South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 91 priced lines covering 18,496 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 18,664 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,469 head.

Mon Sep 16, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 18,664Last week 15,059Year ago 16,009

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,469Last week 812Year ago 1,526

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers steady to 2.00 higher. Moderate to good demand for yearling steers and heifers, best demand for those coming straight off grass in that highly desirable, light flesh condition. Spring born calves not coming to town yet, besides a few small packages, as grass conditions are adequate yet. Gains were made in the Live Cattle futures contracts, along with cash fed cattle market advancing up to 185.50, helped to support the feeder cattle market this week. The bearish tone of the futures has been a drag on the cash markets, this was an encouraging sign to see cash fed cattle advance back into the mid 180s. Slaughter cows steady, bulls 3.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	313	376.00–390.00	383.07
22	350–400	375	382.50	382.50
110	400–450	437	317.50–383.00	359.04
29	450–500	469	300.00–335.00	316.28
91	500–550	536	269.00–307.00	301.08
18	550–600	554	292.00	292.00
77	600–650	617	265.00–303.00	283.98
99	650–700	683	268.00–277.00	272.13
155	700–750	725	249.00–280.00	268.85
155	750–800	781	246.00–268.00	256.28
671	800–850	819	250.00–266.50	262.38
1,767	850–900	882	237.50–259.75	247.95
1,980	900–950	923	230.35–248.75	242.97
1,169	950–1000	981	225.50–245.25	235.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
71	850–900	881	240.00	240.00
124	950–1000	992	228.00	228.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	434	325.00	325.00
21	550–600	591	277.00–279.00	278.33
6	600–650	644	254.00	254.00
11	650–700	691	249.00	249.00
89	700–750	715	249.00–267.00	258.31
42	750–800	774	225.00–247.00	243.41
135	800–850	832	234.00–253.75	249.37
9	850–900	894	223.50	223.50
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	1000–1050	1,035	221.50	221.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1150–1200	1,186	197.00	197.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2,038	1000–1050	1,023	222.75–240.00	233.09
109	1050–1100	1,061	224.85–226.35	225.61
100	1100–1150	1,134	220.25–223.25	221.73
112	1150–1200	1,163	212.60	212.60
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	900–950	901	227.00	227.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	800–850	824	224.50	224.50
7	850–900	863	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	310	327.50–345.00	338.45
18	350–400	385	325.00	325.00
96	400–450	418	297.00–341.00	331.17
25	450–500	494	297.00	297.00
53	500–550	508	267.50–301.00	282.74
64	550–600	553	252.00–266.00	261.41
213	600–650	623	251.00–270.50	260.63
396	650–700	675	235.00–264.00	248.73
368	700–750	727	226.50–260.00	242.43
944	750–800	782	222.00–246.25	241.65
367	800–850	829	219.00–239.50	229.37
1,562	850–900	870	214.50–240.35	232.10
1,656	900–950	922	207.25–239.75	226.56
1,230	950–1000	971	208.25–232.00	222.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	328	300.00–312.00	306.33
14	400–450	438	304.00	304.00
4	550–600	571	251.00	251.00
12	600–650	645	241.00	241.00
11	650–700	680	225.00–249.00	238.00
39	700–750	728	221.00–243.00	233.05
6	750–800	780	226.50	226.50
3	850–900	867	228.00	228.00
6	900–950	928	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	1000–1050	1,011	190.00	190.00
5	1100–1150	1,125	190.00	190.00
6	1250–1300	1,285	188.50	188.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
322	1000–1050	1,014	196.50–224.50	212.20
5	1050–1100	1,097	203.00	203.00
89	1100–1150	1,124	184.00–208.75	204.06
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
27	1000–1050	1,028	193.00–195.00	193.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	625	245.00	245.00
105	850–900	882	227.50	227.50
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	750–800	797	227.50	227.50
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	700–750	736	232.00	232.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
140	800–850	810	209.00	209.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	1,547	185.25–188.00	186.65
85	—	1,438	185.25–188.00	187.65
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,330	184.25–190.00	188.37
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
165	—	1,468	184.00–188.50	186.13
153	—	1,573	184.25–186.75	184.91
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,630	183.25–187.25	186.36
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,229	182.00–191.00	186.43
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,418	183.00	183.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	2,040	149.00–161.00	153.68
6	—	1,766	132.00–147.00	140.61
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
129	—	1,364	186.75–188.75	187.94
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,436	180.00–183.00	182.12
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
254	—	1,383	184.00–189.00	187.41
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,198	187.75	187.75
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,234	183.00–190.25	187.24
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	981	60.00–87.50	75.08
35	—	1,080	91.00–110.00	102.04
62	—	1,375	111.00–124.50	117.14
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,414	125.00–133.00	129.14
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,595	150.00	150.00
47	—	1,457	134.00–140.00	135.75
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,716	131.50–150.00	135.30
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,569	174.00–181.00	177.04

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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