South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 129 priced lines covering 26,528 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 26,693 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,691 head.

Mon Oct 11, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 26,693Last week 33,043Year ago 35,408

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,691Last week 1,416Year ago 2,121

Compared to last week: steer calves under 450 lbs sold 5.00 to 7.00 higher, over 450 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Heifer calves sold steady to 4.00 higher. Yearling steers sold steady to 4.00 lower on a light test as the calf run is in full swing. Yearling heifers sold 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Receipts were curtailed mid to late week as moisture was widespread across the state leaving muddy roads impassable to big trucks. Backgrounding lots are muddy with some buyers being cautious on what calves to buy until lots can dry out a bit. As the days get shorter it takes a lot longer for those lots to dry out, but sunshine and wind will play into getting the job done. Many strings of preconditioned calves in the offering this week whether they were fully preconditioned off the cow or had a 30 day wean on them, they were met with moderate to good demand. Slaughter cows 4.00 to 6.00 lower. Slaughter bulls sold on a lower undertone.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	765	112.00–159.00	140.11
5	—	926	143.00	143.00
10	—	819	146.50–152.50	150.69
103	—	741	143.50–145.00	144.67
9	—	615	159.00	159.00
30	—	859	146.00	146.00
39	—	525	144.00–172.00	164.77
62	—	958	147.50	147.50
47	—	583	150.00–163.00	152.78
9	—	294	210.00	210.00
51	—	385	152.00–191.00	179.92
53	—	481	164.00–172.00	169.02
4	—	410	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	581	167.00	167.00
64	—	524	153.00–160.00	158.40
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	474	162.00	162.00
10	—	580	150.00	150.00
4	—	1,264	111.00	111.00
7	—	1,019	122.50	122.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1,911	—	618	161.00–181.00	173.70
77	—	788	152.50–159.50	156.86
1,227	—	424	183.00–223.00	212.37
51	—	328	185.00–226.00	214.68
2,619	—	573	161.00–189.00	178.34
2,215	—	521	164.50–202.00	187.20
547	—	967	154.50–161.25	159.22
185	—	705	145.00–167.50	164.92
1,333	—	478	180.00–207.50	194.36
350	—	875	153.50–159.75	157.17
800	—	927	148.75–163.25	160.36
154	—	834	150.00–159.00	155.90
196	—	675	165.00–169.00	167.90
221	—	376	182.00–230.00	217.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	682	150.50	150.50
65	—	908	141.00–147.00	146.24
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	424	155.00	155.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	830	148.00	148.00
13	—	673	147.00–151.50	149.79
1,366	—	1,027	147.00–155.25	152.95
44	—	533	166.00–170.00	167.93
176	—	578	155.00–168.00	162.15
127	—	1,068	144.00–146.00	145.67
20	—	988	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	516	164.00–171.50	169.81
6	—	460	177.50	177.50
7	—	697	159.50	159.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
322	—	508	192.50–202.00	198.69
174	—	679	174.75	174.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	243	248.00	248.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	455	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	473	177.50	177.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
190	—	574	170.50–175.00	172.76
120	—	400	195.50	195.50
207	—	473	197.00–207.00	202.00
64	—	608	168.00	168.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
120	—	891	153.75	153.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
561	—	621	141.00–158.25	155.34
341	—	737	142.00–163.00	159.10
526	—	431	158.00–181.50	174.09
1,098	—	470	150.00–179.00	167.56
938	—	572	140.00–166.50	158.62
1,580	—	521	144.00–168.00	159.32
853	—	835	142.25–159.00	152.40
1,113	—	871	142.50–153.00	148.68
250	—	778	148.50–162.50	154.64
187	—	963	135.00–146.00	142.02
483	—	922	138.00–149.50	142.86
359	—	664	137.00–156.00	153.79
46	—	337	168.00–184.00	177.15
290	—	377	155.00–196.00	179.38
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	686	142.00	142.00
51	—	438	158.00–163.00	159.24
31	—	1,105	123.00–139.00	128.52
56	—	809	149.00	149.00
66	—	1,020	135.00–142.50	138.75
11	—	461	156.00	156.00
21	—	1,050	137.25	137.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	942	133.00–137.50	136.91
32	—	742	145.00	145.00
9	—	965	130.50	130.50
104	—	885	139.75–140.50	140.17
74	—	795	141.50	141.50
6	—	635	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	772	137.00	137.00
44	—	442	146.00–158.00	153.75
61	—	715	135.50–150.00	139.62
6	—	660	148.50	148.50
12	—	619	148.50	148.50
11	—	306	160.00–171.00	164.96
101	—	482	145.00–156.50	150.44
6	—	922	120.00	120.00
34	—	530	145.00–150.00	147.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	414	110.00	110.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	388	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	496	157.00	157.00
9	—	500	145.00	145.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,634	66.00–72.00	67.90
6	—	1,484	63.00–65.00	64.06
9	—	1,466	77.00–79.00	77.98
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,876	85.00–92.00	88.25
1	—	1,415	98.00	98.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,257	51.00–57.00	53.28
7	—	1,044	10.00–37.00	30.45
2	—	888	61.00	61.00
22	—	1,221	41.00–49.00	46.37
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,403	52.00–53.00	52.27
1	—	1,585	30.00	30.00
12	—	1,461	56.00–62.00	58.62
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,250	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
109	—	1,357	121.00–125.00	122.65
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
289	—	1,361	118.25–121.00	119.18
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,344	115.00	115.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,208	117.00	117.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,178	115.00	115.00
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,463	128.00	128.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,401	116.00	116.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
119	—	1,443	118.00–124.00	120.85
248	—	1,541	118.75–124.00	121.14
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,553	125.00	125.00
106	—	1,383	124.00–124.75	124.49
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
179	—	1,639	117.00–121.75	120.09
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,291	123.50–129.00	126.66
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,334	117.00–121.00	117.94
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
113	—	1,376	120.00–125.00	121.56
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,454	108.50–110.50	109.08
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,381	104.00–105.00	104.39
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,499	99.50	99.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,586	56.00–81.00	70.97
7	—	1,739	81.00–84.50	82.67

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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