Name: Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Sale not recently reported, so no price trend is available. Good demand for a nice run of yearlings that were attractive for quality and most coming off grass in light to moderate flesh condition. Big run of calves with several consignments offering multiple loads in the same sort, up to 6 loads in one consignment. Calves were home raised, fully preconditioned and most in light to moderate flesh condition. Plenty of full loads offered with a lot of part loads and packages available as well. Big crowd in attendance with order buyers competing with internet buyers and a few farmer feeders trying to procure cattle today. A very active market for todays calf offering that consisted of multiple consignments of front end calves. Most calves were clean haired and attractive, with the recent mild weather in the area the cattle have performed very well. Next feeder sale is scheduled for Friday, January 16, 2026

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $493.13/cwt on 394 head. That ranks 6 of 17 comparable sales and sits −8.53 against this barn's trailing median of $501.66.

Average price

$493.13

394 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,757

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$572

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

$61.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.38

vs SD average

+26.80 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	493.91	2,765	389
Medium and Large 1-2	507	432.50	2,193	5thin

One grade step is worth $61.41/cwt here — about $572 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale394 hd

493.13

—

SD average7 barns · 2,461 hd

492.75

+0.38

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

+26.80

This barn, trailing median17 sales

501.66

−8.53

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

40 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 1Fleshy	1100–1150	1,127	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	3,099	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	871	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,700	17
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,002	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	3,066	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	957	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	3,072	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	499	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,046	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,812	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,982	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	403.60/cwt	381.00–410.00	2,765	356
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	415.29/cwt	391.00–434.00	2,575	377
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	413.14/cwt	407.50–420.00	2,404	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	466	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,470	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	366.45/cwt	349.00–372.00	3,210	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	490.74/cwt	475.00–512.50	2,773	209
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	450.14/cwt	432.00–473.00	2,849	580
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	560.03/cwt	552.50–562.50	2,655	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	410.41/cwt	391.00–419.00	2,975	1,013
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	535	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,488	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	538	509.31/cwt	495.00–530.00	2,740	95
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	507	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,193	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	550–600	574	488.00/cwt	488.00–488.00	2,801	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	465	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,418	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	385.00/cwt	369.00–387.00	3,138	152
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	350–400	384	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,054	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	514	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,467	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	430.71/cwt	406.00–450.00	2,877	986
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,930	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	550–600	570	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,651	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	600–650	622	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	2,637	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	452.27/cwt	442.50–460.00	2,424	121
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	710	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,996	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	388.04/cwt	375.00–396.00	3,042	1,015
Steers	Medium and Large 1Full	650–700	693	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,723	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	402	527.00/cwt	527.00–527.00	2,119	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	571	457.96/cwt	426.00–474.00	2,615	334
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,192	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	359.78/cwt	342.50–363.00	2,738	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	740	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	3,256	261
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,058	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	3,174	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	656	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	2,814	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	629	432.03/cwt	417.00–441.00	2,717	189

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

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