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Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Name: Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-11-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-14

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Nov 14

● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021

← Nov 7Nov 14Nov 21 →

Receipts

7,633 head

▼ 1,999 vs last sale 9,632▼ 1,546 vs year ago 9,179 · −16.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: No comparisons on yearlings due to limited numbers. Steer calves from 400 lbs to 549 lbs were 10.00 to 20.00 higher, steers from 550 lbs to 700 lbs were generally steady. Heifer calves from 450 lbs to 550 lbs were steady to 10.00 higher, heifers from 550 lbs to 600 lbs were 10.00 to 15.00 lower. A big run of cattle for todays sale with a few consignments of old cop yearlings mostly off grass that were met with moderate demand. Yearlings consisted of tested open replacement heifers, most in packages and a few consignments of steers. Yearlings were light to medium fleshed and generally attractive for quality. Calves were fresh off the cow except for one consignment. Calves were in light flesh condition and most had two rounds of vaccinations. Several strings offering multiple loads as well as plenty of part loads and packages made for an active market. Good demand for todays offering with mostly order buyers and internet buyers competing with a few farmer feeders for todays sale. Weather has been warmer than normal allowing for good progress on fall harvest and made the movement of cattle fairly easy. Next feeder sale is scheduled for Friday, November 21st, expecting a large run of high quality calves and yearlings.

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 $447.94/cwt on 2,619 head. That ranks 3 of 17 comparable sales and sits −40.45 against this barn's trailing median of $488.39.

Average price

$447.94

2,619 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,487

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$377

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

$65.40/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.03

vs SD average

+23.07 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	449.29	2,495	2,565
Medium and Large 1-2	552	383.89	2,118	54

One grade step is worth $65.40/cwt here — about $377 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale2,619 hd

447.94

—

SD average7 barns · 8,565 hd

446.91

+1.03

National average177 barns · 31,012 hd

424.87

+23.07

This barn, trailing median17 sales

488.39

−40.45

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

44 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	328	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	1,837	13
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	336	587.33/cwt	580.00–595.00	1,973	12
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	369	569.45/cwt	555.00–587.50	2,101	46
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	386	485.31/cwt	445.00–510.00	1,873	19
Steers	350–400	Medium 2	389	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,537	60
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	400	471.00/cwt	471.00–471.00	1,884	12
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	439	526.18/cwt	507.50–540.50	2,310	190
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	477	492.24/cwt	469.00–516.00	2,348	654
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	489	423.18/cwt	380.00–450.00	2,069	13
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	497	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,578	55
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,898	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	466.57/cwt	447.50–499.00	2,459	1,146
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Full	529	435.73/cwt	435.00–436.00	2,305	26
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	555	385.82/cwt	332.50–401.00	2,141	49
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	579	435.33/cwt	415.00–457.00	2,521	1,393
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	624	426.78/cwt	407.00–452.00	2,663	1,076
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	624	381.04/cwt	347.00–394.00	2,378	38
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	669	408.10/cwt	382.00–418.00	2,730	350
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,022	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	2,943	9
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1-2	306	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	1,805	7
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	319	560.77/cwt	545.00–580.00	1,789	11
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	379	497.59/cwt	482.50–520.00	1,886	75
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	430.95/cwt	425.00–445.00	1,866	42
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Fancy	438	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,321	46
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	479	443.16/cwt	420.00–487.00	2,123	496
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Full	483	407.58/cwt	402.50–410.00	1,969	48
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	483	377.30/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,822	11
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	517	374.36/cwt	358.00–385.00	1,935	30
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Replacement	522	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,401	100
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	429.85/cwt	406.00–442.00	2,252	125
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Replacement	575	453.28/cwt	428.00–462.00	2,606	358
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	383.93/cwt	369.00–417.50	2,219	273
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	589	317.81/cwt	305.00–370.00	1,872	30
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	612	384.28/cwt	359.00–406.00	2,352	131
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	619	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,136	14
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	621	442.00/cwt	442.00–442.00	2,745	153
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	625	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,144	34
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	694	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,387	42
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Spayed	807	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,469	25
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	846	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,487	5
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	868	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,647	55
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,020	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	3,080	12
Heifers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,118	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	3,041	33
Heifers	1150–1200	Large 1	1,181	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	3,141	8

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 Nov 14, 2025

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

Receipts 7,633Last week 9,632Year ago 9,179

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	1000–1050	1,020	302.00	302.00
33	1100–1150	1,118	272.00	272.00
8	1150–1200	1,181	266.00	266.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
46	400–450	438	530.00	530.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	319	545.00–580.00	560.77
75	350–400	379	482.50–520.00	497.59
42	400–450	433	425.00–445.00	430.95
496	450–500	479	420.00–487.00	443.16
125	500–550	524	406.00–442.00	429.85
273	550–600	578	369.00–417.50	383.93
131	600–650	612	359.00–406.00	384.28
42	650–700	694	344.00	344.00
5	800–850	846	294.00	294.00
55	850–900	868	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	306	590.00	590.00
11	450–500	483	375.00–380.00	377.30
30	500–550	517	358.00–385.00	374.36
30	550–600	589	305.00–370.00	317.81
14	600–650	619	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
100	500–550	522	460.00	460.00
358	550–600	575	428.00–462.00	453.28
153	600–650	621	442.00	442.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	800–850	807	306.00	306.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
34	600–650	625	343.00	343.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
48	450–500	483	402.50–410.00	407.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	1000–1050	1,022	288.00	288.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
60	350–400	389	395.00	395.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	336	580.00–595.00	587.33
46	350–400	369	555.00–587.50	569.45
190	400–450	439	507.50–540.50	526.18
654	450–500	477	469.00–516.00	492.24
1,146	500–550	527	447.50–499.00	466.57
1,393	550–600	579	415.00–457.00	435.33
1,076	600–650	624	407.00–452.00	426.78
350	650–700	669	382.00–418.00	408.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	328	560.00	560.00
19	350–400	386	445.00–510.00	485.31
12	400–450	400	471.00	471.00
13	450–500	489	380.00–450.00	423.18
5	500–550	520	365.00	365.00
49	550–600	555	332.50–401.00	385.82
38	600–650	624	347.00–394.00	381.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
55	450–500	497	317.50	317.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
26	500–550	529	435.00–436.00	435.73

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.