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Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Name: Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-07-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-26

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Jul 26

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021

← Jun 21Jul 26Aug 16 →

Receipts

5,730 head

▲ 2,014 vs last sale 3,716▲ 1,570 vs year ago 4,160 · +37.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Sale not reported in several weeks so an accurate price trend can not be established. An active market with lots of buyers on the seats competing with internet buyers as cattle feeders try to fill empty pens. A big run of yearlings and weaned fall calves made up todays sale. Several strings of reputation cattle offered buyers the opportunity to put multiple loads of one owner cattle together. Most of the offering was attractive for quality and in light to medium flesh. The cash fed cattle market continues to improve, giving cattle feeders some optimism to purchase high priced feeder cattle. Weather has been extremely hot and fairly humid this past week with a little relief in the next couple of weeks. Next feeder sale is scheduled for Friday, August 16, 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 $346.76/cwt on 292 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −141.64 against this barn's trailing median of $488.39.

Average price

$346.76

292 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,955

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$40

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

$25.42/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.75

vs SD average

+48.94 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	352.24	1,962	229
Medium and Large 1-2	588	326.82	1,922	63

One grade step is worth $25.42/cwt here — about $40 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale292 hd

346.76

—

SD average3 barns · 329 hd

343.01

+3.75

National average149 barns · 6,483 hd

297.82

+48.94

This barn, trailing median17 sales

488.39

−141.64

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

34 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Full	443	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,517	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	557	352.24/cwt	337.50–355.50	1,962	229
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	588	326.82/cwt	325.00–327.00	1,922	63
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	312.18/cwt	308.00–317.00	1,976	45
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	674	315.69/cwt	304.00–321.50	2,128	579
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	685	275.95/cwt	266.00–286.00	1,890	39
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	706	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	1,761	9
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	716	290.25/cwt	272.00–295.00	2,078	144
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	762	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,810	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	767	286.13/cwt	273.50–296.50	2,195	525
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	819	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,048	47
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	843	271.16/cwt	266.00–281.00	2,286	197
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	878	255.57/cwt	251.50–258.00	2,244	92
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	930	256.54/cwt	247.50–260.50	2,386	1,414
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	937	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,146	22
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	972	245.63/cwt	236.00–254.75	2,388	182
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,023	243.61/cwt	238.75–248.50	2,492	323
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,085	236.60/cwt	225.00–240.50	2,567	69
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	471	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,413	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	1,552	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	502	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,446	12
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	306.68/cwt	302.00–311.50	1,779	46
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	619	295.37/cwt	294.00–296.00	1,828	53
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	279.59/cwt	273.50–286.00	1,859	170
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Full	714	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,721	7
Heifers	700–750	Medium 1-2	724	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,738	51
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	736	256.58/cwt	252.00–275.00	1,888	205
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	767	256.82/cwt	253.00–270.00	1,970	209
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	794	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,890	63
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	834	247.82/cwt	233.50–257.50	2,067	220
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	870	238.12/cwt	228.00–255.00	2,072	149
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	916	236.93/cwt	226.50–242.00	2,170	269
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	963	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	2,249	15
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,031	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,330	14

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 Jul 26, 2024

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

Receipts 5,730Last week 3,716Year ago 4,160

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	476	326.00	326.00
46	550–600	580	302.00–311.50	306.68
53	600–650	619	294.00–296.00	295.37
170	650–700	665	273.50–286.00	279.59
205	700–750	736	252.00–275.00	256.58
209	750–800	767	253.00–270.00	256.82
220	800–850	834	233.50–257.50	247.82
149	850–900	870	228.00–255.00	238.12
269	900–950	916	226.50–242.00	236.93
15	950–1000	963	233.50	233.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	471	300.00	300.00
12	500–550	502	288.00	288.00
63	750–800	794	238.00	238.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	714	241.00	241.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
51	700–750	724	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	1000–1050	1,031	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
229	550–600	557	337.50–355.50	352.24
45	600–650	633	308.00–317.00	312.18
579	650–700	674	304.00–321.50	315.69
144	700–750	716	272.00–295.00	290.25
525	750–800	767	273.50–296.50	286.13
197	800–850	843	266.00–281.00	271.16
92	850–900	878	251.50–258.00	255.57
1,414	900–950	930	247.50–260.50	256.54
182	950–1000	972	236.00–254.75	245.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
63	550–600	588	325.00–327.00	326.82
39	650–700	685	266.00–286.00	275.95
9	700–750	706	249.50	249.50
6	750–800	762	237.50	237.50
47	800–850	819	250.00	250.00
22	900–950	937	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	443	342.50	342.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
323	1000–1050	1,023	238.75–248.50	243.61
69	1050–1100	1,085	225.00–240.50	236.60

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.