Sale reports / South Dakota / Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction / 2026-07-10

Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Jul 10
● Final16 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021
Receipts
1,806 head
▼ 2,068 vs last sale 3,874▲ 1,806 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Last sale 3 weeks ago, no comparisons made. Good to very good demand for this summertime offering of weaned fall calves and yearlings. Flesh condition ranged from from light to very light as the drought has remains severe in many areas. The market was active, yet cattle feeders are feeling pressure as the cash fed cattle market slipped down to 245.00-248.00, few at 250.00. CME Live Cattle contracts have retreated to 235.00 for Aug but 230.00 for the fall and winter, this is causing great concern as most cattle are facing a 250.00 breakeven price. Next feeder cattle sale will be July 31, 2026.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $465.00/cwt on 9 head, down $53.84 from the prior sale. That ranks 7 of 17 comparable sales and sits −23.39 against this barn's trailing median of $488.39.
Average price
$465.00
▼ 53.84 vs prior sale
9 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,567
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.00
vs SD average
+5.52 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552465.002,5679thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale9 hd
465.00
—
SD average1 barns · 9 hd
465.00
+0.00
National average146 barns · 7,211 hd
459.48
+5.52
This barn, trailing median17 sales
488.39
−23.39
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

16 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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1552465.00/cwt465.00–465.002,5679
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1665439.57/cwt438.00–441.002,923157
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2725377.50/cwt377.50–377.502,7375
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1736412.50/cwt412.50–412.503,0367
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1767411.43/cwt394.00–427.003,156173
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2771360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,7768
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1804403.00/cwt403.00–403.003,24073
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1892356.00/cwt356.00–356.003,17669
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1904349.00/cwt349.00–349.003,15562
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2913339.00/cwt339.00–339.003,0959
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1978334.66/cwt334.00–336.003,273189
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1536445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,38516
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed568476.69/cwt447.50–479.002,70884
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1612419.00/cwt419.00–419.002,56476
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1666416.49/cwt405.00–427.002,77434
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1570477.50/cwt477.50–477.502,72221

This sale against other markets

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.