South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 120 priced lines covering 20,625 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 21,467 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,187 head.

Mon Sep 23, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 21,467Last week 18,664Year ago 20,369

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,187Last week 1,469Year ago 1,830

Compared to last week: Yearling feeder steers steady to 3.00 higher, yearling feeder heifers unevenly steady. Good demand for yearling steers and heifers, especially for those coming right off grass, as the cash fed cattle market has moved higher again and the cattle futures complex has seemed to find some support. A few spring born calves are starting to appear in the auctions, most cattle feeders aren't ready to mess with a bawling calf yet as they are busy trying to finish soybean harvest and the hot days and cool mornings make it difficult to keep a calf healthy. The hot and dry conditions look to remain as there is no rain in the 14 day forecast. The calf run will start to get underway in the coming weeks as October begins. Corn harvest is still a ways off, but it's drying down nicely as the weather is so warm. Slaughter cows and bulls steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	329	390.00	390.00
21	500–550	510	295.00–300.00	297.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	200–250	246	405.00	405.00
15	250–300	276	400.00	400.00
55	300–350	314	330.00–405.00	384.55
197	350–400	380	320.00–367.50	341.34
174	400–450	420	281.00–327.50	313.64
230	450–500	459	273.00–325.00	298.55
109	500–550	515	253.00–281.00	270.32
97	550–600	564	227.00–277.00	260.70
58	600–650	625	226.00–268.00	248.81
181	650–700	681	226.00–258.00	248.65
398	700–750	730	227.00–256.00	250.03
605	750–800	771	232.00–245.00	240.37
730	800–850	820	220.00–243.00	235.48
632	850–900	872	217.00–237.75	228.19
785	900–950	921	212.00–238.00	225.35
648	950–1000	974	207.00–231.25	223.10
5	1050–1100	1,066	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	647	257.00	257.00
9	700–750	724	250.00	250.00
72	750–800	761	234.00–237.00	236.62
388	800–850	837	239.00–243.25	240.94
1,034	850–900	889	230.50–242.50	240.74
479	900–950	930	220.00–235.00	230.54
53	950–1000	957	226.00–229.50	229.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	279	280.00–310.00	288.62
9	300–350	329	310.00–315.00	312.12
28	350–400	365	275.00–345.00	305.52
20	400–450	441	262.00	262.00
26	450–500	482	264.00–281.00	272.14
17	500–550	549	260.00	260.00
45	550–600	587	217.50–264.00	229.35
67	700–750	722	237.00	237.00
10	750–800	794	225.50	225.50
5	850–900	886	207.50	207.50
6	950–1000	970	186.00	186.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
262	1000–1050	1,024	192.00–223.50	205.70
72	1050–1100	1,061	188.00–220.00	209.41
95	1100–1150	1,131	192.00–208.00	193.63
19	1150–1200	1,173	189.50	189.50
92	1250–1300	1,270	188.75	188.75
132	1300–1350	1,323	179.00–185.75	185.35
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1100–1150	1,133	195.50–197.00	196.15
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
209	1000–1050	1,041	210.50–211.00	210.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	384	306.00	306.00
5	800–850	835	218.00	218.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	470	310.00	310.00
16	500–550	516	299.50	299.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	306	317.00	317.00
36	500–550	531	280.00	280.00
12	550–600	568	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	200–250	237	435.00	435.00
5	250–300	297	420.00	420.00
52	300–350	307	385.00–445.00	432.92
102	350–400	382	370.00–390.00	378.41
254	400–450	423	350.00–375.00	365.98
126	450–500	474	328.00–364.50	332.60
218	500–550	520	280.00–319.00	309.95
164	550–600	568	271.00–300.00	283.54
26	600–650	615	268.00–276.00	270.92
28	650–700	661	233.00–266.00	251.08
110	700–750	714	240.00–281.00	261.63
134	750–800	773	225.00–264.50	259.41
660	800–850	824	235.00–267.00	258.78
1,310	850–900	870	233.00–260.25	251.09
3,121	900–950	923	219.00–258.00	246.46
2,055	950–1000	967	226.00–250.00	241.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
63	850–900	891	259.00	259.00
63	900–950	905	254.00	254.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	750–800	794	233.00	233.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	333	320.00–360.00	343.29
18	350–400	370	325.00–390.00	353.47
28	400–450	422	327.50–355.00	334.48
11	450–500	476	320.00–330.00	326.56
25	500–550	547	274.00–279.00	278.20
6	550–600	578	250.00	250.00
31	600–650	637	257.00–266.00	261.41
13	700–750	732	251.00	251.00
61	800–850	834	215.00–240.00	232.20
73	850–900	860	228.00–236.00	235.22
8	900–950	919	195.00	195.00
61	950–1000	957	224.50	224.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1,460	1000–1050	1,033	219.50–241.25	233.87
647	1050–1100	1,072	209.00–237.00	228.73
71	1100–1150	1,124	217.00–238.50	232.23
221	1150–1200	1,171	206.00–215.00	213.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
21	400–450	405	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Gaunt$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	377	295.00	295.00
15	450–500	480	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	900–950	902	227.00	227.00
3	950–1000	962	219.00	219.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	750–800	756	229.00	229.00
3	800–850	817	218.00	218.00
3	850–900	892	185.00	185.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,458	177.00–180.50	178.19
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,870	176.00	176.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
113	—	1,374	185.50–188.00	186.96
86	—	1,544	185.00–189.50	185.86
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,387	184.50–187.50	184.95
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,515	182.75	182.75
15	—	1,409	180.00–182.00	181.15
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,393	180.00	180.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,313	191.00	191.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,667	182.00–182.25	182.15
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
236	—	1,611	183.50–188.00	184.53
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,924	149.00–167.00	154.14
12	—	1,676	137.00–146.00	142.37
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,379	133.00–137.00	135.08
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	1,575	125.00–133.00	129.96
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,714	129.50–135.00	131.76
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,237	91.00–110.00	103.92
21	—	1,083	46.00–85.00	70.37
82	—	1,401	112.00–124.00	118.74
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
142	—	1,357	177.50–182.00	179.87
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,251	181.75–182.50	181.89
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,179	175.00–184.75	180.84
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	1,431	185.25–188.50	186.65
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,460	187.75–188.50	188.21
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,395	157.00–160.00	158.62

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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