South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 100 priced lines covering 15,311 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 15,393 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,116 head.

Mon Apr 1, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 15,393Last week 8,049Year ago 6,651

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,116Last week 205Year ago 395

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 5.00 lower, instances to 10.00 lower. Feeder heifers steady to 5.00 lower, instances of 10.00 to 20.00 lower. Moderate to good demand for steers and heifers. The weakness in the futures market was too much for cattle producers to just brush off as they did the week before. Cash fed cattle felt the pressure from the board as well and were lower as well. The extreme bullishness that many cattle producers possessed has been dealt a large blow as this is the time of year where fed cattle supplies normally are the tightest and now the futures have gone the opposite direction. Grass is starting to green, and numbers of grass type cattle are more limited but with the Feeder Cattle futures for the fall months at 250.00, instead of the 270.00 level where they were at, is forcing backgrounders and feeders to readjust their plans. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, bulls much higher undertone.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	394	400.00	400.00
28	400–450	432	341.00–377.50	358.97
110	450–500	472	315.00–374.00	345.53
156	500–550	537	305.00–360.00	336.44
279	550–600	580	285.00–337.50	329.12
453	600–650	619	293.00–325.00	315.31
397	650–700	672	261.00–317.50	298.15
586	700–750	725	254.00–294.00	284.80
812	750–800	772	246.00–283.75	274.01
1,335	800–850	824	238.00–266.00	257.52
850	850–900	867	231.50–254.25	249.28
1,418	900–950	926	231.75–246.25	240.27
880	950–1000	966	213.00–242.25	232.02
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	550–600	583	317.00–321.00	318.76
235	650–700	691	270.00–284.00	274.04
102	700–750	738	264.00–271.50	268.43
149	750–800	789	235.00–262.00	247.50
153	850–900	889	229.00–236.75	231.55
187	900–950	936	230.00–233.00	230.42
7	950–1000	986	216.00–221.00	218.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	450–500	456	330.00–333.00	332.03
20	500–550	521	309.00–320.00	315.58
57	550–600	583	270.00–290.00	285.24
46	600–650	624	285.00–299.00	293.25
33	650–700	675	266.00–277.00	269.69
34	700–750	706	269.50	269.50
37	800–850	807	230.00–239.00	235.50
17	950–1000	970	201.50–216.00	206.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
15	600–650	626	289.00	289.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
113	1000–1050	1,018	213.50–230.35	224.08
49	1050–1100	1,072	207.50–222.50	213.56
108	1100–1150	1,117	213.00	213.00
26	1150–1200	1,179	195.75–199.00	197.39
4	1300–1350	1,329	179.00	179.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	439	350.00	350.00
18	550–600	553	303.00	303.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	386	350.00	350.00
58	400–450	420	300.00–340.00	326.79
157	450–500	478	301.00–335.00	312.67
179	500–550	534	287.00–307.00	297.79
290	550–600	574	276.00–304.00	289.18
515	600–650	630	259.00–297.50	275.21
543	650–700	677	245.00–283.50	267.31
964	700–750	719	229.00–264.00	253.10
1,060	750–800	777	231.50–253.50	243.90
709	800–850	824	221.85–244.60	233.44
348	850–900	876	214.00–230.00	219.94
130	900–950	928	216.00–232.00	225.77
18	950–1000	956	209.50–212.00	211.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	748	270.00	270.00
53	800–850	824	250.50–266.00	259.86
137	850–900	874	2,050.00–2,225.00	2,136.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
64	650–700	683	249.25–256.00	251.90
18	750–800	771	232.50	232.50
109	800–850	835	218.00	218.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	411	310.00	310.00
17	450–500	469	279.00–281.00	280.21
12	500–550	524	281.00–289.00	284.95
6	550–600	568	277.00	277.00
20	600–650	646	236.00–251.00	245.78
18	650–700	660	212.50–241.00	230.98
10	700–750	740	231.00	231.00
33	750–800	773	227.50	227.50
16	850–900	866	200.00	200.00
29	900–950	931	205.50	205.50
5	950–1000	998	185.50	185.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	740	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	1000–1050	1,026	199.50	199.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	606	274.00	274.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,974	156.00–184.00	168.52
6	—	2,013	144.00–166.00	151.91
1	—	1,665	142.50	142.50
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,455	188.00–194.00	190.39
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,344	186.50–193.50	189.73
21	—	1,439	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,356	183.00–185.00	184.14
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,569	161.00–165.50	163.53
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,465	158.50	158.50
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,201	90.00–120.00	110.58
7	—	1,262	95.00–102.50	98.64
14	—	865	67.50–92.50	74.14
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,795	147.00	147.00
34	—	1,579	133.00–144.00	138.90
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,552	138.00–139.00	138.45
98	—	1,500	122.50–138.00	132.40
7	—	1,323	106.00–123.00	120.07
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,241	106.00–118.00	113.69
29	—	1,442	116.00–127.00	122.67
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,630	188.50–194.25	192.72
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,485	194.50–196.00	195.70
22	—	1,591	192.50	192.50
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,251	190.00	190.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	1,589	187.00–191.00	187.39
244	—	1,429	187.00–192.25	188.68
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,378	176.00	176.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,700	176.50	176.50
17	—	1,442	174.00–174.50	174.35
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,579	179.00–186.00	182.79
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,388	180.00–185.00	184.58
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,362	182.00–182.50	182.23

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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