South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 108 priced lines covering 18,194 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 19,034 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 971 head.

Mon May 10, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 19,034Last week 13,871Year ago 21,966

Slaughter CattleReceipts 971Last week 1,115Year ago 945

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 650 lbs not well compared, 650-850 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 higher, over 850 lbs unevenly steady. Feeder heifers steady to 2.00 higher, except 600-650 lbs 5.00 to 6.00 higher. Moderate to good demand this week, dependent upon flesh condition and based on what time of the year they will reach finished weights. Old crop corn futures took a hit this week and dropped sharply, which provided some relief to the cattle feeder as the week before it seemed the market was destined to reach 8.00. Cattle feeders are again dealing with losses on outgoing cattle but the 4th quarter of the year on the CME Live Cattle contract is offering a glimmer of hope, this is where the best demand for feeder cattle is, for those cattle that will finish during that time frame. There are fewer outlets to be found for big, fleshy steers and heifers as their costs of gain are currently higher than the cash fat market. The fat market was basically 120.00 this week, which is 5.00 over the June contract, but boxed beef prices up to 316.00 is leaving cattle producers asking if there is a future in raising cattle if they cannot make a profit while consumer demand is this high? Drought is still hanging on and cattle producers continue to sell heifers they planned on keeping. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower, bulls not well compared.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	519	143.00–150.00	146.61
87	—	416	157.50–171.00	166.08
514	—	626	136.00–146.25	141.76
234	—	483	147.50–169.00	158.39
385	—	571	134.50–146.00	141.77
550	—	920	112.00–120.85	118.73
652	—	968	113.25–119.85	118.17
37	—	376	153.00–166.00	160.14
647	—	732	120.50–136.00	131.31
1,475	—	881	111.00–125.35	120.18
364	—	667	132.00–142.50	137.44
676	—	777	111.00–131.50	126.89
1,196	—	830	117.50–127.00	122.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	636	134.00–135.00	134.26
67	—	583	134.00–138.50	135.82
21	—	675	127.50–132.00	130.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	858	112.50	112.50
6	—	908	106.50	106.50
38	—	664	122.00–127.50	125.42
4	—	775	119.00	119.00
16	—	718	128.50	128.50
25	—	836	118.50–119.00	118.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
210	—	830	1,010.00–1,120.00	1,086.08
71	—	796	1,035.00	1,035.00
182	—	861	1,050.00–1,100.00	1,079.19
79	—	802	128.00	128.00
70	—	870	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	696	145.75	145.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	562	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
190	—	1,022	114.00–116.00	114.87
5	—	1,186	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	575	131.00–144.00	136.13
5	—	428	154.00	154.00
11	—	376	156.00	156.00
54	—	524	136.00–140.00	138.82
21	—	475	147.50–156.00	153.58
22	—	625	124.50–133.00	126.98
82	—	673	117.00–128.00	125.39
3	—	752	114.50	114.50
10	—	734	104.50–107.50	105.99
10	—	914	100.50–103.00	101.99
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	552	147.00	147.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	543	147.00	147.00
9	—	706	139.00	139.00
30	—	453	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	734	136.50	136.50
45	—	881	129.50–130.50	130.16
27	—	695	146.50	146.50
11	—	992	120.25	120.25
71	—	846	133.50	133.50
9	—	750	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	382	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1,079	—	819	130.00–147.50	139.66
1,020	—	979	119.00–134.50	124.38
151	—	425	176.00–192.50	181.80
1,442	—	930	118.50–134.50	128.42
804	—	731	137.00–155.75	150.22
4	—	385	170.00	170.00
551	—	777	131.00–156.00	146.50
39	—	493	175.00–186.00	178.23
515	—	633	149.00–163.00	157.10
351	—	527	162.00–176.50	172.12
792	—	876	126.00–136.25	133.63
278	—	567	161.50–170.50	166.91
612	—	667	140.00–165.75	156.74
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	637	148.00	148.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,122	110.00–119.35	117.54
353	—	1,018	116.50–123.25	120.83
20	—	730	134.50	134.50
529	—	1,079	115.25–123.85	120.80
50	—	1,190	116.60	116.60
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,163	96.00	96.00
5	—	1,014	111.50	111.50
Steers — Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	635	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	884	122.00–123.00	122.57
10	—	940	110.50	110.50
18	—	784	127.50–131.50	129.41
14	—	411	161.00	161.00
17	—	533	145.00–159.00	155.04
77	—	821	121.35–126.00	121.78
31	—	719	130.00–145.50	137.09
22	—	594	143.00–150.00	147.13
19	—	686	138.00–139.00	138.63
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	598	135.00	135.00
5	—	496	155.00	155.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	646	115.00	115.00
15	—	704	132.00	132.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
129	—	1,336	115.00–117.50	116.21
10	—	1,480	106.00	106.00
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,299	106.00	106.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,488	94.50–96.50	95.15
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,544	99.50–101.50	100.98
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
157	—	1,465	117.00–118.00	117.59
168	—	1,534	118.00–120.50	119.56
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,657	118.00	118.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,762	71.00–88.00	82.66
6	—	1,800	90.00–98.00	92.41
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,233	22.50–31.00	27.08
10	—	1,046	36.00–53.00	42.97
4	—	1,277	61.50–62.50	62.26
28	—	1,365	52.50–61.00	57.04
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,435	73.50	73.50
37	—	1,541	64.50–75.00	69.10
7	—	1,642	61.00–65.00	62.92
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,873	57.00–58.50	57.44
9	—	1,233	69.50–70.00	69.88
47	—	1,382	59.00–67.00	62.76
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,718	76.00–88.00	80.01

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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