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Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Name: Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-10-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-23

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Oct 23

● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021

← Oct 16Oct 23latest

Receipts

8,427 head

▼ 610 vs last sale 9,037▲ 405 vs year ago 8,022 · +5.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, yearling steers from 900 lbs to 949 lbs were 8.00 to 10.00 higher, no comparisons on yearling heifers. Most yearlings were light to moderate flesh and coming off pasture. A couple of strings of yearlings in todays offering along with plenty of part loads and packages of tested open replacement heifers. An active market for todays yearling offering as their availability continues to dwindle. Steer calves from 400 lbs to 449 lbs were 10.00 to 12.00 higher, steer calves from 450 lbs to 499 lbs were generally 6.00 to 8.00 lower, steers from 500 lbs to 549 lbs were steady to 4.00 higher, steers from 550 lbs to 649 lbs were 10.00 to 15.00 higher. Heifers calves from 350 lbs to 449 lbs were 20.00 to 30.00 higher, heifer calves from 450 lbs to 499 lbs were 2.00 to 4.00 higher, heifer calves 500 lbs to 549 lbs were 3.00 to 5.00 lower, heifer calves from 550 lbs to 599 lbs were 2.00 to 4.00 higher. A big run of very attractive calves for todays sale with multiple consignments of full loads and multiple loads in the same sort. Most of the calves were fully vaccinated and right off the cow, attractive for quality and condition. An active market throughout the sale as internet buyers and those in attendance were anxious to obtain cattle. Next sale is Wednesday, October 28, 2026.

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 $467.43/cwt on 2,836 head, up $7.54 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 17 comparable sales and sits −32.09 against this barn's trailing median of $499.52.

Average price

$467.43

▲ 7.54 vs prior sale

2,836 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,603

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$164

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

$1.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.02

vs SD average

+28.16 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	521	468.79	2,442	60
Medium and Large 1	558	467.40	2,607	2,776

One grade step is worth $1.39/cwt here — about −$164 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale2,836 hd

467.43

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SD average9 barns · 10,658 hd

464.42

+3.02

National average183 barns · 33,329 hd

439.27

+28.16

This barn, trailing median17 sales

499.52

−32.09

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

43 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	348	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	2,140	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	615.64/cwt	590.00–635.00	2,321	79
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Full	386	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,162	20
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	557.40/cwt	537.50–595.00	2,386	244
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	441	517.52/cwt	512.50–525.00	2,282	50
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Full	448	532.50/cwt	532.50–532.50	2,386	21
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	469	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,134	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	485	504.73/cwt	487.50–519.00	2,448	645
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	499	446.00/cwt	446.00–446.00	2,226	33
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	468.79/cwt	440.00–477.50	2,442	60
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	478.63/cwt	462.50–507.50	2,522	979
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	574	461.98/cwt	434.00–483.00	2,652	1,754
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Full	590	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	2,555	43
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	612	445.92/cwt	422.00–466.00	2,729	543
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	666	384.00/cwt	384.00–384.00	2,557	27
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	748	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,483	26
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,785	29
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	888	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,797	9
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	918	358.04/cwt	355.00–361.00	3,287	131
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	993	339.21/cwt	338.50–341.50	3,368	558
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	291	605.00/cwt	605.00–605.00	1,761	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	344	557.50/cwt	557.50–557.50	1,918	7
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	347	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,978	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	361	542.15/cwt	530.00–550.00	1,957	16
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	368	549.98/cwt	540.00–567.00	2,024	122
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	489.45/cwt	470.00–500.00	2,119	200
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	458.68/cwt	427.50–477.00	2,192	643
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	480	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,992	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Replacement	527	469.00/cwt	469.00–469.00	2,472	82
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	532	426.63/cwt	412.50–441.00	2,270	503
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	411.44/cwt	387.00–429.00	2,366	264
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	638	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,393	25
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,453	78
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	694	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,290	18
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,481	28
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	823	331.72/cwt	320.00–342.00	2,730	32
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	859	332.47/cwt	324.00–338.00	2,856	23
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	902	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,760	28
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	935	311.71/cwt	302.00–326.00	2,914	79
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	974	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	3,049	28
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 2	980	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,303	13
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,007	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	3,031	17
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,080	298.27/cwt	281.00–300.00	3,221	119

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 23, 2026

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

Receipts 8,427Last week 9,037Year ago 8,022

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	1000–1050	1,007	301.00	301.00
119	1050–1100	1,080	281.00–300.00	298.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	480	415.00	415.00
28	900–950	902	306.00	306.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	344	557.50	557.50
122	350–400	368	540.00–567.00	549.98
200	400–450	433	470.00–500.00	489.45
643	450–500	478	427.50–477.00	458.68
503	500–550	532	412.50–441.00	426.63
264	550–600	575	387.00–429.00	411.44
25	600–650	638	375.00	375.00
78	650–700	663	370.00	370.00
28	750–800	773	321.00	321.00
32	800–850	823	320.00–342.00	331.72
23	850–900	859	324.00–338.00	332.47
79	900–950	935	302.00–326.00	311.71
28	950–1000	974	313.00	313.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	950–1000	980	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	291	605.00	605.00
9	300–350	347	570.00	570.00
16	350–400	361	530.00–550.00	542.15
18	650–700	694	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
82	500–550	527	469.00	469.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	469	455.00	455.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	386	560.00	560.00
21	400–450	448	532.50	532.50
43	550–600	590	433.00	433.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	348	615.00	615.00
79	350–400	377	590.00–635.00	615.64
244	400–450	428	537.50–595.00	557.40
645	450–500	485	487.50–519.00	504.73
979	500–550	527	462.50–507.50	478.63
1,754	550–600	574	434.00–483.00	461.98
543	600–650	612	422.00–466.00	445.92
27	650–700	666	384.00	384.00
29	750–800	765	364.00	364.00
131	900–950	918	355.00–361.00	358.04
558	950–1000	993	338.50–341.50	339.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
50	400–450	441	512.50–525.00	517.52
33	450–500	499	446.00	446.00
60	500–550	521	440.00–477.50	468.79
26	700–750	748	332.00	332.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	850–900	888	315.00	315.00

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.