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Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Name: Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-01-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-09

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Jan 9

● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021

← Dec 12Jan 9Jan 16 →

Receipts

6,848 head

▲ 2,009 vs last sale 4,839▲ 3,066 vs year ago 3,782 · +81.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Sale not recently reported, so no price trend is available. Good demand for a nice run of yearlings that were attractive for quality and most coming off grass in light to moderate flesh condition. Big run of calves with several consignments offering multiple loads in the same sort, up to 6 loads in one consignment. Calves were home raised, fully preconditioned and most in light to moderate flesh condition. Plenty of full loads offered with a lot of part loads and packages available as well. Big crowd in attendance with order buyers competing with internet buyers and a few farmer feeders trying to procure cattle today. A very active market for todays calf offering that consisted of multiple consignments of front end calves. Most calves were clean haired and attractive, with the recent mild weather in the area the cattle have performed very well. Next feeder sale is scheduled for Friday, January 16, 2026

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 $493.13/cwt on 394 head. That ranks 10 of 17 comparable sales and sits +4.74 against this barn's trailing median of $488.39.

Average price

$493.13

394 head · 559 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,757

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$572

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

$61.41/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.38

vs SD average

+26.80 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	493.91	2,765	389
Medium and Large 1-2	507	432.50	2,193	5thin

One grade step is worth $61.41/cwt here — about $572 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale394 hd

493.13

—

SD average7 barns · 2,461 hd

492.75

+0.38

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

+26.80

This barn, trailing median17 sales

488.39

+4.74

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

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

40 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	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	465	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,418	5
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	466	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,470	8
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	474	560.03/cwt	552.50–562.50	2,655	31
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	507	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	2,193	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Full	535	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,488	5
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	538	509.31/cwt	495.00–530.00	2,740	95
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	565	490.74/cwt	475.00–512.50	2,773	209
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Full	570	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,651	8
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	574	488.00/cwt	488.00–488.00	2,801	72
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Full	622	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	2,637	10
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	633	450.14/cwt	432.00–473.00	2,849	580
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	668	430.71/cwt	406.00–450.00	2,877	986
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Full	693	393.00/cwt	393.00–393.00	2,723	33
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	725	410.41/cwt	391.00–419.00	2,975	1,013
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	740	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	3,256	261
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	784	388.04/cwt	375.00–396.00	3,042	1,015
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	815	385.00/cwt	369.00–387.00	3,138	152
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	876	366.45/cwt	349.00–372.00	3,210	89
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	910	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,930	14
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	374	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,982	9
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	384	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	2,054	5
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	402	527.00/cwt	527.00–527.00	2,119	7
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	464	472.50/cwt	472.50–472.50	2,192	14
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	499	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,046	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	514	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,467	37
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	536	452.27/cwt	442.50–460.00	2,424	121
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	571	457.96/cwt	426.00–474.00	2,615	334
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	582	413.14/cwt	407.50–420.00	2,404	18
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	620	415.29/cwt	391.00–434.00	2,575	377
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Replacement	629	432.03/cwt	417.00–441.00	2,717	189
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Replacement	656	429.00/cwt	429.00–429.00	2,814	75
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	685	403.60/cwt	381.00–410.00	2,765	356
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	710	422.00/cwt	422.00–422.00	2,996	50
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	389.00/cwt	389.00–389.00	2,812	141
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	761	359.78/cwt	342.50–363.00	2,738	112
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	871	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,700	17
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	957	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	3,072	5
Heifers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,002	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	3,066	14
Heifers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,058	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	3,174	18
Heifers	1100–1150	Large 1Fleshy	1,127	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	3,099	9

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 Jan 9, 2026

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

Receipts 6,848Last week 4,839Year ago 3,782

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	1100–1150	1,127	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	850–900	871	310.00	310.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	1000–1050	1,002	306.00	306.00
18	1050–1100	1,058	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	374	530.00	530.00
7	400–450	402	527.00	527.00
14	450–500	464	472.50	472.50
121	500–550	536	442.50–460.00	452.27
334	550–600	571	426.00–474.00	457.96
377	600–650	620	391.00–434.00	415.29
356	650–700	685	381.00–410.00	403.60
141	700–750	723	389.00	389.00
112	750–800	761	342.50–363.00	359.78
5	950–1000	957	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	499	410.00	410.00
18	550–600	582	407.50–420.00	413.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	384	535.00	535.00
37	500–550	514	480.00	480.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
189	600–650	629	417.00–441.00	432.03
75	650–700	656	429.00	429.00
50	700–750	710	422.00	422.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	466	530.00	530.00
72	550–600	574	488.00	488.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	450–500	474	552.50–562.50	560.03
95	500–550	538	495.00–530.00	509.31
209	550–600	565	475.00–512.50	490.74
580	600–650	633	432.00–473.00	450.14
986	650–700	668	406.00–450.00	430.71
1,013	700–750	725	391.00–419.00	410.41
1,015	750–800	784	375.00–396.00	388.04
152	800–850	815	369.00–387.00	385.00
89	850–900	876	349.00–372.00	366.45
14	900–950	910	322.00	322.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	535	465.00	465.00
8	550–600	570	465.00	465.00
10	600–650	622	424.00	424.00
33	650–700	693	393.00	393.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	465	520.00	520.00
5	500–550	507	432.50	432.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
261	700–750	740	440.00	440.00

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.