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South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

South Dakota · Weekly summary · Mon, Aug 28
● As filed97 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2027
← Aug 21Aug 28Sep 4 →

The state in one line

Counts as USDA filed them
South Dakota reported 97 priced lines covering 9,949 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 10,110 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,796 head.

South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Aug 28, 2023
USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Sioux Falls, SD (LS-SF)
Feeder CattleReceipts 10,110Last week 8,517Year ago 7,852
Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,796Last week 106Year ago 1,550

Compared to last week: Feeder steers unevenly steady, heifers 4.00 to 8.00 higher. Very good demand for yearling steers and heifers as there were more of these cattle grass. Cash fed cattle were lower but the price is still so much higher than what was anticipated for this time period. Cattle feeders remain very optimistic, especially after just coming through the time of the year where fed cattle supplies are the greatest and prices were able to hold in the 180s. Corn silage harvest underway, wrapping up in some areas as the hot, dry weather really dried the crop down fast. Pastures are getting short and it's the time of the year to be pulling yearlings off grass, no spring born calves, to speak of generally, have been offered yet as it is still early. Slaughter cows steady to weak, bulls not well tested.

Feeder Cattle

As reported
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26—1,182206.00206.00
19—1,024216.00–223.00219.68
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
395—1,030224.50–235.00233.53
52—1,128227.00227.00
28—1,183216.00216.00
7—1,075220.50220.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29—464341.00341.00
19—441285.00–305.00293.89
260—824248.00–263.50257.30
338—729261.00–290.00282.14
184—769251.00–267.00261.04
182—624286.00–303.00295.68
690—880243.00–260.00249.20
39—665265.00–282.00277.79
144—966229.75–241.00237.43
500—930233.00–245.00240.23
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10—580255.00–260.00257.49
31—725240.00–261.00252.46
5—604255.00255.00
4—503265.00265.00
85—901229.50–247.00243.49
88—882230.50–238.00235.95
4—786205.00205.00
52—691251.00–255.00251.38
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13—676205.00205.00
4—961180.00180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8—710257.00257.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
114—628246.00–274.50269.41
241—720241.50–271.00252.76
316—970221.00–239.50226.15
29—459270.00–282.00277.27
6—317315.00315.00
87—512277.00–286.50283.31
762—827233.50–260.00244.85
484—923223.00–250.00238.26
259—777237.00–250.00241.07
41—439277.50–298.00293.71
164—588254.00–280.00276.78
366—675248.50–267.50258.93
1,486—876231.00–251.50239.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
390—907238.50238.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30—1,033218.00–224.00221.58
34—1,060201.00–211.00208.58
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8—1,094198.00198.00
10—1,001190.00–196.00192.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19—772225.00–226.00225.53
24—542261.00–267.50262.31
13—719234.00–235.00234.69
8—476265.00265.00
145—810215.50–225.00217.11
43—917203.00–214.00211.93
11—987214.00214.00
4—654215.00215.00
24—440207.50–240.00229.48
19—606242.00–249.00244.61
4—899200.00200.00
22—588243.00–253.00246.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5—526230.00230.00
4—865165.00165.00
4—698165.00165.00
4—820201.00201.00
15—991201.00201.00
11—948184.00184.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
15—787236.00236.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24—518225.00225.00
6—470225.00225.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6—763197.50197.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
40—1,10170.00–92.0082.37
7—1,140105.00–109.00108.36
63—1,01190.00–101.0093.54
20—88227.50–69.0057.71
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
109—1,482113.00–124.00118.39
9—1,541125.00–130.00126.73
2—1,375112.00–112.50112.27
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
15—1,265115.00–121.00116.57
29—1,354102.00–112.00107.23
1—1,76525.0025.00
5—1,15092.00–98.0095.24
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
245—1,541180.00–186.50182.06
5—1,447177.00177.00
388—1,462178.00–183.50181.23
14—1,532181.00–182.00181.36
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
71—1,504187.50–188.00187.86
20—1,389186.00186.00
5—1,441179.00179.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
24—1,252178.50–184.50181.96
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19—1,203178.25178.25
272—1,340179.00–184.00182.37
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4—1,159181.00181.00
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
5—1,319181.00181.00
34—1,239183.00–185.00184.02
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13—1,574155.00–162.50159.09
Dairy Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
4—1,499157.00157.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6—1,261130.00130.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6—1,48020.00–105.0074.09
2—2,118131.00131.00
39—1,814115.00–127.00122.62
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.