South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 91 priced lines covering 12,295 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 12,091 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,720 head.

Mon Aug 16, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 12,091Last week 13,163Year ago 12,955

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,720Last week 1,350Year ago 1,231

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 2.00 higher, feeder heifers steady to 2.00 higher except 800-950 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Very good demand for yearling steers and heifers this week, higher cash fed cattle market this week as Iowa topped at 129.50, as cattle feeders are feeling very optimistic for the coming months in the fat cattle market. Yearlings continue to come off grass much earlier than normal, flesh condition is very desirable on these cattle as the pastures are dry. Spring born calves are coming to market also already, as the drought is forcing these calves off the range a full 2-3 months earlier than usual. Demand is very good for these light calves, in spite of it being early “too early” for many cattle feeders. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to 2.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	794	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	876	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	518	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	455	165.00–166.00	165.53
303	—	716	145.00–159.00	154.57
282	—	969	132.50–145.00	141.79
735	—	929	136.00–151.25	146.77
749	—	871	135.00–155.00	150.14
47	—	586	149.00–161.50	157.52
155	—	435	179.00–197.75	193.27
380	—	669	149.00–166.00	157.23
88	—	361	189.00–212.50	199.45
96	—	274	212.00–225.00	213.67
403	—	822	142.00–154.75	151.72
499	—	782	147.00–157.50	154.20
58	—	533	155.00–169.50	162.56
180	—	638	149.00–166.00	158.60
75	—	323	182.00–230.00	214.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	688	127.00	127.00
8	—	770	151.50	151.50
5	—	296	187.50	187.50
16	—	227	207.50	207.50
13	—	946	128.00–132.50	130.08
13	—	725	143.00–144.00	143.38
5	—	190	207.50	207.50
5	—	638	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,053	132.70	132.70
4	—	1,159	118.00	118.00
414	—	1,024	123.50–138.50	132.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	711	142.00–163.00	150.95
21	—	986	129.00	129.00
10	—	632	162.00–163.00	162.50
22	—	672	161.00–169.50	166.36
9	—	441	182.00	182.00
3	—	331	212.50	212.50
17	—	844	120.00–154.00	134.04
10	—	226	247.50	247.50
22	—	930	123.50–138.50	133.18
30	—	870	115.00–155.50	136.70
15	—	771	153.00	153.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
258	—	1,059	141.25–142.85	142.20
136	—	1,111	130.00–136.75	135.58
167	—	1,025	139.00–143.85	142.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
230	—	772	155.00–168.50	164.86
16	—	217	260.00	260.00
1,613	—	920	147.00–161.00	156.80
74	—	471	180.00–198.00	191.32
146	—	342	220.00–237.50	235.88
986	—	829	155.00–167.50	162.07
702	—	968	138.50–157.75	155.57
50	—	429	190.00–205.00	198.62
74	—	628	167.00–180.00	174.77
103	—	674	164.50–177.00	172.44
14	—	524	166.00–174.00	169.39
85	—	267	220.00–258.00	250.62
247	—	725	156.00–175.75	166.65
99	—	377	199.00–235.00	220.85
755	—	880	154.75–161.00	159.33
39	—	571	164.00–180.50	174.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	786	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	710	155.00	155.00
9	—	911	153.50	153.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
107	—	454	213.50	213.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,416	70.00–78.00	73.50
4	—	1,503	64.50–68.00	66.12
1	—	1,445	55.00	55.00
25	—	1,504	82.50–85.00	84.39
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,535	86.00–92.00	87.92
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,144	45.00–54.00	50.66
25	—	1,213	56.00–60.50	57.99
13	—	1,046	25.00–32.50	28.12
13	—	1,340	63.00–63.50	63.08
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,520	49.00	49.00
8	—	1,388	65.00–72.50	71.76
15	—	1,342	55.50–62.50	60.89
60	—	1,319	63.00–69.00	65.63
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,315	123.00–126.50	125.27
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
189	—	1,349	125.50–130.00	126.59
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
229	—	1,450	126.00–131.00	128.35
24	—	1,773	129.00	129.00
212	—	1,530	128.50–132.50	130.10
42	—	1,442	123.75–125.50	124.60
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,455	126.00–134.00	132.32
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,227	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
273	—	1,342	125.00–130.00	126.25
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,264	120.00–124.00	121.26
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,211	131.00	131.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,404	110.00–111.00	110.40
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,449	114.50–120.00	116.31
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,718	58.00–91.00	84.37
9	—	1,718	93.00–102.00	96.47

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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