Name: Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-31

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Friday: not enough yearlings to give a price comparison; steer calves from 400 lbs to 449 lbs were 20.00 to 30.00 lower, steers from 450 lbs to 749 lbs were steady to 12.00 lower; heifer calves from 400 lbs to 449 lbs were 6.00 to 8.00 lower, heifers from 450 lbs to 599 lbs were steady to 8.00 higher. Good to very good demand for todays offering of calves. Lessor demand for the old crop yearling cattle when compared to the last few weeks. A large crowd on hand for todays auction with order buyers, farmer feeders and internet buyers trying to buy cattle. A more cautious approach by those buying as the futures market was down again today. Calves were fresh off the cows, fully vaccinated and most were in light flesh condition. The full loads of black hided, fully preconditioned calves garnered the most interest from buyers. A fairly active market throughout the sale. Next feeder sale is scheduled for Friday November 7th, expecting a large run of calves and several consignments of old crop yearlings.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $465.10/cwt on 2,237 head. That ranks 3 of 17 comparable sales and sits −36.56 against this barn's trailing median of $501.66.

Average price

$465.10

2,237 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,586

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$204

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

$25.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.49

vs SD average

+35.38 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	465.53	2,589	2,199
Medium and Large 1-2	542	440.10	2,385	38

One grade step is worth $25.43/cwt here — about $204 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

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 sale2,237 hd

465.10

—

SD average11 barns · 11,058 hd

457.61

+7.49

National average179 barns · 33,800 hd

429.72

+35.38

This barn, trailing median17 sales

501.66

−36.56

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

44 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 1Full	500–550	542	416.00/cwt	416.00–416.00	2,255	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	609	402.50/cwt	402.50–402.50	2,451	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	596	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	2,551	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	450–500	494	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	2,235	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	666	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,311	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	309	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,730	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,979	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	515.66/cwt	500.00–527.50	1,913	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,881	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	445.76/cwt	420.00–467.50	2,322	433
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	478.80/cwt	466.00–500.00	2,313	462
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	284	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	1,988	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	960	324.31/cwt	321.00–328.00	3,113	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	453.97/cwt	436.00–475.00	2,610	1,377
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	478.36/cwt	462.50–502.50	1,990	185
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	397.28/cwt	387.00–407.00	2,813	209
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	379.17/cwt	369.00–388.00	2,525	161
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	425.03/cwt	402.00–444.00	2,363	444
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	371	604.73/cwt	595.00–625.00	2,244	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	436.82/cwt	410.00–452.00	2,713	1,027
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,801	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	525.72/cwt	500.00–547.50	2,481	473
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	485.45/cwt	460.00–505.00	2,544	814
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	348.60/cwt	346.00–353.00	2,552	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	553.03/cwt	530.00–595.00	2,345	314
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	620	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	2,468	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	500–550	517	479.26/cwt	462.50–495.00	2,478	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	381	549.89/cwt	540.00–560.00	2,095	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	578	433.26/cwt	431.00–435.00	2,504	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	304	680.00/cwt	680.00–680.00	2,067	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	618	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,441	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	494	467.50/cwt	467.50–467.50	2,309	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,412	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	565	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,232	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	666	411.10/cwt	395.00–417.00	2,738	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	353.99/cwt	333.00–363.00	3,129	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	431	447.04/cwt	445.00–455.00	1,927	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	504	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,978	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	533	445.56/cwt	422.50–455.00	2,375	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	361	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,895	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	441	510.88/cwt	500.00–525.00	2,253	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	263	635.00/cwt	635.00–635.00	1,670	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	407.01/cwt	385.00–452.50	1,970	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	344	517.08/cwt	510.00–522.50	1,779	14

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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