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Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Name: Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-01

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Mar 1

● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021

← Feb 23Mar 1Mar 8 →

Receipts

5,911 head

▼ 896 vs last sale 6,807▼ 226 vs year ago 6,137 · −3.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steers from 600 lbs to 699 lbs were 6.00 to 10.00 higher, steers from 700 lbs to 749 lbs were steady to 6.00 lower, steers from 750 lbs to 899 lbs were steady to 4.00 higher; heifers from 500 lbs to 599 lbs and 650 lbs to 749 lbs were 10.00 to 12.00 higher, heifers from 600 lbs to 649 lbs were 8.00 to 10.00 lower, heifers from 750 lbs to 799 lbs were 3.00 to 4.00 higher, no other comparisons available. Good to very good demand for todays large offering of feeder cattle and replacement heifers. Best demand for hay fed cattle that are suited for summer grazing operations. Several long strings of reputation cattle gave buyers the opportunity to put multiple loads of one owner cattle together. Most consignments were home raised, fully preconditioned and long timed weaned. Several consignments of replacement heifers were met with good demand, but the majority of the heifers continue to go to a feed yard. An active market with a house full of buyers and sellers competing with internet buyers made for a very active market. Some cattle continue to carry some tag as some pen conditions are slow to dry. Flesh conditions ranged from light fleshed hay fed cattle to moderate plus cattle coming out of grow yards. Next feeder sale is Friday, March 8, 2024

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 $260.47/cwt on 3,387 head.

Average price

$260.47

3,387 head · 701 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,826

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$155

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$73.84/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.38

vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	700	260.84	1,826	3,360
Medium and Large 1-2	757	226.00	1,711	19thin
Large 1	1,059	187.00	1,980	8thin

One grade step is worth $73.84/cwt here — about −$155 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 sale3,387 hd

260.47

—

SD average7 barns · 13,798 hd

248.09

+12.38

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

Every lot

36 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	432	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,512	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	475	347.58/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,651	24
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	543	340.00/cwt	322.00–342.00	1,846	52
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	569	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,798	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	571	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,707	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	616	314.52/cwt	309.00–324.00	1,937	298
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	632	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,070	174
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	646	291.50/cwt	290.00–293.00	1,883	20
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	654	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,733	19
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	675	290.33/cwt	279.00–300.00	1,960	177
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700	295.50/cwt	295.50–295.50	2,069	78
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	725	276.22/cwt	260.00–292.00	2,003	492
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	780	262.63/cwt	258.00–268.50	2,049	494
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	803	253.75/cwt	253.75–253.75	2,038	70
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	890	244.05/cwt	238.50–251.75	2,172	371
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	905	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	2,199	63
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	429	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,384	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	473	299.89/cwt	296.00–302.50	1,418	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	514	309.16/cwt	298.00–317.50	1,589	278
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	571	288.97/cwt	283.00–296.00	1,650	139
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	627	272.74/cwt	259.50–279.50	1,710	336
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	635	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,588	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	641	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,570	44
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Full	663	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	1,604	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	673	269.31/cwt	255.00–278.00	1,812	514
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	698	260.50/cwt	260.50–260.50	1,818	74
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Spayed	700	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,701	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	715	258.50/cwt	258.50–258.50	1,848	160
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	717	253.15/cwt	239.00–263.00	1,815	419
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	757	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,711	19
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	769	253.71/cwt	242.00–273.00	1,951	424
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	782	240.61/cwt	239.00–241.50	1,882	834
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Replacement	814	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,937	67
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	848	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,959	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	964	194.50/cwt	194.50–194.50	1,875	8
Heifers	—	Large 1	1,059	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,980	8

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 1, 2024

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

Receipts 5,911Last week 6,807Year ago 6,137

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	641	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	635	250.00	250.00
19	—	663	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,059	187.00	187.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	848	231.00	231.00
8	—	964	194.50	194.50
13	—	429	322.50	322.50
13	—	473	296.00–302.50	299.89
139	—	571	283.00–296.00	288.97
278	—	514	298.00–317.50	309.16
336	—	627	259.50–279.50	272.74
514	—	673	255.00–278.00	269.31
834	—	782	239.00–241.50	240.61
419	—	717	239.00–263.00	253.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	814	238.00	238.00
74	—	698	260.50	260.50
160	—	715	258.50	258.50
424	—	769	242.00–273.00	253.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	700	243.00	243.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	757	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	569	316.00	316.00
63	—	905	243.00	243.00
70	—	803	253.75	253.75
298	—	616	309.00–324.00	314.52
177	—	675	279.00–300.00	290.33
371	—	890	238.50–251.75	244.05
492	—	725	260.00–292.00	276.22
494	—	780	258.00–268.50	262.63
10	—	432	350.00	350.00
24	—	475	345.00–350.00	347.58
52	—	543	322.00–342.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	654	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	700	295.50	295.50
174	—	632	327.50	327.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	571	299.00	299.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	646	290.00–293.00	291.50

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.