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Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Name: Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-10-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-24

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Oct 24

● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021

← Oct 22Oct 24Oct 31 →

Receipts

8,022 head

▲ 2,740 vs last sale 5,282▲ 559 vs year ago 7,463 · +7.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers calves from 400 lbs to 599 lbs were 20.00 to 30.00 lower, steers from 600 lbs to 699 lbs were 15.00 to 20.00 lower; heifer calves from 450 lbs to 499 lbs were 20.00 to 30.00 lower, heifers from 500 lbs to 599 lbs were 8.00 to 12.00 lower. A large run of calves for todays auction with many part loads and packages along with quite a few full loads being offered, right off the cow. Most of the calves had two rounds of vaccinations, were clean haired and attractive for quality. Good demand for todays offerings. The sale seemed to get better as the day progressed. A fairly active market with order buyers and farmer feeders competing with internet buyers for todays offering. Several consignments of yearlings for todays sale with most being off grass and moderate fleshed. Feeder cattle futures opened limit down causing concern and dampening the optimism of buyers. Next feeder sale is Wednesday October 29th featuring a special black hided calf sale.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $469.14/cwt on 2,690 head. That ranks 9 of 17 comparable sales and sits −19.25 against this barn's trailing median of $488.39.

Average price

$469.14

2,690 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,618

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$306

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

$57.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.27

vs SD average

+11.00 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	469.49	2,619	2,674
Medium and Large 1-2	562	411.88	2,313	16thin

One grade step is worth $57.61/cwt here — about $306 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale2,690 hd

469.14

—

SD average9 barns · 11,740 hd

480.42

−11.27

National average182 barns · 38,495 hd

458.14

+11.00

This barn, trailing median17 sales

488.39

−19.25

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

Steers 500–600 lb: high $522.90, low $431.00, median $488.39 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

45 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 · Steers23 lots · lightest first
Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 1-2	267	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	1,642	8
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	302	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	2,114	11
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	354	588.83/cwt	575.00–595.00	2,084	20
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	360	608.90/cwt	600.00–615.00	2,192	49
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	423	581.50/cwt	565.00–587.50	2,460	172
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	434	527.50/cwt	527.50–527.50	2,289	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	469	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,134	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	472	490.64/cwt	490.00–492.50	2,316	27
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	475	527.46/cwt	518.00–572.50	2,505	531
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Full	482	496.39/cwt	457.50–500.00	2,393	130
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	516	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,141	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	526	492.60/cwt	471.00–517.00	2,591	1,082
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Full	529	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	2,497	11
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	580	453.65/cwt	441.00–476.00	2,631	1,581
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	589	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,415	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	618	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,410	12
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	623	452.30/cwt	423.00–477.00	2,818	1,258
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	654	428.31/cwt	402.00–440.00	2,801	224
Steers	650–700	Medium 1-2	695	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,419	5
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	727	395.93/cwt	375.00–402.00	2,878	138
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	847	373.00/cwt	373.00–373.00	3,159	123
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	910	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,571	12
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,031	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	3,237	5
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	319	632.50/cwt	632.50–632.50	2,018	12
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	336	597.50/cwt	597.50–597.50	2,008	8
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	355	568.79/cwt	565.00–570.00	2,019	21
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	387	519.41/cwt	503.00–540.00	2,010	24
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	485.45/cwt	460.00–517.00	2,078	169
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Full	433	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,949	30
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	443	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	1,894	10
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	474.56/cwt	442.00–486.00	2,264	524
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,051	20
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	447.92/cwt	410.00–460.00	2,298	424
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Replacement	533	452.26/cwt	446.00–457.00	2,411	189
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Replacement	566	446.89/cwt	437.00–453.00	2,529	147
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	569	413.70/cwt	392.50–422.00	2,354	270
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	603	448.00/cwt	448.00–448.00	2,701	79
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	391.70/cwt	353.00–400.00	2,401	112
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	665	367.00/cwt	367.00–367.00	2,441	91
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Spayed	814	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,833	60
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	822	331.60/cwt	312.00–340.00	2,726	88
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Spayed	867	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,861	56
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	880	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,842	15
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	939	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	3,005	9
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	981	307.52/cwt	305.00–310.00	3,017	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 24, 2025

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

Receipts 8,022Last week 5,282Year ago 7,463

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	267	615.00	615.00
11	300–350	302	700.00	700.00
20	350–400	354	575.00–595.00	588.83
8	400–450	434	527.50	527.50
27	450–500	472	490.00–492.50	490.64
6	500–550	516	415.00	415.00
10	550–600	589	410.00	410.00
12	600–650	618	390.00	390.00
12	900–950	910	282.50	282.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49	350–400	360	600.00–615.00	608.90
172	400–450	423	565.00–587.50	581.50
531	450–500	475	518.00–572.50	527.46
1,082	500–550	526	471.00–517.00	492.60
1,581	550–600	580	441.00–476.00	453.65
1,258	600–650	623	423.00–477.00	452.30
224	650–700	654	402.00–440.00	428.31
138	700–750	727	375.00–402.00	395.93
123	800–850	847	373.00	373.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
130	450–500	482	457.50–500.00	496.39
11	500–550	529	472.00	472.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	695	348.00	348.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1000–1050	1,031	314.00	314.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	469	455.00	455.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	319	632.50	632.50
24	350–400	387	503.00–540.00	519.41
169	400–450	428	460.00–517.00	485.45
524	450–500	477	442.00–486.00	474.56
424	500–550	513	410.00–460.00	447.92
270	550–600	569	392.50–422.00	413.70
112	600–650	613	353.00–400.00	391.70
91	650–700	665	367.00	367.00
88	800–850	822	312.00–340.00	331.60
15	850–900	880	323.00	323.00
9	900–950	939	320.00	320.00
14	950–1000	981	305.00–310.00	307.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
60	800–850	814	348.00	348.00
56	850–900	867	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
189	500–550	533	446.00–457.00	452.26
147	550–600	566	437.00–453.00	446.89
79	600–650	603	448.00	448.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
30	400–450	433	450.00	450.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	336	597.50	597.50
21	350–400	355	565.00–570.00	568.79
10	400–450	443	427.50	427.50
20	450–500	477	430.00	430.00

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.