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Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Name: Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-02

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Oct 2

● Final26 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021

← Sep 25Oct 2Oct 9 →

Receipts

2,605 head

▼ 6,146 vs last sale 8,751▼ 327 vs year ago 2,932 · −11.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers from 750 lbs to 799 lbs were steady to 1.00 lower, steers from 900 lbs to 999 lbs were steady to 1.00 higher, heifers weighing 750 lbs to 849 lbs were 1.00 to 3.00 lower, heifers weighing 950 lbs to 999 lbs were 1.00 to 2.00 higher. No other comparisons were made due to the limited numbers in their weight categories. Not as many cattle for today's auction when compared to last weeks big anniversary sale. There was a smaller crowd of people in attendance and not as many order buyers as last week. Fairly active market as buyers were aggressive at times to procure cattle, most obvious when there were multiple loads of one owner cattle available. Todays offering consisted of yearling steers, tested open replacement heifers with several consignments of fall calves. Most of the cattle were coming off dry pasture conditions and were in light fleshed to moderate fleshed condition. Cash fat cattle continues to see small improvement from one week to the next. Last Friday's cattle on feed report indicated more placements in feed yards than expected, fewer market ready cattle marketed than expected, yet the cash fat cattle trade was higher week over week. Packers have plenty of room to give more money and still be profitable, meat exports are record large, is demand better than most of us ever dreamed of? Next feeder sale will be Friday, October 9th, expecting a large run of yearlings and spring calves. STAY SAFE!

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 $143.61/cwt on 1,057 head.

Average price

$143.61

1,057 head · 883 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,268

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$605

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

$21.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.33

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	518	155.41	804	29
Medium and Large 1	834	146.69	1,224	746
Large 1	1,050	134.25	1,409	282

One grade step is worth $21.17/cwt here — about −$605 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 sale1,057 hd

143.61

—

SD average9 barns · 10,081 hd

140.27

+3.33

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

Every lot

26 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	449	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	714	16
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	602	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	909	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	660	160.64/cwt	158.50–161.00	1,060	95
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	736	143.92/cwt	143.50–145.00	1,059	69
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	763	152.47/cwt	149.00–153.00	1,163	160
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	810	148.16/cwt	146.00–151.75	1,200	84
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	862	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,241	14
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	929	142.29/cwt	139.00–144.50	1,322	159
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	964	137.92/cwt	128.00–139.25	1,330	165
Steers	—	Large 1	1,043	135.01/cwt	133.50–136.00	1,408	261
Steers	—	Large 1	1,135	124.75/cwt	124.75–124.75	1,416	21
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	493	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	683	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	613	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	828	21
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	619	141.35/cwt	140.00–142.50	875	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	663	143.08/cwt	136.00–144.00	949	94
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Spayed	691	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,030	79
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	719	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	945	58
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Spayed	721	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	995	40
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	766	121.63/cwt	118.00–126.00	932	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Spayed	769	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	1,130	71
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	785	139.19/cwt	133.50–144.00	1,093	132
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	827	137.71/cwt	132.00–139.00	1,139	117
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Spayed	858	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	1,188	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	877	137.97/cwt	136.50–139.00	1,210	90
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	917	130.06/cwt	125.00–132.00	1,193	33
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	960	129.04/cwt	126.00–131.75	1,239	163

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 Oct 2, 2020

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

Receipts 2,605Last week 8,751Year ago 2,932

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
261	—	1,043	133.50–136.00	135.01
21	—	1,135	124.75	124.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
160	—	763	149.00–153.00	152.47
95	—	660	158.50–161.00	160.64
159	—	929	139.00–144.50	142.29
165	—	964	128.00–139.25	137.92
84	—	810	146.00–151.75	148.16
14	—	862	144.00	144.00
69	—	736	143.50–145.00	143.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	449	159.00	159.00
13	—	602	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	877	136.50–139.00	137.97
94	—	663	136.00–144.00	143.08
163	—	960	126.00–131.75	129.04
17	—	493	138.50	138.50
132	—	785	133.50–144.00	139.19
13	—	619	140.00–142.50	141.35
33	—	917	125.00–132.00	130.06
117	—	827	132.00–139.00	137.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	691	149.00	149.00
36	—	858	138.50	138.50
40	—	721	138.00	138.00
71	—	769	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	613	135.00	135.00
58	—	719	131.50	131.50
11	—	766	118.00–126.00	121.63

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.