South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 90 priced lines covering 8,775 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 8,438 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,273 head.

Mon Jul 12, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8,438Last week 15,523Year ago 7,894

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,273Last week 1,284Year ago 1,655

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle narrowly compared this week as offerings were limited, feeder steers unevenly steady, heifers steady to 3.00 higher. Very good demand remains for all weights and classes of feeder cattle. Fewer feeder cattle auctions this week as auction markets are on their summer schedule, there has been some rain across the state which is allowing cattle producers to stretch their pastures a little further. Cattle feeders remain eager to buy yearlings, especially those off grass as their desirable light flesh condition allows them to better convert feed to gain. But there is still very good demand for those yearlings coming out of backgrounding yards in heavier flesh as the back months of the CME Live Cattle contract are much more attractive than the current spot month. Corn futures have been holding around the 5.50 mark as there has been some timely rain in areas that were very dry and desperately needing rain. The cash fed cattle market remains with a positive basis over the futures, 5.00 over in the north, which is helping to add some optimism to the minds of cattle feeders. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower, full decline on the fleshy Breaker cows, bulls 5.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	582	148.00–163.00	155.19
10	—	249	193.00	193.00
404	—	729	135.00–157.25	152.59
573	—	824	135.75–146.50	140.78
740	—	879	131.00–138.60	137.00
20	—	521	160.00–166.00	163.84
15	—	472	168.50–170.00	169.12
307	—	969	125.00–141.35	136.97
274	—	925	122.00–141.35	135.77
273	—	759	138.75–152.75	146.80
269	—	671	146.00–158.75	156.86
245	—	635	154.50–162.25	156.49
47	—	359	167.00–171.00	170.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	821	127.00–131.50	130.52
6	—	323	199.00	199.00
15	—	581	153.00	153.00
37	—	713	133.50–139.50	138.17
14	—	989	123.50	123.50
23	—	912	124.50	124.50
16	—	681	131.50–134.00	132.41
60	—	888	125.00–129.75	126.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	942	107.00	107.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
98	—	962	120.00–124.00	122.26
28	—	921	120.50	120.50
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,188	118.75	118.75
4	—	1,034	117.00	117.00
4	—	1,082	118.50	118.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	936	136.75	136.75
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	1,062	118.00–124.00	122.08
144	—	1,040	126.00–130.75	130.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	845	125.00–146.00	134.24
92	—	918	131.00–138.50	134.69
25	—	782	136.50–149.50	144.38
60	—	879	119.75–136.50	128.06
10	—	591	151.00–167.00	162.29
4	—	525	178.00	178.00
8	—	481	174.00	174.00
31	—	724	155.00	155.00
12	—	691	152.00–164.00	157.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
547	—	918	141.25–153.25	147.81
387	—	980	138.50–145.00	142.30
34	—	378	199.00	199.00
156	—	780	149.75–164.75	156.03
261	—	826	143.00–155.00	148.97
78	—	622	168.00–177.00	173.00
69	—	716	160.00–168.00	164.96
61	—	521	175.00–186.50	183.84
565	—	876	139.50–156.75	147.51
20	—	458	201.00	201.00
30	—	557	178.00–184.00	180.40
11	—	676	174.00	174.00
10	—	285	214.00	214.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	737	121.25	121.25
8	—	786	104.00	104.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
353	—	1,181	121.00–129.85	129.56
245	—	1,119	130.50–132.10	131.46
184	—	1,225	129.25–129.50	129.39
13	—	1,333	119.00	119.00
292	—	1,071	137.25–138.75	137.97
222	—	1,015	129.50–144.00	140.60

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,415	105.00–109.50	106.95
5	—	1,496	103.50	103.50
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,350	101.00–104.00	102.47
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,487	116.00	116.00
180	—	1,460	122.00–126.25	123.79
121	—	1,517	124.00–125.50	124.98
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,121	116.00–118.00	117.28
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,359	120.00–124.00	122.62
18	—	1,337	110.00–116.00	112.31
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,468	133.00	133.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,215	122.25	122.25
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,373	124.00	124.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,660	124.00	124.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,695	83.00–91.00	87.87
2	—	1,935	102.00–103.00	102.44
12	—	1,838	93.50–98.00	95.28
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,242	118.50	118.50
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,450	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
183	—	1,274	122.00–125.75	124.30
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,497	71.00–76.50	73.67
9	—	1,555	70.00	70.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,480	51.00	51.00
14	—	1,467	59.00–62.00	61.00
10	—	1,260	70.00–71.50	70.43
98	—	1,315	63.00–69.25	65.85
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,652	82.50–84.50	83.45
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	990	35.00–46.00	40.45
34	—	1,112	48.00–55.00	51.66
2	—	1,083	62.50	62.50
91	—	1,090	57.00–62.00	60.56

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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