South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

South Dakota · Weekly summary · Mon, Oct 7
● As filed128 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2027

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Counts as USDA filed them
South Dakota reported 128 priced lines covering 20,433 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 20,959 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,695 head.

South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Oct 7, 2019
USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Sioux Falls, SD (LS-SF)
Feeder CattleReceipts 20,959Last week 22,584Year ago 0
Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,695Last week 1,685Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Yearling feeder steers and heifers unevenly steady. Steer and heifer calves 3.00 to 8.00 lower. Good demand remains for yearlings, especially as the supply becomes more limited and the cash fed cattle market stabilized and rose higher. Demand for calves light to moderate at best. Farmer feeders haven't begun their corn harvest as the corn is still too wet and are now working as they can when the weather allows them to combine beans. Many cattle feeders usually don't have much interest in buying calves until they have their grain harvest complete as they don't have the time necessary to check and doctor bawling calves. Persistent rains have yard conditions wet and muddy which is also causing cattle feeders to wait on buying calves. The warm, drying weather of this past week was replaced with more rain and then an early winter storm bringing large amounts of snow which caused consignments of calves to cancel and auctions to reschedule. Much larger auction receipts expected next week. Slaughter cows steady, bulls steady to weak.

Feeder Cattle

As reported
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10571140.00140.00
14490148.00–153.00150.51
15625137.00137.00
17776141.00141.00
41881134.00–135.75134.94
9544142.00142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
25617155.50155.50
59496171.50171.50
9401180.00180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10572135.00–136.00135.49
35324158.00–186.00172.68
107461151.00–159.50158.80
15635140.00–142.50141.52
21365148.50–157.00152.27
71528142.00142.00
5840135.00135.00
8883130.00130.00
8666136.00136.00
97768131.00–142.00140.80
4984114.50114.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51,208116.00116.00
8497146.00146.00
8550134.00134.00
91,100127.00127.00
61,199126.50126.50
1,3381,020127.25–139.50133.23
8151,064119.00–132.75131.59
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22627137.00–138.50138.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
110527175.50175.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5825139.50139.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9276167.50167.50
1,529970129.00–142.00137.38
577875140.00–152.00146.32
494824140.50–152.75145.97
180734145.25–156.25152.18
570927134.50–144.25140.10
227776142.50–151.25147.89
109669133.00–154.00144.09
63621133.00–149.50143.17
23329142.00–170.00162.59
76376149.00–184.00167.71
224423140.00–170.00161.22
725474152.50–172.50164.93
917569137.00–162.50153.84
1,349530144.50–170.00156.13
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
34494133.00133.00
11597123.00123.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
181,134117.00117.00
Steers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42371162.00–167.00165.26
9310162.00162.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
151,127101.50101.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
65837157.00157.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14781141.75141.75
176707131.00–148.25145.26
437663139.00–154.25148.46
488615141.75–157.50151.18
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8532122.00122.00
71,109115.00115.00
2351,068111.50–126.00121.10
1721,022108.50–129.00124.50
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9647127.00127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31334158.00–187.00169.71
137380143.00–176.00156.73
707534131.50–147.50139.02
816877131.00–140.00135.09
613929124.25–136.00132.08
544778136.00–146.50140.48
517728130.75–145.00140.36
383819133.00–140.20137.59
267662135.00–144.00141.07
81634121.00–142.50134.42
200425129.00–167.00144.29
254968130.25–134.00132.62
346568130.00–143.75136.07
913480130.00–154.50143.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11677126.00–140.00132.40
42393138.00–142.00138.81
63320120.00–166.00138.05
80421129.00–150.00143.50
21874128.75128.75
4966118.00118.00
93717125.00–134.75131.04
30577113.00–130.50124.21
13541128.00–143.00138.31
37627136.00–141.25139.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
32452126.50126.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
112985118.50118.50
36541129.00129.00
5589130.00130.00
82840128.00–129.25128.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
24441146.00146.00
91536151.00151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7441143.00143.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7631142.00142.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9471139.00139.00
7395137.50137.50
Heifers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44388142.00–148.00145.24
29319149.50–152.00151.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
15881130.50130.50
6840129.00129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
93868132.50–138.75138.29
21966129.50–133.00131.31
15913134.00134.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
431,009129.75–130.25130.13
111,086123.00123.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
521,031115.00–117.50117.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
166658135.50–138.50136.89
207635126.50–141.50136.74
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9986111.00111.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
51,62872.50–76.5074.29
121,91377.00–84.0080.60
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
231,31983.00–85.0083.77
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
361,47186.00–89.7588.57
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
1491,354103.00–115.50109.49
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2831,457104.00–107.00105.71
2271,567102.00–106.50104.25
131,373103.50103.50
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
111,102110.50110.50
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
131,192102.00102.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
141,330101.00101.00
4021,339103.25–107.00106.42
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
131,41652.00–58.5056.72
561,33459.00–68.0064.43
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
151,58758.00–65.0062.09
261,61771.00–81.0074.63
381,52564.00–70.0067.33
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
211,34057.00–64.0059.80
321,24844.00–56.5052.01
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.