South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 96 priced lines covering 13,990 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 14,072 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 952 head.

Mon Jun 3, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 14,072Last week 6,890Year ago 24,655

Slaughter CattleReceipts 952Last week 505Year ago 850

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Very good demand for feeder cattle this week as the cash fed cattle market continues to outperform the futures markets. Cash fed cattle up to 192.00, which is a 10.00 positive basis over the futures, is really helping to support the feeder cattle market. We've begun the season of summertime BBQ, special feeder cattle sales which feature very long strings of yearlings. There is great interest in buying these cattle and the competition is tremendous. Corn is growing nicely, the moisture situation is much better than last year and fed costs are much lower than last year as well. There is great hope amongst cattle producers that the strength of the cash markets will continue. Slaughter cows steady to 4.00 higher, bulls sold with a higher undertone.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
373	700–750	723	261.00–284.00	277.48
60	750–800	791	285.00	285.00
140	800–850	819	252.50–255.00	253.71
266	850–900	870	241.00–266.00	249.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	413	352.50–355.00	353.49
289	450–500	471	327.50–371.00	360.89
170	500–550	535	307.00–336.00	326.16
511	550–600	572	294.00–328.00	318.12
615	600–650	629	264.00–309.00	292.65
348	650–700	678	264.00–288.00	276.54
161	700–750	718	264.00–273.50	270.05
584	750–800	775	246.00–290.50	262.13
194	800–850	812	240.50–247.00	244.80
338	850–900	874	230.50–238.50	236.41
646	900–950	926	226.00–234.00	232.75
75	950–1000	962	229.00–236.00	230.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	332	345.00	345.00
8	450–500	480	302.50	302.50
64	550–600	582	251.00–305.00	280.12
18	600–650	638	263.00	263.00
16	650–700	676	243.00–279.00	260.80
13	700–750	703	247.00	247.00
8	800–850	846	227.00	227.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	800–850	815	234.00	234.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	372	330.00	330.00
50	450–500	461	339.00	339.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	550–600	593	298.00–301.00	299.87
273	600–650	629	280.00–305.00	291.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	650–700	693	269.50	269.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
152	550–600	596	318.00	318.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	419	377.50	377.50
51	450–500	481	365.00–390.00	378.71
241	500–550	515	353.00–371.00	362.34
340	550–600	586	331.00–354.00	337.84
923	600–650	624	307.50–347.00	335.63
610	650–700	677	284.00–331.00	311.01
553	700–750	717	300.50–312.50	304.66
250	750–800	761	275.00–295.00	286.31
636	800–850	832	254.50–270.25	268.04
900	850–900	874	233.00–270.00	262.48
509	900–950	915	245.50–260.00	256.45
642	950–1000	974	229.75–253.00	238.52
102	1000–1050	1,033	219.75–220.25	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
130	500–550	543	348.00–357.00	352.95
17	550–600	559	347.50	347.50
56	600–650	620	323.50–336.00	326.03
276	650–700	676	296.50–316.50	304.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	500–550	510	327.50	327.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	410	360.00	360.00
20	450–500	491	340.00–345.00	341.20
8	500–550	518	335.00	335.00
83	600–650	638	273.00–327.00	315.11
31	650–700	696	292.00–296.00	294.97
32	700–750	721	262.00–295.00	284.90
14	750–800	787	249.00–256.00	253.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
33	400–450	438	392.50	392.50
74	550–600	572	329.50	329.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
492	1000–1050	1,038	223.00–237.00	229.23
255	1050–1100	1,072	215.00–229.00	221.64
46	1200–1250	1,218	206.25	206.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
89	600–650	613	338.00	338.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	454	340.00	340.00
7	500–550	521	332.00	332.00
34	700–750	718	265.00–293.00	280.60
29	750–800	787	265.00	265.00
130	900–950	911	245.50	245.50
53	950–1000	994	218.00	218.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,552	178.00–182.50	181.31
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,531	185.50	185.50
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,576	161.00–164.00	161.97
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,526	154.00–157.00	155.88
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
129	—	1,458	183.50–189.50	188.18
50	—	1,559	188.00–188.50	188.39
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
81	—	1,685	184.00–189.50	187.33
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,598	188.00	188.00
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,340	192.50	192.50
66	—	1,555	192.00–194.50	192.90
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,306	186.50–189.00	188.01
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,930	155.00–161.00	158.55
1	—	1,880	144.00	144.00
4	—	2,016	163.00–171.00	166.85
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,769	139.50–140.50	140.07
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,271	105.00–117.00	111.88
9	—	891	42.50–62.50	53.05
8	—	1,124	81.00–102.00	92.41
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,285	147.00–149.00	148.15
94	—	1,506	133.00–146.00	139.84
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,433	120.00–131.00	126.96
Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,453	152.50	152.50
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,382	193.00	193.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,142	187.50–195.00	191.59
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,614	186.00	186.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,312	188.00	188.00
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,386	190.50–194.50	191.24
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,357	184.00–190.00	186.99
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,542	183.00	183.00

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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