South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 110 priced lines covering 17,111 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 18,184 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,420 head.

Mon Jun 21, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 18,184Last week 18,710Year ago 11,600

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,420Last week 1,306Year ago 1,693

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 900 lbs steady to 2.00 higher, over 900 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers steady to 2.00 higher, except 800-950 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Very good demand for all weights of steers and heifers as the cash fat market jumped up to 126.00. CME Live Cattle followed suit but still leaving a wide basis behind the cash trade. A large offering of yearlings, mostly feedyard backgrounded steers and heifer, as the feeder market has improved and backgrounders are willing to sell cattle at these prices. The drought continues to intensify as the heat continue and rain has been elusive, except in a few isolated areas. New crop corn futures remain below 5.50 which is helping to support the feeder market, especially as Dec Live Cattle has risen to 132.00 and Feb at 135.00. Cow-calf producers are adjusting their herd numbers as the drought is drastically lessening their carrying capacities along with the added concern of a greatly reduced hay crop. Slaughter cows mostly steady, bulls 2.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	410	173.00	173.00
669	—	782	131.00–140.50	137.25
27	—	471	156.00–163.50	159.32
113	—	568	144.00–160.50	151.19
1,023	—	921	120.00–135.50	130.22
949	—	875	125.00–134.50	131.93
1,676	—	821	122.50–139.00	134.81
55	—	513	151.00–161.00	155.54
281	—	683	139.00–147.00	144.35
464	—	716	136.00–144.75	141.18
425	—	974	118.50–128.00	123.14
359	—	625	141.00–162.00	151.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	868	106.00–129.00	111.05
26	—	970	115.50–117.50	117.04
49	—	433	137.00–169.00	149.49
6	—	741	128.75	128.75
10	—	827	116.00–128.00	119.61
33	—	482	148.00–159.00	157.28
6	—	792	120.00	120.00
64	—	634	135.00–147.50	142.37
40	—	532	147.50–148.00	147.64
24	—	573	137.00–146.50	143.32
10	—	946	117.00	117.00
32	—	667	135.00–138.00	136.90
15	—	370	135.00–172.00	147.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
99	—	506	182.50	182.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	959	113.75	113.75
228	—	1,065	117.00–123.50	122.55
11	—	868	119.50	119.50
269	—	1,031	121.00–127.25	124.74
4	—	1,231	120.50	120.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	785	90.00	90.00
31	—	737	106.00–107.00	106.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	979	111.00	111.00
13	—	784	129.00	129.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	816	140.10	140.10
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,110	108.00	108.00
9	—	1,080	90.00–111.00	101.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	963	117.00–121.50	117.93
5	—	437	181.00	181.00
22	—	685	128.00–153.00	143.69
7	—	476	138.00	138.00
4	—	376	183.00	183.00
43	—	922	119.50–133.75	124.73
6	—	788	133.00	133.00
41	—	822	120.00–132.50	130.37
4	—	581	169.00	169.00
24	—	861	125.00–129.00	127.89
25	—	629	151.00–164.50	156.70
47	—	725	139.00–143.50	140.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1,345	—	974	127.00–142.10	137.45
664	—	878	135.00–147.75	141.75
615	—	814	139.75–150.75	147.04
47	—	439	195.00	195.00
463	—	728	147.75–164.00	152.99
178	—	580	162.00–178.00	172.43
228	—	675	152.00–164.50	158.07
140	—	631	163.00–178.00	167.90
449	—	782	144.75–155.00	150.07
109	—	521	174.00–184.00	180.18
1,010	—	927	130.75–142.80	138.51
77	—	478	171.00–197.00	185.89
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	608	180.00	180.00
75	—	726	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
110	—	527	195.50	195.50
128	—	840	155.00	155.00
14	—	600	182.00	182.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
291	—	1,160	123.00–129.00	125.98
1,145	—	1,064	126.25–137.00	134.04
11	—	1,344	116.00	116.00
690	—	1,036	125.00–137.10	133.32
242	—	1,129	125.00–127.50	125.92
50	—	1,204	123.00	123.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,179	111.00	111.00
4	—	1,274	108.50	108.50
20	—	1,201	109.00	109.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	812	115.00	115.00
8	—	400	83.00	83.00
9	—	302	62.50	62.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	936	134.75	134.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	962	112.50	112.50
6	—	947	119.00	119.00
Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	872	117.50	117.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,490	76.00–89.00	81.61
1	—	2,130	99.50	99.50
14	—	1,781	90.50–94.00	92.52
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,251	131.00	131.00
5	—	1,307	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
240	—	1,284	124.00–130.00	126.61
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,248	110.00–114.00	111.66
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,477	104.00–109.00	106.12
Dairy Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,694	100.00	100.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
400	—	1,436	124.00–130.00	127.59
58	—	1,390	117.00–123.50	120.34
104	—	1,532	126.00–128.00	127.21
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,591	130.00–132.00	130.80
39	—	1,384	129.00–131.00	130.31
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,149	111.00–116.00	112.99
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,317	67.00–70.00	69.01
55	—	1,390	61.50–68.00	65.02
7	—	1,218	60.00–62.00	61.10
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,217	63.00–64.00	63.50
28	—	1,152	54.00–62.00	58.61
3	—	1,203	37.00–43.00	40.49
39	—	1,171	40.00–54.00	50.12
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
102	—	1,529	68.50–77.50	71.58
3	—	1,779	79.00–80.00	79.67
13	—	1,494	57.00–68.50	65.29
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,623	84.00–86.00	84.88
24	—	1,456	92.00–101.50	96.63

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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