Sale reports / South Dakota / Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction / 2022-10-07

Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Oct 7
● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021
Receipts
3,694 head
▼ 4,012 vs last sale 7,706▼ 4,328 vs year ago 8,022 · −54.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week limited comparisons available: Steers from 500 lbs to 649 lbs were mostly 6.00 to 8.00 higher, instances 10.00 higher, heifer calves from 500 to 549 lbs were 6.00 to 8.00 lower, no other comparisons available. Small run of yearlings today when compared to last weeks sale. Good demand for all classes of cattle today created an active market, more interest in the spring calves today when compared to last weeks sale. Cattle were light fleshed to moderate fleshed condition as the yearlings were off grass and most of the calves being fully preconditioned and right off the cow. Calf price remains highly variable depending on hide color, vaccinations received and packages compared to load lots. Next sale will be Friday, October 14th, expecting a large run of yearlings and spring calves. Warm up with beef.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $228.54/cwt on 1,923 head.
Average price
$228.54
1,923 head · 530 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,212
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$232
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$3.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+33.37
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2425232.0098655
Medium and Large 1533228.441,2181,868
One grade step is worth $3.56/cwt here — about −$232 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 sale1,923 hd
228.54
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SD average8 barns · 10,598 hd
195.17
+33.37
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

29 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1323217.50/cwt217.50–217.507037
Steers—Medium and Large 1375209.00/cwt209.00–209.0078420
Steers—Medium and Large 1421255.29/cwt248.00–261.001,075168
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2425232.00/cwt232.00–232.0098655
Steers—Medium and Large 1464244.33/cwt232.00–247.501,13451
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy504246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,240223
Steers—Medium and Large 1522229.16/cwt210.00–235.501,196747
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full535197.12/cwt190.50–204.001,055106
Steers—Medium and Large 1575223.44/cwt213.50–224.501,285319
Steers—Medium and Large 1613218.25/cwt210.50–225.501,338168
Steers—Medium and Large 1677196.00/cwt196.00–196.001,3279
Steers—Medium and Large 1756188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,42135
Steers—Medium and Large 1944163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,53915
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325194.39/cwt184.00–202.0063219
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2345194.00/cwt194.00–194.006697
Heifers—Medium and Large 1382191.28/cwt183.00–196.0073160
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435211.76/cwt208.00–214.00921108
Heifers—Medium and Large 1468215.33/cwt192.00–221.001,008475
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full478179.88/cwt179.00–183.0086046
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526192.87/cwt180.00–200.001,014124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement549232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,27490
Heifers—Medium and Large 1583170.54/cwt166.00–176.0099420
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2594154.00/cwt154.00–154.0091510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1634175.50/cwt175.50–175.501,11314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1741174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,2895
Heifers—Medium and Large 1838176.68/cwt176.50–177.001,48179
Heifers—Medium and Large 1883174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,5368
Heifers—Large 11,012164.79/cwt160.50–166.001,66851
Heifers—Large 11,089158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,7215

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.