Name: Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: No comparisons available on steers due to limited numbers for comparison; best test on heifers 800 lbs to 899 lbs were steady to 4.00 lower, heifers from 900 lbs to 949 lbs steady to 2.00 higher. Good to very good demand for todays offering of yearlings that were mostly off grass and in light to moderate flesh condition. An active market on the yearlings with mostly order buyers competing with internet buyers. Yearling consignments were mostly tested open replacement heifer, a few consignments of yearlings steers and spayed heifers. Buyers remain cautions yet were wanting to buy cattle. Several consignments of spring born calves were met with less enthusiasm as most producers just aren't ready for a bawling calf. Recent rains in the area have slowed fall field work and greened pastures up. Warm dry forecast for the coming week. Next feeder sale is scheduled for Friday, October 3, 2025.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $409.23/cwt on 107 head. That ranks 1 of 18 comparable sales and sits −49.49 against this barn's trailing median of $458.73.

Average price

$409.23

107 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,301

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$119

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

$26.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.45

vs SD average

+43.38 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	417.61	2,339	73
Medium and Large 1-2	567	391.25	2,220	34

One grade step is worth $26.36/cwt here — about $119 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

18 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $479.45, low $412.54, median $458.73 across 18 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 sale107 hd

409.23

—

SD average3 barns · 159 hd

416.68

−7.45

National average172 barns · 11,458 hd

365.85

+43.38

This barn, trailing median18 sales

458.73

−49.49

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

41 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	Large 1Spayed	1000–1050	1,020	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	3,193	50
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,023	309.61/cwt	305.00–316.50	3,167	106
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,040	336.90/cwt	310.00–347.00	3,504	205
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	707	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,475	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	850–900	878	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,656	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	800–850	843	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,790	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	3,036	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	961	353.99/cwt	340.00–357.00	3,402	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	357.67/cwt	335.00–361.00	2,933	187
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	603	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,436	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	353.06/cwt	334.00–361.50	3,319	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	687	365.21/cwt	352.50–378.00	2,509	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	356.23/cwt	355.00–359.00	2,732	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	560	417.61/cwt	400.00–419.00	2,339	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	528.85/cwt	510.00–540.00	1,877	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	501.25/cwt	465.00–508.00	2,386	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	921	335.21/cwt	325.00–343.00	3,087	181
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	886	363.11/cwt	349.50–368.00	3,217	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	645	418.85/cwt	417.00–441.00	2,702	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	357	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,731	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	900–950	917	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	3,109	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	383.42/cwt	362.00–395.00	2,968	163
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	286	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,416	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	975	331.73/cwt	313.00–342.00	3,234	178
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	950–1000	972	330.37/cwt	316.00–339.50	3,211	284
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,791	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	750–800	764	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,651	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	342	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,471	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	446.25/cwt	441.00–465.00	2,521	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	342.56/cwt	321.00–355.00	2,970	346
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	712	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,442	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	891	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,976	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	802	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,546	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,169	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	800–850	837	348.03/cwt	341.00–350.00	2,913	240
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	850–900	857	340.50/cwt	340.50–340.50	2,918	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,449	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	464.81/cwt	455.00–495.00	2,031	158
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	580	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,204	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	404	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,101	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,248	9

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.

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