South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 89 priced lines covering 9,841 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 9,838 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 968 head.

Mon Apr 29, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 9,838Last week 19,291Year ago 13,518

Slaughter CattleReceipts 968Last week 731Year ago 752

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 5.00 to 10.00 lower, except 1000-1100 lbs steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers 3.00 to 5.00 lower, instances to 10.00 lower. Moderate to good demand for steers and heifers, pressure on the feeder market this week from the volatility in the cattle futures contracts. Cash fed cattle traded higher, up to 187.00, but the contracts for the summer Live Cattle months are only in the 170s. Turnout time is basically here now, keeping demand red hot for those cattle in light enough flesh to run on grass as a yearling. Cattle feeders are much more cautious in their approach to the feeder market, than the backgrounders are, as the Live Cattle contracts continue to disappoint them. Widespread rain the last week has grass green and growing, drier and warmer weather needed to get corn planting going again. Slaughter cows and bulls steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
65	400–450	426	359.00–391.00	381.55
51	450–500	485	346.00–366.00	362.49
125	500–550	519	324.00–352.00	342.69
138	550–600	573	312.00–336.00	326.14
100	600–650	618	303.00–329.00	317.48
163	650–700	663	273.00–292.00	286.36
97	700–750	723	263.50–283.00	275.70
108	750–800	778	244.00–263.50	259.67
666	800–850	829	236.00–262.25	255.83
509	850–900	876	234.00–262.25	248.39
1,532	900–950	929	223.00–240.50	233.73
559	950–1000	970	218.50–236.00	228.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	374	394.00	394.00
22	400–450	430	321.00–327.50	324.41
16	450–500	454	321.00–338.00	328.47
6	500–550	543	321.00	321.00
17	650–700	687	250.00–265.00	252.59
12	700–750	733	243.00–252.00	245.87
12	800–850	820	228.00	228.00
8	850–900	869	225.50	225.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
238	1000–1050	1,035	214.00–232.85	223.27
221	1050–1100	1,084	209.00–215.00	214.17
205	1150–1200	1,173	206.75	206.75
82	1200–1250	1,202	195.00–202.75	202.09
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	500–550	529	272.50	272.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	650–700	689	274.00	274.00
9	700–750	727	250.00	250.00
18	750–800	791	244.00	244.00
20	800–850	835	236.00	236.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	350–400	397	363.00	363.00
20	400–450	421	312.50–330.00	320.22
64	450–500	473	282.50–314.00	305.44
162	500–550	523	283.00–325.00	297.54
218	550–600	581	285.00–311.50	296.31
120	600–650	612	269.00–288.00	275.71
253	650–700	676	248.00–265.00	258.15
318	700–750	723	238.50–268.00	252.99
903	750–800	770	226.00–257.50	243.84
577	800–850	825	221.50–236.25	231.86
187	850–900	877	219.00–224.50	222.39
151	900–950	932	205.00–220.25	214.58
143	950–1000	980	202.10–210.00	205.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
40	750–800	795	1,975.00	1,975.00
39	800–850	804	1,900.00	1,900.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	600–650	629	250.00	250.00
16	700–750	711	237.50	237.50
44	750–800	798	237.00	237.00
15	800–850	845	211.00	211.00
121	850–900	875	201.00–206.75	206.46
52	950–1000	970	193.25	193.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	308	265.00–370.00	331.35
87	400–450	433	286.00–341.00	307.01
4	450–500	499	272.50	272.50
17	500–550	528	255.00–276.00	265.18
50	550–600	573	212.50–278.00	267.62
42	600–650	615	230.00–249.00	243.68
38	650–700	683	226.00–231.00	229.42
53	700–750	732	209.00–236.00	231.44
3	850–900	892	197.50	197.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
10	900–950	944	211.00	211.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
100	1000–1050	1,021	198.85–208.00	202.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	442	255.00	255.00
20	450–500	487	255.00	255.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1150–1200	1,157	135.00	135.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1250–1300	1,285	177.50	177.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,463	181.00–185.00	183.89
62	—	1,533	184.50–185.00	184.63
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,547	187.00–189.50	188.03
4	—	1,388	185.50	185.50
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	1,636	181.50–186.00	183.83
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,248	184.50	184.50
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,690	179.00	179.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	1,672	176.00–184.00	182.92
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,348	168.00	168.00
Dairy Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,341	156.00	156.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,523	157.50–161.00	159.68
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,640	138.00	138.00
10	—	2,010	141.00–151.00	146.75
7	—	1,922	155.00–160.00	158.48
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,435	180.00–189.50	184.95
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
156	—	1,431	181.00–186.00	184.11
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,570	139.00–144.00	142.15
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,298	107.00–119.00	113.56
10	—	1,096	40.00–72.50	54.10
30	—	1,135	77.00–105.00	92.76
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,537	130.00–140.00	134.45
5	—	1,446	141.00–149.00	146.37
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	1,562	119.00–129.00	124.33
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,439	175.00–176.00	175.37

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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