South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

South Dakota · Weekly summary · Mon, May 17
● As filed96 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2027

The state in one line

Counts as USDA filed them
South Dakota reported 96 priced lines covering 19,532 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 21,189 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,413 head.

South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon May 17, 2021
USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Sioux Falls, SD (LS-SF)
Feeder CattleReceipts 21,189Last week 19,034Year ago 18,448
Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,413Last week 971Year ago 1,713

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 700 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 higher, 700-850 lbs steady to 3.00 lower, over 850 lbs 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 850 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 higher, except 600-700 lbs mostly steady. Good demand for all weights of steers and heifers, but the best demand is centered on light to moderate fleshed cattle that will reach finished weights late in the year. Old crop corn gained 15 cents but is much lower than where it was two weeks ago. Cattle feeders still can only manage to get bids of 119.00-120.00 for their finished cattle in spite of boxed beef prices at 325.00. The back months of the board are offering a glimmer of hope as those months are closer to 130.00. Over fleshed feeder cattle are tough to sell as buyers are searching for cattle that will gain as efficiently as possible with projected costs of gain over 1.20 per pound. Lots of replacement quality heifers continue to come to town as widespread drought relief still has not arrived, some places that got a little rain to start the grass growing are short of water behind their dams making it impossible to graze cattle where they can’t get to water. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher, bulls steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16—637122.00–129.00123.77
52—776115.25–123.00118.09
76—576130.00–140.00137.64
42—473115.00–150.50138.95
66—535140.00–148.50146.22
6—361144.00144.00
5—863119.50119.50
9—844113.00113.00
64—671121.50–134.00125.93
25—742114.00–115.50115.20
20—442150.00–153.00151.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
64—9251,155.001,155.00
81—939123.00–125.00123.70
173—765131.00–136.00135.29
88—860127.25–131.25130.53
147—722136.00–138.50137.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1,083—775122.50–139.00131.05
821—878116.25–124.50120.90
146—523140.00–159.50151.68
1,320—725121.50–138.50132.08
254—969115.25–118.75118.28
904—822119.50–129.25127.19
495—635133.25–147.00140.69
6—357158.00158.00
445—575138.50–154.50147.67
23—446156.00–158.50156.77
697—916115.50–122.75119.73
966—673129.00–146.00136.95
93—474142.00–161.00153.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
47—727123.00–124.50123.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9—560152.00152.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9—685116.00116.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34—1,059111.00–113.50112.54
34—1,030112.85–117.50114.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
46—814123.00–124.00123.16
22—884116.25116.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
115—633170.00–180.00173.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7—791132.00132.00
12—472170.00170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1,866—925123.25–135.20130.68
1,452—829132.00–143.75140.75
562—973122.00–128.25126.53
243—718136.00–155.00148.35
732—876131.25–140.50134.65
525—673144.00–166.50155.01
216—526167.00–187.00176.62
398—614150.00–171.50164.18
222—569160.50–176.50168.21
136—467170.00–190.00183.33
519—782136.50–147.75143.87
21—419172.00–190.00181.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
73—695153.00153.00
67—796144.50144.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
917—1,018120.50–128.60124.22
625—1,086117.25–122.75121.75
6—1,204112.75112.75
490—1,123115.75–121.25118.45
323—1,155116.75–119.50118.55
49—1,257110.00–114.00113.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
54—778133.00–135.00134.68
6—864128.00128.00
31—843129.00129.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4—972116.50116.50
7—351172.00172.00
54—683140.50–147.50143.42
17—616146.00–148.50147.73
38—579130.00–158.00150.09
4—949121.00121.00
47—477128.00–165.00154.91
27—822118.00–124.00121.76
10—419135.00135.00
72—719128.00–146.00138.68
39—790134.00–139.00136.68
40—524158.50–162.00161.06
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9—557133.00133.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
57—945116.00116.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
206—1,360116.75–119.00117.92
15—1,487115.00–116.00115.72
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
12—1,316127.00127.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
113—1,45598.50–105.00101.42
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
90—1,447117.00–119.50119.31
246—1,536119.50–121.00120.57
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11—1,550129.00129.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
24—1,650119.00119.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9—2,03290.00–97.0093.74
21—1,87070.00–89.5084.33
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7—83416.00–35.0026.60
5—1,13845.00–49.0046.88
1—1,07064.0064.00
48—1,25652.00–61.5057.15
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3—1,55757.75–60.0058.64
69—1,29462.00–68.0065.04
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2—1,58362.50–66.0063.98
60—1,47268.00–75.0070.86
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
100—1,62875.50–83.0079.60
10—1,78584.5084.50
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.