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Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction

Name: Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2026-03-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-06

Feeder Cattle · Ft. Pierre, South Dakota · Fri, Mar 6

● Final29 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2021

← Feb 27Mar 6Mar 13 →

Receipts

4,628 head

▼ 2,670 vs last sale 7,298▼ 140 vs year ago 4,768 · −2.9%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: steers from 600 lbs to 649 lbs were steady to 2.00 higher, steers from 650 lbs to 849 lbs were generally 10.00 to 15.00 lower, steers from 850 lbs to 899 lbs were steady to 2.00 lower; heifers from 550 lbs to 749 lbs were mostly steady to 4.00 lower, heifers from 750 lbs to 799 lbs were 10.00 to 15.00 lower. No other comparisons available. Another big run of cattle for todays auction with a house full of people. Good to very good demand for all classes today. Most of todays offering was home raised, fully vaccinated and long time weaned. Several consignments were offered in multiple loads, plenty of part loads and packages to make loads out of. Continue to see very good demand and lots of interest in the better replacement heifers. An active market from start to finish with plenty of interest in procuring cattle. Mostly black hided cattle for todays sale that ranged from light fleshed hay fed cattle to moderate plus backgrounded cattle. Internet buyers were competing with order buyers and farmer feeders at todays auction. Considering all the negative news going on around the world the cash feeder cattle market is holding up rather well. Next feeder cattle auction will be Friday, March 13, 2026.

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 $446.09/cwt on 172 head. That ranks 8 of 17 comparable sales and sits −0.88 against this barn's trailing median of $446.97.

Average price

$446.09

172 head · 572 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,551

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$392

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

$24.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.77

vs SD average

+25.13 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	575	447.39	2,572	163
Medium and Large 1-2	516	422.50	2,180	9thin

One grade step is worth $24.89/cwt here — about $392 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 sale172 hd

446.09

—

SD average6 barns · 942 hd

446.86

−0.77

National average181 barns · 13,944 hd

420.96

+25.13

This barn, trailing median17 sales

446.97

−0.88

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

29 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 · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	410	591.60/cwt	572.50–600.00	2,426	24
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	534	521.98/cwt	516.00–552.50	2,787	86
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	592	468.00/cwt	468.00–468.00	2,771	6
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	613	454.94/cwt	432.50–461.00	2,789	164
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	692	423.78/cwt	418.00–432.00	2,933	132
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	699	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,709	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	733	403.56/cwt	380.00–416.00	2,958	130
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	770	381.98/cwt	371.00–409.00	2,941	370
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	835	363.22/cwt	350.00–379.50	3,033	655
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	875	357.91/cwt	357.00–360.00	3,132	641
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	507.36/cwt	497.50–512.50	2,359	43
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	477	427.50/cwt	427.50–427.50	2,039	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	516	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,180	9
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	539	460.79/cwt	457.50–475.00	2,484	41
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	587	442.89/cwt	432.50–444.00	2,600	122
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	616	413.90/cwt	382.00–422.00	2,550	146
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	673	398.15/cwt	371.00–411.00	2,680	312
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Full	690	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,525	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	723	386.40/cwt	371.00–396.00	2,794	204
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	730	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,570	28
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Replacement	744	418.71/cwt	398.00–426.00	3,115	99
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	747	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,484	12
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	782	360.18/cwt	351.00–377.00	2,817	256
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Replacement	783	414.55/cwt	394.00–444.00	3,246	287
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Replacement	821	375.39/cwt	369.00–383.00	3,082	420
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	828	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,840	29
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Replacement	865	396.33/cwt	396.00–397.00	3,428	185
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	869	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,716	8
Heifers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,123	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	3,268	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 Mar 6, 2026

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

Receipts 4,628Last week 7,298Year ago 4,768

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	700–750	730	352.00	352.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	690	366.00	366.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	1100–1150	1,123	291.00	291.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
43	450–500	465	497.50–512.50	507.36
41	500–550	539	457.50–475.00	460.79
122	550–600	587	432.50–444.00	442.89
146	600–650	616	382.00–422.00	413.90
312	650–700	673	371.00–411.00	398.15
204	700–750	723	371.00–396.00	386.40
256	750–800	782	351.00–377.00	360.18
29	800–850	828	343.00	343.00
8	850–900	869	312.50	312.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	477	427.50	427.50
9	500–550	516	422.50	422.50
12	700–750	747	332.50	332.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
99	700–750	744	398.00–426.00	418.71
287	750–800	783	394.00–444.00	414.55
420	800–850	821	369.00–383.00	375.39
185	850–900	865	396.00–397.00	396.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	400–450	410	572.50–600.00	591.60
86	500–550	534	516.00–552.50	521.98
6	550–600	592	468.00	468.00
164	600–650	613	432.50–461.00	454.94
132	650–700	692	418.00–432.00	423.78
130	700–750	733	380.00–416.00	403.56
370	750–800	770	371.00–409.00	381.98
655	800–850	835	350.00–379.50	363.22
641	850–900	875	357.00–360.00	357.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	699	387.50	387.50

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.