South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 132 priced lines covering 16,783 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 16,009 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,526 head.

Mon Sep 18, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 16,009Last week 22,019Year ago 8,945

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,526Last week 1,484Year ago 1,635

Compared to last week: Yearling feeder steers steady to 5.00 higher, heifers unevenly steady. Very good demand for yearling steers and heifers, most notably on those coming straight off grass in that very desirable, light flesh condition. The market was active, however there wasn't the urgency to chase the market dollars higher as these big steers bring 2,300.00 per head and cattle feeders are having a hard time justifying giving any more than that as the Live Cattle futures contracts for the winter months are not at the 200.00 level. Cash fed cattle traded basically par to the Oct contract this week, 185.00-186.00. There were some spring born calves offered, the market was extremely active in spite of it being early and many cattle feeders aren't ready to receive calves yet. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 lower, bulls steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	631	290.00–301.00	292.27
362	—	771	256.00–272.25	268.95
1,681	—	872	246.50–260.00	254.23
1,397	—	923	241.00–255.25	251.14
90	—	468	315.00–345.00	327.24
40	—	395	325.00–392.50	335.45
1,467	—	828	257.00–271.25	265.45
45	—	415	345.00–360.00	354.02
311	—	727	265.00–287.00	277.00
46	—	574	280.00–303.00	292.96
21	—	321	343.00–420.00	377.81
92	—	516	300.00–334.00	317.39
173	—	664	270.00–297.00	292.05
1,193	—	973	228.75–251.50	245.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	584	237.50–295.50	281.10
59	—	822	255.00	255.00
25	—	664	255.00–275.00	265.23
3	—	325	360.00	360.00
122	—	780	243.00–260.00	253.41
9	—	497	280.00	280.00
4	—	415	320.00	320.00
78	—	729	242.00–273.00	255.81
137	—	866	239.50–242.50	241.22
10	—	517	225.00–296.00	247.11
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,111	180.50	180.50
34	—	952	193.00	193.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
241	—	1,010	215.00–240.25	231.09
29	—	1,105	209.50–217.00	214.93
310	—	1,070	212.00–237.00	233.20
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	668	229.00	229.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	814	251.00–258.00	253.81
8	—	741	247.00	247.00
6	—	505	295.00	295.00
31	—	764	255.00	255.00
233	—	872	244.50–251.00	249.08
22	—	925	236.50	236.50
32	—	693	267.50	267.50
62	—	995	228.00	228.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	711	250.00–265.00	256.52
23	—	636	269.00	269.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	790	231.00	231.00
6	—	1,028	218.00	218.00
7	—	722	231.00	231.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,003	234.00	234.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	658	275.00	275.00
51	—	428	315.00–339.00	331.63
50	—	513	302.50–316.00	311.99
24	—	471	301.00–343.00	328.31
18	—	582	298.00	298.00
9	—	375	365.00–370.00	366.61
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	334	360.00	360.00
3	—	528	300.00	300.00
3	—	237	320.00	320.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	474	301.00	301.00
14	—	383	325.00–329.00	327.09
51	—	423	295.00–337.50	308.98
58	—	516	288.00–302.50	295.79
3	—	625	257.00	257.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	336	325.00	325.00
8	—	282	317.50–337.50	327.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
330	—	729	242.00–257.00	251.49
29	—	564	275.00–300.00	282.01
567	—	976	219.00–239.00	229.59
737	—	823	235.00–250.00	244.60
752	—	921	221.50–242.50	232.60
1,423	—	878	227.00–246.00	240.61
252	—	634	255.00–272.00	267.32
61	—	454	295.00–325.00	304.84
137	—	673	243.00–273.00	261.40
11	—	436	316.00	316.00
64	—	527	297.50–305.00	298.42
41	—	380	295.00–352.50	313.28
240	—	766	245.00–251.50	247.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
114	—	723	241.00–244.00	242.23
16	—	551	244.00	244.00
182	—	981	211.00–216.50	212.74
239	—	907	216.00–223.50	220.98
179	—	833	230.50–231.00	230.76
171	—	865	221.00–226.75	225.82
8	—	1,034	191.00	191.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	539	322.00	322.00
Heifers — Medium 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	521	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	796	221.00	221.00
14	—	630	244.00	244.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
136	—	1,025	213.00–231.00	225.97
14	—	1,109	206.00–216.00	211.71
19	—	1,090	199.00–201.00	199.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	585	260.00	260.00
43	—	434	250.00–305.00	258.90
10	—	979	216.50	216.50
9	—	311	312.50	312.50
10	—	806	225.00	225.00
12	—	720	236.00	236.00
12	—	473	275.00–280.00	277.10
36	—	623	231.00–246.00	237.21
28	—	686	236.00–260.00	250.70
113	—	514	235.00–275.00	246.52
69	—	788	232.00–242.00	237.13
22	—	903	201.00–217.50	213.71
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	771	213.00	213.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	565	182.50	182.50
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
96	—	934	190.00	190.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	417	310.00	310.00
8	—	556	240.00	240.00
4	—	478	245.00	245.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	557	260.00	260.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,705	129.00	129.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,273	110.00	110.00
20	—	951	32.50–80.00	50.61
38	—	1,218	79.00–96.50	87.55
25	—	1,236	94.50–105.00	99.64
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,484	94.00–115.00	109.74
33	—	1,635	119.00–128.00	122.91
35	—	1,631	112.00–119.00	116.66
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,423	80.00–99.00	90.40
7	—	1,458	117.00–118.00	117.56
26	—	1,375	96.00–114.00	105.01
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,160	184.00	184.00
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
111	—	1,385	186.00–188.00	187.52
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
249	—	1,346	180.00–184.00	181.94
18	—	1,321	180.00	180.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,601	182.00	182.00
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,459	187.00–190.00	188.90
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
216	—	1,443	181.00–187.75	184.77
8	—	1,476	178.50	178.50
10	—	1,484	180.00	180.00
491	—	1,551	181.00–185.00	183.64
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,352	183.00–188.00	184.26
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,567	149.50–157.00	153.78
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,674	106.00–110.00	107.40
23	—	1,788	114.00–129.00	123.12
6	—	2,073	130.00–133.00	131.07

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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