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Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Name: Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-03-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-29

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Mar 29

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021

← Mar 15Mar 29Apr 12 →

Receipts

4,318 head

▼ 130 vs last sale 4,448▼ 3,516 vs year ago 7,834 · −44.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last sale two weeks ago: Steers from 700 lbs to 749 lbs were 10.00 to 12.00 higher, steers from 750 lbs to 849 lbs were 3.00 to 6.00 higher; heifers from 600 lbs to 699 lbs were 8.00 to 12.00 higher, heifers from 700 lbs to 799 lbs were steady to 3.00 higher, no other comparisons available. Good to very good demand for all classes of cattle. Lots of buyers in the seats competing with internet buyers made for an active market. Buyers continue to bid aggressively for cattle. Several strings offered buyers the opportunity to put multiple loads of one owner cattle together, up to nine loads per consignment. Several consignments of reputation replacement heifers were well received . Warm dry conditions in the area continue to dry pens out and cattle preform well. Next feeder sale is scheduled for Friday, April 12, 2024.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $344.47/cwt on 170 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −143.92 against this barn's trailing median of $488.39.

Average price

$344.47

170 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,874

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+4.52

vs SD average

+34.21 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	344.47	1,874	170

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale170 hd

344.47

—

SD average3 barns · 388 hd

339.95

+4.52

National average156 barns · 8,291 hd

310.26

+34.21

This barn, trailing median17 sales

488.39

−143.92

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

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

17 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $522.90, low $431.00, median $488.39 across 17 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	382.41/cwt	380.00–385.00	1,438	21
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,744	15
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	345.90/cwt	341.00–353.00	1,868	141
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	564	337.51/cwt	321.00–342.00	1,904	29
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	308.14/cwt	303.00–314.50	1,907	56
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	651	304.50/cwt	304.50–304.50	1,982	17
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	290.70/cwt	279.00–300.50	2,105	219
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Full	746	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,052	10
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	779	273.98/cwt	264.00–284.50	2,134	482
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Full	795	237.97/cwt	234.50–244.00	1,892	22
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	817	267.42/cwt	266.00–268.00	2,185	255
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Full	833	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,016	11
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	863	264.97/cwt	249.00–268.00	2,287	1,100
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	906	254.25/cwt	254.25–254.25	2,304	56
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	274	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	945	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	376	346.77/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,304	16
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	449	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,459	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	484	325.33/cwt	319.00–331.00	1,575	135
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	314.56/cwt	306.00–316.00	1,686	49
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	291.66/cwt	281.00–300.00	1,677	72
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	291.07/cwt	285.00–300.50	1,805	137
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	677	273.53/cwt	261.00–284.00	1,852	143
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	714	277.91/cwt	277.00–279.00	1,984	142
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	253.28/cwt	246.50–261.00	1,844	195
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Full	744	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,786	7
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	777	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	1,939	300
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	811	253.70/cwt	243.00–262.00	2,058	275
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	300–350	Medium and Large 1	349	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,291	5
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,800	48

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 29, 2024

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

Receipts 4,318Last week 4,448Year ago 7,834

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	744	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	274	345.00	345.00
16	350–400	376	345.00–350.00	346.77
11	400–450	449	325.00	325.00
135	450–500	484	319.00–331.00	325.33
49	500–550	536	306.00–316.00	314.56
72	550–600	575	281.00–300.00	291.66
137	600–650	620	285.00–300.50	291.07
143	650–700	677	261.00–284.00	273.53
195	700–750	728	246.50–261.00	253.28
300	750–800	777	249.50	249.50
275	800–850	811	243.00–262.00	253.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
142	700–750	714	277.00–279.00	277.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
10	700–750	746	275.00	275.00
22	750–800	795	234.50–244.00	237.97
11	800–850	833	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	376	380.00–385.00	382.41
15	450–500	479	364.00	364.00
141	500–550	540	341.00–353.00	345.90
29	550–600	564	321.00–342.00	337.51
56	600–650	619	303.00–314.50	308.14
17	650–700	651	304.50	304.50
219	700–750	724	279.00–300.50	290.70
482	750–800	779	264.00–284.50	273.98
255	800–850	817	266.00–268.00	267.42
1,100	850–900	863	249.00–268.00	264.97
56	900–950	906	254.25	254.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	349	370.00	370.00
48	550–600	558	322.50	322.50

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.