South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 109 priced lines covering 19,884 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 20,750 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,848 head.

Mon Feb 10, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 20,750Last week 20,001Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,848Last week 1,458Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 4.00 lower except instances of 5.00 to 6.00 lower on 500-550 lbs. Feeder heifers 2.00 to 5.00 lower, few instances of steady. Moderate to good demand this week for feeder cattle, the best demand remains on light fleshed and light weight steers and heifers that can work for backgrounding, much less demand for the heavier weight cattle to finish as the lower cash fed cattle market and much lower structure of the CME Live Cattle futures contracts really has pressured the feeder cattle market. We are entering the time of year where fed cattle numbers will be the tightest and the cash fed cattle market can't hold above 120.00, there is great concern that the market will recede to last year's levels again this summer which was devastating for cattle feeders as financial losses were large. Cattle feeders want to buy cattle but they need to be able to hedge them against the board to have some price protection, that has proven to be difficult. The cash feeder market has still been fairly strong considering all of the bearish market factors hovering over it, the CME Feeder Cattle Index is just above 140.00 but the front futures month is around 136.00. Quite a few consignment cancellations at midweek as an arctic cold front moved in and the temperature dropped to 20 below zero Thursday morning. Larger receipts expected for next week as the temps warm up and allow producers to get their cattle hauled to town. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 5.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
723	—	721	125.75–140.25	133.58
834	—	531	142.00–165.00	152.14
986	—	575	139.00–165.00	151.56
1,000	—	625	133.50–157.00	144.51
1,356	—	673	130.50–145.00	136.75
7	—	349	156.00	156.00
471	—	777	124.00–135.00	130.25
400	—	476	141.00–166.00	157.61
324	—	826	123.25–129.25	125.19
56	—	958	126.00	126.00
114	—	421	144.00–168.00	160.64
183	—	863	120.00–127.00	123.64
51	—	376	151.50–178.00	164.23
266	—	922	116.00–127.00	123.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	429	132.50–144.00	139.35
80	—	587	134.00–138.00	136.67
10	—	354	172.00	172.00
15	—	972	100.50–110.00	102.39
25	—	639	127.00–135.00	132.38
36	—	874	103.25–122.75	111.45
21	—	513	135.00–139.00	137.56
29	—	819	121.00–124.75	123.30
29	—	479	146.50–154.00	148.58
7	—	734	120.00	120.00
65	—	693	121.50–129.00	125.62
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,153	80.50	80.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	845	122.25	122.25
51	—	695	126.00–128.25	127.93
14	—	875	122.00	122.00
8	—	639	133.00	133.00
8	—	579	141.00	141.00
50	—	788	126.25–135.00	131.83
39	—	728	126.00–128.50	127.72
8	—	400	140.00	140.00
19	—	490	145.00	145.00
8	—	360	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	522	135.00	135.00
6	—	356	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,115	116.00	116.00
78	—	1,064	116.25–120.00	117.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
96	—	510	163.25	163.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	486	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
132	—	735	143.00–148.00	144.88
82	—	754	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	599	143.50	143.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
333	—	531	160.50–189.00	173.89
445	—	866	130.50–141.00	136.60
798	—	818	132.75–144.00	138.93
1,188	—	771	135.25–155.00	144.22
1,322	—	619	150.00–175.00	164.66
1,487	—	677	148.00–163.00	155.81
1,753	—	726	142.00–155.00	149.09
35	—	375	172.00–200.00	191.20
907	—	576	162.00–185.00	172.36
339	—	482	177.50–194.00	186.26
487	—	919	127.25–136.40	132.07
225	—	983	126.75–133.60	131.47
54	—	433	181.50–197.00	188.03
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,256	116.50	116.50
114	—	1,020	118.00–128.60	126.56
162	—	1,056	119.00–129.50	128.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	541	153.00	153.00
10	—	495	170.50	170.50
16	—	578	152.00	152.00
66	—	952	121.50–128.25	127.73
33	—	830	133.00	133.00
143	—	872	128.00–129.75	128.90
40	—	799	134.75	134.75
5	—	740	139.75	139.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	523	182.00	182.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	376	182.50	182.50
44	—	798	135.00	135.00
25	—	899	123.00	123.00
4	—	800	126.00	126.00
101	—	593	157.50–163.00	158.83
77	—	671	142.50–148.25	147.71
16	—	437	175.00–179.00	177.52
69	—	466	140.00–171.00	165.09
42	—	633	133.50–153.00	149.27
10	—	514	158.00–163.50	161.36
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	530	132.00	132.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,203	118.50	118.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,029	120.00	120.00
10	—	802	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	673	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	500	155.00	155.00
15	—	627	143.50	143.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,538	66.00–68.00	66.35
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,151	41.00–54.00	47.70
13	—	1,246	53.00–56.50	54.64
3	—	1,152	36.00–44.00	41.23
4	—	1,028	25.00–29.00	27.73
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
117	—	1,445	53.00–65.00	57.96
22	—	1,475	65.00–72.00	68.29
20	—	1,490	38.00–54.50	49.09
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,407	42.00–45.00	43.91
91	—	1,287	48.00–58.00	53.19
10	—	1,318	59.00–61.00	60.39
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,545	114.00	114.00
201	—	1,576	116.25–117.85	116.89
161	—	1,468	115.00–118.10	116.92
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,350	114.00–116.00	115.65
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
622	—	1,327	115.00–118.75	116.60
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,226	110.00–114.00	111.33
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,223	89.00	89.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	1,460	90.50–96.50	94.01
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	2,068	81.00–86.00	82.88
5	—	1,735	71.00–75.00	73.44
3	—	1,570	76.50–81.00	79.63

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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