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Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Name: Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-26

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Sep 26

● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021

← Sep 12Sep 26Oct 3 →

Receipts

3,794 head

▲ 1,382 vs last sale 2,412▼ 4,954 vs year ago 8,748 · −56.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: No comparisons available on steers due to limited numbers for comparison; best test on heifers 800 lbs to 899 lbs were steady to 4.00 lower, heifers from 900 lbs to 949 lbs steady to 2.00 higher. Good to very good demand for todays offering of yearlings that were mostly off grass and in light to moderate flesh condition. An active market on the yearlings with mostly order buyers competing with internet buyers. Yearling consignments were mostly tested open replacement heifer, a few consignments of yearlings steers and spayed heifers. Buyers remain cautions yet were wanting to buy cattle. Several consignments of spring born calves were met with less enthusiasm as most producers just aren't ready for a bawling calf. Recent rains in the area have slowed fall field work and greened pastures up. Warm dry forecast for the coming week. Next feeder sale is scheduled for Friday, October 3, 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 $409.23/cwt on 107 head. That ranks 1 of 17 comparable sales and sits −37.74 against this barn's trailing median of $446.97.

Average price

$409.23

107 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,301

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$119

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

$26.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.45

vs SD average

+43.38 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	417.61	2,339	73
Medium and Large 1-2	567	391.25	2,220	34

One grade step is worth $26.36/cwt here — about $119 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale107 hd

409.23

—

SD average3 barns · 159 hd

416.68

−7.45

National average172 barns · 11,458 hd

365.85

+43.38

This barn, trailing median17 sales

446.97

−37.74

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

41 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	355	528.85/cwt	510.00–540.00	1,877	19
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	404	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,101	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	476	501.25/cwt	465.00–508.00	2,386	120
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,449	94
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	529	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,169	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	446.25/cwt	441.00–465.00	2,521	59
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	645	418.85/cwt	417.00–441.00	2,702	87
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	411.00/cwt	411.00–411.00	2,791	36
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	774	383.42/cwt	362.00–395.00	2,968	163
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	802	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,546	6
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	816	372.00/cwt	372.00–372.00	3,036	52
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	886	363.11/cwt	349.50–368.00	3,217	87
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	891	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	2,976	18
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	940	353.06/cwt	334.00–361.50	3,319	87
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	961	353.99/cwt	340.00–357.00	3,402	56
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,040	336.90/cwt	310.00–347.00	3,504	205
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	286	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,416	6
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	342	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,471	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	357	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,731	13
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	437	464.81/cwt	455.00–495.00	2,031	158
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	532	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,248	9
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	417.61/cwt	400.00–419.00	2,339	73
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,204	25
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	603	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,436	15
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	687	365.21/cwt	352.50–378.00	2,509	107
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	707	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,475	5
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	712	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,442	10
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Spayed	764	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,651	75
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	767	356.23/cwt	355.00–359.00	2,732	90
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	357.67/cwt	335.00–361.00	2,933	187
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Spayed	837	348.03/cwt	341.00–350.00	2,913	240
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Full	843	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,790	48
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Spayed	857	340.50/cwt	340.50–340.50	2,918	125
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	867	342.56/cwt	321.00–355.00	2,970	346
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Full	878	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	2,656	6
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Spayed	917	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	3,109	131
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	921	335.21/cwt	325.00–343.00	3,087	181
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Spayed	972	330.37/cwt	316.00–339.50	3,211	284
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	975	331.73/cwt	313.00–342.00	3,234	178
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1Spayed	1,020	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	3,193	50
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,023	309.61/cwt	305.00–316.50	3,167	106

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 26, 2025

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

Receipts 3,794Last week 2,412Year ago 8,748

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
50	1000–1050	1,020	313.00	313.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
106	1000–1050	1,023	305.00–316.50	309.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	707	350.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
48	800–850	843	331.00	331.00
6	850–900	878	302.50	302.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	286	495.00	495.00
13	350–400	357	485.00	485.00
158	400–450	437	455.00–495.00	464.81
73	550–600	560	400.00–419.00	417.61
15	600–650	603	404.00	404.00
107	650–700	687	352.50–378.00	365.21
90	750–800	767	355.00–359.00	356.23
187	800–850	820	335.00–361.00	357.67
346	850–900	867	321.00–355.00	342.56
181	900–950	921	325.00–343.00	335.21
178	950–1000	975	313.00–342.00	331.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
75	750–800	764	347.00	347.00
240	800–850	837	341.00–350.00	348.03
125	850–900	857	340.50	340.50
131	900–950	917	339.00	339.00
284	950–1000	972	316.00–339.50	330.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	342	430.00	430.00
9	500–550	532	422.50	422.50
25	550–600	580	380.00	380.00
10	700–750	712	343.00	343.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
205	1000–1050	1,040	310.00–347.00	336.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	355	510.00–540.00	528.85
8	400–450	404	520.00	520.00
120	450–500	476	465.00–508.00	501.25
94	500–550	521	470.00	470.00
59	550–600	565	441.00–465.00	446.25
87	600–650	645	417.00–441.00	418.85
36	650–700	679	411.00	411.00
163	750–800	774	362.00–395.00	383.42
52	800–850	816	372.00	372.00
87	850–900	886	349.50–368.00	363.11
87	900–950	940	334.00–361.50	353.06
56	950–1000	961	340.00–357.00	353.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	529	410.00	410.00
6	800–850	802	317.50	317.50
18	850–900	891	334.00	334.00

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.