South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 90 priced lines covering 11,260 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 11,254 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 823 head.

Mon Jul 22, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 11,254Last week 3,835Year ago 11,417

Slaughter CattleReceipts 823Last week 699Year ago 712

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Very good demand for all weights of steers and heifers. Cattle feeders are eager to buy these yearlings when they are offered as the cash fed cattle market continues to hold at levels much higher than anticipated, 10.00 premium to the futures contracts. Cattle feeders are very optimistic as the fed cattle market has moved counter seasonal, they have great hope this will continue as this is the time of the year when fed cattle supplies are the most plentiful, yet packers are having to compete heavily and ship cattle from the southern plains to plants in the north to get their needs met. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 6.00 higher, bulls near steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	248	455.00	455.00
5	300–350	327	420.00	420.00
7	450–500	476	326.00	326.00
5	500–550	526	305.00	305.00
63	550–600	576	288.00–311.50	301.74
53	600–650	619	294.00–296.00	295.37
269	650–700	672	259.50–286.00	273.13
382	700–750	730	246.00–275.00	256.69
432	750–800	771	242.00–270.00	253.32
441	800–850	833	233.50–257.50	242.85
544	850–900	867	228.00–255.00	234.85
394	900–950	917	225.75–242.00	234.05
76	950–1000	961	233.50–234.75	234.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	714	241.00	241.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	471	300.00	300.00
12	500–550	502	288.00	288.00
5	600–650	634	280.00	280.00
5	650–700	654	263.00	263.00
6	700–750	732	238.00	238.00
63	750–800	794	238.00	238.00
3	850–900	855	246.00	246.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	700–750	728	229.00	229.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
76	1000–1050	1,016	210.00–226.00	217.24
137	1050–1100	1,066	205.00–212.00	207.90
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
51	700–750	724	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
57	1050–1100	1,054	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	429	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	286	390.00	390.00
5	300–350	305	445.00	445.00
11	350–400	355	340.00	340.00
11	500–550	514	307.50–320.00	314.43
249	550–600	559	320.00–355.50	349.54
80	600–650	633	280.00–317.00	301.33
590	650–700	674	284.00–321.50	315.12
193	700–750	718	272.00–295.00	287.47
570	750–800	768	269.50–296.50	285.29
336	800–850	838	257.75–281.00	266.20
273	850–900	887	237.00–258.00	245.06
2,246	900–950	930	232.00–260.50	252.74
727	950–1000	982	235.10–254.75	244.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
69	550–600	588	290.00–327.00	323.63
10	600–650	642	270.00–284.00	278.46
47	650–700	683	256.00–286.00	273.81
26	700–750	715	249.50–262.00	254.09
71	750–800	781	237.50–260.00	257.26
80	800–850	827	233.00–252.50	247.85
30	850–900	883	216.00–235.00	219.08
22	900–950	937	229.00	229.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
405	1000–1050	1,023	221.00–248.50	240.08
236	1050–1100	1,084	225.00–240.50	229.78
527	1100–1150	1,119	214.25–233.50	225.47
229	1150–1200	1,167	208.75–215.25	212.66
45	1200–1250	1,204	208.75	208.75
6	1250–1300	1,264	188.50	188.50
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
48	1000–1050	1,048	222.00	222.00
36	1050–1100	1,070	215.50	215.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
183	900–950	916	268.50	268.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	443	342.50	342.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	850–900	864	245.00	245.00
45	900–950	948	238.75	238.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	746	227.50	227.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,380	194.00	194.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,272	186.00	186.00
Dairy Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,587	169.00	169.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,475	164.00	164.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,423	198.00–199.00	198.81
37	—	1,509	197.00–198.50	197.57
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,614	193.75	193.75
2	—	1,410	194.00	194.00
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,524	196.00–201.00	198.23
84	—	1,359	199.00–201.50	199.95
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,149	190.00–196.00	194.84
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,381	195.50	195.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,545	150.00–158.50	154.24
22	—	1,964	160.00–172.00	166.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,597	154.00	154.00
11	—	1,538	139.00–151.00	145.89
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,008	90.00–112.50	104.90
4	—	1,168	50.00–70.00	64.88
5	—	1,184	115.00–126.00	121.20
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,460	152.00–164.00	153.55
130	—	1,509	138.00–151.00	147.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,213	125.00–135.00	129.18
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	1,279	197.50–202.00	199.84
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
109	—	1,373	196.00–199.50	198.91
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,165	190.00–198.00	192.03
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,440	191.00	191.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,363	187.00–193.00	189.41
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,418	183.00–186.00	184.57
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,366	163.00	163.00

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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