South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 110 priced lines covering 14,274 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 15,090 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,725 head.

Mon Aug 31, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 15,090Last week 8,193Year ago 7,788

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,725Last week 1,099Year ago 1,369

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 2.00 to 5.00 lower, instances of 6.00 to 7.00 lower. Feeder heifers 1.00 to 3.00 lower, instances of 5.00 to 6.00 lower. Demand remains good but the feeder market was under pressure this week as the CME Cattle contracts retreated. A lighter offering of yearlings was met by plenty of buyers ringside who were ready to get cattle bought and placed on feed. There was more caution displayed this week by those buyers but the market was still very active. The supply of yearlings are never great enough to satisfy the demand as so many cattle feeders would rather feed a yearling compared to a calf, but cattle feeders are getting nervous again as the CME Live Cattle contracts have slipped substantially, well below profitability. Packers took full advantage of the weakness of the board and lowered their bids all they way down to 102.00-105.00 and bought all the cattle they needed. Cattle feeders were really hopeful for the coming months of the fed cattle market, as evidenced by the stout feeder cattle market the last several weeks, but with this downturn in the board and cash trade there is great concern that large losses could continue. The dry, short grass conditions is forcing cattle off grass including spring born calves. The market on these calves was active as there were many buyers wanting to buy these light weight calves. The dollars per head cost is greatly cheaper than a 1,200.00 yearling and cash corn still remains very low, many elevators bidding below 3.00, giving buyers an incentive to buy a light calf and grow them. These calves have more options to market them than do a 900 lbs yearling who can only be put on a finishing ration. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher, bulls 2.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	908	116.00	116.00
38	—	587	135.50–139.00	137.42
53	—	703	110.00–134.00	114.54
37	—	678	129.00–139.50	134.73
10	—	522	135.00–148.00	138.94
4	—	469	147.00	147.00
140	—	763	120.00–131.50	126.08
74	—	874	121.50–127.75	125.45
47	—	832	124.00–134.00	125.84
20	—	391	145.00	145.00
16	—	625	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	722	120.25	120.25
14	—	851	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,173	104.50	104.50
54	—	1,019	113.00–122.75	118.10
65	—	1,062	113.50–119.00	116.61
35	—	1,124	115.50–116.00	115.78
12	—	1,213	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	325	167.00–201.00	184.98
236	—	726	128.00–142.50	139.33
276	—	673	128.00–147.00	140.56
312	—	976	120.50–131.00	125.95
408	—	631	135.00–152.00	146.15
565	—	913	123.00–136.25	129.80
866	—	822	125.25–140.00	133.99
1,088	—	776	132.50–142.50	137.97
1,138	—	874	120.25–137.75	129.90
7	—	241	207.00	207.00
109	—	579	132.00–153.50	148.60
32	—	434	150.00–181.00	164.18
54	—	509	143.00–155.00	152.33
20	—	467	153.50	153.50
5	—	393	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	776	141.50	141.50
427	—	933	132.00	132.00
404	—	844	125.00–136.75	135.74
129	—	857	135.75	135.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	846	121.50	121.50
23	—	875	122.50–123.00	122.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	981	116.25	116.25
14	—	713	122.00–126.00	124.25
12	—	514	132.00	132.00
9	—	896	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	552	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,087	110.50	110.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,021	120.50	120.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	724	132.50	132.50
26	—	840	129.50	129.50
29	—	947	128.00	128.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,179	113.00	113.00
5	—	1,259	108.75	108.75
28	—	1,226	107.00	107.00
94	—	1,123	116.50–124.50	122.54
260	—	1,064	122.25–131.50	128.71
416	—	1,025	118.00–135.00	127.56
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	270	215.00–221.00	218.77
793	—	829	134.00–153.00	144.06
1,256	—	875	125.50–149.00	142.46
769	—	923	121.25–145.75	134.77
476	—	985	125.75–135.00	132.59
416	—	725	136.00–158.50	147.79
61	—	480	169.00–184.00	177.49
209	—	783	140.00–152.00	145.94
167	—	667	143.50–164.00	157.96
40	—	575	143.00–170.00	157.20
38	—	522	165.00–178.00	171.30
25	—	426	184.00	184.00
14	—	338	201.00	201.00
28	—	379	182.00–205.00	193.29
105	—	626	151.00–167.50	164.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	522	162.00–166.50	164.28
10	—	990	95.00–125.50	110.17
20	—	822	129.00–130.00	129.46
44	—	682	139.00–148.00	141.52
135	—	866	128.00–133.00	131.91
63	—	778	131.50–148.50	133.41
29	—	729	130.00–145.00	135.48
41	—	921	117.50–130.00	122.46
15	—	471	155.00	155.00
14	—	569	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	899	127.00	127.00
7	—	847	136.00	136.00
14	—	673	142.00	142.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,114	101.00	101.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,028	126.00	126.00
6	—	1,168	114.00	114.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	521	148.00	148.00
64	—	1,032	131.00	131.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
314	—	1,585	101.00–102.60	101.74
390	—	1,450	100.60–102.75	101.70
41	—	1,565	98.75	98.75
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
112	—	1,368	102.75–108.00	103.45
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	1,430	103.00–106.00	103.40
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,352	89.50–90.50	89.88
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,410	90.00–94.50	92.47
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,265	102.00–104.00	102.67
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
102	—	1,327	100.75–101.50	100.99
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,644	82.50–87.00	84.46
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,189	55.50–65.00	60.24
7	—	1,222	65.00–71.00	69.49
17	—	1,178	46.00–56.00	51.20
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,271	59.00	59.00
4	—	1,294	69.00–72.00	70.51
79	—	1,362	61.00–69.50	64.34
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,701	62.00–66.00	63.79
20	—	1,593	74.00–87.00	79.30
31	—	1,472	66.00–73.50	70.98
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,845	96.50–99.00	97.81
7	—	1,632	75.00–84.00	81.12
25	—	1,836	83.00–92.00	88.91

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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