South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 103 priced lines covering 19,844 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 20,543 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,277 head.

Mon Oct 5, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 20,543Last week 22,996Year ago 20,959

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,277Last week 2,136Year ago 1,695

Compared to last week: Steer calves steady to 5.00 lower, instances to 10.00 lower on 500-550 lbs. Heifer calves 2.00 to 6.00 lower, instances of 8.00 to 10.00 lower. Yearling feeder steers under 900 lbs steady to 3.00 lower, over 900 lbs unevenly steady. Yearling feeder heifers steady to 2.00 lower. More moderate demand for calves this week, few auctions had sizable offerings of calves as the calf run hasn’t quite yet begun. Farmer feeder buyers are tied up with their corn harvest and working very quickly to get it out of the field as the crop is very dry, which accounted for some of the weakness in this week's calf market. Good demand remains for yearling steers and heifers as the supply of grass yearlings gets tighter. CME Live Cattle futures were able to make slight gains this week but with the current price level of yearlings, breakevens are much higher than where the futures contracts are presently at. Cattle feeders have held off packer bids of 107.00-108.00 so far for the week as they have their cattle priced at 110.00. Much larger auction receipts expected for next week as the calf runs begin in central and western South Dakota. Slaughter cows 3.00 to 4.00 lower, bulls 2.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
303	—	667	134.50–146.50	142.46
382	—	573	137.00–151.00	146.30
511	—	473	138.50–162.00	151.28
169	—	386	154.00–170.00	161.98
6	—	280	182.00	182.00
1,080	—	877	129.00–140.25	135.37
1,105	—	919	121.00–136.60	132.66
51	—	331	165.00–170.00	167.76
212	—	430	149.50–167.50	158.16
188	—	718	138.50–144.50	142.77
191	—	625	137.00–146.25	144.43
577	—	781	132.50–144.00	139.05
1,177	—	969	124.00–134.00	131.12
269	—	531	137.75–150.00	146.40
804	—	831	132.00–141.70	138.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	624	126.50–135.50	133.62
5	—	518	138.00	138.00
13	—	407	144.00	144.00
12	—	667	117.50–129.00	123.25
14	—	312	127.50	127.50
44	—	914	123.50–127.75	124.72
81	—	719	125.00–132.50	131.08
20	—	766	115.00–126.50	121.48
15	—	390	121.00	121.00
15	—	824	124.00–131.00	125.43
18	—	872	126.50–127.00	126.81
45	—	493	141.00–144.50	143.50
16	—	562	122.50–140.00	133.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	858	138.50	138.50
71	—	769	147.00	147.00
79	—	691	149.00	149.00
40	—	721	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
178	—	629	144.25–147.75	145.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	335	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,125	101.00–119.50	110.26
122	—	1,071	122.50–127.50	125.03
197	—	1,024	112.00–131.25	125.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	875	112.50–117.00	116.18
58	—	907	126.25	126.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	405	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	922	132.00	132.00
10	—	311	170.00	170.00
75	—	441	149.00–175.00	155.68
4	—	692	126.00	126.00
13	—	602	151.00	151.00
20	—	580	132.00–145.00	141.23
7	—	970	115.00	115.00
7	—	857	127.00–129.00	127.86
42	—	391	134.00–140.00	137.85
5	—	834	132.50	132.50
51	—	474	153.00–168.00	161.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
175	—	677	155.00–156.00	155.50
161	—	621	152.00–162.75	157.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
120	—	804	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	660	158.75	158.75
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
799	—	1,080	121.75–137.85	131.85
1,333	—	1,019	126.50–138.75	136.52
271	—	1,111	124.75–132.75	130.44
30	—	906	132.00	132.00
14	—	1,179	126.25	126.25
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	368	146.00	146.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,012	127.75	127.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	965	120.50	120.50
16	—	831	125.50–130.50	127.71
46	—	931	134.00–136.50	135.61
3	—	897	127.50	127.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
322	—	427	167.00–187.50	180.61
74	—	341	184.00–206.00	202.77
364	—	722	143.50–157.00	150.64
12	—	280	181.50	181.50
2,042	—	928	133.00–146.75	143.12
114	—	369	182.50–202.00	195.44
478	—	766	139.50–153.00	149.61
118	—	609	144.00–158.00	155.13
458	—	481	162.00–180.75	173.53
331	—	814	141.50–154.00	146.54
571	—	868	134.00–152.25	144.23
861	—	573	147.00–168.25	159.74
657	—	980	126.00–139.75	138.03
300	—	673	139.75–161.00	152.77
348	—	515	157.00–174.00	162.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	888	135.50–136.50	135.88
7	—	330	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	878	123.00	123.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	1,299	109.00–117.75	115.10
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,664	101.00–103.50	103.30
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	1,467	107.00–109.00	108.06
406	—	1,562	105.00–108.00	106.35
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,464	103.00–105.00	104.17
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,529	58.00–66.50	62.39
21	—	1,563	51.00–57.00	55.21
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,745	69.00–75.00	73.22
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,200	46.00–52.00	49.29
17	—	1,212	38.00–45.00	43.55
8	—	1,195	25.00–35.00	30.24
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,348	50.00–61.50	56.57
13	—	1,399	47.00–54.00	51.66
6	—	1,392	63.00–64.00	63.50
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
126	—	1,470	89.00–92.50	91.40
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
155	—	1,387	104.25–108.50	105.93
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,130	111.00	111.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	2,024	75.00–83.00	80.01
3	—	2,137	83.00–85.00	83.70

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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