South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 114 priced lines covering 14,941 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 15,032 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,066 head.

Mon Mar 29, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 15,032Last week 29,985Year ago 21,566

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,066Last week 1,551Year ago 1,776

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 3.00 higher, heifers steady to 1.00 higher. Very good demand for light cattle to background, either on grass or on feed, more moderate demand for cattle suitable only for finishing. Spring is progressing, albeit many areas of the state are in dire need of rain, and with it the normal uptick in demand for light cattle is occurring. Cattle to turn out on grass to develop into yearlings are highly sought after and the market is very active. Cattle feeders were able to push the cash fed cattle market higher after 7 straight weeks of holding steady, which lent some support to the feeder market but the large jumps in the corn futures this week was very concerning. April Live Cattle futures managed to climb back to 120.00 but months ago when outgoing cattle were placed on feed the hope was that April would reach 130.00. Packers remain in the drivers seat and have kept a lid on the fat market, ensuring their large margins remain, and leave the cattle feeders in a poor position where they find nothing but losses. Last year’s drought is still hanging on, the western half of the state is severely in need of moisture. Range fires have broken out as high winds created high fire danger this week. Slaughter cows 3.00 to 5.00 higher, bulls 2.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
191	—	582	142.00–158.00	149.70
386	—	625	137.00–154.75	148.03
624	—	775	124.50–133.75	130.55
629	—	676	132.00–145.50	140.69
135	—	527	151.00–165.00	157.97
19	—	414	170.00–174.00	171.37
31	—	375	176.00–185.00	179.74
99	—	475	155.00–170.00	164.59
522	—	886	120.35–130.50	124.83
8	—	284	190.00	190.00
19	—	967	119.50–123.75	122.63
855	—	825	124.00–133.25	128.57
925	—	722	127.00–141.75	136.47
797	—	917	113.60–130.50	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	900	119.50	119.50
15	—	690	128.50	128.50
39	—	642	139.00–139.50	139.13
12	—	747	129.25	129.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	951	1,170.00	1,170.00
105	—	782	1,090.00–1,120.00	1,113.77
133	—	908	1,120.00–1,330.00	1,216.83
381	—	813	1,060.00–1,110.00	1,080.87
141	—	888	131.50–133.25	132.99
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	479	139.00–157.00	143.32
14	—	613	130.00–132.25	131.51
69	—	564	125.00–139.50	138.84
9	—	788	110.00–119.00	113.01
13	—	725	125.50–128.50	126.90
8	—	421	163.00–168.00	164.85
12	—	389	168.00–177.00	173.92
25	—	530	139.00	139.00
31	—	661	128.50–135.50	134.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	560	160.00–161.00	160.91
34	—	708	141.25	141.25
84	—	660	155.25	155.25
29	—	602	154.50	154.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,048	121.25	121.25
29	—	715	128.25	128.25
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,247	114.00	114.00
32	—	1,018	112.25	112.25
6	—	1,078	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	755	120.00	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	451	134.00	134.00
65	—	965	110.25	110.25
37	—	565	120.00	120.00
39	—	379	127.00	127.00
65	—	819	115.00	115.00
8	—	856	109.00	109.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	634	161.00	161.00
4	—	678	139.50	139.50
4	—	934	105.00	105.00
5	—	476	179.00	179.00
11	—	519	168.00–172.00	169.79
6	—	811	132.50	132.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
443	—	624	154.50–171.25	164.64
101	—	477	175.00–200.00	190.86
45	—	428	193.00–210.00	202.37
307	—	872	129.50–142.00	138.83
1,074	—	970	122.50–139.50	132.31
22	—	381	210.00–215.00	213.10
856	—	926	127.00–138.75	135.04
662	—	718	145.00–164.00	154.97
1,023	—	819	134.00–148.75	141.90
170	—	571	161.00–180.00	172.50
704	—	781	135.25–148.10	145.02
149	—	530	168.00–194.00	179.17
14	—	329	215.00–232.50	224.69
351	—	669	149.75–169.50	159.69
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
227	—	1,031	116.50–129.85	127.73
260	—	1,079	110.50–126.50	124.94
111	—	1,109	121.25–123.75	123.20
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,274	104.00–110.50	109.21
14	—	1,461	109.00	109.00
49	—	1,089	113.25	113.25
20	—	1,100	109.50	109.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,095	109.00	109.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	839	128.00–134.00	131.74
10	—	697	151.00	151.00
22	—	580	157.00	157.00
9	—	543	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	579	141.00–167.00	154.41
6	—	448	183.00	183.00
15	—	715	130.00–140.00	136.62
16	—	458	162.00–186.00	166.75
9	—	920	123.50–124.50	123.94
30	—	626	156.00–158.00	156.39
64	—	780	121.50–134.50	131.37
7	—	804	118.50	118.50
8	—	666	142.00–156.00	147.19
5	—	380	202.00	202.00
5	—	971	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	935	112.50–118.00	117.38
20	—	388	119.00	119.00
38	—	603	127.00	127.00
47	—	483	130.00	130.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,288	92.00–95.50	92.88
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	1,440	98.00–103.25	100.77
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,428	114.00–116.00	115.42
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,427	116.00–120.50	117.59
108	—	1,528	117.00–122.00	118.17
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,624	115.50–118.00	116.39
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,653	70.00–87.00	81.67
7	—	2,186	85.00–97.00	92.15
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,319	109.50	109.50
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
151	—	1,370	110.00–121.00	117.35
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,298	36.00–53.00	48.28
1	—	1,600	27.00	27.00
42	—	1,313	55.00–64.00	59.87
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,453	62.00–63.50	62.74
2	—	1,120	70.00	70.00
70	—	1,420	63.50–69.00	66.45
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,503	65.00–68.50	66.90
66	—	1,532	66.00–74.00	70.98
2	—	1,548	79.00	79.00

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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