Sale reports / South Dakota / Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction / 2024-11-08

Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Name: Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-11-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-08

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Nov 8

● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021

← Nov 1Nov 8Nov 15 →

Receipts

5,656 head

▼ 3,301 vs last sale 8,957▼ 3,558 vs year ago 9,214 · −38.6%

View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers from 450 lbs to 499 lbs were steady to 2.00 higher, steers from 500 lbs to 549 lbs were 10.00 to 12.00 higher, steers from 550 lbs to 699 lbs were 2.00 to 4.00 higher, steers from 950 lbs to 999 lbs were 6.00 to 8.00 higher. Heifers from 450 lbs to 549 lbs were 4.00 to 8.00 higher. No other comparisons were available. An active market with very good demand for all classes of cattle today. Big crowd of order buyers, farmer feeders, and internet buyers today. Several strings of yearlings were offered in multiple load lots with plenty of part loads and packages available as well. Most of the yearlings were light to moderate for flesh as they were coming of day pasture conditions. Calves were attractive for quality, most had two rounds of vaccinations and were right off the cow. It seemed like the buyer attitude today was to purchase some cattle at whatever cost. Next feeder sale is scheduled for Friday, November 15, 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 $329.82/cwt on 1,712 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −158.58 against this barn's trailing median of $488.39.

Average price

$329.82

1,712 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,817

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$190

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

$23.97/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+7.77

vs SD average

+27.97 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	329.97	1,818	1,701
Medium and Large 1-2	532	306.00	1,628	11thin

One grade step is worth $23.97/cwt here — about $190 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale1,712 hd

329.82

—

SD average9 barns · 6,740 hd

322.04

+7.77

National average187 barns · 26,509 hd

301.85

+27.97

This barn, trailing median17 sales

488.39

−158.58

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

44 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	328	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,394	109
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	332	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	1,351	28
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	377	417.18/cwt	402.50–422.50	1,573	86
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	377	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,376	31
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	438	380.21/cwt	370.00–405.00	1,665	291
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	356.17/cwt	342.00–366.00	1,710	219
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	488	323.03/cwt	312.00–325.00	1,576	97
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	339.76/cwt	320.00–351.00	1,784	849
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,628	11
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Full	538	309.32/cwt	307.00–312.00	1,664	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	577	320.74/cwt	305.00–335.00	1,851	832
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Full	595	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,696	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Full	609	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,784	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	614	308.43/cwt	303.50–312.50	1,894	316
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	291.74/cwt	275.50–302.50	1,928	218
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	799	269.50/cwt	269.50–269.50	2,153	62
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	862	258.77/cwt	246.50–264.00	2,231	85
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	925	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,336	165
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	950	263.25/cwt	263.25–263.25	2,501	252
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1-2	1,036	220.50/cwt	220.50–220.50	2,284	36
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium 1-2	283	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	991	6
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	314	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,232	86
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	342	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,359	13
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	385	345.65/cwt	336.00–357.50	1,331	56
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	341.73/cwt	321.00–350.00	1,442	82
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	432	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	1,292	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	322.45/cwt	302.00–332.00	1,519	321
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	299.02/cwt	291.00–308.00	1,576	217
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Full	540	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	1,528	14
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Replacement	541	319.49/cwt	312.00–324.00	1,728	117
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	554	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	1,618	16
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Replacement	567	312.88/cwt	296.00–328.00	1,774	261
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,443	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	645	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,677	46
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	704	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,732	18
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	817	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,936	25
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Spayed	847	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	2,058	66
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	886	232.00/cwt	232.00–232.00	2,056	11
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Spayed	896	234.00/cwt	234.00–234.00	2,097	14
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	920	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,171	52
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2Spayed	957	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	1,914	9
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Spayed	980	236.75/cwt	236.75–236.75	2,320	168
Heifers	1000–1050	Medium and Large 1Spayed	1,005	232.75/cwt	232.75–232.75	2,339	55
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,032	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,405	12

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 Nov 8, 2024

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

Receipts 5,656Last week 8,957Year ago 9,214

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	540	283.00	283.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	1000–1050	1,032	233.00	233.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	342	397.50	397.50
56	350–400	385	336.00–357.50	345.65
82	400–450	422	321.00–350.00	341.73
321	450–500	471	302.00–332.00	322.45
217	500–550	527	291.00–308.00	299.02
16	550–600	554	292.00	292.00
46	600–650	645	260.00	260.00
18	700–750	704	246.00	246.00
25	800–850	817	237.00	237.00
11	850–900	886	232.00	232.00
52	900–950	920	236.00	236.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
66	800–850	847	243.00	243.00
14	850–900	896	234.00	234.00
168	950–1000	980	236.75	236.75
55	1000–1050	1,005	232.75	232.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
117	500–550	541	312.00–324.00	319.49
261	550–600	567	296.00–328.00	312.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	283	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
86	300–350	314	392.50	392.50
11	400–450	432	299.00	299.00
9	550–600	577	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	950–1000	957	200.00	200.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	300–350	332	407.00	407.00
86	350–400	377	402.50–422.50	417.18
291	400–450	438	370.00–405.00	380.21
219	450–500	480	342.00–366.00	356.17
849	500–550	525	320.00–351.00	339.76
832	550–600	577	305.00–335.00	320.74
316	600–650	614	303.50–312.50	308.43
218	650–700	661	275.50–302.50	291.74
62	750–800	799	269.50	269.50
85	850–900	862	246.50–264.00	258.77
165	900–950	925	252.50	252.50
252	950–1000	950	263.25	263.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	1000–1050	1,036	220.50	220.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
109	300–350	328	425.00	425.00
31	350–400	377	365.00	365.00
97	450–500	488	312.00–325.00	323.03
11	500–550	532	306.00	306.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	538	307.00–312.00	309.32
9	550–600	595	285.00	285.00
6	600–650	609	293.00	293.00

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.