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Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Name: Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-03

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Oct 3

● Final33 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021

← Sep 26Oct 3Oct 10 →

Receipts

4,185 head

▲ 391 vs last sale 3,794▼ 2,538 vs year ago 6,723 · −37.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Yearling steers not well compared, yearling heifers from 800 lbs to 899 lbs were mostly 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Limited comparisons on calf weights, but a higher market would be noted compared to last week. Very good demand for yearlings with most coming off grass and light fleshed. Many consignments of tested open heifers coming off grass that buyers could put together and make loads. A feature consignment of spayed heifers off grass with 20 loads in the same sort. A couple consignments of yearling steers offered in full loads. Multiple consignments of spring calves coming off the cow with a complete spring and fall vaccination program. Calves were met with moderate demand as most feeders are not ready for a bawling calf. An active market as internet buyers and order buyers cautiously pick and chose their purchases. There is a large price spread on the same weight and class of cattle depending on quality and amount of fill. Next sale is Oct 10, 2025, expecting a large run of calves and yearlings.

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 $438.67/cwt on 152 head. That ranks 7 of 17 comparable sales and sits −8.30 against this barn's trailing median of $446.97.

Average price

$438.67

152 head · 517 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,268

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+21.79

vs SD average

+69.76 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	517	438.67	2,268	152

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

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale152 hd

438.67

—

SD average6 barns · 381 hd

416.88

+21.79

National average182 barns · 13,299 hd

368.91

+69.76

This barn, trailing median17 sales

446.97

−8.30

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

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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	575.00/cwt	575.00–575.00	1,898	6
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	378	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,155	9
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	438	540.87/cwt	539.00–545.00	2,369	212
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	467	531.05/cwt	515.00–533.00	2,480	164
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	514	506.09/cwt	487.50–528.00	2,601	352
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	475.56/cwt	458.00–482.00	2,663	283
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	610	442.89/cwt	440.00–443.00	2,702	294
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	696	414.02/cwt	399.00–417.50	2,882	85
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	710	406.38/cwt	389.00–413.00	2,885	103
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	776	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,910	5
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	809	299.00/cwt	299.00–299.00	2,419	8
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	812	357.49/cwt	340.00–359.00	2,903	65
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	975	337.02/cwt	336.00–339.00	3,286	50
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	347	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,891	7
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	375	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,631	22
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	421	491.26/cwt	476.00–532.50	2,068	78
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	428	443.71/cwt	390.00–487.50	1,899	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Replacement	454	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	2,372	51
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	454.86/cwt	446.00–462.50	2,138	86
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	517	438.67/cwt	422.50–447.00	2,268	152
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Full	638	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,408	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Spayed	642	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,529	30
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	651	394.00/cwt	394.00–394.00	2,565	158
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Spayed	721	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,805	72
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	732	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,544	5
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Spayed	820	356.45/cwt	348.50–360.00	2,923	195
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	840	347.11/cwt	339.00–352.00	2,916	16
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Spayed	883	348.00/cwt	347.50–348.50	3,073	1,184
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	895	338.65/cwt	325.00–343.00	3,031	33
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	922	338.27/cwt	333.00–341.00	3,119	61
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	972	330.99/cwt	320.00–336.00	3,217	26
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,042	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	3,501	14
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,086	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	3,095	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 Oct 3, 2025

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

Receipts 4,185Last week 3,794Year ago 6,723

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	1000–1050	1,042	336.00	336.00
14	1050–1100	1,086	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	638	377.50	377.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	347	545.00	545.00
78	400–450	421	476.00–532.50	491.26
86	450–500	470	446.00–462.50	454.86
152	500–550	517	422.50–447.00	438.67
158	650–700	651	394.00	394.00
5	700–750	732	347.50	347.50
16	800–850	840	339.00–352.00	347.11
33	850–900	895	325.00–343.00	338.65
61	900–950	922	333.00–341.00	338.27
26	950–1000	972	320.00–336.00	330.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
30	600–650	642	394.00	394.00
72	700–750	721	389.00	389.00
195	800–850	820	348.50–360.00	356.45
1,184	850–900	883	347.50–348.50	348.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	350–400	375	435.00	435.00
14	400–450	428	390.00–487.50	443.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
51	450–500	454	522.50	522.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	330	575.00	575.00
9	350–400	378	570.00	570.00
212	400–450	438	539.00–545.00	540.87
164	450–500	467	515.00–533.00	531.05
352	500–550	514	487.50–528.00	506.09
283	550–600	560	458.00–482.00	475.56
294	600–650	610	440.00–443.00	442.89
85	650–700	696	399.00–417.50	414.02
103	700–750	710	389.00–413.00	406.38
65	800–850	812	340.00–359.00	357.49
50	950–1000	975	336.00–339.00	337.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	750–800	776	375.00	375.00
8	800–850	809	299.00	299.00

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.