South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 114 priced lines covering 20,071 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 21,966 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 945 head.

Mon May 11, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 21,966Last week 11,869Year ago 12,624

Slaughter CattleReceipts 945Last week 852Year ago 766

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 2.00 to 5.00 higher, except 600-650 lbs and 700-750 lbs 7.00 to 9.00 higher. Feeder heifers 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Moderate to good demand this week, the best demand by far remains on those light calves suitable for backgrounding. The heavier weight, backgrounded cattle find far fewer outlets and are much harder to sell but the market for these cattle was rather active compared to what it's been like in recent weeks. There are many buyers for the light cattle as these cattle cost fewer dollars per head and will reach finished weights at a much later time. Cattle feeders that have market ready fat cattle are still having a tough time getting a bid, even though the cash market was substantially higher as live prices reached 117.00 and dressed at 185.00. This pop in the fat market occurred early in the week which helped turn around Monday's limit lower close, Tues saw an expanded limit close but Wednesday the bearishness returned to the board as it closed more than 3.00 lower. There were a lot of yearlings in the offering this week as those backgrounders have chosen to sell cattle now. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 lower, bulls not well compared.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,094	93.50	93.50
19	—	592	127.50	127.50
25	—	881	105.25	105.25
34	—	793	114.50–119.00	115.14
3	—	835	112.00	112.00
77	—	746	116.60	116.60
75	—	959	102.75–104.00	102.99
53	—	939	105.75	105.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	390	156.00	156.00
38	—	818	89.00–109.00	101.09
18	—	482	130.00–146.00	134.69
40	—	672	123.50–128.00	126.69
32	—	728	103.00–110.00	107.32
22	—	567	121.75–139.00	129.25
11	—	923	101.00–103.00	101.53
40	—	633	129.00–133.50	132.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	476	161.00	161.00
11	—	377	169.00	169.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
754	—	674	120.75–146.00	133.91
840	—	576	125.00–155.50	143.76
1,416	—	782	112.00–131.50	123.86
35	—	983	104.50–108.50	106.55
47	—	376	152.00–180.00	162.10
86	—	426	145.00–166.00	155.49
347	—	474	142.00–164.00	151.65
408	—	525	137.50–162.25	149.25
532	—	724	117.00–137.00	128.39
543	—	879	107.50–118.20	112.17
838	—	818	111.50–134.50	117.45
635	—	923	108.25–117.50	110.86
570	—	630	130.50–150.25	138.66
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,172	95.50	95.50
28	—	1,013	97.00–101.00	98.60
Heifers — Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,024	1,050.00	1,050.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	705	925.00–940.00	931.87
63	—	920	985.00–1,060.00	1,044.60
70	—	879	1,010.00–1,135.00	1,100.57
131	—	776	960.00–1,020.00	991.53
192	—	827	975.00–1,190.00	1,107.40
36	—	911	120.50	120.50
80	—	696	141.00	141.00
62	—	789	125.00–127.50	125.68
116	—	722	130.00–141.00	137.06
247	—	883	113.25–134.00	121.99
199	—	972	109.60–124.00	117.32
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,012	96.75	96.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	984	104.50	104.50
52	—	804	119.00	119.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,151	102.50	102.50
57	—	1,039	107.25	107.25
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	636	149.00	149.00
61	—	1,221	101.50–111.25	108.85
8	—	709	141.00	141.00
286	—	1,076	103.25–109.00	107.01
406	—	1,025	108.50–116.00	113.19
79	—	1,285	100.50	100.50
57	—	1,129	103.85	103.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	740	130.00	130.00
23	—	643	134.00–146.50	138.94
37	—	944	113.25–114.25	114.03
16	—	838	116.00	116.00
59	—	971	105.00–111.00	107.80
45	—	774	126.50–129.50	126.97
21	—	536	144.00–164.50	154.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	862	105.00	105.00
Steers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	873	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	570	167.00	167.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	922	108.00	108.00
45	—	857	80.00–112.00	104.20
48	—	384	177.00–190.00	188.93
58	—	984	108.25	108.25
28	—	517	161.00	161.00
54	—	715	125.00–130.50	126.55
87	—	577	144.00–154.00	150.68
29	—	633	138.00–145.00	139.47
15	—	468	162.00–166.00	163.81
6	—	434	170.00–172.00	171.02
5	—	806	123.50	123.50
51	—	670	121.00–141.00	137.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
141	—	473	155.50–182.00	172.31
235	—	523	155.00–187.50	167.99
498	—	573	157.00–175.00	164.95
630	—	974	110.50–117.50	113.95
670	—	681	131.00–155.00	147.12
1,173	—	771	130.75–144.50	138.95
1,441	—	727	133.75–154.50	145.61
631	—	626	144.50–167.00	155.96
931	—	870	120.50–133.75	125.94
962	—	923	115.50–123.75	120.60
1,219	—	823	115.00–134.00	130.85
75	—	419	173.00–184.00	176.52
42	—	383	180.00–197.00	189.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	605	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	752	129.00	129.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,205	50.00	50.00
3	—	1,155	28.00	28.00
10	—	1,154	36.00–49.00	44.29
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,815	60.00–67.00	64.64
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,637	56.00–67.00	62.47
31	—	1,660	46.00–54.00	51.73
1	—	1,810	68.00	68.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,336	54.00–63.00	56.58
17	—	1,349	43.00–52.50	50.25
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,447	102.00–112.00	108.24
68	—	1,406	98.00–103.50	101.79
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,642	105.00	105.00
9	—	1,409	104.00	104.00
40	—	1,619	112.00	112.00
215	—	1,446	109.00–116.00	111.78
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,376	103.00–113.00	106.32
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	1,576	77.00–84.00	82.33
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,310	77.00	77.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,738	65.00–74.00	69.62
2	—	1,745	86.00	86.00

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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