South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 92 priced lines covering 13,679 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 12,083 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,254 head.

Mon Sep 21, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 12,083Last week 22,673Year ago 19,412

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,254Last week 1,994Year ago 1,672

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 850 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 higher, over 850 lbs steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 850 lbs steady to 2.00 higher, over 850 lbs unevenly steady. Demand remains very good for yearling steers and heifers as dry corn harvest has begun and cattle feeders are fully ready to take on incoming cattle. The yearlings are moving off grass and there is great competition for these cattle to buy them while they are available. The CME Live Cattle contracts turned around this week and stopped their decline which helped to ease concerns and helped to support the feeder cattle market. Spring born calves continue to show up in town and the demand for these calves is good, there are plenty of buyers on the seats ready to take calves home and get them started on feed. Feed supplies are plentiful and projected costs of gain look low which is giving farmer feeders the incentive to buy calves. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 5.00 lower, bulls 3.00 to 4.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	370	110.00–147.00	115.87
13	—	539	137.00	137.00
9	—	478	144.00	144.00
8	—	840	124.50	124.50
76	—	877	121.50–122.75	121.96
44	—	614	131.00–136.00	132.48
10	—	789	126.00–136.50	130.23
12	—	740	134.00	134.00
11	—	685	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
140	—	437	147.00–166.00	156.87
101	—	484	142.00–160.00	156.92
85	—	573	139.00–145.00	141.09
32	—	343	166.00–200.00	176.75
5	—	394	170.00	170.00
1,016	—	873	123.00–136.30	130.81
612	—	970	118.50–132.50	130.04
485	—	776	136.75–141.75	138.77
484	—	919	122.00–134.25	130.61
297	—	820	130.00–139.50	136.42
221	—	671	133.50–149.75	143.78
100	—	615	138.50–146.25	145.09
26	—	513	143.00–151.00	147.77
477	—	730	133.00–143.50	139.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	763	134.00	134.00
196	—	884	122.25–123.00	122.67
5	—	965	111.00	111.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,079	120.75	120.75
21	—	1,102	106.75	106.75
15	—	1,242	103.00	103.00
127	—	1,032	103.00–128.00	119.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	715	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,060	104.50	104.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	372	131.00	131.00
8	—	251	110.00	110.00
19	—	787	140.00	140.00
37	—	673	142.00–154.00	149.98
20	—	734	140.00	140.00
38	—	882	138.75	138.75
26	—	637	134.00–158.50	150.75
13	—	575	146.00–151.00	147.96
9	—	958	126.00	126.00
8	—	506	161.00	161.00
5	—	918	120.00	120.00
12	—	815	134.00–139.50	135.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1,992	—	916	133.00–146.50	141.68
636	—	832	140.00–156.00	151.68
314	—	774	142.50–153.75	150.84
77	—	652	158.00–160.00	159.86
138	—	723	145.00–157.50	152.87
291	—	462	172.00–189.00	180.60
69	—	551	170.00–171.00	170.91
752	—	983	126.25–141.00	136.67
1,073	—	874	132.50–146.25	141.18
63	—	619	151.00–155.50	153.68
35	—	437	174.00–191.00	177.88
28	—	377	190.00–217.50	197.95
7	—	549	165.00	165.00
4	—	280	215.00	215.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,073	109.00–111.50	109.97
8	—	1,004	122.00	122.00
4	—	1,252	105.00	105.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	1,070	119.25–126.50	124.01
46	—	1,226	102.00–113.00	111.81
20	—	1,194	111.25	111.25
19	—	1,359	105.00	105.00
554	—	1,012	114.00–137.50	134.26
405	—	1,124	122.75–128.85	128.37
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	883	112.00	112.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	790	153.00	153.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	615	144.00	144.00
9	—	580	139.00	139.00
5	—	749	138.00	138.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,073	119.00	119.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,306	93.50–94.00	93.93
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
166	—	1,473	95.50–99.50	97.84
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
139	—	1,341	101.00–110.25	106.37
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,401	105.50	105.50
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
740	—	1,570	100.75–103.25	101.75
332	—	1,490	101.50–104.25	102.92
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
252	—	1,375	100.00–103.00	101.30
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,639	73.00–81.00	77.34
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,127	31.00–54.00	46.51
22	—	1,264	49.00–56.50	54.26
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,433	64.00–74.00	67.72
16	—	1,659	71.00–82.00	74.65
11	—	1,497	50.00–61.50	56.56
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,344	46.00–56.50	51.70
25	—	1,314	52.00–67.00	61.55
5	—	1,497	65.00–69.00	67.61
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,997	80.00–88.00	83.69
8	—	1,637	59.00–80.00	70.12
9	—	1,776	89.50–92.50	90.86

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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