South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 174 priced lines covering 34,738 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 36,103 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,114 head.

Mon Nov 29, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 36,103Last week 2,204Year ago 23,056

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,114Last week 129Year ago 2,115

Compared to last week: No price comparisons to be made as last week there was only 1 reported auction due to the Thanksgiving holiday. Higher undertones prevailed as all auction locations returned back to their normal weekly sale schedule. Very good demand for steer and heifer calves, extremely good demand for yearlings. The cash fed cattle market turned the corner on Thanksgiving as it broke out higher, this week followed that trend as fats traded at 140.00-142.00. Cattle feeders are anxious to get cattle bought, especially yearlings that will finish during the spring months of next year. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, bulls not well tested a week ago for comparison.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
113	—	479	178.00–194.00	183.92
19	—	850	141.00	141.00
252	—	529	166.00–182.00	176.01
25	—	714	142.00–161.00	151.31
11	—	694	160.25	160.25
63	—	363	186.00–210.00	204.93
55	—	432	179.00–204.00	187.11
29	—	926	140.50–148.00	143.48
56	—	623	149.00–165.00	159.58
7	—	761	156.50	156.50
19	—	318	201.00–214.00	209.28
35	—	811	142.00–146.00	144.86
83	—	586	163.00–175.00	166.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	515	157.00	157.00
5	—	441	192.00	192.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
595	—	440	201.00–223.00	215.98
463	—	971	155.60–170.00	166.42
2,559	—	581	170.00–193.50	183.69
2,183	—	525	180.00–217.00	198.30
901	—	918	151.00–170.25	166.38
387	—	874	156.75–169.25	164.89
1,012	—	775	158.50–173.75	166.88
2,396	—	623	164.50–187.00	176.76
11	—	337	222.50	222.50
896	—	479	189.00–224.00	205.83
1,054	—	718	158.00–174.50	169.01
2,293	—	673	160.00–185.00	173.07
447	—	827	155.00–170.25	163.10
113	—	380	210.00–229.00	219.63
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	503	183.00	183.00
637	—	1,077	153.75–162.60	158.04
1,055	—	1,022	153.00–168.00	164.11
10	—	768	160.00	160.00
80	—	606	151.50–168.50	161.66
183	—	1,109	150.00–162.60	159.30
25	—	573	176.50	176.50
9	—	663	153.00	153.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	540	155.00	155.00
5	—	562	152.00	152.00
20	—	893	113.00	113.00
8	—	499	117.50	117.50
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	487	140.00	140.00
11	—	421	140.00	140.00
26	—	1,018	124.50	124.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	590	166.00	166.00
14	—	491	198.00–199.00	198.42
17	—	667	152.00–165.00	159.20
42	—	622	164.50–165.00	164.60
114	—	531	183.00–198.00	190.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	772	149.00–156.00	150.59
4	—	998	145.50	145.50
20	—	735	151.00–156.00	154.54
84	—	593	166.00–170.00	169.28
23	—	688	158.50	158.50
31	—	542	180.00–184.00	181.03
7	—	924	150.00	150.00
13	—	625	155.00–166.00	161.74
Steers — Medium 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	620	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	365	170.00	170.00
16	—	645	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	605	191.25	191.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
187	—	555	192.00–199.25	196.77
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	655	153.00	153.00
21	—	432	200.00	200.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	1,026	130.00–147.00	144.92
12	—	1,051	137.75	137.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
144	—	813	160.50	160.50
218	—	966	158.75	158.75
762	—	910	157.00–162.50	161.56
37	—	693	157.00	157.00
60	—	858	152.75	152.75
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	1,069	145.25–148.00	146.06
197	—	1,010	138.00–147.50	145.42
5	—	1,155	131.00	131.00
5	—	438	170.00	170.00
17	—	495	160.00	160.00
149	—	1,123	136.00–151.75	145.90
32	—	605	140.00	140.00
18	—	670	143.00–145.00	143.65
12	—	501	140.50	140.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
296	—	630	165.00–187.00	172.93
110	—	585	174.50–204.00	177.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	657	165.25	165.25
Heifers — Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
131	—	1,034	150.00–154.00	151.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
840	—	925	142.00–154.75	151.51
1,973	—	570	145.00–172.00	162.16
166	—	966	146.00–157.00	153.03
344	—	826	148.00–160.50	155.11
1,692	—	480	158.00–182.50	175.05
534	—	427	158.00–193.50	179.09
894	—	875	146.00–160.50	153.65
1,177	—	526	151.00–172.00	163.26
555	—	722	142.00–168.00	158.02
6	—	332	180.00	180.00
512	—	676	142.00–158.50	152.31
1,216	—	619	141.50–166.75	155.35
156	—	373	179.00–202.00	187.03
211	—	783	144.50–157.00	152.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	733	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	923	140.00	140.00
67	—	562	154.00	154.00
17	—	662	128.00	128.00
5	—	526	149.50	149.50
25	—	758	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	528	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	430	190.50	190.50
66	—	510	179.00	179.00
64	—	583	167.00	167.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	946	133.00	133.00
81	—	583	143.00–159.00	152.01
104	—	486	150.00–175.00	159.66
51	—	324	160.00–210.00	183.16
51	—	728	136.00–142.00	138.78
14	—	836	132.00–146.00	143.00
30	—	604	137.00–154.50	143.99
46	—	679	138.00–154.50	144.91
28	—	368	157.50–171.00	166.06
49	—	522	136.00–158.00	150.89
35	—	414	169.50–174.00	172.32
66	—	867	126.00–145.00	137.28
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,055	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	852	116.00	116.00
5	—	698	113.00	113.00
115	—	962	126.00	126.00
12	—	361	145.00	145.00
20	—	446	136.00–139.00	137.51
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	456	125.00	125.00
8	—	419	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	630	125.00	125.00
6	—	439	132.50	132.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	580	153.00	153.00
6	—	494	161.00	161.00
5	—	813	147.50	147.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	797	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	545	172.50	172.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	545	150.00	150.00
6	—	372	167.50	167.50
6	—	597	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	459	174.00	174.00
6	—	600	123.00	123.00
11	—	513	137.00	137.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	601	142.00	142.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,784	42.00–83.50	75.04
12	—	2,009	83.00–87.50	84.93
4	—	2,102	93.00–98.00	96.72
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,408	50.00–60.00	56.48
7	—	1,294	43.00–48.00	46.49
122	—	1,415	61.00–68.00	64.21
4	—	1,312	69.00	69.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,623	61.00–68.00	64.02
60	—	1,589	70.00–77.00	73.93
4	—	1,556	78.00	78.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	1,385	51.00–57.00	54.20
30	—	1,201	15.00–38.00	27.16
100	—	1,267	25.00–51.50	44.60
2	—	1,448	59.00	59.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,447	106.50–110.00	108.23
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,555	114.00–116.50	115.03
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
192	—	1,562	131.00–139.25	137.89
36	—	1,451	138.00–138.50	138.15
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,341	133.00	133.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	1,640	130.00–137.25	133.65
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,409	133.00	133.00
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,386	135.00–137.00	136.33
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,316	136.50	136.50
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,394	130.00	130.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
162	—	1,442	135.00–138.25	137.28
147	—	1,541	135.00–138.50	137.29
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,226	130.00–132.00	131.60
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,191	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,259	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,385	130.00–132.00	131.10
400	—	1,363	134.00–139.35	137.74
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
125	—	1,393	134.00–140.00	136.88

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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