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Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Name: Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-15

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Aug 15

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021

← Jul 25Aug 15Aug 29 →

Receipts

809 head

▼ 3,996 vs last sale 4,805▼ 1,067 vs year ago 1,876 · −56.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Last feeder sale was two weeks ago, not enough feeder cattle to make price comparisons. There was higher undertones noted on most classes. Feeder cattle were off grass and in light to medium flesh condition. Mostly tested open replacement heifers with one larger consignment of steers. Order buyers competing with internet buyers made for an active market. Very good demand throughout todays auction as most cattle were offered as packages, just a few full loads available. Next feeder sale is scheduled for Friday, August 29,2025.

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 $402.43/cwt on 35 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −44.55 against this barn's trailing median of $446.97.

Average price

$402.43

35 head · 564 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,268

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$115

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

$37.83/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs SD average

+51.62 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	407.83	2,283	30
Medium and Large 1-2	586	370.00	2,168	5thin

One grade step is worth $37.83/cwt here — about $115 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale35 hd

402.43

—

SD average1 barns · 35 hd

402.43

+0.00

National average152 barns · 8,349 hd

350.81

+51.62

This barn, trailing median17 sales

446.97

−44.55

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

18 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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	394	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,812	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	577	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,279	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	596	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,682	15
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	433.00/cwt	433.00–433.00	2,815	10
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	742	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,801	5
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	862	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	3,086	58
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	974	343.50/cwt	342.00–345.00	3,346	106
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	544	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,339	11
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,248	19
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	586	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,168	5
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	683	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,305	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	700	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,569	26
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	771	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,359	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	824	322.53/cwt	313.00–329.00	2,658	17
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	866	326.35/cwt	319.00–329.00	2,826	41
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	925	335.72/cwt	321.00–340.00	3,105	75
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	984	314.10/cwt	302.00–317.00	3,091	47
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,020	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	3,233	14

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 Aug 15, 2025

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

Receipts 809Last week 4,805Year ago 1,876

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	544	430.00	430.00
19	550–600	569	395.00	395.00
26	700–750	700	367.00	367.00
17	800–850	824	313.00–329.00	322.53
41	850–900	866	319.00–329.00	326.35
75	900–950	925	321.00–340.00	335.72
47	950–1000	984	302.00–317.00	314.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	586	370.00	370.00
6	650–700	683	337.50	337.50
5	750–800	771	306.00	306.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	1000–1050	1,020	317.00	317.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	550–600	596	450.00	450.00
10	650–700	650	433.00	433.00
5	700–750	742	377.50	377.50
58	850–900	862	358.00	358.00
106	950–1000	974	342.00–345.00	343.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	394	460.00	460.00
11	550–600	577	395.00	395.00

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.