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Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Name: Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-12

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Sep 12

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021

← Aug 29Sep 12Sep 26 →

Receipts

2,412 head

▼ 879 vs last sale 3,291▼ 2,909 vs year ago 5,321 · −54.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: best test on steers 850 lbs to 899 lbs were 3.00 to 5.00 lower on limited numbers, best test on heifers were 850 lbs to 899 lbs were steady to 6.00 higher, heifers from 900 lbs to 945 lbs were 6.00 to 8.00 lower, heifers from 950 lbs to 999 lbs were steady to 4.00 higher on limited numbers. Market felt softer overall today and with the futures market substantially lower this week its understandable. Good to very good demand for todays yearlings that were mostly off pasture and attractive for quality. Flesh conditions ranged from light fleshed to moderate flesh depending on pasture conditions. Today offering consisted of a couple consignments of steers off grass, a long string of spayed heifers off grass and multiple consignments of tested open replacement heifers. An active market with mostly order buyers competing with internet buyers as cattle feeders try to keep pen space filled. Best demand for full loads or multiple loads of the same sort. Silage chopping is in full swing in the area. A chance of rain this weekend, Next feeder sale will be September 26, 2025, the 78th Anniversary Sale. Expecting a large run of yearlings along with some spring and fall calf consignments.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb heifers averaged $355.00/cwt on 8 head. That ranks 3 of 18 comparable sales and sits −46.49 against this barn's trailing median of $401.49.

Average price

$355.00

8 head · 689 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,446

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−40.47

vs SD average

+2.26 vs national

Price by quality 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	689	355.00	2,446	8thin

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

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale8 hd

355.00

—

SD average5 barns · 184 hd

395.47

−40.47

National average181 barns · 9,734 hd

352.74

+2.26

This barn, trailing median18 sales

401.49

−46.49

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 600–700 lb

18 sales

Heifers 600–700 lb: high $441.59, low $318.05, median $401.49 across 18 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

21 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	600–650	Medium and Large 1	641	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,628	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	654	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,305	8
Steers	650–700	Medium 1-2	685	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,295	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	726	388.57/cwt	385.00–389.00	2,821	83
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	786	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	2,995	63
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	876	360.58/cwt	359.00–362.00	3,159	127
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	914	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	3,117	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	689	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,446	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,606	80
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Spayed	740	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,708	20
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Spayed	762	356.28/cwt	351.00–357.00	2,715	66
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	788	362.57/cwt	362.00–365.00	2,857	68
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Spayed	828	356.18/cwt	354.00–357.50	2,949	255
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	832	356.30/cwt	348.00–362.50	2,964	47
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Full	862	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,802	20
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	871	348.64/cwt	347.00–353.00	3,037	127
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Spayed	893	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	3,027	174
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Spayed	905	336.17/cwt	336.00–336.50	3,042	177
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	933	335.17/cwt	322.00–341.00	3,127	225
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	982	327.00/cwt	322.00–338.50	3,211	216
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,033	307.20/cwt	304.00–316.00	3,173	70

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 Sep 12, 2025

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

Receipts 2,412Last week 3,291Year ago 5,321

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	654	352.50	352.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	641	410.00	410.00
83	700–750	726	385.00–389.00	388.57
63	750–800	786	381.00	381.00
127	850–900	876	359.00–362.00	360.58
5	900–950	914	341.00	341.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	685	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
20	850–900	862	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
70	1000–1050	1,033	304.00–316.00	307.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	689	355.00	355.00
80	700–750	722	361.00	361.00
68	750–800	788	362.00–365.00	362.57
47	800–850	832	348.00–362.50	356.30
127	850–900	871	347.00–353.00	348.64
225	900–950	933	322.00–341.00	335.17
216	950–1000	982	322.00–338.50	327.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	700–750	740	366.00	366.00
66	750–800	762	351.00–357.00	356.28
255	800–850	828	354.00–357.50	356.18
174	850–900	893	339.00	339.00
177	900–950	905	336.00–336.50	336.17

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.