Sale reports / South Dakota / Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction / 2026-05-08

Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, May 8
● Final39 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021
← Apr 24May 8May 22 →
Receipts
6,024 head
▼ 1,875 vs last sale 7,899▼ 893 vs year ago 6,917 · −12.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers and heifers unevenly steady. Very good demand for this large offering of feeder cattle and replacement quality heifers. The market was very active on all classes of cattle, whether it was the light fall calves, bigger cattle ready for feedyards, or bangs vaccinated heifers ready to make into replacement heifers, there were plenty of buyers on the seats and on the internet competing heavily. Flesh condition ranged from light hay fed cattle to more moderate flesh cattle that had been fed lightly. There is a lot of optimism in the market currently, as cash fed cattle reached the 260.00 level this week, yet there is also concern as the cattle futures suffered another day of losses. Next feeder cattle sale will be May 22, 2026.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $515.32/cwt on 330 head, up $7.56 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 17 comparable sales and sits +26.93 against this barn's trailing median of $488.39.
Average price
$515.32
▲ 7.56 vs prior sale
330 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,840
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$217
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$26.04/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.76
vs SD average
+27.77 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553518.642,868288
Medium and Large 1-2538492.602,65142
One grade step is worth $26.04/cwt here — about $217 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale330 hd
515.32
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SD average4 barns · 550 hd
510.57
+4.76
National average180 barns · 14,267 hd
487.55
+27.77
This barn, trailing median17 sales
488.39
+26.93
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
537497457417median 488.3903/0604/2406/1910/0210/30
Steers 500–600 lb: high $522.90, low $431.00, median $488.39 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

39 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2396551.10/cwt512.50–590.002,18218
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1455598.00/cwt598.00–598.002,72116
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Full499515.00/cwt515.00–515.002,57037
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2521504.75/cwt502.50–510.002,63024
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1530526.14/cwt518.00–529.002,789114
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2561476.39/cwt475.00–480.002,67318
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1568513.72/cwt480.00–531.002,918174
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1617475.43/cwt442.50–500.002,933185
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1671436.00/cwt436.00–436.002,92614
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2699418.00/cwt418.00–418.002,92228
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1731430.56/cwt420.00–437.003,147226
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2733395.80/cwt390.00–398.002,90137
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1776399.99/cwt373.00–416.003,104227
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2788365.97/cwt363.00–376.002,88473
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1837377.66/cwt373.00–386.003,161700
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed850382.00/cwt382.00–382.003,24761
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1890362.12/cwt351.00–376.003,223439
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1940362.19/cwt343.00–364.003,405268
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2969325.00/cwt325.00–325.003,14912
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1972345.76/cwt326.00–356.003,361244
Steers1000–1050Large 11,014326.00/cwt326.00–326.003,30656
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2364505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,83814
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1393595.00/cwt595.00–595.002,3389
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2477435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,07511
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1531487.09/cwt475.00–511.002,586158
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2543430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,33524
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2569405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,30416
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1583454.88/cwt437.50–486.002,652335
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1614442.59/cwt410.00–451.002,718133
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2644380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,4477
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1683387.67/cwt379.00–400.002,64891
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Replacement717395.72/cwt393.00–400.002,837128
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1717379.39/cwt370.00–385.002,720271
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Replacement782377.79/cwt361.00–397.002,954257
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1785367.28/cwt364.00–368.002,88391
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1814358.58/cwt332.50–367.002,919675
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Replacement823369.75/cwt355.00–384.003,043381
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1854321.00/cwt321.00–321.002,7418
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Replacement880370.00/cwt370.00–370.003,25652

This sale against other markets

South Dakota weighted averages
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