South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 100 priced lines covering 15,490 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 16,006 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,206 head.

Mon May 24, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 16,006Last week 21,189Year ago 12,429

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,206Last week 1,413Year ago 1,275

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 2.00 higher, except 650-750 lbs steady to 2.00 lower, feeder heifers steady to 4.00 higher. Demand moderate overall, unless the cattle are really green then the market gets very active. Flesh condition is the greatest value determining factor, especially in a year like this where feed costs are incredibly high and the fat market is weak. There is currently a lot of pressure on the feeder market. The corn market was very volatile this week, keeping concern of rising feedcosts front and center on cattle producer’s minds. The cash fed cattle market held around the 120.00 mark, this is leaving a spread of 210.00 per hundred between live cattle and boxed beef as Choice boxes ended the week at 330.00. Packers refuse to give up their huge margins as they keep a choke hold on the fat market. Demand for beef from consumers is outstanding, even with the high prices they are faced with but all of the profit in the industry is being taken by one sector of the industry leaving those who produce the product to contemplate leaving the industry. Drought conditions still remain across the state, except for a pocket in the northeast. Without rain cattle producers will have to sell down their herds and yearlings will begin moving off grass soon. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher, bulls steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,095	111.00	111.00
33	—	725	125.50	125.50
85	—	844	112.50–121.75	121.05
15	—	986	107.50	107.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	485	155.50–165.00	158.82
949	—	773	123.00–135.50	130.32
84	—	425	154.00–171.50	162.62
371	—	680	128.00–142.00	136.68
89	—	526	140.00–161.50	157.40
350	—	573	142.00–157.25	151.70
1,139	—	871	117.00–130.75	123.91
667	—	724	129.00–146.50	135.84
335	—	633	135.00–150.50	144.59
189	—	966	113.50–118.50	117.22
514	—	923	117.50–125.25	120.32
10	—	386	179.50	179.50
762	—	814	123.00–131.25	126.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	452	135.00	135.00
38	—	572	140.50–141.50	140.66
8	—	441	131.00	131.00
40	—	740	118.00–126.00	122.84
25	—	515	140.00–159.00	147.70
13	—	880	118.50	118.50
21	—	811	106.00–110.00	109.03
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	924	1,100.00	1,100.00
21	—	780	1,080.00	1,080.00
52	—	866	1,100.00	1,100.00
237	—	833	1,055.00–1,105.00	1,070.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	689	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
105	—	1,031	115.00–121.00	117.48
30	—	1,117	111.00–114.00	112.51
181	—	1,064	114.50–115.60	115.38
8	—	1,158	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,014	113.00	113.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
171	—	633	156.00–170.75	165.10
40	—	421	173.00–180.00	177.61
422	—	727	139.50–154.25	146.55
315	—	838	134.00–145.00	140.83
226	—	584	165.00–178.00	169.66
751	—	772	137.50–154.50	147.35
48	—	478	170.00–186.00	180.40
103	—	679	150.00–161.00	153.82
6	—	386	191.00	191.00
1,067	—	974	115.00–135.00	128.73
915	—	874	125.00–143.00	135.99
26	—	521	172.00–181.00	177.48
1,459	—	927	125.00–137.10	131.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	845	135.50	135.50
23	—	478	168.50–178.00	173.56
26	—	746	132.00–139.00	133.08
11	—	545	168.00–169.00	168.36
14	—	689	145.50–146.00	145.75
39	—	791	130.50–135.75	132.49
19	—	638	141.50–147.00	143.48
84	—	991	110.00	110.00
33	—	586	151.00–159.00	156.71
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	902	139.40	139.40
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
304	—	1,174	115.50–121.50	120.51
319	—	1,119	115.50–121.60	119.95
607	—	1,075	119.50–124.60	122.85
754	—	1,019	119.75–126.75	124.63
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,126	108.50	108.50
3	—	1,082	115.50	115.50
29	—	1,044	115.00–116.75	116.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	782	115.00	115.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	759	123.00–138.50	133.69
28	—	984	117.75	117.75
Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	612	112.50	112.50
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	608	144.00	144.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,296	115.50	115.50
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,402	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	1,342	118.50–125.00	122.25
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,294	113.00–114.50	113.59
82	—	1,285	115.50–118.00	115.80
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,108	121.00	121.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
127	—	1,459	115.50–119.50	116.77
127	—	1,526	118.50–120.50	120.02
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	1,563	123.00–128.00	126.57
26	—	1,467	125.00–126.00	125.19
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,350	125.00	125.00
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,632	122.00	122.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,339	115.50–119.00	116.96
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,444	99.50–102.00	100.43
Dairy Steers — Standard$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,373	79.00	79.00
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,352	91.00	91.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,358	96.00–98.00	97.52
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,715	86.00–89.50	87.77
2	—	2,045	100.50–103.50	101.98
8	—	1,868	88.00–97.50	93.17
1	—	2,080	83.00	83.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,306	51.00–59.00	55.06
60	—	1,353	60.00–69.00	64.83
1	—	1,410	69.00	69.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,203	55.00–64.50	58.41
12	—	1,106	40.00–53.00	48.37
11	—	921	25.00–35.00	28.83
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,757	72.00–76.50	73.29
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,634	72.50–75.00	73.62
2	—	1,870	55.00–56.00	55.59
64	—	1,528	64.00–75.00	68.65

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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