Name: Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-25

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The last sale report was over a month ago, so no price comparisons will be made. Very good demand for todays offering of yearlings and fall calves. Flesh condition ranged from light fleshed cattle off grass to moderate flesh cattle coming out of a grow yard. Lots of buyer interest in procuring cattle at todays auction competing with the internet buyers. Several strings of reputation yearlings were offered in multiple loads, up to 15 loads, per sort. Overall a very active market with the market trend continuing upward. Todays on feed report would be considered bullish with smaller placement than projected. Next feeder sale is scheduled for Friday, August 15, 2025.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $434.27/cwt on 154 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −67.39 against this barn's trailing median of $501.66.

Average price

$434.27

154 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,424

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$25

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

$8.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs SD average

+58.53 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	436.31	2,430	116
Medium and Large 1-2	562	428.03	2,406	38

One grade step is worth $8.28/cwt here — about $25 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 sale154 hd

434.27

—

SD average1 barns · 154 hd

434.27

+0.00

National average142 barns · 5,388 hd

375.74

+58.53

This barn, trailing median17 sales

501.66

−67.39

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

33 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 1	400–450	448	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,949	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	497	492.00/cwt	492.00–492.00	2,445	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	651	350.01/cwt	348.00–360.00	2,279	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	306.91/cwt	301.00–307.50	2,814	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	700–750	715	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,424	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	362.20/cwt	355.00–374.00	2,293	379
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	826	346.65/cwt	340.00–348.00	2,863	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	561	431.43/cwt	408.00–444.00	2,420	103
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,098	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	3,052	12
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,009	312.55/cwt	306.00–315.50	3,154	1,021
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	850–900	856	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,611	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	512	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,048	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	958	296.96/cwt	289.50–302.00	2,845	171
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	330.51/cwt	314.00–347.00	2,396	323
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	327.37/cwt	326.00–340.00	2,504	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	329.64/cwt	295.00–345.00	2,373	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	699	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,230	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	639	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,492	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,494	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	998	318.50/cwt	318.50–318.50	3,179	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	887	294.38/cwt	279.00–310.00	2,611	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	428.03/cwt	425.00–430.00	2,406	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	924	322.93/cwt	308.00–327.00	2,984	360
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	380.97/cwt	371.00–386.00	2,572	252
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	318.90/cwt	310.50–328.00	2,822	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	789	350.50/cwt	350.00–351.00	2,765	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	813	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,488	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	492	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,153	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	806	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,611	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	719	382.16/cwt	369.00–390.00	2,748	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	402.68/cwt	395.00–427.50	2,126	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	936	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,780	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	692	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,277	84

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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