South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 108 priced lines covering 17,380 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 19,291 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 731 head.

Mon Apr 22, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 19,291Last week 17,988Year ago 17,122

Slaughter CattleReceipts 731Last week 1,000Year ago 975

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 800 lbs 4.00 to 6.00 higher, instances of 10.00 to 20.00 higher on 600-700 lbs, over 800 lbs 5.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 850 lbs 6.00 to 12.00 higher, over 850 lbs 3.00 to 4.00 higher. Very good demand for all weights of steers and heifers this week as the cash fed cattle market was able to climb to 187.00 and the futures contracts made gains as well. The lack of the futures following the cash markets was really adding resistance to the feeder cattle market, as the futures seemed to find a floor and move back higher so did the spirits of cattle producers along with their willingness to give more money to get cattle bought. The grass is green and growing, turnout time is just about upon us, this is keeping demand for light fleshed cattle, to turn out on grass, red hot. This week was a major psychological win for the cattle feeder as the lows that were posted in the Live Cattle contracts seemed to finally hit the point where support was find and then turn higher. The summer contracts briefly dipped into the 160s, which would be nothing short of devastating to cattle feeders bottom lines, but then the longs stepped back in and drove those months back towards 180.00. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, 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 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
47	600–650	644	308.50	308.50
30	650–700	685	271.00	271.00
13	750–800	772	239.00	239.00
16	800–850	832	239.00	239.00
17	850–900	885	233.00	233.00
54	950–1000	996	200.00–215.00	212.23
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
16	500–550	524	308.00–325.00	315.25
10	550–600	550	300.00	300.00
6	650–700	668	277.00	277.00
42	750–800	776	243.00–249.00	245.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	350–400	392	370.00–380.00	375.31
5	400–450	437	362.50	362.50
64	450–500	473	323.00–382.50	347.77
89	500–550	510	325.00–362.50	346.21
378	550–600	582	312.00–344.00	330.92
465	600–650	639	294.00–335.00	322.14
466	650–700	668	266.00–320.00	306.13
756	700–750	723	253.00–299.25	288.43
1,222	750–800	786	243.00–283.50	270.49
1,557	800–850	826	239.75–273.50	263.36
1,319	850–900	876	241.00–259.00	251.92
1,341	900–950	917	225.50–251.50	244.02
765	950–1000	977	218.00–242.00	236.24
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	305	365.00	365.00
6	350–400	383	355.00	355.00
9	500–550	544	291.00	291.00
18	550–600	582	292.00–297.00	295.60
39	650–700	678	265.00–289.00	276.70
11	700–750	736	265.00	265.00
24	800–850	821	231.00–235.00	233.85
35	850–900	871	232.00	232.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	430	351.00	351.00
4	450–500	459	318.00	318.00
11	550–600	579	308.00	308.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
578	1000–1050	1,024	216.10–241.00	225.66
354	1050–1100	1,081	212.25–215.10	214.11
19	1100–1150	1,123	203.50	203.50
108	1150–1200	1,168	212.35	212.35
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	750–800	753	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	600–650	604	333.50	333.50
18	650–700	651	290.00	290.00
75	750–800	760	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
18	550–600	585	287.50–300.00	297.93
18	700–750	747	247.00	247.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
59	700–750	724	303.00	303.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	1000–1050	1,026	196.00–208.00	203.22
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	514	312.00	312.00
12	600–650	613	281.00	281.00
5	750–800	797	216.00	216.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	1100–1150	1,147	207.00	207.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	300–350	329	332.50–365.00	355.77
58	350–400	382	312.00–375.00	337.15
84	400–450	433	312.00–335.00	321.09
87	450–500	470	297.50–314.00	304.68
386	500–550	525	278.00–327.50	312.49
181	550–600	578	280.50–305.00	292.12
269	600–650	626	258.00–297.00	286.58
474	650–700	675	242.00–286.00	275.02
425	700–750	714	251.00–271.00	263.74
1,204	750–800	770	221.00–253.00	240.76
978	800–850	815	218.00–254.00	237.79
656	850–900	883	216.50–234.00	223.13
466	900–950	914	204.00–223.00	210.48
15	950–1000	976	198.50	198.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
38	650–700	674	232.00–268.00	256.03
15	700–750	721	226.00	226.00
35	750–800	785	227.50–231.00	228.08
10	850–900	881	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
20	850–900	868	215.00	215.00
22	900–950	942	192.00	192.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	400–450	427	262.00–300.00	285.53
6	450–500	494	316.00	316.00
14	500–550	547	290.00	290.00
53	550–600	590	265.00–274.00	266.65
4	600–650	621	250.00	250.00
19	700–750	713	216.00–228.00	224.07
3	750–800	785	203.00	203.00
104	800–850	819	221.50–224.00	222.13
6	900–950	944	192.00	192.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	650–700	692	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
48	1000–1050	1,011	214.50	214.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
17	550–600	575	257.00	257.00
14	700–750	709	220.00	220.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
270	750–800	780	252.50–259.00	255.87
403	800–850	815	240.00–254.75	246.82

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,462	174.00–177.00	176.10
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,615	153.00–157.00	155.06
Dairy Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,332	149.00–152.00	150.36
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,421	183.50–184.00	183.83
82	—	1,534	186.00–188.50	187.32
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
269	—	1,643	183.50–189.00	188.30
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,467	185.50–190.00	189.11
58	—	1,673	185.50–188.50	187.57
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,658	127.00–132.00	129.57
5	—	1,882	154.00–164.00	157.51
6	—	2,025	143.00–150.00	147.25
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,404	184.50–190.75	187.95
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,345	182.00–185.50	183.35
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,656	136.00–143.00	138.60
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,067	70.00–92.50	85.65
14	—	1,263	101.00–105.00	103.80
19	—	1,223	107.00–117.50	113.87
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,602	143.00	143.00
19	—	1,598	130.00–139.00	134.01
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,437	119.00–129.00	124.34
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,368	179.00	179.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,414	177.00	177.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,863	158.00	158.00

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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