South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 109 priced lines covering 17,859 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 17,902 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,643 head.

Mon Aug 23, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 17,902Last week 12,091Year ago 8,193

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,643Last week 1,720Year ago 1,099

Compared to last week: Steer calves steady to 4.00 higher, except 350-450 lbs 8.00 to 12.00 higher, heifer calves steady to 5.00 higher. Yearling feeder steers steady to 3.00 higher, yearling heifers steady to 4.00 higher. Very good demand for the good sized offering of spring born calves, there is much interest in buying these light calves in spite of it being 2-3 months earlier than when most cattle feeders are willing to take on a bawling calf. There are many more challenges to starting these calves but there are many cattle feeders ready to take them on. With the Apr Live Cattle contract at 140.00 there is much hope for the fat market in the future, this fact is really helping to support the feeder market. The supply of yearlings off grass is already starting to dwindle as so many have been forced off grass and sold already. Slaughter cows steady, bulls 5.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	979	133.50	133.50
63	—	897	134.00–151.00	149.27
22	—	596	158.00	158.00
38	—	925	130.00	130.00
9	—	548	165.00	165.00
7	—	671	164.00	164.00
27	—	766	139.00–161.00	153.66
9	—	726	150.00–164.00	159.44
19	—	648	174.50	174.50
11	—	336	201.00	201.00
13	—	495	174.00	174.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	1,110	104.00–125.50	120.93
5	—	1,280	119.00	119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1,259	—	971	137.00–158.50	153.55
243	—	713	160.75–176.00	167.69
1,154	—	924	148.25–165.00	159.55
336	—	381	217.50–229.00	228.71
203	—	437	187.50–225.50	212.21
530	—	781	151.00–175.75	168.57
285	—	323	209.00–246.00	234.33
38	—	562	175.00–186.00	181.84
320	—	677	162.00–187.50	173.16
22	—	240	232.50–240.00	238.25
144	—	619	166.85–185.75	173.63
545	—	822	154.00–169.50	161.74
955	—	875	146.50–167.75	161.80
102	—	502	185.50–199.00	192.81
18	—	282	210.00–223.00	218.46
49	—	456	170.00–195.50	187.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	882	144.10	144.10
22	—	945	139.50	139.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	914	148.00	148.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	490	162.00	162.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
832	—	1,009	137.00–154.75	149.95
454	—	1,070	140.00–148.90	145.23
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	827	165.10	165.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1,949	—	919	141.00–152.00	148.12
239	—	337	188.00–217.00	211.28
6	—	588	166.00	166.00
126	—	283	186.00–228.00	220.87
247	—	366	180.00–210.00	201.90
57	—	622	144.00–168.00	159.43
18	—	228	187.00–249.00	206.82
170	—	668	155.50–166.50	164.55
226	—	734	153.00–159.00	156.57
69	—	528	154.00–178.00	169.09
188	—	418	175.00–206.00	198.41
672	—	966	130.50–150.00	145.06
1,540	—	873	143.00–153.75	149.61
386	—	783	145.50–158.00	152.72
105	—	467	166.00–177.00	176.10
769	—	822	140.00–164.50	151.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
99	—	910	156.75	156.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	858	148.50–150.00	149.69
52	—	782	151.50–153.50	152.07
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,165	133.75	133.75
544	—	1,022	133.00–144.25	138.50
43	—	1,109	129.25–130.00	129.46
233	—	1,057	134.75–138.00	134.92
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,026	128.75	128.75
9	—	1,077	121.50–125.50	123.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	832	137.50–145.00	140.61
92	—	860	127.60–145.00	134.37
26	—	676	136.00–154.00	146.67
27	—	729	123.50–144.50	133.30
19	—	505	134.00–145.00	142.60
4	—	965	138.00	138.00
4	—	358	160.00	160.00
4	—	918	134.50	134.50
5	—	626	154.00	154.00
19	—	571	147.50–159.00	154.05
11	—	427	147.00	147.00
17	—	781	142.50–149.00	145.37
7	—	324	173.00	173.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	364	176.00	176.00
30	—	857	132.00	132.00
10	—	716	149.50	149.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	651	117.50	117.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	390	197.00–223.00	202.62
5	—	319	215.00	215.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,520	82.00–89.00	85.23
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,206	34.00–55.50	51.74
16	—	1,013	20.00–49.00	30.53
2	—	1,238	61.00	61.00
54	—	1,370	56.00–61.00	58.10
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	1,303	61.00–69.00	65.82
14	—	1,229	70.00–75.00	71.88
31	—	1,348	55.50–62.50	58.60
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,514	57.00–69.50	65.82
8	—	1,484	79.00–81.00	80.66
26	—	1,498	72.00–76.00	74.16
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,144	118.00–121.00	119.71
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,279	124.00–125.50	124.90
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
394	—	1,309	124.50–129.00	126.76
8	—	1,442	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,183	128.00	128.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,534	121.75	121.75
184	—	1,428	124.00–127.00	125.97
313	—	1,532	124.50–129.25	126.52
34	—	1,724	123.50	123.50
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,482	121.50	121.50
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,256	125.00–129.00	126.13
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,708	124.00	124.00
19	—	1,376	126.50–127.00	126.81
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,301	125.25	125.25
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,513	115.00–118.50	116.97
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,342	101.00–106.00	101.83
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,901	90.00–95.00	91.34
38	—	1,600	60.00–91.50	82.32

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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