South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 116 priced lines covering 16,715 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 17,988 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,000 head.

Mon Apr 15, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 17,988Last week 19,639Year ago 24,173

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,000Last week 1,119Year ago 1,238

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 2.00 to 4.00 higher, heifers under 700 lbs 3.00 to 4.00 lower, over 700 lbs steady to 3.00 higher. Good demand for all weights of steers and heifers in spite of the CME Live Cattle futures contracts. Cattle feeders continue to be disappointed as the April futures contract won't rise up to meet the cash fed cattle market, and is holding at a level 10.00 below breakeven price for many cattle. The feeder cattle market remains incredibly stout and the competition is great even at these new lower Live Cattle futures prices of the 170s for the summer and fall months. The Feeder Cattle futures contracts remain 15.00 plus below their earlier levels but that hasn't put a damper on the feeder market at all. Cash fed cattle at 184.00 as packers are struggling to hold the cutout together. Lean cow beef continues to outsell the boxed cuts by 30.00 plus, as the demand is great for ground beef. Turnout time is very near, which is keeping the demand for grass cattle red hot but supplies of those kind are getting tough to find any sizable number of. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher, bulls 4.00 to 7.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
15	750–800	777	238.00	238.00
40	800–850	841	2,140.00	2,140.00
11	800–850	821	245.00	245.00
68	850–900	868	235.50	235.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	550–600	588	260.00–268.00	265.16
29	650–700	663	247.00–248.00	247.83
4	700–750	726	232.00	232.00
19	750–800	759	221.50	221.50
84	800–850	809	211.50–216.00	213.72
52	850–900	885	209.00–209.50	209.26
211	900–950	935	198.50–202.50	201.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	333	365.00	365.00
30	350–400	379	305.00–375.00	317.99
76	400–450	425	310.00–352.50	333.28
85	450–500	481	293.00–313.00	306.14
347	500–550	528	287.00–324.00	302.21
318	550–600	579	258.00–320.00	291.73
474	600–650	624	246.00–300.00	272.52
622	650–700	668	239.00–279.00	262.57
984	700–750	731	235.00–283.00	247.57
547	750–800	775	220.00–249.00	234.21
638	800–850	822	209.00–246.00	226.55
828	850–900	876	205.00–231.00	219.31
706	900–950	921	205.50–222.25	213.40
184	950–1000	967	205.50–221.00	216.20
5	1100–1150	1,121	203.00	203.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	436	295.00	295.00
14	450–500	472	282.00–292.50	284.96
5	500–550	522	271.00	271.00
18	550–600	595	254.00–256.00	254.99
17	600–650	634	248.50–259.00	253.36
22	650–700	676	245.00–251.00	246.85
8	700–750	713	231.00	231.00
7	800–850	841	223.00	223.00
35	900–950	910	201.00	201.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
60	650–700	689	229.00	229.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
30	550–600	582	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	700–750	701	237.00	237.00
7	800–850	800	222.00	222.00
176	1000–1050	1,002	198.75–209.10	202.91
4	1100–1150	1,123	188.00	188.00
11	1150–1200	1,159	193.00	193.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	691	237.00	237.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	450–500	461	303.00	303.00
10	500–550	501	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	348	385.00	385.00
13	350–400	374	397.50	397.50
57	400–450	417	350.00–392.50	361.02
123	450–500	469	321.00–393.00	364.48
155	500–550	524	317.50–367.00	340.30
480	550–600	577	308.00–345.00	328.70
282	600–650	625	289.00–312.00	299.90
1,011	650–700	680	271.00–311.50	295.63
738	700–750	729	254.00–290.50	284.47
465	750–800	774	246.00–287.50	270.68
866	800–850	829	216.00–268.50	254.87
751	850–900	873	224.00–254.00	238.78
948	900–950	929	222.50–243.25	239.01
1,067	950–1000	968	217.50–235.00	229.66
12	1100–1150	1,133	218.00	218.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
40	800–850	802	265.75	265.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	380	337.50	337.50
11	400–450	413	317.50–336.00	328.93
38	450–500	488	312.00–361.00	334.37
42	500–550	529	305.00–316.00	313.26
46	550–600	582	291.00–317.50	301.67
22	600–650	609	260.00–277.00	267.64
47	650–700	688	267.00–286.00	284.03
32	700–750	719	247.00–272.00	265.45
52	750–800	784	221.00–251.50	249.30
64	800–850	821	225.00–245.00	228.85
7	900–950	938	206.00–214.00	210.61
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	700–750	740	257.00	257.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	560	293.00	293.00
5	600–650	606	269.00	269.00
12	650–700	691	261.00	261.00
624	1000–1050	1,024	205.00–229.25	222.45
266	1050–1100	1,080	210.00–224.00	217.08
129	1100–1150	1,138	200.00–210.00	209.62
120	1150–1200	1,152	209.00	209.00
118	1200–1250	1,249	199.10	199.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	576	285.00	285.00
43	750–800	769	256.00–257.00	256.57
49	800–850	832	226.00–239.50	233.56
38	850–900	861	221.00–228.50	224.17
37	900–950	923	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
78	800–850	800	275.25	275.25
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	407	312.50	312.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	555	294.00	294.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	900–950	936	200.00–202.00	200.76

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,528	162.00	162.00
Dairy Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,406	150.00–154.00	152.27
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,487	155.00–162.00	157.30
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,431	174.00–175.50	174.69
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,424	180.00	180.00
162	—	1,533	182.00–185.35	183.71
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,569	182.00–187.00	185.56
21	—	1,410	180.00–184.00	182.50
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
126	—	1,699	181.50–184.50	183.90
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,275	178.00	178.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,505	179.00	179.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,899	151.00–158.50	156.55
10	—	1,984	136.00–144.00	140.59
2	—	1,968	122.00–126.00	123.96
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,022	75.00–101.00	90.95
19	—	890	20.00–77.50	52.00
42	—	1,332	102.00–118.00	111.12
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	1,467	130.00–139.00	133.58
4	—	1,560	140.00	140.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
126	—	1,469	119.00–129.50	125.10
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,562	138.00–146.00	140.60
Dairy Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,418	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,386	175.00–178.00	176.73
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,431	183.75–186.25	184.28
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,467	181.00–185.00	183.66
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,314	170.00–176.00	174.32

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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