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Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Name: Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-05-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-09

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, May 9

● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021

← Apr 25May 9May 23 →

Receipts

6,917 head

▲ 847 vs last sale 6,070▲ 1,868 vs year ago 5,049 · +37.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the last feeder sale two weeks ago; Steers from 550 lbs to 599 lbs were steady to 5.00 higher, steers from 650 lbs to 699 lbs , 750 lbs to 799 lbs, 850 lbs to 899 lbs were 10.00 to 15.00 higher; Heifers from 550 lbs to 649 lbs were 12.00 to 15.00 higher, 650 lbs to 749 lbs were mostly steady, 750 lbs to 799 lbs were 10.00 to 12.00 higher, 800 lbs to 849 lbs were steady with higher undertones noted. No other comparisons available. A large run of cattle for todays auction. Plenty of fall calves, weaned or unweaned offered mostly in part loads. Multiple consignments of reputation replacement heifers were well received. Bigger background cattle destined for the finishing yard were in very good demand with multiple consignments offered in multiple loads, up to 9 loads in the same sort. Fleshed ranged from light fleshed cattle that had been turned out on pasture to moderate plus coming out of a grow yard. A very active market on all classes of cattle with internet buyers competing with the order byers and farmer feeders that were in attendance. Best demand is on the light fleshed cattle suitable for summer grazing operations The cash market on all classes of cattle continues its upward trajectory. Next feeder sale is scheduled for Friday, May 23, 2025.

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 $435.53/cwt on 493 head. That ranks 2 of 17 comparable sales and sits −52.86 against this barn's trailing median of $488.39.

Average price

$435.53

493 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,401

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$240

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

$7.68/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+16.72

vs SD average

+56.74 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	435.68	2,406	483
Medium and Large 1-2	506	428.00	2,166	10thin

One grade step is worth $7.68/cwt here — about $240 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale493 hd

435.53

—

SD average4 barns · 770 hd

418.81

+16.72

National average168 barns · 13,508 hd

378.79

+56.74

This barn, trailing median17 sales

488.39

−52.86

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

48 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	200–250	Medium and Large 1-2	224	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,277	7
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	302	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,450	7
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	327	508.25/cwt	498.00–520.00	1,662	32
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	438	472.09/cwt	455.00–495.00	2,068	41
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	483	452.91/cwt	427.50–463.00	2,188	75
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	506	428.00/cwt	428.00–428.00	2,166	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	529	429.13/cwt	410.00–447.50	2,270	42
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	537	451.47/cwt	432.50–455.00	2,424	294
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	586	393.12/cwt	387.00–405.00	2,304	62
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	592	415.37/cwt	397.50–418.00	2,459	85
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	608	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,326	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Full	613	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,084	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	399.25/cwt	383.00–417.00	2,491	186
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	637	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,214	18
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	663	396.17/cwt	365.00–405.00	2,627	482
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	668	349.22/cwt	342.00–355.00	2,333	11
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	706	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,316	6
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	760	339.01/cwt	321.00–350.00	2,576	213
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Full	795	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,465	12
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	807	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,300	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	823	316.07/cwt	302.00–322.50	2,601	1,322
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	891	305.67/cwt	291.00–310.25	2,724	620
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	900	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,628	63
Steers	1250–1300	Large 1	1,274	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	2,816	11
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	277	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,302	16
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,712	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	432	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,674	9
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	468	378.74/cwt	365.00–380.00	1,773	59
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	408.07/cwt	400.00–425.00	1,955	181
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	487	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	1,887	16
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,000	17
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	371.57/cwt	371.00–372.50	2,006	168
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	572	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,102	25
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	360.76/cwt	350.00–372.50	2,074	163
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	578	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,792	10
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	617	336.44/cwt	315.00–350.00	2,076	277
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	312.25/cwt	305.00–331.00	2,139	138
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	694	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,978	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	716	307.44/cwt	300.00–320.00	2,201	259
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	767	308.96/cwt	284.00–315.00	2,370	335
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	780	321.50/cwt	321.00–322.00	2,508	110
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	805	277.38/cwt	271.00–282.00	2,233	111
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	819	295.28/cwt	286.00–299.00	2,418	350
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Replacement	884	274.14/cwt	268.00–280.50	2,423	327
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Replacement	904	266.41/cwt	252.00–267.50	2,408	74
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	948	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	2,460	54
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,009	246.50/cwt	246.50–246.50	2,487	63
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	1200–1250	Large 1	1,247	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	2,606	44

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 May 9, 2025

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Receipts 6,917Last week 6,070Year ago 5,049

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	300–350	327	498.00–520.00	508.25
41	400–450	438	455.00–495.00	472.09
75	450–500	483	427.50–463.00	452.91
294	500–550	537	432.50–455.00	451.47
62	550–600	586	387.00–405.00	393.12
186	600–650	624	383.00–417.00	399.25
482	650–700	663	365.00–405.00	396.17
6	700–750	706	328.00	328.00
213	750–800	760	321.00–350.00	339.01
1,322	800–850	823	302.00–322.50	316.07
620	850–900	891	291.00–310.25	305.67
63	900–950	900	292.00	292.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	613	340.00	340.00
12	750–800	795	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	1250–1300	1,274	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	200–250	224	570.00	570.00
7	300–350	302	480.00	480.00
10	500–550	506	428.00	428.00
18	600–650	637	347.50	347.50
11	650–700	668	342.00–355.00	349.22
5	800–850	807	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
42	500–550	529	410.00–447.50	429.13
85	550–600	592	397.50–418.00	415.37
13	600–650	608	382.50	382.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	250–300	277	470.00	470.00
5	400–450	428	400.00	400.00
181	450–500	479	400.00–425.00	408.07
168	500–550	540	371.00–372.50	371.57
163	550–600	575	350.00–372.50	360.76
277	600–650	617	315.00–350.00	336.44
138	650–700	685	305.00–331.00	312.25
259	700–750	716	300.00–320.00	307.44
335	750–800	767	284.00–315.00	308.96
111	800–850	805	271.00–282.00	277.38
54	900–950	948	259.50	259.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	432	387.50	387.50
16	450–500	487	387.50	387.50
17	500–550	500	400.00	400.00
25	550–600	572	367.50	367.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
63	1000–1050	1,009	246.50	246.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
59	450–500	468	365.00–380.00	378.74
10	550–600	578	310.00	310.00
6	650–700	694	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
110	750–800	780	321.00–322.00	321.50
350	800–850	819	286.00–299.00	295.28
327	850–900	884	268.00–280.50	274.14
74	900–950	904	252.00–267.50	266.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	1200–1250	1,247	209.00	209.00

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.