South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 112 priced lines covering 19,450 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 19,054 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,153 head.

Mon Feb 1, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 19,054Last week 26,201Year ago 20,001

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,153Last week 1,301Year ago 1,458

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 5.00 lower, heifers under 600 lbs 6.00 to 7.00 lower, over 600 lbs steady to 3.00 lower. Demand moderate to good for all weights and classes but cattle feeders definitely slowed their pace in their pursuit for feeder cattle. Concern over the cash fed cattle market failing to rise up to meet the Feb futures contract put pressure on the feeder market this week. A large offering of feeder cattle in East River auctions as cattle producers on that side of river market more cattle after the start of the new calendar year, most West River auctions didn't hold feeder cattle sales as they skip this week every year as the Black Hills Stock Show was going on. Very cold weather settled over the region which helped to keep the ground froze and keep cattle cleaner as the warm weather early in the week saw cattle getting dirty if not bedded well. Cash fed cattle sales did trade higher, up to 114.50 in Iowa on Friday and 179.00 dressed but that still left a negative 2.00 basis. Cash corn above 5.50 has raised feed cost considerably from the levels projected last fall, when cattle were placed on feed. Breakeven prices moved higher because of that fact but the deferred months of Live Cattle contracts are higher than where they were during that time. Overweight fed cattle continue to plague the industry, especially in the northern plains where the mild weather and dry yard conditions allowed cattle to grow very quickly resulting in a large amount of cattle weighing over 1600 lbs. Cattle feeders are still struggling with profitability and are careful to buy cattle that have a realistic breakeven. Extra flesh condition on feeder cattle is a thing to avoid for cattle feeders, but especially in a year of rising feed cost and a struggling fed cattle market. Green, thin fleshed cattle are easy to sell and bring top prices while those carrying too much are very hard to sell. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 3.00 higher, except Breaker cows 6.00 to 7.00 higher, bulls 2.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	327	202.00	202.00
9	—	369	196.00–207.50	199.66
1,082	—	679	143.00–156.50	150.33
872	—	874	125.50–134.75	131.00
321	—	538	160.75–185.50	175.97
225	—	480	174.00–192.00	183.39
648	—	918	123.50–134.25	130.76
1,237	—	821	128.25–141.75	135.20
31	—	437	189.00–199.00	194.46
671	—	973	123.00–131.25	128.76
1,238	—	778	132.50–147.50	138.16
1,258	—	720	134.85–154.00	146.30
629	—	573	154.00–177.00	160.66
877	—	626	146.25–166.25	154.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	758	127.00–130.00	127.44
26	—	863	121.50	121.50
108	—	582	145.50–157.00	154.86
10	—	806	123.00	123.00
27	—	664	124.00–125.50	124.34
19	—	638	135.00–150.00	138.86
152	—	722	133.00–139.75	137.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
93	—	632	126.50–149.00	141.24
42	—	581	153.00–159.00	157.12
20	—	533	152.00–165.00	156.68
38	—	726	126.00–136.50	134.94
14	—	381	162.50–188.00	173.67
23	—	423	169.00–179.00	175.51
65	—	758	124.25–138.25	129.53
22	—	919	119.00–123.00	121.55
7	—	892	114.50	114.50
27	—	819	117.50–126.75	125.18
36	—	664	140.00–145.50	140.95
4	—	290	201.00	201.00
4	—	498	169.00	169.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	558	160.00	160.00
15	—	475	189.50	189.50
18	—	630	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	433	172.00	172.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,072	123.50–128.10	126.43
29	—	1,121	117.50	117.50
98	—	1,021	115.50–131.10	127.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	508	183.00	183.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,012	122.50	122.50
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	522	145.00–164.00	151.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	978	118.50	118.50
54	—	427	156.00–165.00	159.65
446	—	823	119.50–130.50	124.46
1,268	—	628	131.00–150.25	139.79
670	—	582	135.00–154.75	144.12
7	—	318	160.00–165.00	162.89
369	—	525	133.50–165.50	150.33
219	—	915	118.00–124.50	121.38
192	—	867	120.00–127.75	124.76
154	—	477	147.00–158.00	153.91
21	—	382	158.00–171.00	164.07
1,113	—	771	119.00–132.75	126.52
954	—	734	120.50–137.75	128.66
1,196	—	674	127.00–143.00	135.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	724	122.25	122.25
16	—	679	123.00	123.00
7	—	791	122.25	122.25
23	—	647	121.50–129.00	123.13
33	—	586	134.00–135.00	134.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	580	121.00–139.75	131.38
7	—	856	112.50	112.50
84	—	618	117.00–131.00	124.56
30	—	382	157.00–164.00	161.78
15	—	476	137.00–147.00	140.71
31	—	711	119.00–127.50	125.87
30	—	521	126.50–141.00	132.70
5	—	763	119.00	119.00
52	—	676	112.00–125.50	117.16
3	—	907	113.00	113.00
30	—	435	150.00–158.00	152.55
10	—	958	106.50	106.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	542	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	689	147.00	147.00
95	—	736	140.00–146.00	143.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	589	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,111	111.00	111.00
10	—	1,042	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	945	105.50	105.50
12	—	693	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	398	159.00	159.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	624	71.00	71.00
10	—	782	60.00	60.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
409	—	1,405	106.00–110.50	108.85
8	—	1,605	106.00	106.00
28	—	1,272	106.00–108.00	107.13
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,580	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,180	114.00	114.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,320	109.00–114.50	113.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
136	—	1,449	108.00–112.75	109.97
436	—	1,554	108.00–112.50	110.66
10	—	1,582	108.00	108.00
30	—	1,749	107.00	107.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
389	—	1,643	106.00–111.00	108.91
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,658	115.00	115.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,478	108.75	108.75
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,475	95.00–98.50	96.60
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,215	83.00	83.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,859	73.00–93.00	86.74
6	—	1,880	73.00–85.00	79.39
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,653	55.00–62.00	58.35
95	—	1,494	62.00–69.00	65.93
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,349	51.00–53.00	52.38
2	—	1,448	65.00	65.00
73	—	1,413	56.50–68.00	60.43
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,687	67.00–71.00	68.92
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,041	40.00–49.50	43.96
4	—	1,263	58.50–59.00	58.64
34	—	1,293	45.00–58.00	53.89

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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