South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 152 priced lines covering 43,823 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 45,615 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,439 head.

Mon Nov 2, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 45,615Last week 36,659Year ago 52,846

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,439Last week 1,589Year ago 2,145

Compared to last week: Steer calves 2.00 to 5.00 higher, heifer calves 2.00 to 4.00 higher with instances to 7.00 higher on 500-550 lbs. Yearling feeder steers 2.00 to 3.00 higher, except 900-950 lbs 5.00 higher. Yearling feeder heifers steady to 2.00 higher. Good demand for steer and heifer calves this week. Many farmer feeders have completed their corn harvest already and now have the time to dedicate to receiving and starting calves on feed. The winter storm that struck the area two weeks ago was replaced by temps in the 70’s and even 80’s. Cow calf producers were able to get their calves loaded and shipped to the auctions and the buyers were there and ready. The cash fed cattle market, and the futures contracts for the that matter, are not supportive of the feeder market as closeouts of outgoing fed cattle continue to post losses. Very large auction receipts expected to continue as the fall marketing season progresses. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, except Lean cows 2.00 lower, bulls 2.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,751	70.00–74.00	72.95
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,516	45.00–57.00	52.54
9	—	1,668	65.00–70.00	67.97
59	—	1,446	55.50–66.00	61.90
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,064	58.00–60.50	60.25
18	—	1,177	32.00–36.00	33.78
53	—	1,216	37.00–43.50	41.25
43	—	1,218	45.00–54.00	48.95
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,343	62.00–64.00	62.97
18	—	1,411	38.00–52.50	47.74
44	—	1,305	52.50–61.00	55.75
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,323	105.75–107.75	106.95
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,318	111.75	111.75
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	1,692	97.50–99.00	98.29
281	—	1,454	103.50–106.00	105.34
679	—	1,556	102.00–104.75	103.80
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,201	114.50–120.00	118.53
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
109	—	1,636	100.00–103.50	101.87
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,943	75.00–83.00	79.34
3	—	1,920	84.00–86.00	85.33
16	—	1,755	55.00–77.00	70.98
1	—	1,905	76.00	76.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,185	105.25–108.00	106.52
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,507	102.50	102.50
265	—	1,411	101.50–105.75	104.33
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,343	86.00	86.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	1,515	86.00–93.75	89.35

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,076	117.60–127.00	118.56
14	—	1,018	114.00	114.00
44	—	1,139	111.75	111.75
19	—	475	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	523	137.00	137.00
18	—	820	125.00	125.00
15	—	783	127.00	127.00
27	—	713	125.25	125.25
9	—	647	125.00	125.00
19	—	924	113.00–116.50	115.40
3	—	853	112.50	112.50
Heifers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	259	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	568	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	619	122.00	122.00
8	—	961	113.50	113.50
11	—	810	110.00–125.00	118.15
14	—	1,000	116.00	116.00
70	—	373	137.00–158.50	145.06
64	—	415	130.00–154.00	138.77
5	—	672	122.00	122.00
8	—	284	161.00–172.50	165.10
104	—	460	126.00–137.00	131.54
3	—	752	119.00	119.00
5	—	852	121.00	121.00
44	—	329	144.00–162.50	149.37
6	—	551	133.50	133.50
153	—	532	120.00–144.00	136.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	702	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	519	126.50	126.50
96	—	349	136.00	136.00
85	—	408	136.00	136.00
11	—	806	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
580	—	372	130.00–183.00	155.28
1,654	—	428	137.00–167.00	152.76
2,455	—	524	129.75–162.00	148.46
297	—	716	129.00–144.00	134.99
257	—	331	141.00–170.00	153.24
29	—	268	157.00–184.00	174.49
436	—	872	123.00–130.75	129.09
720	—	936	120.00–129.25	124.06
1,963	—	570	126.50–149.50	142.51
2,419	—	475	130.00–164.00	149.71
640	—	832	129.25–138.50	131.50
571	—	969	117.00–130.50	124.13
966	—	619	124.50–144.00	138.02
170	—	776	117.00–140.50	134.20
487	—	672	124.50–143.00	133.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	410	164.00	164.00
65	—	462	159.50	159.50
67	—	665	146.00	146.00
88	—	761	143.10	143.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
509	—	527	153.25–175.00	163.36
197	—	572	151.75–152.50	152.12
190	—	610	148.75	148.75
19	—	490	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	789	117.50	117.50
26	—	949	117.50	117.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	390	169.50	169.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	387	144.00–145.00	144.40
24	—	753	119.00	119.00
7	—	531	107.00	107.00
8	—	604	122.50	122.50
6	—	430	149.00	149.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,004	113.50	113.50
Steers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	269	120.00	120.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,098	122.00	122.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	782	128.00	128.00
9	—	443	152.00	152.00
103	—	372	141.00	141.00
5	—	528	147.00	147.00
6	—	564	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	577	135.00	135.00
135	—	924	119.00–130.00	128.81
20	—	892	124.00–129.50	128.14
31	—	785	131.75	131.75
11	—	980	115.00–118.50	116.94
6	—	483	163.00	163.00
28	—	644	135.00–137.50	136.70
5	—	549	135.50	135.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	341	194.00	194.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	334	179.00	179.00
5	—	949	124.00	124.00
23	—	898	121.50	121.50
129	—	488	135.00–163.50	147.90
5	—	698	133.00	133.00
23	—	634	126.00–133.00	130.19
83	—	824	112.50–133.25	125.46
85	—	378	143.00–175.00	155.69
7	—	261	190.00	190.00
63	—	514	138.00–148.00	142.25
46	—	582	131.50–150.00	139.98
9	—	428	141.00	141.00
38	—	790	120.00–126.75	121.44
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	664	135.00	135.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	333	123.00	123.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
445	—	1,067	123.75–132.50	129.73
63	—	1,162	114.50–117.00	114.74
35	—	533	152.50–154.00	152.86
432	—	1,037	124.00–134.00	129.82
60	—	1,135	117.50–118.60	118.39
24	—	590	147.50	147.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5,104	—	574	142.00–179.00	158.80
3,513	—	620	134.00–162.75	153.41
1,349	—	427	160.00–195.00	180.70
149	—	328	148.00–212.00	181.24
94	—	879	130.00–141.25	137.44
481	—	717	137.00–151.75	148.04
3,290	—	475	152.00–183.50	172.36
2,117	—	671	139.00–158.75	152.08
348	—	821	136.00–146.50	141.83
428	—	976	122.50–138.75	134.30
4,902	—	525	146.00–182.00	164.15
51	—	277	182.50–201.00	193.15
777	—	379	165.00–196.00	189.85
350	—	917	129.25–144.25	142.31
271	—	781	128.00–150.00	140.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	366	206.00–210.00	208.94
248	—	458	174.00–185.00	179.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	350	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	586	154.50–155.00	154.65
9	—	492	158.00	158.00
16	—	446	156.00	156.00
6	—	308	173.00	173.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	458	157.50	157.50
12	—	532	151.00	151.00

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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