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Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Name: Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-08-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-29

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Aug 29

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021

← Aug 15Aug 29Sep 12 →

Receipts

3,291 head

▲ 2,482 vs last sale 809▲ 149 vs year ago 3,142 · +4.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Last feeder sale was two weeks ago; best test on steers 950 lbs to 999 lbs were 8.00 to 12.00 higher, best test on heifers 900 lbs to 949 lbs were 6.00 to 8.00 higher on limited comparisons. Other weight classes to limited to make a good comparison. Good to very good demand for todays offering with most cattle coming off grass. Several strings of reputation yearling steers along with loads and packages of tested open replacement heifers made up the bulk of the sale. An Active market as order buyers competing with internet buyers trying to refill pen space. Best demand was for full loads or multiple loads of the the same sort. Wide spread showers in the area with more showers forecasted over the weekend. August feeder cattle futures for 2025 are $120 per cwt above August of 2024, think about that for a minute. Next feeder sale is scheduled for September 12, 2025.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 700–800 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

700–800 lb steers averaged $387.30/cwt on 96 head. That ranks 7 of 16 comparable sales and sits −7.85 against this barn's trailing median of $395.15.

Average price

$387.30

96 head · 778 lb average

Value per head Derived

$3,012

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+2.54

vs SD average

+14.69 vs national

Price by quality 700–800 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	778	387.30	3,012	96

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 700–800 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale96 hd

387.30

—

SD average4 barns · 155 hd

384.75

+2.54

National average139 barns · 8,840 hd

372.60

+14.69

This barn, trailing median16 sales

395.15

−7.85

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 700–800 lb

16 sales

Steers 700–800 lb: high $423.67, low $348.87, median $395.15 across 16 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

23 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	705	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,697	12
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	788	387.98/cwt	378.00–389.00	3,057	84
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	847	374.50/cwt	374.50–374.50	3,172	134
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	881	364.57/cwt	350.00–372.50	3,212	381
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	891	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,851	10
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	942	357.84/cwt	338.00–360.00	3,371	359
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	958	356.38/cwt	345.00–359.00	3,414	368
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	974	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	3,224	8
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Full	979	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	3,240	5
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1Full	1,013	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	3,039	6
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,086	328.23/cwt	311.00–331.50	3,565	158
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,118	286.56/cwt	269.00–291.00	3,204	25
Feeder Cattle · Heifers10 lots · lightest first
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,356	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	378.07/cwt	372.00–384.00	2,767	159
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	376.24/cwt	361.00–379.50	2,905	46
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Spayed	814	364.50/cwt	364.50–364.50	2,967	40
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	818	354.43/cwt	342.00–369.00	2,899	87
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	872	337.79/cwt	319.00–347.00	2,946	184
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	927	342.33/cwt	334.00–345.00	3,173	224
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Full	931	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,933	201
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	973	322.24/cwt	311.00–336.00	3,135	201
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,006	327.09/cwt	326.00–328.00	3,291	22
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1	735	369.00/cwt	369.00–369.00	2,712	11

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.

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Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction (Friday) - Ft. Pierre, SD

Fri Aug 29, 2025

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

Receipts 3,291Last week 809Year ago 3,142

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	950–1000	974	331.00	331.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1000–1050	1,013	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	950–1000	979	331.00	331.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
158	1050–1100	1,086	311.00–331.50	328.23
25	1100–1150	1,118	269.00–291.00	286.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	700–750	705	382.50	382.50
84	750–800	788	378.00–389.00	387.98
134	800–850	847	374.50	374.50
381	850–900	881	350.00–372.50	364.57
359	900–950	942	338.00–360.00	357.84
368	950–1000	958	345.00–359.00	356.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	850–900	891	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
201	900–950	931	315.00	315.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	1000–1050	1,006	326.00–328.00	327.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	620	380.00	380.00
159	700–750	732	372.00–384.00	378.07
46	750–800	772	361.00–379.50	376.24
87	800–850	818	342.00–369.00	354.43
184	850–900	872	319.00–347.00	337.79
224	900–950	927	334.00–345.00	342.33
201	950–1000	973	311.00–336.00	322.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
40	800–850	814	364.50	364.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	700–750	735	369.00	369.00

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.