Sale reports / South Dakota / Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction / 2021-10-08

Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Oct 8
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021
Receipts
8,022 head
▲ 2,989 vs last sale 5,033▲ 2,904 vs year ago 5,118 · +56.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last weeks sale there wasn't enough yearling cattle in comparison weight classes to make a valid price comparisons. There was a large run of sprayed heifers coming off pasture in today's sale. A very active market on these light fleshed heifers, fancy for quality and up to 16 loads available in the same sort. Not many yearling steers in town. Buyers were a little more reluctant to purchase calves when compared to their aggressiveness on the yearlings. Steer calves from 350 lbs to 449 lbs were generally $6.00 to $10.00 higher, steer calves from 450 lbs to 499 lbs were steady to $3.00 lower, steer calves from 500 lbs to 649 lbs were steady to $4.00 higher. Heifer calves from 400 lbs to 500 lbs were steady to $6.00 higher. No other comparisons available. Several strings of high quality calves were in town today. Full loads were more desirable than part loads and packages. Most of the calves were right off the cow and in light flesh condition with two rounds of shots. There were just one or two consignments of weaned calves. The order buyers were competing with internet bidder for the majority of the cattle, with a few farmer feeders in attendance as most are busy with fall harvest. A pretty good chance for moisture in the area this next week. The next sale will be Wednesday, October 13th. It is a special black hided calf sale, expecting 4,000 head of calves. Be safe and eat BEEF.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $161.32/cwt on 4,094 head.
Average price
$161.32
4,094 head · 702 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,133
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$396
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$6.95/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.28
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1714161.691,1553,878
Medium and Large 1-2490154.74759216
One grade step is worth $6.95/cwt here — about $396 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 sale4,094 hd
161.32
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SD average8 barns · 14,060 hd
158.04
+3.28
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

43 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2268203.00/cwt203.00–203.0054416
Steers—Medium and Large 1313208.63/cwt200.00–211.0065356
Steers—Medium and Large 1365218.14/cwt203.00–220.00796114
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2373187.54/cwt181.00–194.0070048
Steers—Medium and Large 1418205.82/cwt190.00–220.00860529
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2471150.00/cwt150.00–150.0070714
Steers—Medium and Large 1486191.32/cwt180.00–203.00930729
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2517169.84/cwt166.00–171.5087857
Steers—Medium and Large 1526190.88/cwt179.50–200.001,004837
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full540176.15/cwt170.00–179.50951160
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed562171.00/cwt171.00–171.0096113
Steers—Medium and Large 1575180.00/cwt175.50–185.001,035442
Steers—Medium and Large 1614178.58/cwt175.00–179.001,096358
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2653158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,0326
Steers—Medium and Large 1717176.50/cwt176.50–176.501,26646
Steers—Medium and Large 1828160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,3255
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2251170.00/cwt170.00–170.004277
Heifers—Medium and Large 1330181.05/cwt178.50–186.0059776
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2334169.00/cwt169.00–169.0056414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2351167.00/cwt167.00–167.0058650
Heifers—Medium and Large 1390165.87/cwt163.50–175.0064764
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full405161.00/cwt161.00–161.0065211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2415146.65/cwt135.00–159.0060932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425175.41/cwt164.00–183.00745285
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full459159.00/cwt159.00–159.007307
Heifers—Medium and Large 1466171.91/cwt163.00–180.50801404
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy473192.50/cwt192.50–192.50911222
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2481154.73/cwt154.00–155.0074430
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full507160.50/cwt160.50–160.5081452
Heifers—Medium and Large 1515161.34/cwt154.00–173.00831206
Heifers—Medium and Large 1555161.75/cwt160.50–163.00898180
Heifers—Medium and Large 1628154.50/cwt154.50–154.5097049
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed653147.00/cwt147.00–147.0096077
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2657144.00/cwt144.00–144.009466
Heifers—Medium and Large 1719149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,07110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1774148.00/cwt148.00–148.001,14672
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed829159.00/cwt158.75–159.501,3181,053
Heifers—Medium and Large 1888142.25/cwt141.25–145.501,26355
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed894153.50/cwt153.50–153.501,372122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1928142.05/cwt140.00–144.001,31832
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Spayed931152.33/cwt152.00–152.751,418954
Heifers—Medium and Large 1952140.75/cwt140.75–140.751,34018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full977134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,3096

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.