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Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Name: Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-08-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-28

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Aug 28

● Final15 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021

← Aug 14Aug 28Sep 11 →

Receipts

3,430 head

▲ 1,989 vs last sale 1,441▲ 139 vs year ago 3,291 · +4.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers 900-1000 lbs 10.00 lower, other weights of steers not well compared. Feeder heifers sold with higher undertones compared to the limited heifer offering last sale. Good demand for yearling steers and heifers, several long strings offered in multiple load lots including 1 cut of 10 full loads. Numerous stock trailer loads of yearlings allowed buyers to put together and make loads. The market was not as active as the cash fed cattle market has slipped down around 220.00, some below, leaving cattle feeders facing losses on outgoing fed cattle. The current price structure of the deferred months of the Live Cattle contracts are putting much pressure on the feeder cattle market. Flesh condition ranged from very light to moderate, as the drought continues to be very severe, forcing cattle to town sooner and some producers having to put out supplemental feed.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb heifers averaged $345.00/cwt on 11 head, down $51.48 from the prior sale. That ranks 2 of 18 comparable sales and sits −56.49 against this barn's trailing median of $401.49.

Average price

$345.00

▼ 51.48 vs prior sale

11 head · 637 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,198

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−5.25

vs SD average

+19.82 vs national

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	637	345.00	2,198	11thin

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale11 hd

345.00

—

SD average3 barns · 76 hd

350.25

−5.25

National average153 barns · 5,723 hd

325.18

+19.82

This barn, trailing median18 sales

401.49

−56.49

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 600–700 lb

18 sales

Heifers 600–700 lb: high $441.59, low $318.05, median $401.49 across 18 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

15 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	818	349.38/cwt	344.00–352.00	2,858	105
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	922	334.99/cwt	334.00–335.50	3,089	701
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,027	307.07/cwt	301.00–317.00	3,154	81
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,092	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	3,101	6
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	637	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,198	11
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	776	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,856	74
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	779	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,727	21
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	321.25/cwt	317.00–329.00	2,795	595
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	924	316.17/cwt	309.00–328.00	2,921	345
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	936	289.42/cwt	289.00–292.00	2,709	43
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	950	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,907	18
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	981	296.12/cwt	291.50–322.00	2,905	677
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,020	307.95/cwt	298.00–312.00	3,141	130
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,072	296.35/cwt	295.00–298.00	3,177	11
Heifers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,131	284.98/cwt	282.00–288.00	3,223	40

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.

South Dakota feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

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

Fri Aug 28, 2026

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

Receipts 3,430Last week 1,441Year ago 3,291

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	637	345.00	345.00
43	900–950	936	289.00–292.00	289.42
18	950–1000	950	306.00	306.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	750–800	779	350.00	350.00
595	850–900	870	317.00–329.00	321.25
345	900–950	924	309.00–328.00	316.17
677	950–1000	981	291.50–322.00	296.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
74	750–800	776	368.00	368.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
130	1000–1050	1,020	298.00–312.00	307.95
11	1050–1100	1,072	295.00–298.00	296.35
40	1100–1150	1,131	282.00–288.00	284.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
105	800–850	818	344.00–352.00	349.38
701	900–950	922	334.00–335.50	334.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
81	1000–1050	1,027	301.00–317.00	307.07
6	1050–1100	1,092	284.00	284.00

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.