South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 119 priced lines covering 12,736 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 12,799 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,312 head.

Mon Sep 13, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 12,799Last week 12,031Year ago 22,673

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,312Last week 887Year ago 1,994

Compared to last week: Steer calves 5.00 to 10.00 lower, heifer calves 10.00 to 15.00 lower. Yearling feeder steers steady to 1.00 lower, yearling heifers 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Good demand again for spring born calves but the sense of urgency that has been displayed by cattle feeders in recent weeks to get calves bought has lessened. There were more strings of high quality, light fleshed calves, many offered in full loads, but the weakness of the futures contracts and the fact that cattle feeders are again struggling to get bids for their finished cattle are all taking a toll on the calf market. Demand for yearlings remains good as the supply of grass yearlings is just about exhausted and there is always lots of competition to get these cattle bought. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher, bulls steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	836	130.50–141.00	135.12
6	—	861	136.00	136.00
3	—	940	122.00	122.00
70	—	784	136.50–143.50	140.18
69	—	465	145.00–169.00	154.89
18	—	664	136.00–153.00	142.68
22	—	365	150.00–169.00	162.05
62	—	720	134.00–143.50	137.92
12	—	425	151.00–163.00	155.99
9	—	576	141.51–152.00	148.43
16	—	307	162.00	162.00
22	—	538	130.50–150.00	140.27
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
176	—	1,020	128.85–137.50	134.21
137	—	1,121	131.50–131.60	131.52
53	—	1,197	124.00	124.00
138	—	1,072	124.00–131.50	130.79
19	—	507	156.50	156.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
106	—	463	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	568	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
151	—	584	162.25–164.00	162.93
886	—	827	137.50–154.75	144.64
308	—	973	132.50–142.25	138.85
311	—	482	152.50–170.50	162.50
42	—	323	181.00–191.00	185.88
365	—	731	144.00–153.00	149.16
319	—	384	176.00–184.00	182.00
582	—	874	137.00–147.25	142.85
54	—	287	185.00–195.00	194.05
181	—	422	162.00–178.00	173.35
78	—	674	141.00–156.50	149.45
128	—	511	148.00–164.00	153.74
444	—	935	123.00–144.25	139.19
498	—	778	142.25–154.50	149.69
81	—	637	145.00–152.00	151.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	605	163.50	163.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	565	135.50	135.50
13	—	498	145.00	145.00
5	—	821	135.00	135.00
33	—	725	137.50	137.50
5	—	923	127.00	127.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,083	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	750	126.00	126.00
6	—	652	131.00	131.00
8	—	624	125.00	125.00
13	—	813	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	665	102.00	102.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	397	164.00–165.00	164.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
525	—	518	169.50–195.00	183.31
168	—	834	148.50–164.00	159.72
646	—	419	181.50–208.00	195.39
188	—	627	163.00–173.25	168.32
113	—	377	179.00–220.00	211.45
20	—	675	159.00–160.50	159.44
165	—	329	193.00–227.50	215.28
356	—	468	169.00–195.00	189.98
67	—	734	155.00–164.00	158.76
94	—	773	150.00–167.50	158.42
867	—	924	143.00–160.25	153.38
77	—	569	149.50–185.00	169.07
1,035	—	873	145.50–166.60	157.47
19	—	288	200.00–229.00	219.86
427	—	975	140.10–157.50	151.06
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	780	146.00–152.00	148.69
6	—	883	140.50	140.50
20	—	729	128.00–152.50	143.08
62	—	634	133.00–155.00	147.65
21	—	525	156.00–162.00	160.59
5	—	574	160.00	160.00
19	—	837	131.50–140.50	133.38
24	—	689	126.00–141.00	135.14
20	—	409	161.00–170.00	166.82
19	—	255	212.50	212.50
15	—	320	181.00	181.00
17	—	953	139.50	139.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	824	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	933	147.25	147.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	464	180.50	180.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
427	—	1,018	134.00–145.00	141.40
42	—	1,306	124.25	124.25
199	—	1,089	133.75–135.50	134.95
4	—	366	175.00	175.00
42	—	1,225	118.00–125.00	119.85
44	—	1,128	135.75	135.75
12	—	1,176	129.50	129.50
7	—	447	162.00	162.00
89	—	516	176.75	176.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	407	217.00	217.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	934	27.00–48.00	38.99
5	—	1,151	63.50–64.50	63.91
55	—	1,332	58.00–63.00	60.88
32	—	1,211	48.00–57.00	54.01
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,558	62.50–69.00	66.81
19	—	1,489	76.00–82.00	77.45
41	—	1,394	70.00–75.00	72.85
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,760	45.00	45.00
57	—	1,311	64.00–69.00	66.56
18	—	1,373	56.00–63.00	61.06
1	—	1,240	70.00	70.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,591	79.00–89.00	83.23
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
156	—	1,407	120.50–124.00	122.55
17	—	1,379	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,263	114.50–118.00	116.82
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
133	—	1,256	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,380	123.50	123.50
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,356	116.00	116.00
93	—	1,544	122.00–122.25	122.10
75	—	1,498	120.00–121.00	120.49
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,285	115.00–116.00	115.56
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,330	118.00–119.00	118.69
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,610	123.00	123.00
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,502	118.00	118.00
59	—	1,508	122.00–124.50	123.78
10	—	1,452	121.50	121.50
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,619	115.25–119.50	117.40
48	—	1,442	110.00–113.00	112.53
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,373	105.50–107.00	106.78
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,688	50.00–89.00	81.15
1	—	2,080	95.25	95.25
10	—	1,985	88.00–91.00	88.93

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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