South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 81 priced lines covering 9,655 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 8,967 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,422 head.

Mon Jul 19, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8,967Last week 8,438Year ago 5,378

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,422Last week 1,273Year ago 1,509

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 5.00 higher, except 800-900 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 higher, heifers steady to 4.00 higher. Very good demand remains for feeder cattle, the CME Feeder Cattle futures posted gains over 4.00 for the week which helped to support the market. The CME Live Cattle contracts made gains as well, over 1.00, which also is helping to support the feeder market. Cash sales of fed cattle were lower this week, 121.00-125.00 in the north, but cattle feeders have their eyes fixed on the back months and are eager to have stock ready when that time comes. Severe drought conditions remain in the state and continues to push cattle off grass earlier than normal. As feed costs are so much higher this year cattle feeders are willing to give much more for green, thin fleshed cattle but there is still a lot of demand for those heavier fleshed cattle coming out of backgrounding yards. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 1.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	424	175.50	175.50
15	—	498	166.50	166.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	810	125.00	125.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	436	166.00	166.00
27	—	828	133.25–140.50	137.87
26	—	708	138.00–153.00	140.32
64	—	676	154.50–156.50	155.22
4	—	466	142.00	142.00
6	—	635	151.00	151.00
14	—	776	150.00	150.00
4	—	930	134.00	134.00
15	—	589	157.00	157.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
403	—	983	143.25–150.00	148.50
12	—	643	168.50	168.50
935	—	920	141.75–157.50	152.39
23	—	570	174.50–181.00	177.50
959	—	878	142.00–160.75	155.88
665	—	837	150.25–163.00	160.58
96	—	669	161.00–171.00	168.07
587	—	767	154.50–166.00	160.94
212	—	736	153.00–167.00	160.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	874	144.50	144.50
35	—	935	134.50	134.50
22	—	977	132.00–134.00	132.55
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,012	128.50–132.25	130.17
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
558	—	1,022	125.50–149.10	143.86
211	—	1,066	128.00–136.60	134.64
38	—	1,200	125.75–126.75	126.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	683	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
298	—	863	133.50–139.75	137.61
346	—	826	131.50–148.00	140.67
268	—	676	144.00–162.25	156.68
23	—	560	156.00	156.00
54	—	718	149.50–152.00	151.04
304	—	785	135.00–149.25	142.44
137	—	956	126.50–136.10	132.75
375	—	615	147.50–168.60	161.83
583	—	928	129.50–142.20	139.68
6	—	514	156.00	156.00
14	—	479	155.00–160.50	158.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	906	113.00	113.00
13	—	552	149.00	149.00
31	—	819	130.50–135.50	133.02
28	—	995	114.00	114.00
10	—	702	123.50	123.50
37	—	609	151.00–157.50	154.19
3	—	373	178.00	178.00
17	—	680	127.00–147.50	134.16
6	—	500	158.00	158.00
9	—	787	120.00	120.00
10	—	873	118.00–126.00	120.35
5	—	404	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
296	—	714	158.50	158.50
130	—	818	150.75	150.75
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
336	—	1,072	120.25–128.50	127.66
33	—	1,038	123.00–128.00	126.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	870	129.50	129.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,434	107.00–114.00	108.61
8	—	1,620	119.50	119.50
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,429	102.50–105.00	103.80
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,200	107.00	107.00
12	—	1,238	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
99	—	1,291	115.00–119.00	116.68
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,832	69.50–92.00	86.68
7	—	1,843	99.50–102.50	100.56
21	—	1,965	90.00–99.00	94.23
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,414	116.00–120.25	117.55
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
378	—	1,460	116.00–121.50	117.37
213	—	1,523	117.00–120.50	118.30
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
111	—	1,374	117.25–119.00	117.77
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,403	116.75	116.75
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,276	60.00–69.50	66.56
21	—	1,554	77.00–80.00	79.08
50	—	1,499	70.00–76.00	72.89
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,633	80.00–87.00	82.51
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,376	69.00–72.50	70.59
22	—	1,334	62.00–68.00	65.18
9	—	1,190	50.00–62.00	55.07
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,096	40.00–56.00	49.38
34	—	1,208	57.00–62.00	59.68
3	—	1,195	63.50	63.50

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.

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