South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 99 priced lines covering 14,561 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 14,817 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 742 head.

Mon Jun 10, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 14,817Last week 14,072Year ago 14,736

Slaughter CattleReceipts 742Last week 952Year ago 1,184

Compared to last week: Flesh condition was heavier this week, as reported auctions were all East of the Missouri river where the yearlings are backgrounded in feedyards, feeder steers sold unevenly steady, heifers sold with steady to lower undertones. More customer appreciation BBQ sales were held this week and the market was extremely active. Higher cattle futures early in the week helped to set the tone for the feeder market. Cash fed cattle rose all the way up to 198.00, futures contracts did rally a little up still 10.00 or more positive basis exists as the cash continues to lead. Grazing conditions are much better than last year, lending to a good outlook for cow/calf and yearling producers. Cattle feeders are active bidders as the sale schedules are irregular now, as is normal for this time of the year, and they want to be able to buy these loads and strings of yearlings when they are offered. Slaughter cows mostly steady, bulls too few to compare.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	438	340.00–360.00	351.54
17	450–500	485	337.50–345.00	340.79
26	500–550	528	320.00–340.00	329.75
60	550–600	582	286.00–315.00	298.71
55	600–650	619	269.00–300.00	288.37
48	650–700	670	267.00–287.00	271.55
6	700–750	725	263.00	263.00
43	750–800	782	242.00–259.00	250.89
43	800–850	823	249.50	249.50
26	850–900	884	226.00	226.00
123	900–950	929	217.00–238.00	230.94
49	950–1000	959	201.00–226.50	209.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	200–250	204	500.00	500.00
5	250–300	251	495.00	495.00
23	400–450	442	365.00–390.00	373.03
23	500–550	521	340.00–355.00	348.09
29	550–600	566	320.00–350.00	328.13
108	600–650	633	300.00–320.00	308.25
207	650–700	673	281.00–304.00	292.65
242	700–750	728	261.00–300.75	283.76
248	750–800	769	261.00–292.50	271.69
745	800–850	825	251.00–275.00	263.90
638	850–900	873	237.00–266.75	255.40
655	900–950	924	227.00–253.00	241.13
783	950–1000	979	227.00–246.50	238.48
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	1000–1050	1,023	200.00–206.00	204.26
11	1050–1100	1,056	216.00	216.00
88	1200–1250	1,228	189.00–198.00	191.15
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
526	1000–1050	1,032	218.00–236.60	229.53
770	1050–1100	1,064	218.00–237.00	232.38
518	1100–1150	1,131	205.00–223.25	218.35
33	1150–1200	1,183	205.00	205.00
128	1200–1250	1,215	211.50–214.25	212.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	527	321.00	321.00
28	650–700	687	286.00	286.00
11	1000–1050	1,001	205.00	205.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	750–800	786	253.00	253.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	150–200	193	520.00	520.00
13	300–350	318	380.00–400.00	387.48
21	350–400	373	380.00–420.00	403.75
37	400–450	426	347.50–365.00	355.17
72	450–500	481	322.50–354.00	328.47
99	500–550	528	290.00–336.00	303.63
202	550–600	575	285.50–315.00	296.81
249	600–650	627	263.00–290.00	272.56
657	650–700	672	256.00–281.00	267.58
612	700–750	726	245.00–274.50	260.73
356	750–800	782	232.50–254.00	242.88
991	800–850	824	223.50–247.00	232.97
1,286	850–900	873	212.00–236.00	227.64
493	900–950	925	213.00–233.25	224.48
586	950–1000	975	210.00–222.60	216.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
40	700–750	749	239.00	239.00
32	750–800	793	231.00	231.00
115	800–850	837	219.50–231.00	222.00
108	850–900	878	215.75	215.75
130	900–950	939	211.00–223.75	217.06
65	950–1000	960	206.00–209.00	207.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	392	340.00	340.00
26	400–450	412	335.00–345.00	338.96
55	450–500	474	282.50–332.50	306.19
34	500–550	527	270.00–287.50	277.81
79	550–600	580	258.00–280.00	267.92
32	600–650	619	250.00–262.00	259.44
10	650–700	688	246.00	246.00
36	700–750	747	242.00–246.00	245.45
233	750–800	779	199.00–237.00	226.75
101	800–850	830	212.00–221.50	220.29
150	850–900	875	215.00–220.50	218.76
60	900–950	920	188.00–199.00	194.30
56	950–1000	972	209.00	209.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
59	1050–1100	1,070	193.75–207.50	202.65
54	1100–1150	1,117	193.75	193.75
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
197	1000–1050	1,018	214.50–215.25	214.90
37	1100–1150	1,141	199.50	199.50
38	1150–1200	1,153	199.50	199.50
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
85	750–800	761	250.00	250.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,270	192.75–196.50	193.44
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,338	186.50–189.00	187.29
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	1,444	192.50–195.00	194.68
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,341	189.00–192.00	191.72
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,583	176.00	176.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,499	162.00–170.00	165.32
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,380	181.00	181.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,623	191.50	191.50
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,591	188.00–192.00	188.32
27	—	1,417	185.00–187.25	186.51
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,268	180.00	180.00
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	1,625	193.25–194.50	193.57
52	—	1,361	191.50–195.00	192.56
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,723	146.00–153.00	149.39
7	—	1,854	166.00–176.00	170.12
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	919	82.00–103.00	92.31
3	—	1,235	45.00–65.00	53.11
6	—	1,248	115.00–119.00	117.44
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,403	147.00–150.00	148.32
160	—	1,531	132.00–146.00	141.44
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,260	121.00–131.00	126.53
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,655	140.00–146.00	144.62

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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