South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 136 priced lines covering 25,693 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 26,265 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,051 head.

Mon Mar 4, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 26,265Last week 30,565Year ago 20,584

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,051Last week 1,122Year ago 1,440

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 2.00 to 6.00 higher, instances of 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Very good demand for feeder cattle this week. The market for light cattle to background and grow into yearlings remains very stout as the fall months of the Feeder Cattle futures are 20.00 premium to the front month. Cash fed cattle topped at 186.00, a nice rally, which helped to add support to the feeder market. Cattle feeders are anxiously watching the April Live Cattle contract, hoping it will reach the 190.00 mark and pull the cash trade higher along with it. There is much optimism, yet that high of a market remains elusive as cattle feeders were planning on that point being reached back in Dec but it never materialized. Warm, above average temps remain in the forecast, allowing cattle to stay comfortable and gain easily. Cow/calf producers are starting to calve and have been selling last year's calves as they need room to bring cows into calve. Slaughter cows Fleshy cows, Breakers and Premium Whites, steady to firm. Boner cows 5.00 to 10.00 higher, Lean cows sharply higher. Slaughter bulls 5.00 to 10.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	478	320.00	320.00
6	550–600	578	307.00	307.00
42	600–650	633	291.00–302.50	299.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	500–550	517	325.00	325.00
4	550–600	575	292.50	292.50
34	600–650	612	290.00–294.00	292.57
28	650–700	678	262.50–287.00	276.39
29	700–750	705	250.00–255.00	254.13
25	800–850	805	230.00	230.00
70	850–900	872	226.00–237.00	232.35
10	900–950	948	209.00	209.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	324	440.00	440.00
50	350–400	372	370.00–395.00	389.57
88	400–450	426	343.00–410.00	372.08
245	450–500	483	322.00–372.50	353.55
336	500–550	521	322.00–367.00	341.29
741	550–600	582	310.00–341.50	327.34
944	600–650	622	282.50–333.50	308.27
1,240	650–700	674	270.00–310.00	292.12
1,369	700–750	729	261.00–286.50	275.54
1,929	750–800	774	235.00–276.00	263.47
2,213	800–850	833	239.00–263.00	254.87
1,321	850–900	869	223.00–256.00	247.34
873	900–950	926	219.50–246.00	240.19
528	950–1000	966	215.50–241.75	233.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
41	400–450	423	337.50–370.00	347.62
24	450–500	464	318.00–342.50	337.23
23	500–550	528	307.00–325.00	319.23
74	550–600	586	295.00–312.00	305.14
50	600–650	624	250.00–286.00	281.00
114	650–700	673	244.00–287.00	276.29
118	750–800	766	242.00–255.00	249.06
94	850–900	876	221.00–235.50	234.26
20	900–950	909	216.00	216.00
6	950–1000	972	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	850–900	896	236.50	236.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	600–650	640	270.00	270.00
44	750–800	769	252.25	252.25
157	1000–1050	1,015	200.50–239.50	220.56
55	1050–1100	1,083	205.00–211.75	209.29
30	1150–1200	1,167	183.00	183.00
3	1200–1250	1,220	189.00	189.00
3	1250–1300	1,293	190.00	190.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	1000–1050	1,030	181.00	181.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	711	191.00	191.00
21	800–850	817	201.00	201.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
110	450–500	472	383.00	383.00
59	550–600	554	345.00–346.00	345.65
85	600–650	641	334.00	334.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	458	290.00	290.00
70	600–650	636	257.00–259.00	258.51
25	650–700	685	242.00–247.00	244.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	450–500	470	287.00	287.00
27	500–550	540	270.00–276.00	272.00
33	600–650	644	250.00–253.00	252.28
59	650–700	686	240.00–247.00	243.97
52	700–750	740	235.00–238.00	237.19
123	750–800	774	225.00–239.75	236.56
32	800–850	830	223.00	223.00
132	850–900	896	208.00–211.00	209.96
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	250–300	285	360.00–375.00	370.88
17	300–350	321	340.00–350.00	344.58
60	350–400	378	330.00–360.00	345.48
153	400–450	429	310.00–345.00	322.55
402	450–500	484	292.50–335.00	313.04
464	500–550	525	272.00–310.00	298.49
767	550–600	577	267.00–295.00	282.90
1,285	600–650	620	259.00–292.50	275.06
1,733	650–700	672	244.00–275.00	263.79
1,495	700–750	725	232.00–256.00	245.83
1,356	750–800	776	220.50–256.50	240.65
857	800–850	827	213.00–234.25	229.08
630	850–900	871	199.00–232.25	222.87
171	900–950	923	204.50–217.00	208.87
233	950–1000	975	197.50–208.00	202.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
75	700–750	716	267.00	267.00
234	750–800	765	242.00–257.50	254.70
142	800–850	802	242.25–248.00	245.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	389	320.00	320.00
4	400–450	448	290.00	290.00
31	450–500	497	275.00–290.00	276.40
6	500–550	532	262.00–275.00	268.68
10	550–600	582	264.00–267.00	265.20
90	600–650	638	248.50–262.25	253.86
76	650–700	683	232.00–246.00	239.59
122	700–750	716	238.00–238.50	238.21
165	750–800	777	216.00–238.00	226.72
24	800–850	824	220.00–220.50	220.06
31	850–900	873	204.00–216.00	207.72
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	697	217.00	217.00
20	750–800	792	191.00	191.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	550–600	584	264.00	264.00
35	650–700	674	238.00	238.00
18	1050–1100	1,056	198.00	198.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	449	322.50	322.50
17	550–600	571	272.50	272.50
12	650–700	676	207.00–215.00	212.65
3	700–750	748	205.00	205.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	434	280.00	280.00
9	700–750	731	240.00	240.00
11	750–800	765	227.50–238.00	235.07

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	2,114	135.00–153.00	140.97
6	—	2,127	124.00–138.00	130.35
2	—	1,488	125.00	125.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,338	186.00	186.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,589	173.00	173.00
14	—	1,383	180.00	180.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,424	180.00	180.00
124	—	1,577	181.75–184.00	182.52
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,350	176.00	176.00
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,591	187.50–188.00	187.78
54	—	1,468	183.00–185.50	183.95
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,517	185.00	185.00
3	—	1,453	186.50	186.50
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	1,623	180.00–184.50	182.28
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,189	131.00	131.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,258	139.00	139.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,602	157.00	157.00
25	—	1,500	150.00–155.00	152.05
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,201	77.50–94.00	83.16
10	—	790	40.00–60.00	58.24
20	—	1,174	92.00–108.00	104.17
16	—	1,142	108.50–113.00	111.34
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,607	101.00–116.00	110.94
10	—	1,840	96.00–108.50	105.81
21	—	1,707	116.00–121.00	117.04
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,593	96.00–99.00	96.79
7	—	1,293	112.00–117.50	115.42
17	—	1,363	97.00–113.00	108.33
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	1,776	119.00–128.00	123.01
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,468	182.25–184.50	182.96
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,353	188.50	188.50
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,403	183.00–189.50	184.86
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,292	176.00	176.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
168	—	1,452	180.00–183.75	183.04
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,476	154.00	154.00

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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