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Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Name: Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-06-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-06-07

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Jun 7

● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021

← May 24Jun 7Jun 21 →

Receipts

10,935 head

▲ 5,087 vs last sale 5,848▲ 1,120 vs year ago 9,815 · +11.4%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, steers less than 750 lbs sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher, over 750 lbs sold steady to 3.00 higher. Heifers less than 600 lbs sold 3.00 to 8.00 higher and over 600 lbs sold steady to 4.00 higher. Large crowd on hand for the 27th annual WLAC anniversary sale with three reining champs calling the sale, Jacob Massey (2023), Will Epperly (2022) and Jared Miller (2018). Ft. Pierre livestock is a magical place, as they can fetch top dollar for packages of cattle as high as some other auctions will sell load lots. Setting the stage for the load lots that blow the roof off the place. Bidding was fast paced from start to finish from a large crowd of buyers and some buyers stayed at home to bid from the internet. Top quality ranched raised fall calves and yearlings throughout the day with weigh-up in the buyer's favor. Quite a few loads of replacement quality heifers going back to the breeding pastures. Several loads of feeders hitting the summer grass instead of going to the feedlot.

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 $346.45/cwt on 832 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −141.94 against this barn's trailing median of $488.39.

Average price

$346.45

832 head · 554 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,920

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$106

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

$19.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.12

vs SD average

+37.29 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	554	348.87	1,933	728
Medium and Large 1-2	555	329.50	1,828	104

One grade step is worth $19.37/cwt here — about $106 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale832 hd

346.45

—

SD average2 barns · 839 hd

346.33

+0.12

National average164 barns · 13,053 hd

309.16

+37.29

This barn, trailing median17 sales

488.39

−141.94

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

59 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 · Steers30 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	410	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,476	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	438	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,719	33
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	481	378.71/cwt	365.00–390.00	1,822	51
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	491	341.20/cwt	340.00–345.00	1,675	20
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2Unweaned	510	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,670	22
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	515	362.34/cwt	353.00–371.00	1,866	241
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	518	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,735	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	543	352.95/cwt	348.00–357.00	1,917	130
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	559	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,943	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	572	329.50/cwt	329.50–329.50	1,885	74
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	586	337.84/cwt	331.00–354.00	1,980	340
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1NHTC	613	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,072	89
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	620	326.03/cwt	323.50–336.00	2,021	56
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	336.60/cwt	325.50–347.00	2,107	820
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	635	321.27/cwt	305.00–327.00	2,040	65
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	313.58/cwt	304.00–331.00	2,120	531
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	676	304.18/cwt	296.50–316.50	2,056	276
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	696	294.97/cwt	292.00–296.00	2,053	31
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	716	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,098	19
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	304.66/cwt	300.50–312.50	2,184	553
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	722	292.52/cwt	290.00–295.00	2,112	24
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	761	286.31/cwt	275.00–295.00	2,179	250
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	787	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,086	29
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	833	268.46/cwt	264.50–270.25	2,236	615
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	874	263.54/cwt	258.00–270.00	2,303	858
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	910	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,366	379
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	911	245.50/cwt	245.50–245.50	2,237	130
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	977	240.99/cwt	235.50–253.00	2,354	417
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	994	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	2,167	53
Steers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1	1,033	220.00/cwt	219.75–220.25	2,273	102
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	332	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,145	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	372	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,228	10
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	416	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,466	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	461	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	1,563	50
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	361.35/cwt	345.00–371.00	1,702	285
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	480	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,452	8
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	326.82/cwt	322.50–336.00	1,752	164
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	572	320.47/cwt	305.00–328.00	1,833	425
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	582	290.52/cwt	283.00–305.00	1,691	42
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	593	299.87/cwt	298.00–301.00	1,778	24
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1NHTC	596	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	1,895	152
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	294.94/cwt	284.00–309.00	1,846	525
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	629	291.16/cwt	280.00–305.00	1,831	273
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	638	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,678	18
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	668	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,864	8
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	678	277.60/cwt	268.00–288.00	1,882	319
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Spayed	693	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	1,868	17
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	703	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,736	13
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	723	277.48/cwt	261.00–284.00	2,006	373
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	268.92/cwt	264.00–273.50	1,958	68
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	264.38/cwt	252.00–290.50	2,046	494
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	791	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,254	60
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	801	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,978	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	815	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	1,907	26
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	819	253.71/cwt	252.50–255.00	2,078	140
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Replacement	870	249.18/cwt	241.00–266.00	2,168	266
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	874	237.86/cwt	236.50–238.50	2,079	244
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	930	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,176	191
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	953	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,249	17

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 Jun 7, 2024

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

Receipts 10,935Last week 5,848Year ago 9,815

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
33	400–450	438	392.50	392.50
74	550–600	572	329.50	329.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	500–550	510	327.50	327.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	410	360.00	360.00
20	450–500	491	340.00–345.00	341.20
8	500–550	518	335.00	335.00
65	600–650	635	305.00–327.00	321.27
31	650–700	696	292.00–296.00	294.97
24	700–750	722	290.00–295.00	292.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
89	600–650	613	338.00	338.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	700–750	716	293.00	293.00
29	750–800	787	265.00	265.00
130	900–950	911	245.50	245.50
53	950–1000	994	218.00	218.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	450–500	481	365.00–390.00	378.71
241	500–550	515	353.00–371.00	362.34
340	550–600	586	331.00–354.00	337.84
820	600–650	626	325.50–347.00	336.60
531	650–700	676	304.00–331.00	313.58
553	700–750	717	300.50–312.50	304.66
250	750–800	761	275.00–295.00	286.31
615	800–850	833	264.50–270.25	268.46
858	850–900	874	258.00–270.00	263.54
379	900–950	910	260.00	260.00
417	950–1000	977	235.50–253.00	240.99
102	1000–1050	1,033	219.75–220.25	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
130	500–550	543	348.00–357.00	352.95
17	550–600	559	347.50	347.50
56	600–650	620	323.50–336.00	326.03
276	650–700	676	296.50–316.50	304.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
152	550–600	596	318.00	318.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	416	352.50	352.50
285	450–500	471	345.00–371.00	361.35
164	500–550	536	322.50–336.00	326.82
425	550–600	572	305.00–328.00	320.47
525	600–650	626	284.00–309.00	294.94
319	650–700	678	268.00–288.00	277.60
68	700–750	728	264.00–273.50	268.92
494	750–800	774	252.00–290.50	264.38
5	800–850	801	247.00	247.00
244	850–900	874	236.50–238.50	237.86
191	900–950	930	234.00	234.00
17	950–1000	953	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	650–700	693	269.50	269.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
373	700–750	723	261.00–284.00	277.48
60	750–800	791	285.00	285.00
140	800–850	819	252.50–255.00	253.71
266	850–900	870	241.00–266.00	249.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	332	345.00	345.00
8	450–500	480	302.50	302.50
42	550–600	582	283.00–305.00	290.52
18	600–650	638	263.00	263.00
8	650–700	668	279.00	279.00
13	700–750	703	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	550–600	593	298.00–301.00	299.87
273	600–650	629	280.00–305.00	291.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	372	330.00	330.00
50	450–500	461	339.00	339.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	800–850	815	234.00	234.00

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.