South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 115 priced lines covering 25,549 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 26,201 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,301 head.

Mon Jan 25, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 26,201Last week 38,170Year ago 36,463

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,301Last week 1,881Year ago 1,051

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 700 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 higher, over 700 lbs unevenly steady. Feeder heifers steady to 3.00 higher. Good to very good demand for all weights of feeder cattle this week, best demand was centered on lighter weight and fleshed cattle that will reach finished weights later in the year. With Feb Live Cattle at 116.00 early in the week cattle feeders were feeling much more optimistic and willing to pay more to secure their feeder cattle needs but cash fed cattle sales only reached 113.00 which put some pressure on the heavier feeder cattle. Live Cattle futures closed around 1.00 to 1.50 lower after cash sales failed to rise up high enough to meet the futures market. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 3.00 higher, except Breakers 3.00 lower, bulls 4.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
371	—	472	173.00–196.75	186.10
941	—	876	125.00–137.25	134.09
87	—	373	190.00–210.00	199.17
1,001	—	821	125.00–141.00	135.61
195	—	968	126.25–130.00	128.25
25	—	330	200.00–216.00	208.01
1,292	—	725	134.00–152.00	145.34
1,477	—	576	152.50–176.50	166.62
1,787	—	623	147.25–169.00	160.31
135	—	431	180.00–202.50	192.92
205	—	907	123.75–134.25	130.49
1,822	—	769	132.75–149.00	140.65
719	—	534	161.50–183.50	176.10
2,438	—	671	136.00–160.00	152.58
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	687	140.00–142.00	141.50
40	—	592	153.50–153.75	153.69
14	—	532	151.50	151.50
51	—	856	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	515	157.00	157.00
8	—	576	159.00	159.00
44	—	818	131.50–131.75	131.58
19	—	637	134.50–147.75	142.94
32	—	735	131.00–134.75	132.86
10	—	914	121.00	121.00
12	—	881	125.75	125.75
42	—	679	137.50–143.25	142.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
191	—	716	148.50–150.75	150.48
83	—	826	150.10	150.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
225	—	482	196.00	196.00
351	—	565	178.00–179.50	179.23
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,060	108.00–120.50	112.88
68	—	1,022	121.25–124.50	122.66
4	—	1,221	117.50	117.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	417	174.00–180.00	176.34
54	—	465	145.00–175.00	166.13
28	—	391	160.00–183.00	172.18
25	—	730	127.00–139.50	136.91
37	—	578	138.00–150.00	145.38
22	—	881	113.25–121.50	116.60
20	—	837	126.50–128.50	126.79
54	—	537	155.00–170.00	160.47
19	—	636	140.50–148.50	145.70
10	—	964	113.00–115.50	113.76
98	—	772	127.75–132.75	131.75
11	—	323	190.00–200.00	194.58
29	—	665	142.50–146.00	144.05
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	609	146.50	146.50
89	—	486	171.50	171.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1,105	—	676	128.50–149.00	136.71
315	—	914	115.00–125.50	123.44
652	—	725	124.00–138.50	130.84
313	—	870	119.50–126.35	125.08
890	—	522	141.00–163.50	156.95
72	—	970	118.50–120.50	118.61
1,204	—	570	139.00–165.00	150.90
1,283	—	621	126.00–152.25	142.27
502	—	474	150.00–170.00	161.65
464	—	828	121.25–129.50	125.26
678	—	769	116.00–130.50	126.90
248	—	424	150.00–169.00	162.38
41	—	327	172.00–179.00	174.79
194	—	370	156.00–179.00	171.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	695	125.50	125.50
26	—	641	122.00–132.50	129.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	597	138.50	138.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	439	142.00–154.00	152.00
8	—	324	160.00–163.00	161.14
10	—	375	154.00	154.00
40	—	534	123.00–148.00	138.23
109	—	590	135.00–141.00	136.85
37	—	486	145.00–152.00	149.81
35	—	657	120.00–128.50	121.75
11	—	246	194.00	194.00
12	—	613	114.00–128.50	123.73
26	—	733	120.50–124.00	121.98
88	—	781	117.50–122.00	118.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
165	—	655	152.75	152.75
87	—	773	149.75	149.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	620	148.00	148.00
72	—	755	137.25	137.25
125	—	731	139.50–164.50	153.59
126	—	825	130.00–148.50	140.87
360	—	665	140.60–165.50	151.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
96	—	600	153.00	153.00
117	—	440	180.00	180.00
105	—	490	178.50	178.50
6	—	531	171.50	171.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
114	—	1,126	111.50–116.00	111.77
63	—	1,014	106.75–121.00	112.36
67	—	1,182	107.25–110.25	109.39
79	—	1,087	107.75–113.25	111.58
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	390	151.00	151.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,372	48.00–56.50	54.57
57	—	1,285	53.00–62.00	57.93
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,223	48.00–56.50	52.67
5	—	1,207	42.00–47.00	43.96
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,643	53.00–57.00	56.00
130	—	1,521	55.00–62.00	58.56
1	—	1,425	68.00	68.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	1,646	61.00–75.00	66.27
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,880	81.00–88.00	84.07
1	—	2,230	81.00	81.00
2	—	1,993	91.00–94.00	92.54
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
216	—	1,391	107.00–111.00	108.76
28	—	1,365	101.00–105.00	103.23
9	—	1,628	107.00	107.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,495	111.00–112.50	111.56
128	—	1,561	109.00–111.50	110.06
76	—	1,725	106.50–107.75	107.59
16	—	1,533	109.00	109.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,424	109.00	109.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,324	109.00–117.00	112.65
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
127	—	1,655	109.75–111.00	110.35
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,509	90.50–97.50	93.27
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,432	86.00–95.00	92.09

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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