South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 104 priced lines covering 15,407 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 13,787 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,706 head.

Mon Jun 24, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 13,787Last week 12,378Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,706Last week 1,593Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 700 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 higher with instances to 10.00 higher, over 700 lbs steady to 3.00 higher except 1000-1050 lbs to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs 4.00 to 8.00 higher, over 600 lbs steady to 3.00 higher. Demand moderate to good at times, especially on the larger auctions where there were many long strings of yearlings offered. CME Live Cattle futures finally stabilized and rose higher moving up closer towards the cash market. This new found support in the futures contracts added some much needed optimism that the cash market could find stable ground. Outgoing

fed cattle continue to lose money, as do the backgrounded cattle that are currently being sold, which has really put a damper on the feeder cattle market. May and June were an incredibly rough two months in the futures as the retracement was quick and severe from the spring highs seen in late April. The feeder cattle auctions were rather active this week in spite of the massive losses in equity that has taken place. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 lower, bulls steady to 2.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	601	141.00	141.00
29	—	916	120.50	120.50
47	—	557	166.00	166.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	399	179.00	179.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	614	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	469	159.50	159.50
85	—	430	156.00–165.00	163.27
1,576	—	868	114.00–130.50	122.56
878	—	735	128.00–137.00	132.63
624	—	819	115.00–133.00	127.82
487	—	760	119.00–133.50	130.09
356	—	682	129.00–138.00	134.71
338	—	966	107.50–122.85	116.71
321	—	628	141.00–148.00	144.11
298	—	929	113.00–125.25	120.52
195	—	514	148.00–160.50	158.62
233	—	573	143.00–155.50	151.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	918	125.50	125.50
69	—	786	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	676	130.50	130.50
46	—	780	115.75–120.00	118.88
30	—	520	137.00–149.00	141.83
24	—	634	132.00–139.00	134.02
7	—	482	154.50	154.50
10	—	830	118.75	118.75
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	568	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	893	110.50–111.75	111.09
11	—	828	113.00	113.00
24	—	779	125.00	125.00
36	—	713	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	653	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,073	104.00	104.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,100	103.50	103.50
90	—	1,036	103.50–117.75	113.03
142	—	1,062	107.00–116.00	113.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	823	127.00	127.00
22	—	953	116.00	116.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
150	—	759	155.50–157.50	156.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	870	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	380	181.00–186.00	182.64
57	—	640	151.50–158.00	155.40
12	—	566	147.00–164.00	155.54
83	—	802	134.00	134.00
20	—	773	130.50	130.50
15	—	526	163.00–168.00	165.07
6	—	482	172.00	172.00
6	—	441	177.00	177.00
12	—	666	144.00	144.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,140	96.00	96.00
140	—	1,307	102.25	102.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	573	151.00	151.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1,016	—	870	126.00–139.75	136.97
681	—	769	135.00–151.50	145.87
680	—	672	150.50–173.00	163.97
645	—	929	123.00–133.50	129.17
530	—	975	117.00–130.00	125.77
234	—	627	157.00–166.50	162.63
215	—	830	133.00–140.75	137.75
136	—	737	147.50–155.50	150.15
21	—	492	170.00–184.50	179.07
37	—	418	175.00–183.50	181.40
263	—	534	175.00–180.50	178.55
268	—	568	160.00–177.00	175.01
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
929	—	1,021	118.75–125.35	122.95
237	—	1,127	108.50–114.10	113.24
185	—	1,069	112.00–117.25	115.50
77	—	1,176	107.75–111.00	109.05
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,039	111.00	111.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	983	91.00	91.00
20	—	881	93.00	93.00
35	—	832	95.00–96.00	95.35
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	938	81.00	81.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,290	105.00	105.00
28	—	1,343	109.00	109.00
14	—	1,319	106.50	106.50
341	—	1,265	106.75–109.60	108.07
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,494	112.00	112.00
9	—	1,182	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,124	101.00	101.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
192	—	1,127	103.00–108.00	105.02
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
821	—	1,429	107.75–111.50	108.82
42	—	1,302	106.00	106.00
76	—	1,524	108.75–111.10	109.92
7	—	1,468	108.00	108.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
154	—	1,288	108.50–109.00	108.79
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
235	—	1,392	106.25–109.00	108.00
42	—	1,201	101.00	101.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	1,187	95.75–96.25	95.99
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,553	113.00	113.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	1,396	77.50–83.50	80.21
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,931	83.00–90.00	86.04
5	—	1,998	92.00–93.50	92.47
4	—	1,665	74.00–81.00	78.13
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,512	78.00–85.00	81.72
9	—	1,476	80.00	80.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,219	53.00–61.50	56.20
21	—	1,172	41.00–53.00	49.68
8	—	1,171	46.00–64.00	50.71
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,448	61.00–71.50	66.20
17	—	1,582	70.00–80.00	73.55
5	—	1,614	49.00–61.00	55.05
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,331	56.00–66.50	60.88
10	—	1,375	51.50–57.00	53.90
5	—	1,354	65.00–69.00	67.56

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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