South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 126 priced lines covering 20,109 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 22,413 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,381 head.

Mon Apr 19, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 22,413Last week 13,674Year ago 14,344

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,381Last week 1,639Year ago 549

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 3.00 to 7.00 lower, heifers 5.00 to 10.00 lower, under 550 lbs to 15.00 lower. Demand was more moderate this week as the cattle futures contracts flopped and the corn futures continue to skyrocket. Large auction receipts, twice as large as last year, with quite a few cattle producers having to sell off their heifers they held back for replacements as the drought conditions continue to plague the central and western parts of the state. The drought is the most extreme in the north central and northwest part of the state, other areas are not much better. Some rain fell in the last few weeks but not enough to run any water to fill up the stock dams. Cattle feeders had just gotten to a profitable level with their fed cattle only to see the market go lower. Packers continue to hold all the leverage in the market as they have pushed the boxed beef market up to 283.77. Outside of last year, the last time Choice beef was this high the fat cattle market was 170.00 live basis, versus the 120.00-123.00 this week. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower, except Breaker cows 5.00 to 6.00 lower. Bulls steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	392	189.00–202.00	191.36
939	—	872	126.00–141.50	134.12
721	—	769	129.00–150.00	140.58
26	—	429	185.00–201.00	192.76
196	—	525	160.00–185.50	172.88
163	—	473	162.00–185.00	177.55
1,863	—	830	125.00–146.00	136.74
983	—	921	125.00–136.85	132.66
190	—	978	121.50–128.50	123.58
734	—	630	149.00–171.00	160.79
313	—	572	154.00–178.00	169.34
5	—	306	220.00	220.00
848	—	671	143.50–161.50	154.80
1,107	—	723	138.00–157.00	148.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	530	174.50–175.00	174.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	531	161.00–162.00	161.63
31	—	564	155.00–157.00	155.64
7	—	970	115.25	115.25
11	—	660	146.00	146.00
12	—	795	134.00	134.00
8	—	931	123.00	123.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	440	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	351	202.00	202.00
43	—	496	195.00	195.00
24	—	512	180.00–187.00	183.26
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	790	149.00	149.00
151	—	719	159.50	159.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
188	—	1,118	115.75–117.10	116.69
61	—	1,083	116.50–120.00	119.09
275	—	1,020	122.35–126.00	123.70
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	645	130.25	130.25
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	626	128.50	128.50
25	—	487	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	560	164.00–176.00	166.25
98	—	678	124.25–151.50	130.64
15	—	423	162.00–172.00	165.97
180	—	834	111.50–135.00	123.54
56	—	790	125.50–132.50	129.91
56	—	722	114.00–143.00	131.90
55	—	635	145.50–150.50	146.94
34	—	530	142.00–167.00	154.50
7	—	455	171.00	171.00
22	—	997	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	572	174.50	174.50
5	—	397	196.00	196.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
122	—	971	115.50–118.10	116.28
554	—	582	133.00–158.00	144.12
236	—	523	143.00–160.00	149.43
249	—	923	116.00–121.25	118.14
1,129	—	772	121.50–136.00	128.09
446	—	874	115.00–125.00	120.96
963	—	672	127.00–149.00	135.92
28	—	415	150.00–162.00	158.38
36	—	364	170.00–181.00	174.19
975	—	626	129.50–145.00	138.49
805	—	721	125.50–139.25	133.65
692	—	830	117.50–131.00	123.73
373	—	483	146.00–163.50	155.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	761	116.50–119.00	118.32
5	—	629	136.00	136.00
59	—	713	119.50–121.00	120.07
22	—	684	125.00–133.50	130.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	637	126.50–130.00	127.28
72	—	700	126.00	126.00
9	—	798	116.00	116.00
15	—	872	116.00	116.00
27	—	575	128.00	128.00
9	—	440	138.00	138.00
14	—	481	135.00–137.00	136.12
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	719	1,010.00	1,010.00
37	—	667	950.00	950.00
93	—	978	1,225.00–1,290.00	1,235.21
117	—	922	1,150.00–1,230.00	1,200.72
118	—	891	129.00–133.00	130.99
238	—	817	131.50–165.00	142.81
178	—	725	134.00–146.00	137.11
507	—	776	131.00–150.00	141.64
87	—	834	1,070.00–1,150.00	1,113.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	555	150.25	150.25
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,202	100.00	100.00
61	—	1,033	111.00–113.25	112.95
19	—	549	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	458	142.00	142.00
24	—	567	134.00	134.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	472	142.00–160.50	147.92
102	—	533	129.00–152.00	144.21
75	—	730	115.00–132.00	121.47
10	—	573	147.00	147.00
19	—	688	128.50	128.50
5	—	914	110.50	110.50
3	—	280	207.50	207.50
117	—	636	114.00–135.75	130.15
25	—	426	155.00–156.00	155.62
7	—	881	108.00	108.00
82	—	839	105.75–115.75	107.62
8	—	793	118.50	118.50
4	—	316	168.00	168.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	666	145.50	145.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	518	135.00	135.00
5	—	620	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	480	128.00	128.00
20	—	570	128.00	128.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	542	171.00	171.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	793	126.00	126.00
9	—	745	127.50	127.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,286	120.00–121.00	120.46
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
128	—	1,414	120.00–121.00	120.16
12	—	1,593	116.00	116.00
240	—	1,508	120.00–122.00	120.78
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,529	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,253	114.00–118.25	117.73
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	1,384	117.00–122.00	119.97
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	1,522	98.00–102.00	100.24
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,676	74.00–89.00	83.27
22	—	1,731	90.00–101.50	94.19
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,124	10.00–39.00	26.32
40	—	1,085	31.00–56.00	47.49
5	—	1,224	64.00–66.00	64.93
59	—	1,351	56.00–63.00	60.07
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	1,486	62.00–67.25	65.78
43	—	1,499	67.00–72.00	69.19
2	—	1,465	73.00–77.00	75.04
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,283	67.00–70.00	67.88
62	—	1,346	62.00–69.50	65.42
9	—	1,395	56.00–62.25	61.14
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
186	—	1,673	71.00–79.50	75.79

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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