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Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Name: Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-07-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-07-30

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Jul 30

● Final31 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021

← Jul 9Jul 30Aug 20 →

Receipts

6,912 head

▲ 2,232 vs last sale 4,680▼ 695 vs year ago 7,607 · −9.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale three weeks ago: Feeder steers 5.00 to 10.00 higher, heifers 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Very good demand for this large offering of light fleshed, high quality steers and heifers. Many long strings of yearlings off short grass pastures, including one consignment of 2,000 steers and another of 800 steers. The drought has been severe and has pushed cattle to market much sooner than normal. The market was very active as cattle feeders are eager to place these green cattle in their yards as they will efficiently convert feed to gain. There were many full loads and multiple load lots and the competition was fierce to get these cattle bought. CME Corn futures were lower today, but the main driver of the feeder market is the winter and spring months of the Live Cattle futures and cattle feeders want cattle to fit that time period. There was also a string of 120 head of spring born steer and heifer calves, sold as a mixed lot of steers and heifers that weighed 299 lbs and brought 720.00, the demand was very good for these light calves. The next feeder cattle auction will be Aug. 27th.

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 $176.02/cwt on 3,952 head.

Average price

$176.02

3,952 head · 729 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,283

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$63

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

$5.72/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.85

vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	729	176.08	1,284	3,908
Medium and Large 1-2	717	170.36	1,221	44

One grade step is worth $5.72/cwt here — about $63 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 sale3,952 hd

176.02

—

SD average7 barns · 10,696 hd

159.17

+16.85

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

Every lot

31 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	423	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	833	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	441	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	851	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	471	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	966	25
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	507	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,009	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	522	201.00/cwt	201.00–201.00	1,049	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	538	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,060	15
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	563	192.59/cwt	185.50–194.50	1,084	147
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	185.74/cwt	175.00–192.50	1,163	1,018
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	629	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,126	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	656	181.43/cwt	170.00–185.00	1,190	180
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	742	176.08/cwt	164.50–179.50	1,307	736
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	760	171.38/cwt	161.00–176.50	1,302	961
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	815	164.53/cwt	159.50–166.75	1,341	335
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	886	161.99/cwt	160.25–166.50	1,435	196
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	934	163.61/cwt	163.50–163.75	1,528	280
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	972	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,351	18
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	429	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	759	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	492	172.31/cwt	169.00–176.50	848	56
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	497	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	865	31
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	538	169.62/cwt	167.50–171.00	913	70
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	567	170.97/cwt	170.50–171.50	969	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	613	160.50/cwt	160.50–160.50	984	63
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	629	165.37/cwt	162.00–168.00	1,040	202
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	679	162.77/cwt	160.50–164.00	1,105	241
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	739	156.55/cwt	152.00–159.50	1,157	162
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Spayed	761	158.50/cwt	158.50–158.50	1,206	61
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	782	152.98/cwt	151.00–157.00	1,196	270
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	836	152.32/cwt	144.50–157.50	1,273	425
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	873	145.71/cwt	144.00–150.50	1,272	150
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	908	146.91/cwt	146.00–148.00	1,334	122
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	978	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,330	16

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 Jul 30, 2021

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

Receipts 6,912Last week 4,680Year ago 7,607

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	567	170.50–171.50	170.97
56	—	492	169.00–176.50	172.31
70	—	538	167.50–171.00	169.62
122	—	908	146.00–148.00	146.91
150	—	873	144.00–150.50	145.71
162	—	739	152.00–159.50	156.55
241	—	679	160.50–164.00	162.77
270	—	782	151.00–157.00	152.98
425	—	836	144.50–157.50	152.32
13	—	429	177.00	177.00
16	—	978	136.00	136.00
202	—	629	162.00–168.00	165.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	761	158.50	158.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	613	160.50	160.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	497	174.00	174.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	522	201.00	201.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	471	205.00	205.00
196	—	886	160.25–166.50	161.99
280	—	934	163.50–163.75	163.61
736	—	742	164.50–179.50	176.08
5	—	423	197.00	197.00
961	—	760	161.00–176.50	171.38
335	—	815	159.50–166.75	164.53
180	—	656	170.00–185.00	181.43
147	—	563	185.50–194.50	192.59
10	—	507	199.00	199.00
1,018	—	626	175.00–192.50	185.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	972	139.00	139.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	629	179.00	179.00
5	—	441	193.00	193.00
15	—	538	197.00	197.00

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.