South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 115 priced lines covering 10,849 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 12,936 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,100 head.

Mon Jun 3, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 12,936Last week 10,437Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,100Last week 864Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 950 lbs rather steady, over 950 lbs steady to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers 3.00 to 5.00 lower, except for 650-750 lbs mostly steady. Demand light to moderate, best demand again on those lighter weight cattle that are suitable for backgrounding as this supply is much more limited. The heavier cattle that are bound for feedyards remain under pressure as the CME cattle futures fail to offer much support to the spot market for either feeder cattle or fed cattle. Farmer feeders were busy in the field trying to get their crop in before it's simply too late, buyer attendance was lighter at the auctions because of this. The market was active on cattle 800 lbs, much slower on the heavier cattle. These lighter cattle will come to market again, either as a yearling or a finished animal, later in the year or next spring where the futures market is dollars higher than the spot month which is really helping to support the market at these levels. Corn futures were lower this week, in spite of many unplanted acres, but cattle feeders are still wary of feed costs being much higher this year and are taking this into account when purchasing feeder cattle Packers started the week with lower bids again and were accepted by southern plains feeders, northern feeders weren't as quick to roll over but eventually lower sales did materialize. Boxed beef prices remain robust, considering the near 40.00 spread between Choice boxes and Choice live steers. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher, bulls steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	905	100.00	100.00
12	—	854	96.00	96.00
40	—	833	92.00–101.00	98.28
9	—	677	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	901	108.75	108.75
15	—	811	111.00	111.00
7	—	659	121.00	121.00
6	—	592	137.00	137.00
53	—	526	135.50–146.00	140.25
72	—	743	120.00–128.00	120.86
53	—	641	123.75–130.00	125.49
24	—	781	116.00–119.00	116.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	561	156.00–157.00	156.69
62	—	658	141.00	141.00
62	—	807	125.00	125.00
82	—	628	139.00–141.50	139.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	657	122.00	122.00
3	—	728	116.00	116.00
18	—	801	119.00	119.00
11	—	606	134.00	134.00
19	—	896	112.50	112.50
42	—	781	115.00–120.00	117.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	561	148.00	148.00
6	—	713	126.00	126.00
15	—	425	151.00–156.00	153.38
13	—	493	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	667	126.00–134.00	133.47
5	—	491	135.50	135.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
124	—	899	141.50	141.50
63	—	811	134.00–143.00	139.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	472	141.50–155.50	150.55
17	—	375	156.00	156.00
145	—	530	140.00–158.00	146.74
224	—	635	131.50–148.00	142.36
419	—	782	119.00–134.00	126.90
387	—	725	120.00–138.50	132.56
358	—	808	115.00–133.50	127.32
353	—	679	121.00–141.50	135.71
207	—	575	132.00–151.50	144.90
25	—	429	140.00–156.00	143.88
782	—	878	112.00–121.00	115.79
268	—	913	109.00–117.50	113.27
107	—	985	107.00–109.00	108.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	596	164.50	164.50
7	—	785	129.00	129.00
6	—	418	184.00	184.00
4	—	625	161.00	161.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	719	140.50	140.50
10	—	546	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,017	115.00	115.00
10	—	887	119.50	119.50
40	—	847	129.50	129.50
14	—	546	146.00	146.00
42	—	638	136.00–141.00	139.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	682	137.00	137.00
12	—	744	135.00–144.00	140.22
52	—	761	134.00–135.50	134.53
3	—	410	170.00	170.00
5	—	495	166.00	166.00
28	—	973	112.25	112.25
45	—	632	142.00–158.00	149.48
37	—	939	121.75–124.00	122.17
21	—	540	134.00–157.00	143.78
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
185	—	686	140.50–153.00	150.07
310	—	717	140.00–158.00	150.44
524	—	818	133.50–144.50	137.48
533	—	780	135.50–155.00	141.36
836	—	924	120.50–132.75	128.52
65	—	434	170.00–180.00	177.52
493	—	881	120.00–136.75	131.47
935	—	974	115.25–132.75	123.21
224	—	572	152.00–171.00	163.38
63	—	522	164.50–176.00	170.47
32	—	480	171.00–177.00	173.01
287	—	619	148.00–168.00	157.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	761	150.25	150.25
90	—	654	168.25	168.25
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
148	—	1,073	112.75–113.50	112.99
170	—	1,027	116.50–119.50	117.98
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	707	127.00	127.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	507	180.00	180.00
19	—	730	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	775	128.00	128.00
7	—	745	133.00	133.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,053	111.75	111.75
6	—	1,102	107.50	107.50
12	—	1,222	106.50	106.50
Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,066	91.25	91.25
37	—	1,142	90.50	90.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	541	147.00	147.00
13	—	765	122.00	122.00
13	—	915	115.25	115.25
15	—	616	129.50	129.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	951	66.00	66.00
11	—	935	68.00	68.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,445	80.00	80.00
14	—	1,977	84.00–91.00	86.69
1	—	2,615	75.00	75.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,146	110.00	110.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,299	108.00–115.00	111.83
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,339	122.00	122.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	1,406	113.00–116.00	115.33
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
158	—	1,414	84.50–87.50	85.84
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,399	80.50–83.50	81.02
Heifers — Select and Choice · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,156	125.50	125.50
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,218	109.00	109.00
90	—	1,313	114.00–115.00	114.92
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	1,637	79.00–83.00	80.14
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,370	50.00–63.50	56.62
41	—	1,291	60.00–68.00	63.87
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,624	74.00–76.00	75.41
26	—	1,572	54.00–63.50	60.61
65	—	1,510	65.00–73.00	68.80
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,169	40.00–54.50	50.12
45	—	1,208	53.00–63.00	58.25

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.

Source: USDA AMS, as filed — nothing recomputed and nothing rounded. This summary aggregates the same sales the South Dakota barn reports cover, so it must never be added to a state total built from those barns.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

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