South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 161 priced lines covering 28,192 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 30,797 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,391 head.

Mon Dec 14, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 30,797Last week 38,758Year ago 32,671

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,391Last week 2,397Year ago 3,071

Compared to last week: Steer calves 2.00 to 6.00 higher, heifer calves 2.00 to 5.00 higher except 550-600 lbs 1.00 higher. Yearling steers 2.00 to 3.00 higher, yearling heifers under 850 lbs steady to 2.00 lower, over 850 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Good demand for steer and heifer calves, improved demand for heifers as heifer prices have lagged far behind their steer mates. Many calves are weaned for 30-60 days already making them highly desirable, as long as the flesh isn’t too heavy. The calves are staying clean as the weather remains dry, which is making them very eye appealing as they are bloomy and shiny. Good to very good demand remains for yearlings, all dependent upon the flesh condition, as cattle feeders would like to have some fat cattle ready to hit the spring markets. The CME Live Cattle, and the fed cattle market have done little to support the yearling market at these price levels. Cattle feeders continue to bet on the prospects for a higher market and continue to be frustrated as the fat market struggles. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, bulls 1.00 higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	1,576	104.50	104.50
17	—	1,522	103.75	103.75
120	—	1,550	105.85–106.50	106.15
185	—	1,469	104.75–108.00	107.13
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,294	111.00–115.00	113.75
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,644	102.50–104.25	103.58
5	—	1,703	102.00	102.00
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,189	109.50	109.50
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,427	103.25	103.25
170	—	1,379	103.00–106.00	104.80
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,249	102.50	102.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	1,449	53.00–65.00	60.00
23	—	1,634	48.00–52.00	50.23
2	—	1,483	64.00–65.00	64.52
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,405	42.00–51.00	46.86
7	—	1,383	58.00–65.00	62.14
48	—	1,318	48.00–57.00	52.23
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
110	—	1,711	64.50–79.00	71.49
12	—	1,651	80.00–84.00	81.16
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,275	42.00–48.00	44.21
13	—	1,373	31.00–42.00	32.30
45	—	1,244	43.00–53.00	49.01
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,983	71.00–80.50	76.17
9	—	1,658	57.00–73.00	65.52
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,486	84.00–87.00	84.76
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,375	78.50–83.00	80.68

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	520	145.00–173.00	157.48
77	—	579	137.00–161.50	149.95
17	—	484	133.00–161.00	148.87
16	—	723	121.00–135.50	128.29
23	—	369	155.00–190.00	174.58
44	—	919	120.00–132.00	128.98
81	—	425	164.00–193.00	176.68
7	—	783	131.50	131.50
28	—	954	125.25	125.25
64	—	634	135.00–150.50	144.87
12	—	278	171.00–197.00	183.86
17	—	333	177.50–185.00	183.41
13	—	232	185.00	185.00
33	—	661	128.00–139.00	134.25
13	—	839	132.25	132.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	529	153.00–157.00	155.55
14	—	956	124.50	124.50
66	—	633	143.00–149.00	145.40
49	—	675	142.00–142.75	142.53
26	—	473	168.50	168.50
20	—	795	131.00–138.00	134.48
55	—	704	138.00	138.00
73	—	868	121.00–132.75	129.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	452	184.00	184.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	497	148.00	148.00
8	—	397	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	657	144.00	144.00
13	—	489	172.00	172.00
42	—	631	147.00	147.00
60	—	731	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1,020	—	719	140.50–162.00	148.42
390	—	881	135.25–143.00	139.59
828	—	933	129.50–144.00	141.59
2,185	—	631	146.50–172.00	161.10
578	—	431	172.00–206.00	193.44
393	—	825	132.75–144.50	138.46
219	—	380	184.00–220.00	201.49
1,813	—	674	132.50–162.00	152.76
2,423	—	578	153.00–177.00	167.78
420	—	777	131.00–152.25	144.89
102	—	332	189.00–216.00	201.09
1,266	—	471	172.50–203.50	188.37
1,470	—	527	157.00–191.50	176.80
347	—	975	123.50–142.00	137.41
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	1,228	123.50	123.50
152	—	1,105	113.50–130.75	128.64
51	—	645	143.00	143.00
129	—	1,066	123.00–132.10	130.51
17	—	1,185	104.00–120.00	114.35
120	—	1,005	125.00–141.25	140.43
32	—	1,288	119.50	119.50
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,101	120.00	120.00
204	—	1,063	129.00	129.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,561	90.50	90.50
27	—	1,236	91.00	91.00
6	—	1,132	117.00	117.00
16	—	1,041	121.00–125.50	122.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
98	—	533	191.00	191.00
89	—	562	174.50	174.50
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	538	155.00–161.00	156.86
5	—	479	157.00	157.00
38	—	670	122.00–141.00	137.94
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	879	112.00–114.00	112.57
8	—	795	109.00	109.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	335	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	471	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	554	171.00	171.00
36	—	462	190.00–192.50	192.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	752	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	891	123.00	123.00
28	—	718	122.00–127.00	124.35
13	—	817	125.50	125.50
4	—	231	170.00	170.00
52	—	469	138.00–150.00	142.23
74	—	632	116.00–135.00	126.07
20	—	925	123.75	123.75
15	—	369	161.00	161.00
12	—	277	172.00–184.00	178.94
39	—	534	121.00–143.50	137.79
30	—	573	135.50–144.00	140.91
16	—	665	120.00–135.00	129.99
30	—	332	153.00–192.00	175.00
34	—	431	139.50–159.50	148.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	634	115.00	115.00
7	—	474	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	420	150.00–151.00	150.60
9	—	891	119.00	119.00
10	—	661	123.00	123.00
9	—	951	110.00	110.00
30	—	775	118.00–126.50	122.43
10	—	589	139.00	139.00
37	—	474	143.00–150.00	145.56
7	—	542	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	453	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1,140	—	527	141.50–166.00	155.25
470	—	921	114.00–137.50	128.83
414	—	964	119.50–133.50	128.46
9	—	275	175.00–179.00	177.08
276	—	377	154.00–178.00	168.20
1,120	—	625	125.00–151.00	142.47
66	—	325	165.00–180.00	170.86
859	—	478	149.50–168.00	162.06
348	—	769	127.00–139.25	134.13
366	—	729	127.00–142.50	132.06
744	—	669	120.00–145.50	139.06
608	—	427	151.00–181.00	164.85
1,010	—	577	131.00–162.00	147.46
947	—	878	120.50–136.50	128.26
447	—	828	125.00–135.00	129.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	430	147.00	147.00
12	—	562	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
288	—	1,016	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,044	105.00–108.00	105.63
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	563	139.00	139.00
7	—	474	151.50	151.50
19	—	1,206	118.00	118.00
11	—	1,129	108.25	108.25
14	—	611	135.00	135.00
56	—	1,016	119.00–125.00	123.19
17	—	1,085	112.00–119.00	114.53
20	—	529	142.00	142.00
13	—	1,162	107.00–111.00	108.54
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	509	149.00	149.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	236	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	727	126.50	126.50
5	—	609	137.50	137.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
265	—	867	134.00–140.00	135.86
838	—	928	127.50–136.75	135.81
71	—	792	137.50	137.50
135	—	961	125.50–134.00	130.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	615	151.50–155.00	151.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	555	154.25	154.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	758	127.00	127.00
5	—	287	190.00	190.00
5	—	488	159.00	159.00

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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