Sale reports / South Dakota / Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction / 2022-02-18

Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Feb 18
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021
Receipts
5,873 head
▼ 1,682 vs last sale 7,555▼ 311 vs year ago 6,184 · −5.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers from 550 lbs to 649 lbs were 3.00 to 6.00 higher, steers from 650 lbs to 699 lbs and 750 lbs to 799 lbs were 4.00 to 8.00 lower, steers from 700 lbs to 749 lbs were mostly steady to 2.00 higher; heifers 600 lbs to 649 lbs were 6.00 to 8.00 higher, heifers from 650 lbs to 699 lbs were steady to 2.00 lower, no other comparisons available. Good to very good demand for all classes of cattle today. Several opportunities to buy multiple loads of the same sort of one owner's cattle. Plenty of part loads and packages offered buyers the opportunity to put loads together. An active to very active market today with mostly order buyers and internet buyers procuring cattle. Flesh conditions ranged from light fleshed hay cattle to moderate plus coming out of grow yards. A nice selection of replacement heifers were met with very good demand. Next feeder sale will be Friday, February 25th. Stay warm and eat beef.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $191.53/cwt on 3,067 head.
Average price
$191.53
3,067 head · 664 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,272
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$62
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$42.80/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+18.94
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2435207.80905103
Medium and Large 1672191.071,2852,952
Medium and Large 2586165.0096712thin
One grade step is worth $42.80/cwt here — about −$62 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 sale3,067 hd
191.53
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SD average6 barns · 16,144 hd
172.59
+18.94
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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2377218.15/cwt200.00–230.0082250
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2404211.00/cwt211.00–211.0085214
Steers—Medium and Large 1411233.00/cwt233.00–233.0095819
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2473205.53/cwt205.00–206.0097226
Steers—Medium and Large 1474232.40/cwt231.00–235.001,102155
Steers—Medium and Large 1511231.32/cwt223.00–235.501,182146
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy541201.88/cwt199.00–208.001,09244
Steers—Medium and Large 1570213.50/cwt202.00–221.501,217136
Steers—Medium and Large 2586165.00/cwt165.00–165.0096712
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy595186.50/cwt186.50–186.501,11012
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full600184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,10411
Steers—Medium and Large 1618205.11/cwt190.00–214.501,268608
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2619169.08/cwt165.00–174.001,04713
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy638185.00/cwt185.00–185.001,18013
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full666169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,1267
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy672172.32/cwt171.50–173.001,15816
Steers—Medium and Large 1680186.64/cwt175.00–195.001,269578
Steers—Medium and Large 1722179.58/cwt173.00–185.001,297671
Steers—Medium and Large 1772167.99/cwt161.50–177.001,297297
Steers—Medium and Large 1842164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,381130
Steers—Medium and Large 1883154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,36043
Steers—Medium and Large 1915157.25/cwt157.25–157.251,43966
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1346210.00/cwt210.00–210.0072711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1364212.50/cwt212.50–212.5077419
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2371200.00/cwt200.00–200.0074213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427198.00/cwt198.00–198.0084530
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2430177.18/cwt175.00–180.0076222
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2456185.00/cwt185.00–185.008446
Heifers—Medium and Large 1466195.43/cwt183.00–203.50911330
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520198.86/cwt180.00–200.501,03465
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full521173.00/cwt173.00–173.009017
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed557197.00/cwt197.00–197.001,09784
Heifers—Medium and Large 1569187.59/cwt172.00–191.501,067314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2571165.73/cwt164.00–169.0094617
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy585158.00/cwt158.00–158.0092423
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full597168.00/cwt168.00–168.001,00355
Heifers—Medium and Large 1624179.58/cwt167.50–185.001,121481
Heifers—Medium and Large 1664167.00/cwt163.00–168.501,10987
Heifers—Medium and Large 1719157.52/cwt152.00–163.001,13342
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement726180.08/cwt178.00–187.001,307386
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement767178.70/cwt170.00–186.001,371173
Heifers—Medium and Large 1786157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,23473
Heifers—Medium and Large 1811143.50/cwt143.50–143.501,16480

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.