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Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Name: Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-10-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-09

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Oct 9

● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021

← Oct 2Oct 9Oct 16 →

Receipts

6,395 head

▲ 1,293 vs last sale 5,102▲ 960 vs year ago 5,435 · +17.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Yearling feeder steers and heifers 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Steer calves 10.00 to 20.00 higher, except 550-600 lbs steady. Heifer calves 450-500 lbs 10.00 lower, over 500 lbs 10.00 to 15.00 higher. Very good demand for yearling steers and heifers, the market was very active for these light fleshed yearlings. Higher CME Live and Feeder Cattle futures along with much lower corn futures lit a fire underneath both the calf and yearling market. A very nice offering of outstanding quality spring born calves. Plenty of long strings and load lots of these good, ranch raised, light to very light fleshed calves. Plenty of buyers in the seats and on the internet competing harder this week to buy calves. Feed yard pen conditions have improved greatly, farmer feeders have made much progress with soybean harvest and are willing to take on some bawling calves. Calves are coming to town lighter than usual as the drought was severe across the area, and the flesh condition is very attractive. Next feeder cattle sale will be Fri. Oct 16, 2026, expecting 9,000-10,000 feeder cattle.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $468.34/cwt on 1,393 head, up $16.81 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 17 comparable sales and sits −31.18 against this barn's trailing median of $499.52.

Average price

$468.34

▲ 16.81 vs prior sale

1,393 head · 541 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,535

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$383

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

$85.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.96

vs SD average

+37.98 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	541	470.86	2,546	1,352
Medium and Large 1-2	561	385.37	2,163	41

One grade step is worth $85.49/cwt here — about $383 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.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1,393 hd

468.34

—

SD average7 barns · 5,771 hd

464.38

+3.96

National average183 barns · 26,018 hd

430.36

+37.98

This barn, trailing median17 sales

499.52

−31.18

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

17 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $522.90, low $431.00, median $499.52 across 17 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	2,139	82
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	382	605.98/cwt	575.00–622.50	2,315	79
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	569.02/cwt	535.00–601.00	2,407	345
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	504.47/cwt	477.00–545.00	2,437	618
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	504	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,318	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	522	484.28/cwt	445.00–507.00	2,528	856
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	573	447.69/cwt	420.00–465.00	2,565	496
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	573	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,120	34
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	628	435.22/cwt	402.00–445.00	2,733	452
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	683	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	2,718	56
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	752	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,670	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	810	363.14/cwt	362.00–364.00	2,941	461
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	840	355.50/cwt	355.50–355.50	2,986	28
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	888	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,833	20
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	917	339.93/cwt	336.00–344.00	3,117	126
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	964	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	3,239	25
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	337	562.43/cwt	545.00–587.50	1,895	92
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	523.33/cwt	490.00–562.50	1,973	23
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Replacement	433	509.87/cwt	505.00–512.00	2,208	167
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	440	470.56/cwt	457.00–490.00	2,070	167
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	448	407.50/cwt	407.50–407.50	1,826	20
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	472	438.21/cwt	425.00–452.50	2,068	275
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Replacement	478	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,390	58
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	493	386.00/cwt	386.00–386.00	1,903	35
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	420.97/cwt	383.00–431.00	2,210	237
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Replacement	544	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,965	83
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	556	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	2,357	61
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Replacement	598	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,631	82
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	601	471.00/cwt	471.00–471.00	2,831	86
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	601	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,164	31
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,712	15
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,824	70
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	815	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	2,425	20
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	846	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,775	17
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	866	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,607	71
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	889	326.40/cwt	321.00–330.00	2,902	265
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	941	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,719	10
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	983	311.73/cwt	296.00–316.00	3,064	411
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,021	294.56/cwt	290.00–300.00	3,007	125
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,070	282.29/cwt	279.00–284.00	3,021	15
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	884	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,674	12

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 →

Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction (Friday) - Ft. Pierre, SD

Fri Oct 9, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Sioux Falls, SD (LS-SF)

Receipts 6,395Last week 5,102Year ago 5,435

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
125	1000–1050	1,021	290.00–300.00	294.56
15	1050–1100	1,070	279.00–284.00	282.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
71	850–900	866	301.00	301.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
167	400–450	433	505.00–512.00	509.87
58	450–500	478	500.00	500.00
83	500–550	544	545.00	545.00
82	550–600	598	440.00	440.00
86	600–650	601	471.00	471.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
92	300–350	337	545.00–587.50	562.43
23	350–400	377	490.00–562.50	523.33
167	400–450	440	457.00–490.00	470.56
275	450–500	472	425.00–452.50	438.21
237	500–550	525	383.00–431.00	420.97
61	550–600	556	424.00	424.00
31	600–650	601	360.00	360.00
15	700–750	735	369.00	369.00
70	750–800	778	363.00	363.00
17	800–850	846	328.00	328.00
265	850–900	889	321.00–330.00	326.40
411	950–1000	983	296.00–316.00	311.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	400–450	448	407.50	407.50
35	450–500	493	386.00	386.00
20	800–850	815	297.50	297.50
10	900–950	941	289.00	289.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
82	300–350	345	620.00	620.00
79	350–400	382	575.00–622.50	605.98
345	400–450	423	535.00–601.00	569.02
618	450–500	483	477.00–545.00	504.47
856	500–550	522	445.00–507.00	484.28
496	550–600	573	420.00–465.00	447.69
452	600–650	628	402.00–445.00	435.22
56	650–700	683	398.00	398.00
461	800–850	810	362.00–364.00	363.14
126	900–950	917	336.00–344.00	339.93
25	950–1000	964	336.00	336.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	504	460.00	460.00
34	550–600	573	370.00	370.00
5	750–800	752	355.00	355.00
28	800–850	840	355.50	355.50
20	850–900	888	319.00	319.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	850–900	884	302.50	302.50

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.