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Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Name: Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2020-10-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-16

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Oct 16

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021

← Oct 9Oct 16Oct 23 →

Receipts

6,530 head

▲ 1,412 vs last sale 5,118▼ 2,772 vs year ago 9,302 · −29.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: yearling steers and heifers narrowly compared due to limited numbers, lower undertones noted. Steer calves from 450 lbs to 599 lbs were generally 6.00 to 8.00 lower, heifer calves from 400 lbs to 549 lbs were mostly 3.00 to 5.00 lower, no other comparisons made due to limited numbers in their weight categories. Very good demand for today's yearlings that were right off grass, in light to moderate flesh conditions. A more active market on the yearlings than the calves, good demand for all classes of cattle today. Most of the calves had their pre-conditioning shots and were straight off the cow. Next feeder sale will be a special black hided calf sale, Wednesday, October 21st. Be 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 $161.85/cwt on 3,526 head.

Average price

$161.85

3,526 head · 574 lb average

Value per head Derived

$929

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$284

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

$0.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.57

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	399	162.67	649	48
Medium and Large 1	576	161.84	933	3,478

One grade step is worth $0.83/cwt here — about −$284 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 sale3,526 hd

161.85

—

SD average11 barns · 25,784 hd

152.29

+9.57

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

Every lot

36 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	259	200.35/cwt	193.00–213.00	519	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	348	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	647	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	381	184.62/cwt	177.00–199.00	703	120
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	411	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	596	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	444	177.60/cwt	172.00–187.00	789	154
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	173.70/cwt	157.00–181.50	825	695
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	529	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	667	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	533	163.15/cwt	155.00–172.00	870	465
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	576	158.30/cwt	145.50–162.50	912	1,191
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	609	162.30/cwt	151.00–165.50	988	365
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	655	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	848	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	671	151.50/cwt	151.50–151.50	1,017	83
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	716	140.52/cwt	138.50–141.00	1,006	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	754	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,071	17
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	823	148.20/cwt	143.50–151.00	1,220	81
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	917	134.99/cwt	133.50–139.25	1,238	240
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	977	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	1,265	13
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	269	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	484	9
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	336	172.12/cwt	168.00–174.00	578	53
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	367	168.37/cwt	156.00–174.00	618	36
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	429	153.64/cwt	149.00–156.00	659	186
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	467	149.92/cwt	140.00–158.50	700	363
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	473	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	643	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	521	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	709	25
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	533	148.53/cwt	139.00–158.00	792	698
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	543	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	834	197
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	568	139.72/cwt	137.00–140.50	794	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	606	142.34/cwt	140.00–142.50	863	96
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	685	132.82/cwt	132.50–136.00	910	66
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	723	138.26/cwt	131.50–140.50	1,000	83
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	771	130.46/cwt	130.00–132.00	1,006	30
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	819	137.40/cwt	131.50–139.25	1,125	79
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	868	132.09/cwt	131.25–132.50	1,147	62
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	916	132.41/cwt	128.00–134.00	1,213	251
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Spayed	981	133.12/cwt	131.25–134.25	1,306	473
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,033	123.82/cwt	122.50–126.50	1,279	18

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 16, 2020

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

Receipts 6,530Last week 5,118Year ago 9,302

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	336	168.00–174.00	172.12
79	—	819	131.50–139.25	137.40
83	—	723	131.50–140.50	138.26
186	—	429	149.00–156.00	153.64
251	—	916	128.00–134.00	132.41
363	—	467	140.00–158.50	149.92
698	—	533	139.00–158.00	148.53
62	—	868	131.25–132.50	132.09
66	—	685	132.50–136.00	132.82
96	—	606	140.00–142.50	142.34
30	—	771	130.00–132.00	130.46
32	—	568	137.00–140.50	139.72
36	—	367	156.00–174.00	168.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
197	—	543	153.50	153.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
473	—	981	131.25–134.25	133.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	269	180.00	180.00
14	—	473	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,033	122.50–126.50	123.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	521	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	754	142.00	142.00
46	—	716	138.50–141.00	140.52
81	—	823	143.50–151.00	148.20
154	—	444	172.00–187.00	177.60
240	—	917	133.50–139.25	134.99
120	—	381	177.00–199.00	184.62
365	—	609	151.00–165.50	162.30
465	—	533	155.00–172.00	163.15
8	—	348	186.00	186.00
695	—	475	157.00–181.50	173.70
1,191	—	576	145.50–162.50	158.30
83	—	671	151.50	151.50
13	—	977	129.50	129.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	411	145.00	145.00
19	—	259	193.00–213.00	200.35
5	—	529	126.00	126.00
7	—	655	129.50	129.50

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.