South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 98 priced lines covering 11,278 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 11,707 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,275 head.

Mon Aug 26, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 11,707Last week 2,973Year ago 10,110

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,275Last week 1,387Year ago 1,796

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 2.00 lower, heifers not well compared due to limited offerings a week ago. Moderate to good demand for yearling steers and heifers, especially for those that are being offered right off grass. The weakness that exists in the cattle futures complex has had a effect on the cash fat and feeder cattle markets. Cash fat cattle converged with the CME Live Cattle Aug contract, after holding a huge positive basis for the entire year, as the much lower futures complex pulled the cash market down to it's level. Cattle feeders are very spooked by this occurrence as the market fundamentals still remain as strong as they have been but they have seemed to have lost their leverage over the packers as they have taken lower money for their cattle. Feeder cattle have been at historically high prices all summer and now cattle feeders are looking at a futures market at 178.00, much lower than their breakeven prices. The corn crop looks to be very abundant, which is helping to keep feed cost low but with a much lower outlook for the fat market, cattle feeders are having great difficulty getting cattle bought cheap enough to have breakevens that align with the futures. Slaughter cows unevenly steady, bulls steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
49	400–450	416	296.00–305.00	297.30
56	450–500	473	273.00–306.00	288.25
84	500–550	535	252.00–269.00	265.23
40	550–600	581	241.00–271.00	262.91
237	600–650	630	241.00–280.00	253.71
170	650–700	665	237.00–266.00	248.41
491	700–750	729	237.00–257.50	244.34
251	750–800	778	226.00–248.00	241.47
914	800–850	827	215.00–242.50	231.52
649	850–900	867	214.00–248.00	222.81
889	900–950	923	211.25–234.50	218.60
551	950–1000	970	206.00–228.00	220.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	850–900	872	219.50	219.50
131	900–950	928	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
40	850–900	885	210.50–218.00	215.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	384	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	527	262.50	262.50
76	550–600	569	237.50–252.50	240.83
15	600–650	625	230.00–242.00	235.78
30	650–700	693	219.00–231.00	226.43
17	750–800	796	218.00–220.00	219.18
79	800–850	846	213.50–215.00	213.76
14	850–900	891	211.00–211.50	211.29
9	950–1000	977	202.00	202.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
104	1000–1050	1,035	208.00–220.00	212.88
15	1050–1100	1,081	199.50–215.00	208.87
53	1100–1150	1,114	192.00–200.50	196.98
8	1150–1200	1,173	190.00	190.00
6	1250–1300	1,264	177.50	177.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	526	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1200–1250	1,212	190.50	190.50
Heifers — Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
120	1000–1050	1,026	223.00	223.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	850–900	852	219.50	219.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	400–450	420	350.00–370.00	364.48
18	450–500	469	322.50–350.00	331.51
22	500–550	510	297.50–312.50	308.19
134	550–600	582	277.50–307.00	290.56
128	600–650	636	253.50–275.00	266.82
129	650–700	687	247.50–284.00	266.85
82	700–750	731	243.00–280.00	259.27
240	750–800	780	240.00–274.00	259.85
158	800–850	836	246.50–260.00	254.47
705	850–900	869	228.00–255.00	242.06
557	900–950	928	221.00–244.00	237.59
737	950–1000	976	219.00–238.00	230.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	344	400.00	400.00
4	550–600	590	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
10	850–900	897	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	950–1000	983	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	540	281.00	281.00
5	550–600	566	285.00	285.00
12	600–650	640	282.00	282.00
22	650–700	671	245.00–260.00	251.85
64	700–750	735	247.50–262.00	252.04
6	750–800	764	223.00	223.00
68	850–900	886	200.00–236.00	225.25
24	900–950	913	237.00	237.00
14	950–1000	991	210.00–213.00	212.37
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	1050–1100	1,083	207.00	207.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1,123	1000–1050	1,022	207.00–233.00	226.48
182	1050–1100	1,059	215.50–220.50	218.29
150	1150–1200	1,164	185.00–216.25	211.55
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1000–1050	1,031	212.50	212.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
250	900–950	922	249.50	249.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,432	162.00	162.00
Dairy Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,425	165.00–170.00	167.79
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,309	164.00	164.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,661	170.00–172.00	171.65
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,436	164.00	164.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,423	174.00–178.00	176.52
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,363	178.00	178.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,389	177.50	177.50
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
128	—	1,402	182.00–187.50	184.53
84	—	1,534	183.00–187.25	185.25
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,829	174.00	174.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,506	179.00	179.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,234	187.00–193.00	192.05
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,543	181.00	181.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,659	182.00–183.00	182.85
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,409	190.00	190.00
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,403	185.00–186.50	185.65
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,732	147.00–171.50	161.91
4	—	1,599	135.00–142.50	139.39
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,502	151.00–153.00	152.13
132	—	1,483	134.00–148.00	138.25
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,544	135.00–141.00	135.89
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	918	65.00–91.00	78.36
17	—	1,234	105.00–111.00	108.48
43	—	1,279	110.00–125.50	120.26
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
186	—	1,447	125.00–137.00	131.66
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,284	184.00–187.00	186.13
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,393	188.50	188.50
Heifers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,780	176.00	176.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,166	186.50	186.50
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	1,005	179.00–204.00	186.55
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
177	—	1,341	184.00–188.00	186.08
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,291	175.00	175.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,368	176.00	176.00

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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