South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 102 priced lines covering 16,379 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 16,674 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,174 head.

Mon Dec 11, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 16,674Last week 33,180Year ago 3,446

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,174Last week 1,218Year ago 877

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 5.00 to 10.00 higher, heifers under 800 lbs 6.00 to 10.00 higher, over 800 lbs steady to 2.00 higher. Improved demand for feeder cattle this week. The futures contracts made some gains this week and cattle feeders were willing to chase the feeder market a little, but cash fed cattle slipped into the high 160s to converge with the spot futures contract month. Most auctions will not host feeder cattle sales again until the start of the New Year, which helped support the feeder cattle market as well. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower, bulls 5.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	865	167.50–194.00	175.82
3	—	310	245.00	245.00
48	—	426	241.00–267.00	252.56
16	—	667	202.00–210.00	206.94
36	—	756	197.00	197.00
43	—	377	225.00–290.00	253.58
43	—	531	205.00–240.00	229.01
157	—	575	215.00–237.00	229.38
61	—	474	225.00–250.00	243.55
119	—	629	219.00–234.00	223.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	644	228.00	228.00
46	—	680	205.00–216.00	213.39
30	—	574	238.00	238.00
12	—	849	182.00	182.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,133	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
291	—	472	250.00–288.00	273.95
227	—	784	192.00–216.75	207.00
162	—	423	252.00–288.00	272.37
44	—	389	272.50–290.00	281.44
12	—	326	335.00	335.00
215	—	724	205.50–232.00	216.13
148	—	836	193.00–201.00	195.95
334	—	668	213.00–241.00	229.65
340	—	627	224.00–260.00	239.99
533	—	523	243.00–278.00	261.36
258	—	886	188.00–208.00	196.28
512	—	976	179.85–212.50	193.35
558	—	578	239.00–265.00	251.92
578	—	931	183.75–208.00	190.31
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	475	293.00	293.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
176	—	1,176	177.50–183.75	182.78
50	—	1,222	183.75	183.75
23	—	1,131	172.00	172.00
240	—	1,074	183.75–190.50	188.28
306	—	1,014	173.00–202.00	190.72
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,168	169.00	169.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	885	155.00–163.00	162.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	522	268.00	268.00
15	—	552	260.00	260.00
8	—	630	234.00	234.00
39	—	973	193.00	193.00
30	—	734	230.00	230.00
10	—	694	242.50	242.50
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,233	176.00	176.00
Steers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	928	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
152	—	778	205.00–221.00	211.24
13	—	887	181.00–194.00	189.07
8	—	969	197.00	197.00
64	—	634	223.00–249.00	237.87
247	—	679	227.00–236.00	230.09
135	—	479	251.00–291.00	273.37
47	—	439	284.00–313.00	300.49
21	—	728	190.00–221.00	214.16
244	—	582	243.00–265.00	255.65
63	—	942	150.00–198.25	195.28
12	—	386	265.00–310.00	289.37
3	—	332	312.00	312.00
160	—	532	252.00–286.00	271.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
737	—	970	204.50–217.00	213.99
72	—	387	317.50–345.00	333.72
148	—	416	300.00–341.00	325.53
14	—	311	335.00	335.00
529	—	483	278.00–326.00	311.50
907	—	571	265.00–295.50	276.87
890	—	664	239.00–266.50	257.32
1,172	—	890	200.00–224.00	216.33
421	—	622	240.00–274.00	255.28
415	—	829	211.00–232.50	225.62
277	—	773	219.00–243.00	229.71
237	—	933	215.25–227.60	219.12
362	—	520	289.00–320.00	304.09
520	—	716	225.00–256.50	242.36
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	1,122	196.00	196.00
881	—	1,072	194.00–204.50	199.75
348	—	1,016	189.50–207.50	202.90
11	—	1,279	175.00	175.00
6	—	1,210	177.00	177.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	666	280.00	280.00
155	—	607	285.00	285.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
189	—	1,486	167.00–173.25	171.55
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,482	164.50–166.00	164.61
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,530	151.00–155.00	152.50
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,718	169.00	169.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
117	—	1,402	83.00–92.00	86.64
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,552	111.00–114.00	112.71
108	—	1,455	91.00–109.00	96.97
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
127	—	1,276	70.00–82.50	77.56
23	—	1,048	51.00–69.00	63.60
19	—	1,129	30.00–55.00	42.77
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	1,635	164.25–172.50	169.51
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
69	—	1,536	172.00–173.00	172.46
84	—	1,442	167.00–170.00	169.86
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
119	—	1,529	165.00–171.00	167.56
30	—	1,492	163.00–170.00	165.80
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,421	156.00–162.50	159.17
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,240	166.00–174.00	169.28
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,624	147.00	147.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,619	151.00–154.00	151.71
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,344	154.00	154.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,902	100.00–114.00	109.38
1	—	1,870	92.00	92.00
1	—	2,530	124.00	124.00

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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