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Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Name: Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-09-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-11

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Sep 11

● Final35 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021

← Aug 28Sep 11Sep 25 →

Receipts

3,822 head

▼ 517 vs last sale 4,339▲ 2,263 vs year ago 1,559 · +145.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: steers from 800 lbs to 949 lbs were generally 2.00 to 4.00 lower, heifers from 800 lbs to 999 lbs were mostly 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Good to excellent demand for today's offering of feeder cattle, more buyer interest in heifers today than steers. There was a large crowd of order buyers on the seats with fewer farmer feeders than the last sale. Internet buyers were an active part of the sale. Most of the cattle were right off grass so flesh condition ranged from light to moderate. Several long strings of yearling steers and heifers gave buyer the opportunity to buy multiple loads of one owner cattle. There were lots of part loads and packages of mostly tested open heifers with a few consignments of weaned fall calves that buyers could make loads out of. This made for a very active market as cattle feeders are refilling their pens. The next feeder sale is the Anniversary Sale in two weeks, Friday, September 25, 2020 expecting a large run yearlings and several consignments of spring calves.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $136.58/cwt on 2,099 head.

Average price

$136.58

2,099 head · 870 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,188

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$123

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$7.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.29

vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	870	136.72	1,189	2,045
Medium and Large 1-2	610	134.94	823	19thin
Large 1	1,015	129.25	1,312	35

One grade step is worth $7.47/cwt here — about −$123 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 sale2,099 hd

136.58

—

SD average6 barns · 6,314 hd

131.29

+5.29

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

Every lot

35 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	588	165.55/cwt	165.00–166.00	973	11
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	622	141.21/cwt	136.50–144.50	878	37
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	632	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	1,030	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	675	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	952	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	742	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	1,169	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	750	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,088	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	837	146.76/cwt	146.00–147.00	1,228	71
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	872	143.32/cwt	141.00–146.25	1,250	389
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	902	148.25/cwt	148.25–148.25	1,337	62
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	914	140.88/cwt	133.50–146.75	1,288	141
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	973	137.03/cwt	135.50–138.25	1,333	353
Steers	—	Large 1	1,017	126.72/cwt	123.50–131.00	1,289	14
Steers	—	Large 1	1,053	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,348	15
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	513	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	759	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	579	148.50/cwt	148.50–148.50	860	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	620	145.08/cwt	141.00–146.50	899	23
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	681	125.44/cwt	125.00–126.00	854	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	685	141.85/cwt	132.00–147.50	972	35
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	722	146.70/cwt	142.50–149.50	1,059	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Spayed	723	145.50/cwt	145.50–145.50	1,052	70
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	769	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,065	15
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Spayed	775	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,124	69
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	813	138.96/cwt	130.00–142.00	1,130	266
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	840	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	1,088	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	851	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,047	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Spayed	874	130.48/cwt	126.50–131.50	1,140	108
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	875	138.00/cwt	131.50–140.25	1,208	556
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	905	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,140	16
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	914	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,165	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	920	135.17/cwt	129.50–139.25	1,244	616
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	980	130.43/cwt	126.00–137.00	1,278	139
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Spayed	984	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,240	59
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,015	129.25/cwt	129.25–129.25	1,312	35
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	643	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	971	10
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	831	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,122	42

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 Sep 11, 2020

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

Receipts 3,822Last week 4,339Year ago 1,559

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
141	—	914	133.50–146.75	140.88
71	—	837	146.00–147.00	146.76
11	—	588	165.00–166.00	165.55
16	—	742	157.50	157.50
6	—	750	145.00	145.00
16	—	632	163.00	163.00
389	—	872	141.00–146.25	143.32
353	—	973	135.50–138.25	137.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	622	136.50–144.50	141.21
16	—	675	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	902	148.25	148.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,053	128.00	128.00
14	—	1,017	123.50–131.00	126.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	831	135.00	135.00
10	—	643	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,015	129.25	129.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	579	148.50	148.50
616	—	920	129.50–139.25	135.17
15	—	769	138.50	138.50
556	—	875	131.50–140.25	138.00
266	—	813	130.00–142.00	138.96
139	—	980	126.00–137.00	130.43
33	—	722	142.50–149.50	146.70
35	—	685	132.00–147.50	141.85
23	—	620	141.00–146.50	145.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	681	125.00–126.00	125.44
8	—	513	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	905	126.00	126.00
7	—	840	129.50	129.50
5	—	851	123.00	123.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
108	—	874	126.50–131.50	130.48
70	—	723	145.50	145.50
69	—	775	145.00	145.00
59	—	984	126.00	126.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	914	127.50	127.50

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.