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Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Name: Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-01-31
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-01-31

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Jan 31

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021

← Jan 24Jan 31Feb 14 →

Receipts

2,558 head

▼ 3,263 vs last sale 5,821▲ 2,558 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week feeder steers weighing from 550 lbs to 599 lbs were steady to 5.00 lower; 600 lbs to 649 lbs were steady to 5.00 higher; 650 lbs to 749 lbs steers were steady. Feeder heifers weighing 550 lbs to 699 lbs were steady to 3.00 higher, no other comparisons made. Good to very good demand for today's offering of fully preconditioned long time weaned calves. Best demand for the lighter fleshed hay fed calves suitable for yearlings. A large crowd of buyers on hand wanting to buy cattle made for a fairly active market today. Several long strings of reputation cattle loaded with genetics in today's offering. Cattle futures had a tough week; with cash fat cattle lower too. Market skepticism with the Corona virus going on around the world created some caution today. Weather continues to cause problems for producers trying to get cattle to market as there were several cancellations caused by icy or muddy roads in the region. No sale next week so everyone can attend the Black Hill Stock Show. Next feeder sale will be Friday, February 14th expecting a large run of high quality feeder cattle.

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 $158.70/cwt on 1,385 head.

Average price

$158.70

1,385 head · 704 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,117

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$356

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

$16.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.04

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	436	175.00	763	5thin
Medium and Large 1	705	158.64	1,119	1,380

One grade step is worth $16.36/cwt here — about −$356 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 sale1,385 hd

158.70

—

SD average9 barns · 17,781 hd

153.65

+5.04

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 · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	436	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	763	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	471	181.22/cwt	175.00–182.50	854	36
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	529	178.84/cwt	166.00–182.50	946	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	586	172.17/cwt	171.00–174.50	1,009	144
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	611	171.43/cwt	154.00–173.00	1,047	170
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	695	155.90/cwt	150.50–156.00	1,084	364
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	729	156.34/cwt	151.50–158.50	1,140	302
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	760	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,182	80
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	846	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,206	39
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	857	145.75/cwt	145.75–145.75	1,249	70
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	901	140.38/cwt	139.50–141.25	1,265	130
Feeder Cattle · Heifers8 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	449	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	709	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	488	165.71/cwt	156.00–170.50	809	97
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	163.86/cwt	159.50–169.50	859	45
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	571	159.15/cwt	155.50–164.00	909	479
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	622	148.64/cwt	140.00–160.00	925	83
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	667	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	1,011	79
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	681	147.04/cwt	138.50–150.00	1,001	245
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	793	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	1,075	46

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 31, 2020

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

Receipts 2,558Last week 5,821Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	449	158.00	158.00
45	—	524	159.50–169.50	163.86
46	—	793	135.50	135.50
83	—	622	140.00–160.00	148.64
97	—	488	156.00–170.50	165.71
245	—	681	138.50–150.00	147.04
479	—	571	155.50–164.00	159.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	667	151.50	151.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
144	—	586	171.00–174.50	172.17
170	—	611	154.00–173.00	171.43
70	—	857	145.75	145.75
364	—	695	150.50–156.00	155.90
36	—	471	175.00–182.50	181.22
39	—	846	142.50	142.50
302	—	729	151.50–158.50	156.34
45	—	529	166.00–182.50	178.84
80	—	760	155.50	155.50
130	—	901	139.50–141.25	140.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	436	175.00	175.00

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.