South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 80 priced lines covering 8,240 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 8,325 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 906 head.

Mon Aug 7, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8,325Last week 9,100Year ago 7,597

Slaughter CattleReceipts 906Last week 1,067Year ago 1,127

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers steady to 5.00 higher. Very good demand for yearling steers and heifers as cattle feeders

continue to hold great leverage over the packers and were able to push fat cattle up to 190.00 this week. The market is very active, especially

if the cattle are coming off grass as the flesh condition is light and very desirable. However, the feedyard backgrounded cattle are easy to sell

as well, as long as the flesh is not too heavy. Feed efficiency is the key factor this year, as the cost of these feeder cattle are so high and will

have a very high breakeven price. Corn prices continue to work lower, much lower than last year, which is helping to support the feeder

market at these price levels. Grass conditions are still good enough west of the Missouri River allowing cattle to stay turned out for the entire

grazing season, drier conditions east of the river has caused some yearlings to come early. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, bulls steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	681	244.00–256.00	251.28
301	—	819	229.50–242.50	236.31
24	—	436	252.50–281.00	276.26
110	—	729	246.75–253.00	249.76
11	—	497	285.00	285.00
30	—	540	259.00–260.00	259.30
237	—	964	216.00–221.35	220.96
12	—	321	350.00	350.00
429	—	933	222.50–229.00	224.65
21	—	553	256.00–263.00	260.67
53	—	616	246.00–265.50	260.15
679	—	880	222.00–244.00	228.93
47	—	772	234.00–243.00	238.55
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,056	207.50–213.00	208.35
9	—	843	218.50	218.50
219	—	1,022	211.50–218.00	213.97
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	865	227.25	227.25
86	—	785	226.00	226.00
69	—	819	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	840	211.00	211.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	841	208.00–227.00	213.01
19	—	706	210.00–224.00	215.17
23	—	682	220.00–238.00	227.73
76	—	763	211.00–229.00	224.53
4	—	558	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	323	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	570	298.00	298.00
1,335	—	916	228.00–255.25	250.60
17	—	475	335.00	335.00
315	—	836	230.00–258.00	251.32
766	—	881	242.00–255.75	252.59
922	—	987	232.50–242.25	238.11
18	—	670	274.00–286.00	281.20
80	—	738	254.50–275.00	258.72
11	—	541	320.00	320.00
10	—	326	347.50	347.50
10	—	433	357.50	357.50
173	—	770	237.00–264.00	254.71
33	—	620	289.00–292.00	291.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	685	223.00	223.00
34	—	828	212.00–237.25	231.43
5	—	784	229.00	229.00
6	—	922	226.00	226.00
7	—	427	232.50	232.50
12	—	863	226.00	226.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,030	206.50	206.50
11	—	812	218.00	218.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,137	185.00	185.00
13	—	1,032	220.50	220.50
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	541	223.00	223.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
126	—	959	244.00	244.00
117	—	921	254.60	254.60
74	—	857	249.75	249.75
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
395	—	1,012	230.50–238.25	235.66
202	—	1,055	224.00–232.00	229.95
10	—	582	259.00	259.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,382	130.00–135.00	133.63
77	—	1,525	119.00–129.00	123.83
12	—	1,545	103.00–118.50	112.02
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
97	—	1,394	108.00–118.00	113.63
24	—	1,263	119.00–124.00	120.98
1	—	1,385	72.50	72.50
23	—	1,410	93.00–106.00	102.10
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	1,319	95.00–107.00	101.74
13	—	1,184	109.00–111.00	110.37
34	—	1,100	22.50–78.00	68.66
43	—	1,230	74.00–95.00	88.50
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,525	182.00–186.00	184.14
10	—	1,828	182.00	182.00
28	—	1,473	178.00–180.00	179.65
163	—	1,428	183.00–186.50	184.65
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,335	182.00	182.00
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,310	194.00	194.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,264	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,276	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,654	155.00	155.00
48	—	1,345	180.00–184.00	181.88
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,697	158.50	158.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,589	80.00–121.00	110.57
15	—	1,790	124.00–133.00	127.41

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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