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South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

South Dakota · Weekly summary · Mon, Sep 30
● As filed121 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2027
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The state in one line

Counts as USDA filed them
South Dakota reported 121 priced lines covering 22,086 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 22,584 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,685 head.

South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Sep 30, 2019
USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Sioux Falls, SD (LS-SF)
Feeder CattleReceipts 22,584Last week 19,412Year ago 0
Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,685Last week 1,672Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Good to very good demand for yearling steers and heifers, whether they were off grass or out of backgrounding yards there were plenty of buyers on the seats eagerly bidding. As the fed cattle market rebounded the last few weeks, and the futures following along, cattle feeders are feeling much better about the coming months in the fat market. The competition to buy a yearling off grass is great, as there does not seem to be a large supply of these cattle this year. Cattle feeders look to have a plentiful supply of wet corn to feed this year as the heat that was needed to dry the crop is now gone as heavy rains and much below normal temps have now set in. This week saw the first offering of spring born calves, demand was light to moderate as many cattle feeders aren't ready to receive a bawling calf. Calves that were not fully preconditioned were hard to sell, requiring the auctioneer to back up a long ways before a bid could be found. As the weather has gone from warm and humid to wet, muddy, and cool in a matter of a couple of days the risk of an outbreak of pneumonia is simply more than many are willing to take on. Calves that have received their fall booster shots were easier to sell but still the market is not very active and substantially lower than last year's market. Cattle feeders continue to struggle with profitability, rising Live Cattle futures contracts are higher but breakeven prices are quite a little higher than the futures. Much larger calf offering next week as the western SD calves start to come to town. Heavy rains at midweek caused quite a few cancellations of calves as roads were too muddy to get cattle hauled to town. Slaughter cows uneven, Breaker cows mostly steady, Boner and Lean cows 2.00 to 5.00 higher, bulls 2.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19—434163.00–171.50168.86
65—764131.00–147.00140.55
31—924129.00–133.00130.85
60—867131.50–141.00138.33
12—618135.00–145.00139.89
38—571147.00–161.50157.46
26—678142.00–150.00147.24
24—821139.00–143.00140.32
13—721136.00–141.00139.03
31—539148.00–155.00153.51
69—975116.25–137.50131.36
19—468156.00–166.00161.23
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18—518152.00152.00
25—496150.00150.00
27—599142.00142.00
144—1,125125.75–129.50128.41
400—1,026128.00–136.50133.82
541—1,076124.00–133.50130.90
38—1,153114.50–120.75116.15
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24—654135.50135.50
67—625140.50–143.00142.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
221—566148.00–157.00154.70
265—483155.00–174.00168.72
1,151—973131.00–143.30137.92
333—519150.00–166.00164.06
220—433153.00–172.50169.45
56—374163.00–190.00173.63
314—779143.00–155.00148.70
45—618135.50–159.00152.67
1,831—921135.00–148.75143.23
807—826137.75–153.00146.23
202—728141.00–154.25150.14
1,291—873137.00–149.75145.54
271—685148.50–161.00156.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
85—633156.00156.00
85—704143.25143.25
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17—359148.00148.00
38—460142.00–142.50142.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
29—430172.00–183.00175.83
8—470187.00187.00
107—521168.25168.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8—686136.00136.00
5—627138.00138.00
5—524152.00152.00
22—916136.25136.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
43—745147.00147.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20—1,047120.00120.00
30—672146.50146.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
84—598143.00143.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
60—676132.25132.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15—841125.50–126.00125.67
16—671124.00–130.00127.43
14—359160.00–177.00170.87
12—485112.00–139.00125.50
41—764115.00–135.50131.72
9—299153.00153.00
6—866120.50120.50
63—413142.00–155.00150.06
126—583122.00–147.00141.87
31—618125.00–136.50132.31
73—922111.50–125.50120.84
55—318144.00–155.50151.63
38—725130.50–134.75132.65
11—961117.00117.00
36—506130.00130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12—622110.00–121.00116.28
17—797120.00120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4—336176.00176.00
1,434—875125.50–139.75133.42
1,145—975121.50–133.50129.77
678—828130.50–143.50136.72
316—488132.00–152.00147.58
230—433140.00–161.00152.23
75—579130.50–142.00133.65
74—515130.00–150.00137.16
42—368152.00–163.00156.06
679—686136.25–149.50145.60
1,982—926125.00–139.00130.50
855—774134.00–147.50142.46
360—627137.50–149.00145.99
479—731135.50–147.00140.93
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6—1,001110.00110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
11—672142.00142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
14—645142.00142.00
5—880129.50129.50
Heifers — Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
163—1,019126.50126.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
65—904132.75132.75
589—878126.00–142.10138.62
229—792146.10146.10
66—832139.25139.25
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5—1,103116.50116.50
695—1,020112.50–131.25125.91
85—1,069118.75–126.00120.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
131—895145.00145.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
41—1,071107.00–110.00107.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
86—513150.50–154.00152.48
15—446141.00141.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19—335143.00–160.00153.74
9—295181.00181.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
58—453160.00160.00
32—364167.00–171.00170.34
29—439150.00–151.00150.13
18—286172.50172.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6—1,24160.00–67.0064.87
24—1,12446.00–56.5051.65
70—1,20553.00–64.0059.74
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11—1,45748.00–60.0057.67
12—1,38468.00–72.5069.59
50—1,30458.50–68.0062.92
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20—1,60872.50–81.0076.28
28—1,11358.00–63.0059.57
43—1,42164.50–71.5067.47
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8—1,76372.00–79.5075.58
10—1,92078.00–87.0082.99
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
348—1,305101.50–105.50103.62
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
307—1,553101.00–105.25103.25
330—1,467102.00–105.50103.84
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
67—1,344102.00–107.50104.84
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3—1,102112.00112.00
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
40—1,431106.75106.75
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
66—1,46583.00–85.5084.60
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.