Sale reports / South Dakota / Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction / 2019-07-26

Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Name: Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-07-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-07-26

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Jul 26

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021

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Receipts

4,903 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 4,903▲ 4,903 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, best comparison of like kind and flesh conditioned steers was on the 700-750 lbs and 900-950 lbs 3.00 to instances of 5.00 higher, other weights of steers not well compared. Heifers under 800 lbs unevenly steady, the heifers over 800 lbs 7.00 to 10.00 higher. Good demand for light fleshed yearling steers and heifers as there were plenty of buyers wanting grass fleshed yearlings, much more moderate for cattle carrying excess flesh. Many long strings of yearlings offered this week, most of the cattle were in an attractive light flesh yet there were a few consignments of heavier fleshed cattle that sold on a much less active market. Many full loads and multiple load lots in the offering. Cattle feeders have found a renewed sense of optimism as the cash fed cattle has not come down to meet the futures contracts, leaving a wide, positive basis. Next feeder cattle auction will be Aug. 16, 2019.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $154.33/cwt on 2,952 head.

Average price

$154.33

2,952 head · 771 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,191

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$221

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

$15.09/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+8.37

vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	587	168.13	986	252
Medium and Large 1	789	153.04	1,207	2,700

One grade step is worth $15.09/cwt here — about −$221 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale2,952 hd

154.33

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SD average4 barns · 6,596 hd

145.96

+8.37

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

Every lot

29 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	506	171.50/cwt	171.50–171.50	868	80
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	523	186.50/cwt	186.50–186.50	975	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	599	178.50/cwt	178.50–178.50	1,069	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	627	164.92/cwt	164.00–166.00	1,034	142
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	639	165.50/cwt	165.50–165.50	1,058	240
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	657	162.94/cwt	162.00–166.50	1,071	205
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	671	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	1,087	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	742	155.70/cwt	153.50–165.50	1,155	662
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	762	153.84/cwt	152.00–155.50	1,172	617
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	845	149.01/cwt	148.50–150.75	1,259	78
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	881	146.41/cwt	145.00–148.00	1,290	548
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	937	145.25/cwt	145.25–145.25	1,361	272
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	982	137.54/cwt	137.00–137.75	1,351	78
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	497	157.64/cwt	152.00–159.00	783	46
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	537	168.50/cwt	168.50–168.50	905	20
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	590	148.25/cwt	148.00–148.50	875	164
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	605	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	920	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	628	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	992	57
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	710	147.47/cwt	145.00–150.00	1,047	157
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	723	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,001	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	780	137.01/cwt	136.00–138.00	1,069	210
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	801	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,025	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	818	137.86/cwt	136.25–139.50	1,128	138
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	827	130.79/cwt	129.50–132.00	1,082	135
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	879	126.32/cwt	123.50–129.50	1,110	133
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	890	132.43/cwt	132.25–133.50	1,179	150
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	909	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,082	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	911	131.08/cwt	130.50–134.00	1,194	78
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	920	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,150	16

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 Jul 26, 2019

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

Receipts 4,903Last week 4,903Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	909	119.00	119.00
22	—	723	138.50	138.50
133	—	879	123.50–129.50	126.32
135	—	827	129.50–132.00	130.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	537	168.50	168.50
57	—	628	158.00	158.00
78	—	911	130.50–134.00	131.08
138	—	818	136.25–139.50	137.86
150	—	890	132.25–133.50	132.43
157	—	710	145.00–150.00	147.47
210	—	780	136.00–138.00	137.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	605	152.00	152.00
16	—	920	125.00	125.00
31	—	801	128.00	128.00
46	—	497	152.00–159.00	157.64
164	—	590	148.00–148.50	148.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	845	148.50–150.75	149.01
78	—	982	137.00–137.75	137.54
205	—	657	162.00–166.50	162.94
240	—	639	165.50	165.50
272	—	937	145.25	145.25
548	—	881	145.00–148.00	146.41
617	—	762	152.00–155.50	153.84
662	—	742	153.50–165.50	155.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	671	162.00	162.00
15	—	599	178.50	178.50
80	—	506	171.50	171.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	523	186.50	186.50
142	—	627	164.00–166.00	164.92

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.