South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 125 priced lines covering 34,537 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 35,408 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,121 head.

Mon Oct 12, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 35,408Last week 20,543Year ago 32,255

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,121Last week 1,277Year ago 2,099

Compared to last week: Much larger offering of steer and heifer calves this week, a fair comparison could not be made. Yearling feeder steers mostly steady except 800-900 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 lower, yearling feeder heifers unevenly steady. Moderate to good demand for calves, good demand remains for yearlings especially for those that ran on grass this summer. This was the first large calf offering of the fall marketing season, farmer feeders are progressing quickly with their corn harvest and many are ready to receive calves in their yards. Calves that have received their full compliment of fall preconditioning shots are much easier to sell as the demand for these calves is much greater than those that only have had a spring shot. The weather has begun to fluctuate and yards are dry and dusty which makes cattle very susceptible to respiratory illness. As financial losses were so great last year few cattle feeders are willing to take on any extra risk buying calves that could suffer a viral respiratory outbreak. Cattle feeders still want to buy yearlings while they can, but with the CME Live Cattle contracts rolling back about 3.00 this week, they approached the market with much more caution. CME Corn futures contracts have climbed up to 4.00, increasing projected cost of gain, making cattle feeders look at fleshy yearlings with more skepticism. Cash fed cattle sales rolled back to 105.00-108.00 which also put pressure on the yearling market. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 5.00 higher, bulls 2.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1,706	—	528	138.00–157.75	146.23
857	—	920	126.50–135.00	132.87
618	—	978	126.00–135.00	131.96
28	—	257	163.00	163.00
1,481	—	867	128.00–143.75	136.64
513	—	676	133.50–144.00	139.99
284	—	378	141.00–181.00	163.65
902	—	774	132.50–146.00	141.05
521	—	727	132.50–144.00	140.07
636	—	570	132.50–154.00	142.36
1,178	—	429	142.00–173.00	155.46
122	—	338	152.00–170.00	166.24
1,330	—	479	140.00–159.00	151.55
399	—	622	133.00–147.00	139.95
939	—	825	130.00–141.00	136.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
119	—	559	157.00–168.50	166.59
103	—	514	168.00	168.00
289	—	490	161.00–175.00	168.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	433	141.00–146.50	142.79
52	—	816	115.00–130.00	124.30
60	—	576	142.00–148.00	144.31
45	—	623	130.00–135.00	131.67
4	—	705	120.00	120.00
24	—	929	110.00	110.00
36	—	324	149.00–161.00	155.70
38	—	475	132.50–139.50	135.31
14	—	779	119.00–123.00	120.96
4	—	518	139.00	139.00
22	—	963	100.00	100.00
6	—	655	140.50	140.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	934	123.00	123.00
9	—	956	101.50	101.50
61	—	691	124.00–133.00	131.56
6	—	643	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	590	131.00	131.00
48	—	741	139.50	139.50
57	—	381	154.00–159.00	157.36
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,033	116.00	116.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	499	139.00	139.00
412	—	1,011	116.50–130.00	127.77
33	—	1,134	115.00–121.00	117.24
34	—	1,194	106.00	106.00
176	—	1,058	111.00–123.00	118.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	631	113.00	113.00
17	—	463	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	393	169.00–177.00	174.61
6	—	331	170.00	170.00
16	—	458	161.00	161.00
8	—	796	142.00	142.00
12	—	978	129.00	129.00
41	—	530	155.00–158.50	157.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2,589	—	621	143.00–165.00	157.76
424	—	772	138.60–155.00	147.43
3,060	—	569	142.50–168.00	160.24
769	—	980	133.25–143.00	138.28
2,494	—	527	146.00–175.00	164.06
11	—	290	206.00	206.00
704	—	376	163.00–211.00	195.89
1,926	—	477	154.00–187.00	173.01
1,340	—	926	133.25–145.50	138.83
713	—	829	138.50–148.00	143.05
479	—	724	131.50–157.00	151.35
114	—	333	165.00–206.50	197.17
14	—	1,005	131.00	131.00
1,041	—	434	162.00–197.00	181.99
831	—	671	140.00–161.00	154.91
1,314	—	877	133.00–147.75	141.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	826	146.25	146.25
21	—	756	151.25	151.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
98	—	582	162.75	162.75
24	—	450	189.00	189.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	695	155.10	155.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	878	125.25–134.50	131.18
28	—	748	144.25	144.25
35	—	635	150.00–155.50	154.76
30	—	825	136.50–140.50	139.20
9	—	932	113.00	113.00
47	—	795	137.50–142.50	141.06
25	—	673	139.50–140.00	139.66
41	—	321	155.00–185.00	174.22
102	—	443	150.00–167.00	164.03
146	—	486	147.00–161.00	155.02
98	—	531	143.00–154.00	149.95
17	—	372	160.00–162.00	160.82
19	—	584	141.00–147.00	145.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	672	133.00–138.00	135.24
28	—	783	139.00	139.00
41	—	723	130.00–140.00	136.86
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	491	160.00	160.00
12	—	1,356	105.25	105.25
368	—	1,013	129.25–139.10	135.13
28	—	519	155.00	155.00
28	—	1,198	111.00	111.00
8	—	629	146.00	146.00
65	—	674	136.00–140.75	140.30
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	667	129.00	129.00
7	—	1,059	122.00	122.00
5	—	1,217	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	618	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	528	130.00–133.00	131.90
9	—	478	132.00	132.00
5	—	580	126.00	126.00
8	—	846	127.00	127.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	410	153.00	153.00
22	—	505	146.00	146.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	1,423	91.00–95.50	93.13
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,275	83.00	83.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,182	25.00–34.00	28.08
9	—	1,241	42.00–49.00	46.72
16	—	1,282	50.00–59.00	53.68
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,391	50.00–55.00	51.73
19	—	1,329	55.50–60.00	57.15
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,499	59.00–70.00	63.92
4	—	1,702	57.00–58.00	57.49
5	—	1,471	71.00	71.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,687	72.00–78.00	75.60
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,377	102.50–102.75	102.62
260	—	1,393	103.00–105.25	104.13
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
120	—	1,250	105.00–107.50	106.83
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,494	103.00	103.00
330	—	1,472	104.25–105.25	104.71
214	—	1,535	104.00–105.50	104.49
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
401	—	1,615	102.00–104.00	103.07
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
152	—	1,353	104.00–114.00	108.24
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,756	79.00–85.50	81.87

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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