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Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Name: Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-03

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Jan 3

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021

← Dec 13Jan 3Jan 10 →

Receipts

3,927 head

▼ 4,560 vs last sale 8,487▲ 3,927 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Recent price comparison not available as last sale was three weeks ago. Steady to higher undertones on steers, higher to much higher undertones at times on heifers. Good to very good demand for this nice offering of very high quality, attractive, steers and heifers. Many full loads and multiple load lots offered, buyers were quick to take all the loads when offered the chance to buy multiple loads which made for a fast paced auction. Most consignments were long time weaned and in a light to moderate flesh condition. The market was very active as there were many buyers on the seats ready to buy cattle, especially as they could make full feedyard pens of cattle from a single ranch. There were several cancellations this week as there were many snow blocked roads and now many muddy roads that made it impossible to get cattle loaded and shipped to town. Much larger offering of feeder cattle expected for next week.

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 $161.47/cwt on 2,717 head.

Average price

$161.47

2,717 head · 681 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,100

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$391

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

$21.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.36

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	388	183.00	710	6thin
Medium and Large 1	682	161.42	1,101	2,711

One grade step is worth $21.58/cwt here — about −$391 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 sale2,717 hd

161.47

—

SD average3 barns · 6,488 hd

154.10

+7.36

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

Every lot

19 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	388	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	710	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	425	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	769	21
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	497	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	870	44
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	168.38/cwt	165.00–171.00	882	49
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	589	168.47/cwt	165.50–170.00	992	107
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	623	166.10/cwt	159.50–173.50	1,035	787
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	630	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	945	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	660	159.80/cwt	152.00–163.50	1,055	146
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	723	159.65/cwt	143.50–167.50	1,154	1,112
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	764	153.44/cwt	152.00–154.50	1,172	434
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	458	154.19/cwt	148.00–159.00	706	90
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	525	144.41/cwt	142.00–146.00	758	48
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	528	161.18/cwt	160.00–162.00	851	170
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	564	151.62/cwt	141.50–155.00	855	196
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	582	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	940	82
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	607	147.07/cwt	144.00–147.50	893	104
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	674	162.50/cwt	162.50–162.50	1,095	149
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	709	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,010	156
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	544	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	881	11

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 Jan 3, 2020

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

Receipts 3,927Last week 8,487Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
434	—	764	152.00–154.50	153.44
146	—	660	152.00–163.50	159.80
107	—	589	165.50–170.00	168.47
49	—	524	165.00–171.00	168.38
44	—	497	175.00	175.00
21	—	425	181.00	181.00
1,112	—	723	143.50–167.50	159.65
787	—	623	159.50–173.50	166.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	388	183.00	183.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	630	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
196	—	564	141.50–155.00	151.62
156	—	709	142.50	142.50
104	—	607	144.00–147.50	147.07
90	—	458	148.00–159.00	154.19
48	—	525	142.00–146.00	144.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
170	—	528	160.00–162.00	161.18
149	—	674	162.50	162.50
82	—	582	161.50	161.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	544	162.00	162.00

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.