	6

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.

South Dakota feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →