South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 90 priced lines covering 16,154 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 17,501 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 180 head.

Mon Nov 25, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 17,501Last week 43,153Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 180Last week 2,110Year ago 0

Compared to last week: A limited comparison for this last week as many auctions did not host a feeder cattle sale due to the Thanksgiving holiday. Steer calves 1.00 to 3.00 higher, heifer calves 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Yearling feeder steers mostly steady, yearling heifers not well compared. Moderate to good demand for calves on Friday as there were large auctions with many strings of high quality calves in a light to moderate flesh condition. Fewer yearlings offered this week as the supply of yearlings is about cleaned up. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 lower, bulls not well tested but a lower undertone evident.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	328	153.00	153.00
18	—	56	140.00	140.00
1,360	—	576	127.00–148.50	140.73
361	—	976	130.00–148.25	145.19
345	—	423	148.00–169.00	156.19
106	—	921	131.50–141.50	140.15
101	—	387	140.00–169.00	160.48
116	—	726	135.25–143.00	136.41
1,120	—	527	130.00–154.00	142.14
856	—	620	131.00–155.00	140.89
551	—	479	137.50–150.00	145.27
145	—	780	142.00–143.00	142.97
84	—	672	131.00–142.00	133.16
61	—	821	138.75–145.00	140.42
32	—	874	130.50–139.00	136.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	389	152.00–157.00	154.67
4	—	855	138.00	138.00
5	—	913	128.00	128.00
6	—	711	126.00	126.00
8	—	1,007	127.00	127.00
14	—	679	126.00	126.00
20	—	776	131.00	131.00
21	—	564	128.00–132.50	129.74
23	—	312	164.00–174.00	166.42
72	—	467	123.00–143.00	139.17
133	—	422	127.50–155.00	149.32
10	—	807	131.00	131.00
31	—	515	122.00–126.50	124.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	742	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,027	128.50–141.00	135.27
29	—	1,059	135.00–136.50	135.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	634	116.00	116.00
13	—	493	140.00	140.00
6	—	730	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	518	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
108	—	539	153.00	153.00
96	—	598	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	516	138.50	138.50
21	—	633	130.50–133.00	131.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
217	—	512	157.50	157.50
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	488	144.50	144.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	658	135.00	135.00
67	—	543	140.00–159.50	157.62
18	—	344	179.00	179.00
35	—	829	137.00–139.50	138.43
75	—	476	136.00–166.50	155.90
60	—	573	127.50–149.50	140.39
28	—	369	177.00–188.00	186.06
27	—	415	130.00–175.00	149.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1,997	—	576	147.00–168.50	160.89
904	—	474	166.00–189.00	178.04
128	—	976	140.50–146.50	144.91
63	—	367	167.00–207.00	198.35
21	—	760	138.75–149.00	143.32
154	—	719	138.25–158.00	143.50
249	—	423	165.75–201.00	186.04
408	—	931	142.00–149.00	146.25
1,196	—	665	135.50–163.00	156.12
1,359	—	530	152.50–177.50	168.59
1,726	—	625	140.50–168.00	155.67
75	—	828	147.00–151.00	147.76
23	—	319	175.00–182.00	180.70
382	—	885	144.00–148.50	147.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	546	147.00	147.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
316	—	1,027	140.50–145.75	144.18
153	—	1,080	140.25–141.50	141.09
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,017	129.50	129.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	849	136.00	136.00
16	—	990	135.00	135.00
20	—	616	148.00–150.00	149.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	581	153.50–155.50	153.95
9	—	636	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	440	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	800	123.00	123.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	503	167.00	167.00
7	—	417	182.00	182.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	456	164.50	164.50
9	—	569	135.00	135.00
7	—	374	175.00	175.00
5	—	603	135.00	135.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,284	40.50–49.00	44.25
29	—	1,209	26.00–39.50	32.39
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,550	59.00–65.50	63.74
14	—	1,430	69.00–71.00	69.95
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,412	45.00–53.00	49.14
15	—	1,287	55.00–64.00	60.54
1	—	1,390	38.50	38.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,762	61.00–71.50	65.04
3	—	1,684	72.50–73.00	72.69
1	—	2,385	66.00	66.00

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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