South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 136 priced lines covering 33,446 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 36,343 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,178 head.

Mon Feb 5, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 36,343Last week 22,424Year ago 36,122

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,178Last week 1,712Year ago 1,794

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 3.00 to 6.00 higher, few instances to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Very good demand for all weights of steers and heifers as the Live and Feeder Cattle futures continue to rally. There has been much optimism infused into the feeder market by the futures contracts moving back towards their historic levels before they crashed after Thanksgiving. With Feb Live Cattle at 184.00, feedyards held firm and asked for higher money for their fats, which they greatly need as the fat market has been at a disappointing level for cattle feeders after having to give record high prices for feeder cattle. The weather has warmed up but mud has been an issue as the weather has been foggy and dreary. Cattle feeders need more money and dug their heels in, no reported sales as of this writing. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower, except Lean cows and slaughter bulls 5.00 to 6.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	830	225.00	225.00
8	—	674	252.00	252.00
15	—	530	277.00	277.00
59	—	722	242.00–252.00	250.99
31	—	586	289.00	289.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1,131	—	874	218.00–244.50	234.37
14	—	340	410.00	410.00
629	—	978	211.25–228.00	216.89
282	—	480	314.00–370.00	337.52
2,517	—	776	237.00–264.75	253.89
3,136	—	725	246.00–283.00	268.51
204	—	426	337.50–405.00	362.25
695	—	528	295.00–340.00	323.99
1,153	—	580	287.50–332.00	313.31
1,910	—	672	265.00–304.50	284.72
1,011	—	924	217.50–231.75	224.43
1,242	—	823	220.00–253.00	244.06
1,629	—	628	281.00–316.50	298.77
34	—	370	336.00–410.00	370.36
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
130	—	1,022	196.00–216.50	211.08
388	—	1,112	201.50–205.75	203.80
310	—	1,070	203.25–211.00	207.32
19	—	1,422	177.00	177.00
3	—	1,210	170.50	170.50
8	—	792	233.50	233.50
16	—	1,190	181.50–185.00	183.48
26	—	1,306	171.50–172.00	171.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	730	246.00–251.00	248.97
257	—	631	260.00–283.00	275.50
120	—	534	245.00–316.00	298.91
44	—	488	301.00–337.50	309.80
99	—	679	220.00–266.00	260.06
49	—	433	320.00–332.50	324.85
60	—	864	213.00	213.00
19	—	841	210.00–215.00	211.83
25	—	773	239.00–242.00	240.89
211	—	579	273.00–299.50	288.60
40	—	383	342.50–370.00	352.08
Steers — Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	698	246.00	246.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
102	—	881	220.00–224.00	222.84
31	—	737	229.00–254.00	236.92
235	—	686	264.50–277.00	269.95
6	—	509	287.50	287.50
46	—	618	264.00–279.00	275.26
173	—	791	235.00–242.00	240.36
30	—	591	274.00–298.00	293.26
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,213	172.00	172.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	585	228.00	228.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	589	281.00	281.00
5	—	499	302.00	302.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	374	302.50	302.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	517	353.75	353.75
151	—	756	279.50	279.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
170	—	626	299.50–308.50	303.95
152	—	714	285.00	285.00
313	—	822	262.50–271.00	266.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
98	—	567	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	368	335.00	335.00
62	—	531	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
155	—	761	238.00–250.00	242.88
164	—	607	279.50–291.00	283.33
255	—	735	250.00–265.00	256.86
401	—	681	262.00–281.00	266.47
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	635	256.00	256.00
20	—	1,336	174.00	174.00
131	—	1,022	181.50–204.00	193.44
8	—	840	207.00	207.00
3	—	1,233	169.00	169.00
15	—	1,091	172.00–174.50	173.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	815	212.00	212.00
73	—	680	233.00–241.50	237.57
46	—	638	240.00–250.00	244.99
7	—	535	262.00	262.00
222	—	884	193.00–209.50	208.09
49	—	582	257.00–261.00	259.56
7	—	481	273.00	273.00
3	—	950	191.00	191.00
39	—	790	193.00–214.00	201.01
52	—	702	214.00–228.00	225.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	542	225.00	225.00
14	—	499	265.50	265.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	796	195.00–217.50	215.78
147	—	575	232.00–254.00	250.92
8	—	344	268.00	268.00
152	—	616	236.00–256.00	243.01
39	—	480	280.00–308.00	286.63
18	—	717	222.00	222.00
51	—	526	244.00–269.00	257.19
11	—	396	265.00–297.50	288.73
123	—	668	211.00–233.00	218.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1,576	—	622	247.00–290.00	267.29
8	—	319	405.00	405.00
1,065	—	783	210.00–252.00	234.09
215	—	886	194.00–214.00	209.97
170	—	421	273.00–330.00	305.32
1,937	—	723	218.50–250.50	236.84
1,964	—	672	231.00–270.50	251.31
598	—	821	208.00–224.00	218.99
48	—	377	285.00–321.00	311.91
518	—	527	267.00–306.00	290.89
594	—	479	263.00–315.50	299.19
52	—	916	204.00–213.25	209.86
266	—	975	194.00–215.00	205.66
1,708	—	580	254.00–299.00	278.06
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	448	318.00	318.00
17	—	364	351.00	351.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,184	165.00–173.50	169.81
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,433	174.75–176.75	175.87
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,500	174.00–184.00	175.91
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,303	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,409	162.00–169.00	165.65
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,669	182.00	182.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,619	105.00–112.00	107.86
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	895	30.00–37.50	34.62
25	—	1,171	76.00–83.00	79.25
8	—	1,026	60.00–71.00	64.82
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
227	—	1,485	94.00–112.00	101.84
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,217	84.00–93.00	88.74
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,567	171.00–176.50	174.37
18	—	1,418	171.00–174.50	171.68
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,463	153.00	153.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,313	169.00–178.00	173.07
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,471	176.50	176.50
49	—	1,543	176.00–177.00	176.59
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,552	174.25	174.25
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,801	160.00	160.00
9	—	1,601	171.00	171.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,520	169.50	169.50
17	—	1,443	160.00–167.00	162.65
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
186	—	1,616	176.00–179.00	177.36
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,663	137.00	137.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,563	142.00–144.50	143.64
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,327	123.00–133.00	126.90
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,885	95.00–112.00	106.39
4	—	1,861	129.00–137.00	132.65
20	—	2,065	115.00–126.00	121.06

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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