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Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Name: Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2024-12-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-06

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Dec 6

● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021

← Nov 22Dec 6Dec 13 →

Receipts

6,470 head

▲ 563 vs last sale 5,907▲ 1,318 vs year ago 5,152 · +25.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No feeder sale last week, compared to two weeks ago best test on steer calves 400 lbs to 449 lbs were 10.00 to 12.00 higher, steers calves from 450 lbs to 499 lbs were 4.00 to 6.00 lower, steer calves from 500 lbs to 649 lbs were steady to 6.00 higher; heifer calves from 450 lbs to 599 lbs were from 10.00 to 20.00 higher. No other comparisons available. Big run of yearlings consisting of mostly spayed heifers were meet with very good demand. Flesh condition ranged from light flesh condition coming off dry pasture to medium plus coming from a grow yard. A very active market as buyers chase after the few remaining yearlings available. The bulk of todays yearlings were offered in load lots, with multiple loads offered at times, not as many packages as last sale. Todays calf offering was mostly non-weaned calves that were fully preconditioned and coming off the cow. Calves were meet with good demand, making for a fairly active market. A few consignments offered buyers the opportunity to purchase multiple loads. There were lots of part loads and packages available to make full loads. Big crowd in attendance for todays sale, with lots of order buyers and farmer feeders in the seats. Good demand for replacement heifers in today auction as well. Next feeder sale is scheduled for Friday, December 13, 2024.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $333.20/cwt on 778 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −113.78 against this barn's trailing median of $446.97.

Average price

$333.20

778 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,832

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$301

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

$55.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+21.33

vs SD average

+49.88 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	336.48	1,850	732
Medium and Large 1-2	551	281.00	1,548	46

One grade step is worth $55.48/cwt here — about $301 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 sale778 hd

333.20

—

SD average8 barns · 3,760 hd

311.87

+21.33

National average190 barns · 29,311 hd

283.32

+49.88

This barn, trailing median17 sales

446.97

−113.78

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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $477.73, low $412.54, median $446.97 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

56 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	313	421.00/cwt	421.00–421.00	1,318	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	375	433.47/cwt	431.00–435.00	1,626	18
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	387	340.50/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,318	16
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	412	411.95/cwt	400.00–426.00	1,697	95
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Full	427	371.84/cwt	368.00–376.00	1,588	82
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	429	353.72/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,517	45
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	454	338.13/cwt	325.00–342.50	1,535	36
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Full	460	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,541	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	361.35/cwt	349.00–365.00	1,713	106
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	520	349.93/cwt	332.50–372.00	1,820	537
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	544	317.30/cwt	314.00–329.00	1,726	22
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	567	331.12/cwt	311.00–340.00	1,877	557
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Full	580	299.15/cwt	290.50–300.50	1,735	67
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	622	326.28/cwt	311.00–340.00	2,029	604
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Full	630	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	1,777	10
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	658	316.91/cwt	313.00–321.00	2,085	158
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	690	269.76/cwt	260.00–272.00	1,861	32
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	752	282.84/cwt	272.00–285.00	2,127	85
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	835	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,138	5
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	866	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	2,317	65
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	967	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,408	63
Steers	1150–1200	Large 1-2	1,195	208.50/cwt	208.50–208.50	2,492	35
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	314	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,146	5
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	330	361.30/cwt	342.50–370.00	1,192	24
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	370	357.42/cwt	345.00–381.00	1,322	74
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	373	323.88/cwt	320.00–327.50	1,208	21
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	337.02/cwt	330.00–345.00	1,382	52
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	430	327.43/cwt	317.50–332.50	1,408	60
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	432	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,663	40
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Full	454	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,435	12
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	466	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,480	26
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	482	352.55/cwt	329.00–359.00	1,699	225
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Replacement	509	349.86/cwt	330.00–352.00	1,781	77
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	325.84/cwt	316.00–331.00	1,714	252
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	551	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,548	46
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	570	308.23/cwt	303.00–311.00	1,757	101
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Replacement	573	351.39/cwt	332.00–368.00	2,013	302
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	625	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,800	24
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	643	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,463	19
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 2	648	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,730	17
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	691	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	1,817	83
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	245.53/cwt	237.50–251.00	1,731	32
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Spayed	717	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,810	21
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Spayed	759	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,875	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	257.73/cwt	238.00–266.00	2,100	299
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	818	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,873	38
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Spayed	878	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,186	20
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Spayed	910	256.75/cwt	250.50–260.50	2,336	303
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Spayed	975	243.65/cwt	239.50–245.00	2,376	1,161
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,073	222.50/cwt	222.50–222.50	2,387	6
Feeder Cattle · Bulls6 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1	355	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,385	10
Bulls	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,523	16
Bulls	550–600	Medium and Large 1	558	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,548	13
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,086	41
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1	845	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,028	20
Bulls	1000–1050	Large 1Fleshy	1,007	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	2,291	37

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 Dec 6, 2024

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

Receipts 6,470Last week 5,907Year ago 5,152

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	300–350	330	342.50–370.00	361.30
21	350–400	373	320.00–327.50	323.88
60	400–450	430	317.50–332.50	327.43
26	450–500	466	317.50	317.50
46	550–600	551	281.00	281.00
19	600–650	643	227.50	227.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	600–650	648	267.00	267.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	700–750	717	252.50	252.50
5	750–800	759	247.00	247.00
20	850–900	878	249.00	249.00
303	900–950	910	250.50–260.50	256.75
1,161	950–1000	975	239.50–245.00	243.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
38	800–850	818	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	314	365.00	365.00
74	350–400	370	345.00–381.00	357.42
52	400–450	410	330.00–345.00	337.02
225	450–500	482	329.00–359.00	352.55
252	500–550	526	316.00–331.00	325.84
101	550–600	570	303.00–311.00	308.23
24	600–650	625	288.00	288.00
83	650–700	691	263.00	263.00
32	700–750	705	237.50–251.00	245.53
299	800–850	815	238.00–266.00	257.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1050–1100	1,073	222.50	222.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	454	316.00	316.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
77	500–550	509	330.00–352.00	349.86
302	550–600	573	332.00–368.00	351.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
40	400–450	432	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
82	400–450	427	368.00–376.00	371.84
8	450–500	460	335.00	335.00
67	550–600	580	290.50–300.50	299.15
10	600–650	630	282.00	282.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	375	431.00–435.00	433.47
95	400–450	412	400.00–426.00	411.95
106	450–500	474	349.00–365.00	361.35
537	500–550	520	332.50–372.00	349.93
557	550–600	567	311.00–340.00	331.12
604	600–650	622	311.00–340.00	326.28
158	650–700	658	313.00–321.00	316.91
85	750–800	752	272.00–285.00	282.84
5	800–850	835	256.00	256.00
65	850–900	866	267.50	267.50
63	950–1000	967	249.00	249.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	313	421.00	421.00
16	350–400	387	335.00–350.00	340.50
45	400–450	429	340.00–360.00	353.72
36	450–500	454	325.00–342.50	338.13
22	500–550	544	314.00–329.00	317.30
32	650–700	690	260.00–272.00	269.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	1150–1200	1,195	208.50	208.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	355	390.00	390.00
16	450–500	476	320.00	320.00
13	550–600	558	277.50	277.50
41	700–750	732	285.00	285.00
20	800–850	845	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
37	1000–1050	1,007	227.50	227.50

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.