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Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Name: Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2023-03-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-03-03

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Mar 3

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021

← Feb 25Mar 3Mar 10 →

Receipts

6,137 head

▲ 4,987 vs last sale 1,150▲ 595 vs year ago 5,542 · +10.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparisons made to last weeks sale due to limited numbers to make comparisons with. Higher undertones noted across the board. Very good demand for all classes of feeder cattle and replacement heifers today. Flesh condition ranged from light fleshed hay fed cattle to moderate plus backgrounded cattle coming out of grow yards. A very active market with lots of buyer interest for todays offering that was mostly home raised, fully preconditioned, and long time weaned. Exceptional demand for the greener cattle suitable for summer grazing programs, good demand noted in the heavier, fleshier back grounded cattle as the futures market indicates higher prices in the future. More profitable for the cattle feeder?? Higher interest rates, higher than usual feed costs, the list of increasing expenses goes on and on. Many strings offering multiple loads of one owner cattle in the same sort with lots of part loads and packages available as well. Better weather this past week allowed for more movement of livestock to the market place. Cattle have been tough to keep clean as most pens are muddy. Fleshy and muddy cattle are tougher to sell when compared to clean haired cattle that are green and suitable for summer grass. Next feeder cattle sale is Friday, March 10, 2023.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $202.19/cwt on 3,025 head.

Average price

$202.19

3,025 head · 647 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,308

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$449

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

$3.43/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.05

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	420	205.58	864	29
Medium and Large 1	649	202.15	1,312	2,996

One grade step is worth $3.43/cwt here — about −$449 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 sale3,025 hd

202.19

—

SD average9 barns · 16,563 hd

190.13

+12.05

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

Every lot

32 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	441	262.44/cwt	246.00–265.50	1,157	120
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	469	251.02/cwt	246.00–253.00	1,177	78
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	543	251.87/cwt	247.00–261.00	1,368	89
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	549	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,235	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	565	245.25/cwt	228.00–253.00	1,386	323
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	608	228.01/cwt	219.00–240.00	1,386	167
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	685	214.96/cwt	200.00–220.00	1,472	236
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	726	211.46/cwt	205.00–218.50	1,535	387
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1NHTC	745	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,579	80
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	766	204.06/cwt	197.00–208.00	1,563	613
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	822	199.89/cwt	186.00–203.50	1,643	144
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	869	194.73/cwt	191.25–198.50	1,692	482
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	930	185.72/cwt	185.00–186.50	1,727	121
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	952	186.25/cwt	186.25–186.25	1,773	60
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	345	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	863	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	377	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	897	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	429	198.83/cwt	194.00–212.50	853	24
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	441	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	992	74
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	461	226.30/cwt	219.00–229.50	1,043	92
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	525	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,229	7
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	527	215.15/cwt	200.00–224.50	1,134	310
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	584	210.89/cwt	202.00–217.00	1,232	357
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	626	204.81/cwt	194.50–215.50	1,282	480
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	648	180.50/cwt	180.50–180.50	1,170	63
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	659	208.02/cwt	206.00–212.00	1,371	238
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	677	192.34/cwt	180.00–208.00	1,302	534
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	706	192.90/cwt	191.00–203.00	1,362	89
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	735	191.31/cwt	180.00–197.00	1,406	248
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	762	198.65/cwt	190.50–204.00	1,514	353
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	786	170.29/cwt	169.50–176.00	1,338	80
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	851	197.00/cwt	197.00–197.00	1,676	65
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	Medium and Large 1	475	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,135	82

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 Mar 3, 2023

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

Receipts 6,137Last week 1,150Year ago 5,542

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	475	239.00	239.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	648	180.50	180.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	345	250.00	250.00
65	—	851	197.00	197.00
74	—	441	225.00	225.00
310	—	527	200.00–224.50	215.15
357	—	584	202.00–217.00	210.89
480	—	626	194.50–215.50	204.81
534	—	677	180.00–208.00	192.34
92	—	461	219.00–229.50	226.30
248	—	735	180.00–197.00	191.31
80	—	786	169.50–176.00	170.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	525	234.00	234.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	377	238.00	238.00
24	—	429	194.00–212.50	198.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
353	—	762	190.50–204.00	198.65
89	—	706	191.00–203.00	192.90
238	—	659	206.00–212.00	208.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	543	247.00–261.00	251.87
121	—	930	185.00–186.50	185.72
482	—	869	191.25–198.50	194.73
613	—	766	197.00–208.00	204.06
60	—	952	186.25	186.25
387	—	726	205.00–218.50	211.46
78	—	469	246.00–253.00	251.02
144	—	822	186.00–203.50	199.89
167	—	608	219.00–240.00	228.01
120	—	441	246.00–265.50	262.44
236	—	685	200.00–220.00	214.96
323	—	565	228.00–253.00	245.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	745	212.00	212.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	549	225.00	225.00

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.