South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 124 priced lines covering 23,154 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 22,996 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,136 head.

Mon Sep 28, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 22,996Last week 12,083Year ago 22,584

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,136Last week 2,254Year ago 1,685

Compared to last week: Feeder steers unevenly steady, feeder heifers 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Very good demand remains for yearling steers and heifers, especially for those light fleshed cattle right off grass. There were some spring calves offered, demand was good. Farmer feeders have started their corn harvest already as the warm, dry weather really dried the crop down quickly. The harvest looks to be abundant, making for low costs of gain, and feedyard pens are in good shape and free from mud which is just what the cattle feeder needs. More calves will be offered for sale next week as West River ranchers begin their fall marketing season. Cash fat cattle sales at 107.00-109.00 this week, coming into alignment with the Oct Live Cattle contract. This turn around in the fat market helped to buoy the confidence that a cattle feeder needs to step out and buy yearlings as the competition for these cattle is great. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 lower, bulls 1.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	572	160.50	160.50
30	—	490	159.00	159.00
63	—	522	135.00–166.00	156.12
24	—	832	128.00–137.00	133.31
93	—	660	136.00–149.25	144.52
5	—	234	207.50	207.50
5	—	380	178.00	178.00
14	—	616	145.50–154.00	150.93
22	—	853	134.00	134.00
36	—	782	138.00–139.50	139.11
26	—	915	120.00–126.00	124.58
14	—	744	139.00–139.50	139.18
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	564	142.00	142.00
16	—	878	124.50	124.50
11	—	725	132.50	132.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,306	112.75	112.75
47	—	1,063	123.25–131.25	126.46
95	—	1,284	113.25–114.00	113.62
8	—	667	150.00	150.00
87	—	1,132	124.50–129.25	126.21
189	—	1,151	118.00–125.60	125.44
5	—	1,236	114.85	114.85
657	—	1,013	123.00–140.00	137.71
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,200	105.00	105.00
9	—	1,091	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	805	140.50	140.50
24	—	882	139.00–139.25	139.18
5	—	746	141.00	141.00
11	—	908	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	571	147.00	147.00
9	—	873	139.00	139.00
9	—	641	145.00	145.00
4	—	791	136.00	136.00
5	—	957	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
315	—	431	165.00–192.00	185.02
340	—	666	150.50–167.00	157.50
215	—	511	156.00–184.00	173.89
529	—	722	144.00–158.50	153.15
1,684	—	970	127.00–143.50	138.08
261	—	569	151.00–175.00	159.51
412	—	481	164.50–180.00	172.52
1,668	—	831	139.00–152.75	148.39
14	—	271	174.00–182.00	179.01
28	—	380	173.00–201.00	179.64
32	—	317	171.00–184.00	177.98
1,688	—	874	135.50–152.75	145.05
1,020	—	782	137.50–158.00	152.21
1,979	—	928	131.50–145.10	140.44
304	—	625	149.00–166.00	160.70
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	352	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
120	—	825	154.10–155.10	154.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	690	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	751	111.00	111.00
5	—	702	108.00	108.00
17	—	815	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1,532	—	877	123.50–140.25	133.63
866	—	771	133.00–145.50	140.50
65	—	377	156.00–163.00	159.77
448	—	728	134.50–149.75	143.91
203	—	567	139.00–160.50	145.66
153	—	642	137.00–156.00	151.95
256	—	473	143.00–161.75	157.00
1,553	—	924	121.00–136.50	133.00
230	—	533	140.00–166.50	154.69
34	—	336	151.00–176.00	161.46
1,069	—	825	130.50–144.25	138.06
11	—	265	159.00	159.00
475	—	974	122.50–136.40	128.65
351	—	671	136.00–155.00	148.55
8	—	233	165.00	165.00
212	—	423	142.00–172.00	159.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	653	134.00–138.00	136.87
27	—	726	138.50	138.50
50	—	608	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	723	134.50–137.75	136.69
18	—	471	142.00–145.00	143.65
33	—	579	134.00–139.00	137.81
31	—	366	150.00–159.00	152.60
31	—	832	125.00–129.00	128.02
33	—	676	118.50–131.50	123.65
16	—	863	120.00–120.75	120.24
15	—	428	148.00	148.00
6	—	969	110.00	110.00
4	—	541	145.00	145.00
44	—	612	130.00–144.00	141.32
62	—	796	131.50	131.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	699	148.00	148.00
198	—	819	142.25	142.25
52	—	936	129.50	129.50
60	—	869	137.00	137.00
319	—	713	141.50–154.00	148.85
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,158	114.50–115.00	114.61
136	—	1,010	120.50–130.50	125.26
36	—	1,116	109.50–122.50	118.49
38	—	1,059	120.50–125.50	123.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	875	124.00	124.00
64	—	737	141.00	141.00
6	—	660	136.50	136.50
7	—	800	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	310	117.00	117.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	535	150.00	150.00
6	—	648	149.00	149.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	354	171.00	171.00
5	—	692	130.00	130.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,318	55.00–61.50	57.86
7	—	1,447	43.00–53.00	45.77
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,138	47.00–56.50	51.87
35	—	1,196	43.00–50.50	47.12
2	—	1,460	57.00	57.00
1	—	785	35.00	35.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,494	60.00–68.50	66.14
4	—	1,666	69.00–73.50	70.38
7	—	1,604	44.00–58.50	50.47
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
605	—	1,561	102.75–105.00	104.10
245	—	1,479	104.00–105.00	104.60
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
135	—	1,361	103.75–110.75	107.22
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,388	102.00	102.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
226	—	1,444	89.50–95.50	91.84
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,330	83.00	83.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
365	—	1,348	102.00–105.50	103.77
69	—	1,351	100.00–101.25	100.92
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,710	88.00	88.00
27	—	1,796	76.00–86.00	82.22
1	—	2,185	64.50	64.50

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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