South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 105 priced lines covering 8,838 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 8,834 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,384 head.

Mon Dec 18, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8,834Last week 16,674Year ago 3,446

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,384Last week 1,174Year ago 877

Compared to last week: A much lighter offering as many auction markets did not host a sale because of the Christmas holiday, steer calves 7.00 to 10.00 higher with instances to 15.00 higher. Heifer calves 8.00 to 10.00 higher. Yearling feeder steers steady to 3.00 higher, heifers steady to 5.00 higher. Very good demand for calves, moderate to good for yearlings. Cash cattle finally managed to trade higher, 172.00, which was enough to give a glimmer of hope to cattle feeders and they responded and jumped back into the calf market with both feet. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher, bulls firm.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	1,009	173.00–193.00	184.13
7	—	1,294	166.00	166.00
26	—	1,161	187.50–189.00	188.02
48	—	1,111	188.75	188.75
96	—	1,061	165.00–190.00	180.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	429	249.00–265.00	258.56
103	—	565	230.00–266.00	246.81
11	—	473	263.00–267.50	265.39
6	—	347	289.00–290.00	289.50
27	—	680	193.00–220.50	199.17
48	—	635	211.00–219.50	215.93
3	—	838	180.00	180.00
11	—	717	196.00	196.00
63	—	543	227.50–250.00	231.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
125	—	873	183.00–197.00	193.44
221	—	480	267.50–297.50	277.46
102	—	424	268.50–296.00	283.09
117	—	719	209.00–223.50	215.51
319	—	669	233.00–264.00	238.26
35	—	385	287.50–305.00	296.37
268	—	624	238.00–265.00	250.45
310	—	973	183.00–205.25	191.04
358	—	578	246.00–274.00	263.15
21	—	316	302.00–313.00	306.27
554	—	931	183.00–200.00	194.36
185	—	518	258.00–285.00	271.29
229	—	809	190.00–217.00	206.51
6	—	278	315.00	315.00
355	—	768	193.00–221.50	212.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	357	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	672	219.00–225.00	221.46
22	—	584	240.50	240.50
6	—	602	237.00	237.00
15	—	802	199.50	199.50
7	—	756	199.50	199.50
29	—	744	191.00–193.00	191.41
6	—	548	244.00	244.00
6	—	496	261.00	261.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	753	177.00	177.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,097	163.00	163.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,135	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	968	205.00	205.00
73	—	535	295.00–300.00	297.81
8	—	762	210.00	210.00
8	—	582	263.00–268.00	266.08
48	—	642	251.00	251.00
20	—	745	221.00–225.00	222.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
122	—	874	206.00–227.00	215.34
419	—	725	231.00–253.25	244.88
6	—	301	370.00	370.00
169	—	991	192.00–215.00	208.92
235	—	526	290.00–337.50	311.62
149	—	829	214.00–236.00	227.29
447	—	625	256.00–283.00	268.74
135	—	766	215.00–246.25	233.88
62	—	389	321.00–382.50	348.09
303	—	912	208.50–224.00	218.99
357	—	564	273.00–300.00	287.30
128	—	472	297.50–357.50	328.00
356	—	672	245.00–271.50	262.86
50	—	430	324.00–367.50	346.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	629	240.00–245.00	242.26
19	—	887	197.00–202.00	200.94
33	—	540	255.00–292.00	275.81
3	—	368	322.50	322.50
9	—	341	328.00	328.00
6	—	805	191.00	191.00
3	—	438	280.00	280.00
53	—	474	285.00–301.00	286.45
23	—	791	212.00	212.00
17	—	724	221.00–226.00	225.12
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,101	166.00	166.00
23	—	1,189	167.25	167.25
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
131	—	1,025	205.00–206.50	205.61
9	—	1,229	183.00	183.00
13	—	1,369	173.75	173.75
32	—	1,165	175.00–176.00	175.12
14	—	1,064	188.00	188.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	472	293.00–295.00	294.58
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	671	247.00	247.00
16	—	560	276.00–287.50	281.04

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,080	164.00	164.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,341	162.50–165.00	163.14
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	1,427	173.00–176.00	174.38
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
128	—	1,424	168.75–175.75	174.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,497	164.00–169.00	167.46
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	1,419	92.50–109.00	99.54
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,615	101.00–103.50	102.75
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	1,250	69.50–83.00	78.90
18	—	1,076	20.00–51.00	33.30
42	—	1,121	55.00–69.00	61.89
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
123	—	1,396	83.00–92.00	87.17
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
118	—	1,588	163.00–165.00	164.73
9	—	1,468	163.00	163.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,237	163.00–166.50	165.35
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
126	—	1,636	167.00–174.00	169.33
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,414	150.00–155.00	153.87
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
242	—	1,517	167.00–174.00	168.31
9	—	1,454	166.00–171.50	169.67
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	1,575	171.00–178.00	175.47
53	—	1,436	168.00–173.00	171.11
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,609	166.00	166.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,747	148.00–148.50	148.26
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,970	96.00	96.00
12	—	1,822	99.00–119.00	104.65

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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