South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 102 priced lines covering 22,405 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 23,291 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 807 head.

Mon Sep 30, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 23,291Last week 21,467Year ago 20,571

Slaughter CattleReceipts 807Last week 1,187Year ago 674

Compared to last week: A larger offering of spring born steer and heifer calves sold with a higher undertone, yearlings feeder steers and heifers steady to 4.00 higher. Moderate demand for calves as most cattle feeders are busy with harvest and aren't quite ready to take on a bawling calf, the hot days and cool nights along with the dusty conditions make it difficult to keep calves healthy. Good demand for yearlings as the supply gets tighter and the cattle futures complex had a good week and made solid gains. The bearishness that was present in the futures contracts, that was weighing down the market, has eased currently as the futures have seemed to find a support level. More spring calves will be offered next week as the fall run gets underway. Very dry conditions is making western SD producers send cattle to town. Slaughter cows and bulls steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	250–300	283	415.00	415.00
25	300–350	332	397.50–420.00	407.30
342	350–400	381	360.00–413.00	384.98
674	400–450	441	332.00–372.00	357.82
716	450–500	469	315.00–365.00	344.50
916	500–550	525	302.00–336.00	323.43
714	550–600	569	275.00–324.00	305.76
287	600–650	612	265.00–304.00	290.66
146	650–700	671	250.50–290.50	276.72
147	700–750	732	249.00–275.50	271.42
281	750–800	771	232.00–280.00	270.94
147	800–850	822	253.00–274.00	263.28
598	850–900	876	225.00–259.00	249.26
1,341	900–950	932	229.00–253.00	248.55
1,291	950–1000	982	220.00–251.25	239.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
113	400–450	406	383.00	383.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	450–500	475	297.50–327.50	320.02
23	500–550	529	276.00–295.00	288.93
23	550–600	571	261.00–298.00	291.75
27	600–650	618	249.00–260.00	255.87
28	650–700	667	236.00–260.00	252.15
53	700–750	734	249.50–267.00	253.73
87	800–850	826	221.00–257.50	255.43
92	850–900	878	222.00–245.00	235.09
36	950–1000	985	229.25–233.75	229.86
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	1050–1100	1,053	205.00	205.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	900–950	905	234.00	234.00
1,881	1000–1050	1,026	214.00–242.50	234.41
1,089	1050–1100	1,070	191.00–235.25	227.10
601	1100–1150	1,114	219.75–226.00	223.41
576	1150–1200	1,172	194.00–218.85	216.73
52	1200–1250	1,217	211.00	211.00
9	1250–1300	1,271	190.00	190.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
77	1050–1100	1,085	210.25	210.25
38	1100–1150	1,128	204.50	204.50
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	583	110.00	110.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
90	450–500	474	305.00–314.00	306.65
6	850–900	894	236.00	236.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	698	225.00	225.00
42	900–950	943	219.75	219.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	850–900	884	224.00	224.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	250–300	271	410.00	410.00
45	300–350	332	340.00–400.00	361.48
408	350–400	384	295.00–355.00	343.20
365	400–450	424	279.00–317.50	308.42
780	450–500	465	270.00–326.00	305.38
202	500–550	524	256.00–287.00	276.75
150	550–600	564	241.00–280.50	265.95
15	600–650	637	240.00–253.00	248.81
191	650–700	677	221.00–263.00	250.05
195	700–750	723	237.00–263.00	256.09
558	750–800	772	223.00–249.50	239.02
880	800–850	817	223.00–250.00	239.70
1,159	850–900	872	212.00–246.50	232.34
2,269	900–950	921	205.00–243.00	231.95
325	950–1000	964	211.00–238.50	232.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
90	650–700	691	254.00–255.00	254.08
76	750–800	769	252.00	252.00
58	800–850	817	252.00	252.00
58	850–900	861	242.00	242.00
57	900–950	920	224.00	224.00
108	950–1000	959	236.00	236.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
106	500–550	535	286.00–291.00	290.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	319	265.00–280.00	273.19
52	350–400	386	261.00–320.00	302.81
15	400–450	431	282.50–293.00	286.81
72	450–500	491	276.00–293.00	286.49
3	500–550	542	251.00	251.00
14	600–650	630	241.00–252.50	244.94
13	700–750	706	225.00–231.00	226.87
18	750–800	793	233.75	233.75
35	800–850	820	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	850–900	866	219.50	219.50
344	1000–1050	1,023	204.00–228.00	216.59
105	1050–1100	1,068	216.50–222.50	219.27
12	1100–1150	1,135	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	464	284.00	284.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
60	900–950	945	216.50	216.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	373	302.50	302.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	400	343.00	343.00
11	500–550	519	291.00	291.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	1,623	176.00–181.00	179.60
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,020	167.50	167.50
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	1,597	163.50–166.00	164.38
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,388	187.00–192.75	188.47
57	—	1,505	191.00–192.25	191.95
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,321	191.50–195.50	194.96
9	—	1,575	192.50–193.50	193.06
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,485	186.00–188.00	186.77
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,622	184.00	184.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
179	—	1,633	186.50–190.25	188.55
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,880	132.00–144.50	137.78
8	—	1,815	151.00–156.00	153.01
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,366	189.25–193.00	190.54
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,337	187.50–192.25	189.97
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,680	164.00	164.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,707	131.00	131.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,369	112.00–124.00	116.82
14	—	1,157	52.50–87.50	72.52
41	—	1,166	91.00–110.00	103.47
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,314	133.00–139.00	134.60
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,237	127.00–133.00	130.04

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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