South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 103 priced lines covering 23,128 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 23,334 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,576 head.

Mon Mar 2, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 23,334Last week 27,785Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,576Last week 1,557Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 750 lbs steady to 3.00 higher, 750-1000 lbs unevenly steady, over 1000 lbs 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers steady to 4.00 higher, with instances to 5.00 higher. Moderate to good demand, improving to very good as the week progressed. After the CME cattle futures contracts posted a gain of over 2.00 on Monday cattle feeders were willing to bet that the worst of the market downturn was behind them. The volatility on the board continued throughout the week yet buyers didn't let that deter them. There were a lot of farmer feeders at the auctions that wanted to get cattle bought in spite of lower cash fed cattle and a much lower cattle futures outlook for the summer and fall months. Flesh is starting to get a little heavier as we move into spring as the weather has been mild allowing cattle to gain easily, if you can keep them out of the mud. The market was active throughout the week on the green cattle and those carrying extra condition as well. Slaughter cows were lower, yet uneven, Breakers and Boners 2.00 to 4.00 lower while Lean cows 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Bulls 2.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	742	1,090.00	1,090.00
113	—	666	142.50–152.00	149.61
70	—	826	128.75	128.75
295	—	770	129.50–139.00	133.57
161	—	734	127.50–130.00	128.81
33	—	642	169.00	169.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,002	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	328	165.00–173.00	168.07
761	—	524	144.00–168.50	157.76
717	—	818	118.00–129.75	123.88
674	—	725	124.50–139.75	132.27
236	—	477	144.00–176.00	160.81
211	—	426	147.00–169.00	158.00
71	—	388	145.00–190.00	161.03
65	—	913	118.75	118.75
438	—	866	111.00–128.50	122.36
2,161	—	676	124.00–147.50	137.17
1,492	—	579	135.00–159.50	148.24
1,293	—	780	119.75–132.75	125.78
885	—	625	134.00–151.00	143.19
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	756	100.00	100.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
111	—	559	166.00	166.00
45	—	723	135.60	135.60
21	—	617	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	685	126.50–131.50	127.61
54	—	637	126.50–133.00	129.07
21	—	925	111.25–114.00	112.45
19	—	971	113.50–114.50	113.81
6	—	881	107.50	107.50
55	—	714	124.00–129.00	125.00
26	—	585	141.00–142.00	141.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	577	120.50–145.00	131.30
66	—	667	124.00–131.00	126.07
3	—	637	130.00	130.00
38	—	473	122.50–147.00	137.53
27	—	426	137.00–150.00	142.52
51	—	533	133.00–150.50	145.75
9	—	722	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	666	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	324	175.00	175.00
27	—	478	131.50	131.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	657	137.75	137.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	590	139.00	139.00
15	—	528	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	583	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	638	148.00–151.00	149.83
30	—	742	139.00–139.50	139.20
16	—	865	128.75	128.75
48	—	673	141.50–144.00	142.94
5	—	833	126.00	126.00
11	—	774	130.50–132.00	131.04
5	—	441	172.00	172.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	386	163.00–184.00	169.81
22	—	765	131.00	131.00
26	—	429	163.00–181.00	172.42
19	—	485	165.00–178.50	171.09
17	—	995	118.00	118.00
59	—	637	149.00–150.00	149.64
47	—	663	138.00–149.00	145.17
15	—	329	178.00–191.00	183.34
40	—	586	134.00–143.00	141.47
35	—	511	155.00–166.00	159.89
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	622	171.25	171.25
76	—	658	165.50	165.50
23	—	437	191.00–195.00	193.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
480	—	926	124.00–130.75	127.11
304	—	968	123.00–126.35	124.32
1,853	—	723	132.50–155.60	146.75
1,330	—	676	145.50–163.50	154.19
1,063	—	619	150.00–169.50	162.13
1,015	—	830	129.25–142.25	134.62
989	—	578	153.00–179.00	167.93
696	—	875	126.50–140.75	131.73
460	—	524	167.50–188.50	177.40
158	—	477	171.00–191.00	179.93
44	—	430	175.00–190.00	184.81
25	—	384	178.00–199.00	185.72
1,991	—	779	132.00–152.50	141.49
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	395	162.50	162.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
189	—	1,024	119.25–125.25	120.99
79	—	1,052	116.50–119.25	118.38
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,005	121.85	121.85

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,329	48.00–59.00	54.50
32	—	1,292	58.00–65.00	61.09
1	—	1,115	47.00	47.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,719	73.00	73.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,148	45.00–54.50	50.10
13	—	1,131	30.00–40.00	34.73
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
286	—	1,542	55.00–65.00	60.75
31	—	1,585	49.00–56.50	54.18
7	—	1,561	65.00–68.00	67.18
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
132	—	1,530	113.60–114.00	113.88
146	—	1,449	112.50–115.25	113.71
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,554	116.00	116.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,627	111.75–112.50	112.44
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,363	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
358	—	1,390	110.00–116.25	112.41
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,269	105.00–110.00	106.48
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,412	83.00–85.00	84.31
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,567	85.00–87.00	85.90
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,895	78.00–85.00	82.21
4	—	1,764	63.00–68.00	65.92
3	—	1,858	86.00–93.00	89.68

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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