South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 105 priced lines covering 12,478 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 12,378 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,593 head.

Mon Jun 17, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 12,378Last week 21,997Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,593Last week 1,589Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 3.00 lower, instances of 4.00 to 6.00 lower on 650-700 lbs and 750-800 lbs. Feeder heifers steady to 2.00 lower. Moderate to good demand for steers and heifers this week. Farmer feeders finished their planting and were in town ready to buy cattle this week. Another auction market hosted a special free bbq feeder cattle sale that featured many long strings of yearlings and fall calves. Feeder cattle offerings get very sporadic this time of year and a special sale like this is a great way to get a lot of buyers on the seats and cattle in the yards. The market was active this week in spite of more weakness seen in the cattle futures contracts. Cattle feeders continue to struggle with trying to sell their fed cattle and not have to accept lower money to do it. Corn futures are much higher than they were two months ago, forage costs have remained high, and the Live Cattle futures are dangerously close to 1.00 for the Aug contract. Even though there is plenty of adversity to overcome to reach profitability there were plenty of buyers in town all week looking to get cattle bought. Much lighter auction receipts expected for next week which was a factor for the strength of this last weeks' feeder market. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower, bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	839	106.50–118.00	115.46
40	—	667	129.50–131.00	129.85
8	—	371	157.00	157.00
16	—	729	129.50–131.00	130.54
10	—	894	115.50	115.50
47	—	619	130.00–138.00	132.71
55	—	588	123.00–143.00	136.05
33	—	467	134.00–145.00	141.31
21	—	446	150.00–154.00	152.10
38	—	523	134.00–142.00	136.90
12	—	779	121.50–129.00	125.86
16	—	950	109.50	109.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
702	—	824	118.00–133.50	123.72
582	—	877	113.00–125.00	118.60
36	—	437	154.00–159.00	156.16
9	—	387	169.00	169.00
317	—	979	106.75–123.25	112.31
7	—	334	169.00	169.00
201	—	917	112.50–119.00	116.19
182	—	573	140.25–157.00	148.22
428	—	720	126.00–141.00	132.89
187	—	519	147.00–158.00	150.79
307	—	622	136.50–161.00	145.49
379	—	680	125.50–143.00	135.89
691	—	776	122.00–135.00	126.71
49	—	476	146.00–158.00	152.52
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	464	167.00	167.00
6	—	319	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	769	128.35	128.35
38	—	550	154.00	154.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
108	—	928	111.00–113.50	112.39
24	—	960	113.00	113.00
17	—	828	116.00	116.00
7	—	869	111.00	111.00
53	—	788	114.00–117.50	116.36
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	643	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,001	107.50	107.50
41	—	1,108	101.00–107.25	104.68
11	—	1,093	106.00–111.75	109.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	315	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	803	91.00	91.00
230	—	889	100.50–108.50	100.99
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
576	—	1,119	105.50–115.50	112.83
40	—	1,222	107.25–109.00	108.08
448	—	1,030	113.00–120.10	118.21
448	—	1,068	113.00–121.85	117.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	492	170.50–183.00	177.90
91	—	513	171.50–180.00	176.40
119	—	577	161.00–170.00	164.72
278	—	773	135.50–147.50	142.58
301	—	621	152.00–168.00	160.91
304	—	734	144.50–155.00	148.51
307	—	819	133.00–145.00	138.72
413	—	874	123.75–140.40	132.12
428	—	976	117.75–127.25	122.43
447	—	682	141.75–160.00	152.05
833	—	921	121.25–133.60	127.31
3	—	340	191.00	191.00
17	—	372	183.00–198.00	193.50
17	—	428	177.00–185.00	180.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	525	144.00–161.00	155.05
89	—	579	150.50–160.00	157.72
94	—	778	126.00–137.50	132.27
100	—	623	146.00–159.00	153.48
11	—	827	128.00–129.00	128.45
6	—	429	175.00	175.00
7	—	354	180.00	180.00
13	—	467	169.50	169.50
18	—	679	149.25	149.25
20	—	920	123.00	123.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,213	109.25	109.25
21	—	1,025	113.00	113.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	719	141.00	141.00
17	—	553	148.00	148.00
7	—	889	122.00	122.00
7	—	959	113.00	113.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	943	110.00	110.00
18	—	739	115.50	115.50
43	—	889	103.00–107.00	106.00
80	—	1,112	101.00	101.00
92	—	1,074	100.25	100.25
185	—	981	104.50	104.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,046	111.00	111.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	772	153.75	153.75

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,640	83.00	83.00
2	—	1,823	91.00–92.00	91.53
4	—	1,660	71.00–82.00	77.09
11	—	1,780	87.00–90.50	88.67
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,173	77.50	77.50
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,315	80.00–82.00	81.45
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
180	—	1,387	83.00–87.50	84.92
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
516	—	1,373	113.00–115.00	113.98
43	—	1,610	114.25	114.25
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,277	110.00–111.00	110.76
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,242	110.00–119.00	112.58
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
121	—	1,268	111.00–112.00	111.34
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,218	71.00–72.50	71.84
24	—	1,432	52.00–60.00	56.22
45	—	1,335	60.00–71.00	64.38
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,715	73.00	73.00
30	—	1,585	51.00–63.00	58.74
51	—	1,505	63.00–72.00	68.13
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,075	66.00–69.50	68.18
19	—	1,226	47.00–55.00	52.21
43	—	1,185	55.00–65.50	59.05

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.

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