South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 135 priced lines covering 30,401 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 31,844 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,211 head.

Mon Feb 17, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 31,844Last week 20,750Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,211Last week 1,848Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 3.00 higher, feeder heifers under 700 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 higher, over 700 lbs steady to 3.00 higher. Good to very good demand for feeder steers and heifers this week after the rally in the CME cattle futures last Friday. Cattle feeders have been apprehensive about the coming months of the cash fed cattle market as those spring and summer months rolled back substantially this month. After the futures contracts finally found a bottom and rallyed higher on Friday, cattle feeders got a much needed boost of confidence that a better market might lie ahead. They were quick to act when presented with the quality and kind that they desired. The market was active, however the most activity remains on those light fleshed cattle under 600 lbs as there are many buyers trying to get these cattle bought. These light cattle can go two directions, they can be backgrounded and sold as yearlings or they can go right into farmer feeders' yards and grown and finished as fat cattle. The prospect of a higher cash fed cattle market this week lent additional support to the feeder market. Memories of last year's feed yard losses are very fresh as a massive amount of equity was lost when the market crashed after the plant fire last summer, cattle feeders are ready to place cattle in their yards but they need a signal from the market that profits can be made. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 5.00 higher, bulls steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
97	—	1,020	122.00–130.00	128.03
17	—	1,104	119.75	119.75
91	—	1,060	127.25–131.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	831	130.00	130.00
218	—	783	125.50–140.00	136.80
107	—	724	139.00–144.75	141.81
46	—	877	128.00–132.00	130.19
67	—	535	160.00–174.50	167.74
11	—	453	170.00	170.00
17	—	569	160.00–161.50	160.98
80	—	632	145.25–155.00	153.21
51	—	671	133.00–148.00	144.04
57	—	927	126.50	126.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	849	128.00–134.25	133.08
24	—	484	154.00–169.00	155.93
30	—	626	150.00–156.00	151.52
49	—	786	137.25–140.00	138.03
46	—	432	161.00–180.00	170.30
40	—	689	142.00–148.00	144.19
31	—	530	152.00–169.00	161.45
20	—	384	165.00–180.00	175.01
4	—	321	171.00	171.00
88	—	583	153.00–163.00	157.36
96	—	731	140.50–145.00	141.43
30	—	922	126.00–128.00	126.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
338	—	970	125.75–134.00	129.50
295	—	482	170.00–192.00	181.16
49	—	379	186.00–208.00	198.16
229	—	424	171.50–210.00	190.33
690	—	524	167.00–198.00	182.66
812	—	870	129.50–142.75	136.32
840	—	921	128.25–136.00	132.69
1,171	—	578	161.00–186.00	170.97
1,237	—	628	155.00–173.50	164.27
2,007	—	824	134.50–149.00	141.73
5	—	305	214.00	214.00
2,034	—	675	149.00–165.00	157.28
2,295	—	769	138.75–154.60	147.58
2,393	—	728	141.00–160.00	151.04
6	—	281	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
233	—	725	165.00–168.50	167.36
349	—	790	153.50–158.00	154.58
436	—	665	169.00–174.00	170.74
12	—	873	135.50	135.50
138	—	847	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	607	172.00	172.00
30	—	554	193.50	193.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	515	203.50	203.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	582	157.00	157.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,014	121.00–123.00	121.59
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	717	122.00	122.00
24	—	920	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	865	115.50–125.75	122.54
94	—	717	122.50–130.50	128.11
105	—	681	123.00–135.00	130.86
29	—	592	137.50–139.00	138.02
29	—	620	131.00–135.00	131.71
6	—	457	144.00	144.00
6	—	836	124.50	124.50
9	—	447	150.00	150.00
23	—	967	120.00	120.00
37	—	778	122.50–127.00	123.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	371	153.00–177.00	167.62
135	—	940	115.50–125.00	122.14
1,549	—	679	127.50–149.75	142.13
1,302	—	718	126.50–149.50	135.87
812	—	524	144.00–170.00	157.14
796	—	774	126.50–140.00	130.18
583	—	479	150.00–171.00	159.19
361	—	821	123.50–133.50	128.11
228	—	425	150.00–172.50	161.79
1,829	—	576	140.00–161.00	151.86
1,707	—	621	135.00–161.50	148.32
382	—	869	119.25–128.50	126.80
6	—	999	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	820	110.50–124.50	122.98
29	—	708	125.50	125.50
59	—	582	127.00–144.00	135.71
108	—	481	132.00–157.00	145.33
83	—	428	142.50–158.00	149.07
31	—	689	128.50–134.00	131.60
69	—	628	129.00–137.00	135.25
45	—	374	142.00–159.00	150.66
53	—	520	135.00–143.00	137.56
5	—	314	158.00	158.00
8	—	889	121.00	121.00
10	—	765	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	858	142.00	142.00
670	—	722	141.00–160.50	153.21
111	—	756	151.00–152.00	151.68
141	—	628	153.25–156.50	154.23
78	—	722	1,335.00	1,335.00
6	—	592	162.00	162.00
90	—	664	147.50–152.50	152.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	709	157.00	157.00
193	—	636	154.00–161.50	160.94
11	—	655	163.00	163.00
12	—	510	164.00–168.00	165.96
21	—	597	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,132	115.00	115.00
7	—	1,243	109.50	109.50
11	—	1,000	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	655	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
119	—	556	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	429	185.00	185.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	466	166.00	166.00
5	—	659	141.00	141.00
6	—	539	154.00	154.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,623	68.00–76.00	73.23
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,197	57.50–64.00	60.99
12	—	1,111	46.00–55.00	50.39
7	—	1,239	36.00–45.00	41.62
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
96	—	1,484	55.50–68.50	63.22
42	—	1,571	51.00–59.00	55.10
2	—	1,703	71.00–72.00	71.57
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,305	51.00–63.50	56.60
18	—	1,281	64.00–68.50	65.62
4	—	1,227	48.00–52.00	49.57
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,511	121.50	121.50
19	—	1,437	121.50	121.50
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
282	—	1,557	118.00–121.00	120.29
184	—	1,447	118.00–121.00	120.74
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,351	118.00–120.25	118.74
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,404	118.25	118.25
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,216	118.00	118.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,155	76.00	76.00
14	—	1,886	77.00–85.00	79.16
3	—	1,847	63.00–71.00	68.48
10	—	1,954	82.00–89.00	83.67
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,396	120.00–121.00	120.64
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,432	116.75–119.00	118.03
11	—	1,321	115.00–117.00	115.55
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	1,439	95.00–99.00	96.93
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,262	93.00	93.00
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,239	81.00	81.00

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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