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Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Name: Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-08-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-30

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Aug 30

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021

← Aug 16Aug 30Sep 13 →

Receipts

3,142 head

▲ 1,266 vs last sale 1,876▼ 368 vs year ago 3,510 · −10.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago, best test on steers 1,000 lbs to 1,049 lbs were steady, best test on heifers 850 lbs to 949 lbs were steady to 3.00 higher, other weight classes were to lightly tested to make a market comparison. Several consignments offered buyers the chance to purchase multiple loads of one owner cattle, up to eleven loads in one sort. Loads and packages of tested open heifers were met with good demand. An active market with mostly order buyers in the seats competing with internet buyers. Cattle coming off grass were more in demand then the cattle coming out of grow yards. Flesh ranged from light fleshed fall calves that were coming off grass to moderate fleshed yearlings coming from a grow yard. Much of the area has received some rain in the past two weeks, but warmer and drier conditions are forecasted for the next week. Cash fed cattle market continues its downward slide lending concern to buyers trying to procure feeder cattle. Next feeder sale is scheduled for Friday, September 13, 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 $305.23/cwt on 45 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −183.16 against this barn's trailing median of $488.39.

Average price

$305.23

45 head · 591 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,804

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+14.35

vs SD average

+36.68 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	591	305.23	1,804	45

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 sale45 hd

305.23

—

SD average3 barns · 172 hd

290.88

+14.35

National average155 barns · 6,455 hd

268.55

+36.68

This barn, trailing median17 sales

488.39

−183.16

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

28 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	473	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,525	12
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	591	305.23/cwt	293.00–307.00	1,804	45
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	258.73/cwt	247.50–264.00	1,772	43
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	693	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,733	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	734	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	1,817	44
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	783	264.64/cwt	253.50–274.00	2,072	175
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	831	253.92/cwt	251.00–260.00	2,110	89
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	867	251.55/cwt	247.50–255.00	2,181	274
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	889	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,974	33
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Full	897	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,153	10
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	930	243.83/cwt	243.50–244.00	2,268	183
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	994	235.93/cwt	225.00–236.75	2,345	114
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,022	232.30/cwt	232.00–233.00	2,374	475
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,408	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	527	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,383	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	552	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,394	6
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	606	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,697	50
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	625	235.78/cwt	230.00–242.00	1,474	15
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	1,684	24
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	243.26/cwt	237.50–257.50	1,764	207
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	785	241.87/cwt	236.00–248.00	1,899	112
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	818	237.17/cwt	232.00–239.00	1,940	72
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Full	852	219.50/cwt	219.50–219.50	1,870	6
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	878	238.62/cwt	229.00–248.00	2,095	51
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	881	217.77/cwt	217.00–218.00	1,919	27
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	931	227.13/cwt	215.50–234.50	2,115	241
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	978	223.90/cwt	220.00–228.00	2,190	221
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,032	211.99/cwt	210.00–214.00	2,188	18

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 Aug 30, 2024

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

Receipts 3,142Last week 1,876Year ago 3,510

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
27	850–900	881	217.00–218.00	217.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	850–900	852	219.50	219.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	1000–1050	1,032	210.00–214.00	211.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	460	306.00	306.00
50	600–650	606	280.00	280.00
24	650–700	679	248.00	248.00
207	700–750	725	237.50–257.50	243.26
112	750–800	785	236.00–248.00	241.87
72	800–850	818	232.00–239.00	237.17
51	850–900	878	229.00–248.00	238.62
241	900–950	931	215.50–234.50	227.13
221	950–1000	978	220.00–228.00	223.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	527	262.50	262.50
6	550–600	552	252.50	252.50
15	600–650	625	230.00–242.00	235.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	473	322.50	322.50
45	550–600	591	293.00–307.00	305.23
43	650–700	685	247.50–264.00	258.73
175	750–800	783	253.50–274.00	264.64
89	800–850	831	251.00–260.00	253.92
274	850–900	867	247.50–255.00	251.55
183	900–950	930	243.50–244.00	243.83
114	950–1000	994	225.00–236.75	235.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	693	250.00	250.00
44	700–750	734	247.50	247.50
33	850–900	889	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
475	1000–1050	1,022	232.00–233.00	232.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
10	850–900	897	240.00	240.00

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.