Sale reports / South Dakota / Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction / 2023-05-05

Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, May 5
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021
Receipts
6,284 head
▲ 1,353 vs last sale 4,931▲ 1,127 vs year ago 5,157 · +21.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last feeder sale two weeks ago, best comparison would be on the 750 lbs to 849 lbs steers were mostly 4.00 to 8.00 lower. The lighter steers suitable for summer grazing programs were mostly steady on limited numbers for comparisons. Heifers from 500 lbs to 649 lbs were generally 6.00 to 8.00 higher with instances of 12.00 higher, heifers from 750 lbs to 799 lbs would be steady to 2.00 higher. Several long strings of reputation bangs vaccinated replacement heifers were met with very good demand. Mostly order buyers in the seats competing with internet buyers made for a fairly active market. Several long string offered buyers the opportunity to purchase multiple loads of one owner cattle in the same sort. Lots of part loads and packages available to make loads out of as well today. Flesh condition ranged from light fleshed hay cattle to moderate fleshed backgrounded cattle. Most of the area is in need of a good rain. The next feeder sale will be Friday, May 19, 2023

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $238.37/cwt on 3,123 head.
Average price
$238.37
3,123 head · 735 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,753
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$356
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$15.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.32
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2552253.731,40141
Medium and Large 1738238.171,7573,082
One grade step is worth $15.57/cwt here — about −$356 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 sale3,123 hd
238.37
—
SD average5 barns · 7,362 hd
224.05
+14.32
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot

40 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2366327.00/cwt327.00–327.001,19714
Steers—Medium and Large 1428284.24/cwt277.50–302.001,21764
Steers—Medium and Large 1464286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,3275
Steers—Medium and Large 1514285.70/cwt270.00–296.001,46854
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2516210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,0847
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full575233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,34019
Steers—Medium and Large 1586259.72/cwt246.00–267.501,522161
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed587281.31/cwt280.50–282.001,651186
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2631235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,4838
Steers—Medium and Large 1NHTC636275.50/cwt275.50–275.501,75288
Steers—Medium and Large 1637266.02/cwt254.00–275.501,695216
Steers—Medium and Large 1684256.19/cwt247.50–260.501,752273
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2711215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,5297
Steers—Medium and Large 1NHTC720269.00/cwt269.00–269.001,937332
Steers—Medium and Large 1723241.92/cwt236.50–245.001,749111
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2776194.00/cwt194.00–194.001,5055
Steers—Medium and Large 1780222.17/cwt216.00–228.501,733822
Steers—Medium and Large 1838200.49/cwt198.50–205.001,680181
Steers—Medium and Large 1866204.81/cwt204.25–205.001,774257
Steers—Medium and Large 1NHTC870216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,87951
Steers—Medium and Large 1926191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,769262
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2325261.43/cwt250.00–272.5085024
Heifers—Medium and Large 1424268.86/cwt250.00–275.001,140140
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2437240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,0495
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,20311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530252.00/cwt240.00–260.001,336115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1571248.73/cwt240.00–256.001,420271
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full586211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,23620
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed600243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,45885
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full604186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,12310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2610212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,2937
Heifers—Medium and Large 1627237.88/cwt217.00–241.001,492410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1682214.10/cwt208.00–221.501,460240
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement722210.32/cwt210.00–211.001,519100
Heifers—Medium and Large 1737198.35/cwt196.00–199.501,462105
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement766205.66/cwt202.50–207.001,575590
Heifers—Medium and Large 1786197.48/cwt190.00–200.501,552404
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement819201.18/cwt200.00–201.751,648192
Heifers—Medium and Large 1850186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,58139
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Replacement955209.50/cwt209.50–209.502,00157

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.