South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 128 priced lines covering 52,194 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 52,996 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,969 head.

Mon Nov 9, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 52,996Last week 45,615Year ago 40,071

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,969Last week 2,439Year ago 4,761

Compared to last week: Steer calves 1.00 to 3.00 higher, heifer calves steady to 4.00 higher. Yearling feeder steers steady to 3.00 higher, yearling heifers 3.00 to 5.00 higher, instances to 6.00 higher. Good demand for steer and heifer calves this week after the strong run-up in the CME Live Cattle futures. Farmer feeders have about finished their fall field work and have the time now to receive and start calves on feed. Feed supplies are plentiful, however CME Corn futures are at 4.00 and higher which is pushing projected costs of gain higher. The western SD calves that are coming to auction are in light flesh this year after a droughty summer, and then an early start to winter, that has resulted in calves being about 50 lbs lighter than normal. This has made those calves really attractive to cattle feeders as they carry a lot of compensatory gain. Much lighter offering of calves East River as cattle producers there have more feedstuffs available and the ability to wean and background. Very good demand for the strings of yearlings offered this week, especially the heifers that were straight off grass. Very few of these green yearlings left, the market is very active as there is great competition to buy them. The market is still active for the heavier fleshed feedyard backgrounded yearlings as cattle feeders want to have fat cattle ready for the late winter/early spring markets. Very large auction receipts expected next week, mostly calves. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 3.00 lower, except Breaker cows 3.00 higher. Bulls 2.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
360	—	935	136.50–146.10	142.12
3,471	—	477	154.00–186.50	175.00
4,399	—	620	140.00–165.25	156.92
39	—	290	170.00–198.00	191.19
1,640	—	668	138.00–160.00	151.85
783	—	382	167.00–204.00	191.98
390	—	773	133.50–152.00	145.45
2,296	—	429	163.00–195.00	182.44
7,544	—	526	147.00–180.00	165.30
1,081	—	971	124.00–141.75	137.57
5,284	—	572	141.00–169.00	160.40
645	—	879	127.00–146.00	139.94
603	—	825	137.00–146.00	144.33
130	—	334	173.00–200.00	184.25
693	—	724	139.00–152.25	146.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
106	—	512	178.00	178.00
9	—	460	188.00	188.00
16	—	405	203.50	203.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	401	204.00	204.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	731	135.50	135.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	958	122.00	122.00
9	—	685	134.50	134.50
26	—	831	137.00	137.00
43	—	484	146.00–155.50	149.53
6	—	598	145.00	145.00
44	—	536	149.00–157.25	156.55
9	—	365	151.00–181.00	163.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	649	144.00	144.00
27	—	427	168.00	168.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	407	175.00	175.00
11	—	528	156.00	156.00
13	—	1,230	110.00	110.00
63	—	1,144	122.25	122.25
55	—	1,161	126.75	126.75
294	—	1,068	126.50–134.75	130.74
909	—	1,020	126.75–136.50	134.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	338	149.00–191.00	165.40
12	—	774	134.00	134.00
6	—	224	225.00	225.00
97	—	374	155.00–185.00	172.85
112	—	518	145.00–162.00	150.11
115	—	493	145.00–169.50	157.50
15	—	280	180.00–181.00	180.56
8	—	823	110.50	110.50
7	—	870	131.50	131.50
15	—	715	133.50–138.00	136.23
14	—	690	126.50	126.50
30	—	579	144.50–160.50	157.41
59	—	433	156.00–177.00	161.61
18	—	633	137.50–146.50	142.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	822	121.50	121.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	789	123.00	123.00
60	—	965	117.50	117.50
10	—	867	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
824	—	625	130.50–146.00	137.54
288	—	911	123.00–139.00	130.43
2,819	—	524	134.00–156.00	148.13
3,130	—	476	130.00–160.50	153.13
1,093	—	382	137.00–175.00	160.47
1,568	—	426	138.00–172.00	156.79
1,981	—	576	130.50–153.00	143.80
300	—	714	124.50–144.00	135.75
53	—	290	134.00–171.00	147.84
539	—	971	120.00–135.00	131.12
232	—	331	140.00–183.00	158.20
550	—	762	125.50–145.00	138.00
395	—	664	124.50–143.00	137.86
841	—	830	126.50–142.00	134.63
1,616	—	871	122.50–139.50	133.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
447	—	524	157.50–174.00	164.54
104	—	600	164.50	164.50
404	—	483	166.00–176.00	172.05
366	—	577	150.00–173.00	162.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	676	138.50	138.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	555	152.25	152.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	517	123.00–140.00	136.17
14	—	724	134.00	134.00
12	—	611	132.00	132.00
68	—	429	126.00–153.00	145.41
104	—	372	124.00–155.50	143.25
19	—	293	158.00–160.00	158.84
40	—	475	133.00–143.00	140.17
35	—	320	160.00–169.00	162.78
8	—	783	132.00	132.00
9	—	589	126.00	126.00
8	—	673	126.50–133.50	129.04
57	—	868	116.50–131.25	129.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	541	130.00–137.50	132.86
14	—	590	131.00	131.00
7	—	495	139.00	139.00
21	—	686	115.00–120.00	116.17
12	—	820	125.00	125.00
5	—	896	123.25	123.25
49	—	435	141.00–149.00	146.52
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
130	—	1,017	120.00–130.00	126.05
52	—	1,070	116.00–123.50	118.02
60	—	1,110	114.50–122.50	121.55
15	—	447	152.50	152.50
6	—	492	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	921	109.50	109.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	363	133.00	133.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	508	147.00	147.00
13	—	384	168.50	168.50
7	—	333	165.00	165.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
109	—	1,405	101.50–103.60	102.71
324	—	1,369	103.50–107.75	104.69
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,280	102.00	102.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,654	67.00–76.00	72.09
1	—	2,500	71.00	71.00
18	—	1,828	74.00–83.00	77.37
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,491	46.00–52.00	47.48
4	—	1,220	61.00–62.50	62.07
50	—	1,356	49.00–59.00	52.90
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,499	48.00–60.00	54.00
5	—	1,553	69.00–71.00	70.43
95	—	1,533	58.00–69.00	64.52
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,397	35.00	35.00
34	—	1,243	43.50–53.00	46.92
22	—	1,208	34.00–52.00	42.42
5	—	1,340	52.50–55.00	54.52
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,582	70.00–76.50	71.61
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,452	104.00–105.50	104.51
7	—	1,545	103.00	103.00
180	—	1,471	106.25–107.75	106.88
279	—	1,549	105.50–108.75	107.39
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,485	104.00	104.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
502	—	1,627	106.00–109.00	107.23
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,494	90.00–93.50	91.10

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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