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Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Name: Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-01-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-17

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Jan 17

● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021

← Jan 10Jan 17Jan 24 →

Receipts

5,464 head

▲ 1,682 vs last sale 3,782▲ 3,250 vs year ago 2,214 · +146.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers from 500 lbs to 599 lbs were steady to 2.00 higher, steers from 600 lbs to 649 lbs were 6.00 to 8.00 lower, steers from 650 lbs to 800 lbs were 3.00 to 6.00 higher; heifers sold steady to higher on limited comparisons. A few packages of yearlings sold on an active market. Many attractive, long time weaned and fully pre-conditioned calves sold on a very active market. Several consignments from reputation producers offered buyers multiple loads on one owner cattle. Flesh conditions ranged from light fleshed hay fed cattle to moderate plus condition coming out of grow yards. Good to very good demand for todays large offering of feeder cattle and replacement heifers. Best demand for the light fleshed black hided cattle suitable for summer grazing. Several sets of reputation replacement heifers were well received as multiple buyers were competing for ownership. Lots of buying power in the seats as farmer feeders and order buyers competed with internet buyers to purchase cattle. Cold temperatures and strong winds forecasted for the area for the next several day. Next feeder sale is scheduled for Friday, January 24, 2025.

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 $340.87/cwt on 775 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −106.10 against this barn's trailing median of $446.97.

Average price

$340.87

775 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,883

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$170

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

$51.20/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+15.86

vs SD average

+36.84 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	341.20	1,884	770
Medium and Large 1-2	591	290.00	1,714	5thin

One grade step is worth $51.20/cwt here — about $170 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 sale775 hd

340.87

—

SD average7 barns · 3,727 hd

325.01

+15.86

National average192 barns · 30,803 hd

304.03

+36.84

This barn, trailing median17 sales

446.97

−106.10

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

42 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 1-2	384	380.89/cwt	365.00–387.50	1,463	17
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,696	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	471	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	1,879	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	516	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	1,925	28
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	523	366.42/cwt	357.50–379.00	1,916	90
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	536	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,806	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	347.76/cwt	330.00–361.00	2,017	338
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	605	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,876	9
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	632	315.03/cwt	302.00–328.00	1,991	127
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	650	359.00/cwt	359.00–359.00	2,334	158
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Full	665	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,081	58
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	672	325.57/cwt	319.00–336.00	2,188	319
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	728	310.76/cwt	304.00–313.00	2,262	466
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	762	308.71/cwt	307.00–312.00	2,352	291
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Full	773	275.51/cwt	275.00–276.00	2,130	85
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	827	270.20/cwt	268.50–272.00	2,235	132
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	331	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,324	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	386	399.00/cwt	399.00–399.00	1,540	28
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	442	360.92/cwt	349.00–368.00	1,595	220
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	354.49/cwt	338.00–361.00	1,680	182
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	488	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,708	19
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	491	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	1,625	17
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	343.50/cwt	334.00–358.00	1,800	257
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Full	546	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,693	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	341.33/cwt	333.00–353.50	1,932	490
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Full	580	314.17/cwt	311.00–321.00	1,822	15
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	591	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,714	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	305.72/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,899	349
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	623	320.61/cwt	314.00–327.00	1,997	252
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	639	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	1,770	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	667	312.52/cwt	310.00–321.00	2,085	409
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	667	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,868	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	671	301.93/cwt	285.00–305.00	2,026	418
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	703	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,919	25
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	706	316.09/cwt	312.00–320.00	2,232	152
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	718	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,018	18
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Full	753	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,883	12
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	765	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,165	70
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	773	269.97/cwt	267.00–273.00	2,087	149
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	964	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	2,265	6
Heifers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,135	209.50/cwt	209.50–209.50	2,378	5
Heifers	1150–1200	Large 1	1,153	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	2,392	8

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 17, 2025

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

Receipts 5,464Last week 3,782Year ago 2,214

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	639	277.00	277.00
18	700–750	718	281.00	281.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	546	310.00	310.00
15	550–600	580	311.00–321.00	314.17
12	750–800	753	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1100–1150	1,135	209.50	209.50
8	1150–1200	1,153	207.50	207.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
252	600–650	623	314.00–327.00	320.61
409	650–700	667	310.00–321.00	312.52
152	700–750	706	312.00–320.00	316.09
70	750–800	765	283.00	283.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	450–500	488	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	350–400	386	399.00	399.00
220	400–450	442	349.00–368.00	360.92
182	450–500	474	338.00–361.00	354.49
257	500–550	524	334.00–358.00	343.50
490	550–600	566	333.00–353.50	341.33
349	600–650	621	290.00–320.00	305.72
418	650–700	671	285.00–305.00	301.93
25	700–750	703	273.00	273.00
149	750–800	773	267.00–273.00	269.97
6	950–1000	964	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	331	400.00	400.00
17	450–500	491	331.00	331.00
5	550–600	591	290.00	290.00
9	650–700	667	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	432	392.50	392.50
5	450–500	471	399.00	399.00
90	500–550	523	357.50–379.00	366.42
338	550–600	580	330.00–361.00	347.76
127	600–650	632	302.00–328.00	315.03
319	650–700	672	319.00–336.00	325.57
466	700–750	728	304.00–313.00	310.76
291	750–800	762	307.00–312.00	308.71
132	800–850	827	268.50–272.00	270.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
158	650–700	650	359.00	359.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
28	500–550	516	373.00	373.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	384	365.00–387.50	380.89
8	500–550	536	337.00	337.00
9	600–650	605	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
58	650–700	665	313.00	313.00
85	750–800	773	275.00–276.00	275.51

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.