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Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Name: Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-03

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Jan 3

● Final32 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021

← Dec 13Jan 3Jan 10 →

Receipts

4,682 head

▼ 3,467 vs last sale 8,149▼ 310 vs year ago 4,992 · −6.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Market not recently reported. Nice run of yearlings and calves for todays sale. Good to very good demand for both yearlings and calves. Several load lots of yearlings along with part loads and packages, with flesh condition ranging from moderate to moderate plus. A big run of calves with most being long time weaned and at least two rounds of vaccinations. Cattle were clean and attractive for quality, with flesh ranging from light fleshed hay fed cattle to moderate fleshed coming out of grow yards. Several consignments offered buyers the opportunity to purchase multiple loads of one owner cattle. A very active market with order buyers, farmer feeders and internet buyers competing for todays offering. Producers are cautious, yet determined to keep pen space filled. Next feeder cattle sale will be Friday, January 10, 2025, a Special Calf, Yearling, and Replacement Heifers sale.

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 $353.83/cwt on 646 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −134.56 against this barn's trailing median of $488.39.

Average price

$353.83

646 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,978

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$192

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

$44.38/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.65

vs SD average

+20.96 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	559	354.38	1,981	638
Medium and Large 1-2	577	310.00	1,789	8thin

One grade step is worth $44.38/cwt here — about $192 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 sale646 hd

353.83

—

SD average4 barns · 1,283 hd

348.19

+5.65

National average40 barns · 9,035 hd

332.87

+20.96

This barn, trailing median17 sales

488.39

−134.56

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

32 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	384	410.25/cwt	395.00–420.00	1,575	36
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	438	385.54/cwt	384.00–387.50	1,689	11
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	490	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,715	54
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	494	379.83/cwt	377.00–384.00	1,876	115
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	362.89/cwt	342.00–378.00	1,902	198
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	554	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,033	92
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,789	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	346.21/cwt	332.00–350.50	2,008	348
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	341.37/cwt	324.00–349.00	2,140	475
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	327.92/cwt	316.00–340.00	2,191	586
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	707	326.77/cwt	325.50–328.00	2,310	163
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	736	281.68/cwt	271.00–290.00	2,073	136
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Full	744	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,039	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	762	298.74/cwt	292.00–309.50	2,276	441
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	925	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,488	61
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,004	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,580	55
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	343.65/cwt	320.00–355.00	1,454	16
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	478	342.00/cwt	342.00–342.00	1,635	17
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	516	331.09/cwt	317.00–348.50	1,708	372
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	537	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,536	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	576	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,728	37
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Replacement	589	310.52/cwt	310.00–311.00	1,829	193
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	288.50/cwt	283.00–294.00	1,809	152
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	645	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,000	154
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fancy	649	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,174	268
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,894	83
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	730	265.77/cwt	246.00–273.00	1,940	280
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	759	235.16/cwt	234.00–235.50	1,785	84
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	876	256.72/cwt	240.00–261.00	2,249	67
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	963	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	2,244	10
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,060	214.73/cwt	212.00–217.00	2,276	11
Heifers	1150–1200	Medium and Large 1	1,150	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	2,381	6

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 Jan 3, 2025

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

Receipts 4,682Last week 8,149Year ago 4,992

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	744	274.00	274.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	350–400	384	395.00–420.00	410.25
11	400–450	438	384.00–387.50	385.54
115	450–500	494	377.00–384.00	379.83
198	500–550	524	342.00–378.00	362.89
348	550–600	580	332.00–350.50	346.21
475	600–650	627	324.00–349.00	341.37
586	650–700	668	316.00–340.00	327.92
163	700–750	707	325.50–328.00	326.77
441	750–800	762	292.00–309.50	298.74
61	900–950	925	269.00	269.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
54	450–500	490	350.00	350.00
8	550–600	577	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
92	550–600	554	367.00	367.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	1000–1050	1,004	257.00	257.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
136	700–750	736	271.00–290.00	281.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	423	320.00–355.00	343.65
17	450–500	478	342.00	342.00
372	500–550	516	317.00–348.50	331.09
37	550–600	576	300.00	300.00
152	600–650	627	283.00–294.00	288.50
83	650–700	679	279.00	279.00
280	700–750	730	246.00–273.00	265.77
84	750–800	759	234.00–235.50	235.16
67	850–900	876	240.00–261.00	256.72
10	950–1000	963	233.00	233.00
6	1150–1200	1,150	207.00	207.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
193	550–600	589	310.00–311.00	310.52
154	600–650	645	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	537	286.00	286.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
268	600–650	649	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	1050–1100	1,060	212.00–217.00	214.73

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.