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Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Name: Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-07-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-07-25

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Jul 25

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021

← Jun 20Jul 25Aug 15 →

Receipts

4,805 head

▲ 215 vs last sale 4,590▼ 925 vs year ago 5,730 · −16.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

The last sale report was over a month ago, so no price comparisons will be made. Very good demand for todays offering of yearlings and fall calves. Flesh condition ranged from light fleshed cattle off grass to moderate flesh cattle coming out of a grow yard. Lots of buyer interest in procuring cattle at todays auction competing with the internet buyers. Several strings of reputation yearlings were offered in multiple loads, up to 15 loads, per sort. Overall a very active market with the market trend continuing upward. Todays on feed report would be considered bullish with smaller placement than projected. Next feeder sale is scheduled for Friday, August 15, 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 $434.27/cwt on 154 head. That ranks 2 of 17 comparable sales and sits −54.12 against this barn's trailing median of $488.39.

Average price

$434.27

154 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,424

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$25

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

$8.28/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs SD average

+58.53 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	436.31	2,430	116
Medium and Large 1-2	562	428.03	2,406	38

One grade step is worth $8.28/cwt here — about $25 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 sale154 hd

434.27

—

SD average1 barns · 154 hd

434.27

+0.00

National average142 barns · 5,388 hd

375.74

+58.53

This barn, trailing median17 sales

488.39

−54.12

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

33 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	497	492.00/cwt	492.00–492.00	2,445	8
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	525	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,494	13
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	431.43/cwt	408.00–444.00	2,420	103
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	562	428.03/cwt	425.00–430.00	2,406	38
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	639	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,492	7
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	675	380.97/cwt	371.00–386.00	2,572	252
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	692	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,277	84
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	719	382.16/cwt	369.00–390.00	2,748	107
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	720	329.64/cwt	295.00–345.00	2,373	87
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	789	350.50/cwt	350.00–351.00	2,765	142
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	826	346.65/cwt	340.00–348.00	2,863	77
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Full	856	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,611	7
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	885	318.90/cwt	310.50–328.00	2,822	133
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	924	322.93/cwt	308.00–327.00	2,984	360
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	936	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,780	65
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	998	318.50/cwt	318.50–318.50	3,179	57
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,009	312.55/cwt	306.00–315.50	3,154	1,021
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	448	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,949	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	492	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,153	30
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	528	402.68/cwt	395.00–427.50	2,126	127
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	362.20/cwt	355.00–374.00	2,293	379
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	651	350.01/cwt	348.00–360.00	2,279	60
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	699	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,230	66
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Spayed	715	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,424	47
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	330.51/cwt	314.00–347.00	2,396	323
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	765	327.37/cwt	326.00–340.00	2,504	165
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	806	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,611	58
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	813	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,488	75
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	887	294.38/cwt	279.00–310.00	2,611	63
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	917	306.91/cwt	301.00–307.50	2,814	125
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	958	296.96/cwt	289.50–302.00	2,845	171
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,098	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	3,052	12
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	512	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,048	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 Jul 25, 2025

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

Receipts 4,805Last week 4,590Year ago 5,730

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	448	435.00	435.00
30	450–500	492	437.50	437.50
127	500–550	528	395.00–427.50	402.68
379	600–650	633	355.00–374.00	362.20
60	650–700	651	348.00–360.00	350.01
323	700–750	725	314.00–347.00	330.51
165	750–800	765	326.00–340.00	327.37
58	800–850	806	324.00	324.00
63	850–900	887	279.00–310.00	294.38
125	900–950	917	301.00–307.50	306.91
171	950–1000	958	289.50–302.00	296.96

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
47	700–750	715	339.00	339.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	1050–1100	1,098	278.00	278.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
66	650–700	699	319.00	319.00
75	800–850	813	306.00	306.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	497	492.00	492.00
13	500–550	525	475.00	475.00
103	550–600	561	408.00–444.00	431.43
7	600–650	639	390.00	390.00
252	650–700	675	371.00–386.00	380.97
107	700–750	719	369.00–390.00	382.16
142	750–800	789	350.00–351.00	350.50
77	800–850	826	340.00–348.00	346.65
133	850–900	885	310.50–328.00	318.90
360	900–950	924	308.00–327.00	322.93
57	950–1000	998	318.50	318.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1,021	1000–1050	1,009	306.00–315.50	312.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	850–900	856	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	550–600	562	425.00–430.00	428.03
84	650–700	692	329.00	329.00
87	700–750	720	295.00–345.00	329.64
65	900–950	936	297.00	297.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	512	400.00	400.00

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.