South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 147 priced lines covering 49,986 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 52,376 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,562 head.

Mon Oct 28, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 52,376Last week 46,066Year ago 53,821

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,562Last week 1,764Year ago 1,059

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 400 lbs 3.00 to 8.00 lower, over 400 lbs steady to 4.00 higher. Heifer calves under 400 lbs sold with lower undertones, over 400 lbs steady to 3.00 higher. Yearling feeder steers 2.00 to 5.00 higher, yearling heifers steady to 5.00 higher. Good demand for steer and heifer calves as the calf run is in full swing, there are ample buyers ready to buy these high quality light calves while they are available. There is great interest in those cattle weighing 3 weight and 4 weight calves, yearling operators had a profitable year and want to get these cattle bought while they can. Good demand for the yearlings, these cattle are harder to find as the run of yearlings off grass ends and buyers are willing to compete heavily to secure the yearlings they need. Cash fed cattle at 190.00 helped to support the feeder cattle market but those back months in the 178.00 to 180.00 range is concerning. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, bulls 5.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	250–300	275	370.00–390.00	378.98
30	300–350	345	387.50–410.00	406.20
115	350–400	379	345.00–387.50	363.82
221	400–450	435	242.50–355.00	336.82
246	450–500	485	298.00–332.00	315.77
113	500–550	530	281.00–313.00	295.95
196	550–600	565	279.00–297.00	288.68
64	600–650	635	252.00–288.00	274.02
39	700–750	712	242.00–267.00	245.40
21	750–800	771	236.00–241.00	238.53
17	800–850	836	192.50–237.00	208.19
14	850–900	894	226.00	226.00
3	900–950	935	220.00	220.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
62	900–950	931	257.50	257.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
669	600–650	628	292.00–308.50	300.78
156	650–700	660	291.00–297.50	294.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	250–300	270	400.00–490.00	451.94
173	300–350	334	400.00–445.00	416.84
704	350–400	380	352.50–430.00	394.53
2,130	400–450	432	325.00–402.00	373.37
3,602	450–500	474	315.00–375.00	349.38
5,663	500–550	528	296.00–346.00	326.57
5,381	550–600	575	274.00–335.50	312.93
2,937	600–650	621	279.00–318.00	303.30
1,072	650–700	673	267.00–302.50	285.72
200	700–750	727	254.00–272.00	267.79
77	750–800	778	253.00–266.00	261.22
502	800–850	829	248.00–267.00	258.39
389	850–900	888	235.00–262.25	251.45
1,093	900–950	920	222.00–262.25	252.81
1,137	950–1000	973	229.00–260.50	248.57
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
94	450–500	495	321.00–336.00	325.66
25	500–550	526	311.00–315.00	313.73
71	550–600	573	291.00–299.50	296.57
8	600–650	629	275.00	275.00
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
30	600–650	632	277.00–289.50	287.48
20	650–700	652	279.00	279.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1000–1050	1,003	212.00	212.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	1000–1050	1,039	217.00	217.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
48	450–500	477	325.00–327.00	326.58
24	550–600	585	302.00	302.00
756	1000–1050	1,027	224.00–249.25	234.40
905	1050–1100	1,064	216.00–246.00	225.93
303	1100–1150	1,114	209.10–227.00	219.35
303	1150–1200	1,172	216.35–218.00	217.47
Steers — Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
58	1000–1050	1,022	245.50	245.50
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	339	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	483	282.50	282.50
9	500–550	517	294.00	294.00
94	600–650	636	271.00–277.00	272.71
27	900–950	945	236.00	236.00
15	950–1000	990	219.00	219.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
39	300–350	311	315.00	315.00
53	400–450	416	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	200–250	247	422.50	422.50
9	250–300	284	397.50	397.50
217	300–350	328	332.50–390.00	362.42
654	350–400	374	320.00–367.50	341.73
2,069	400–450	427	290.00–344.00	326.74
3,229	450–500	479	275.00–337.50	307.99
3,129	500–550	527	262.50–310.00	291.62
1,556	550–600	571	254.00–304.00	280.28
408	600–650	621	247.00–278.00	265.47
111	650–700	673	247.00–260.00	252.55
446	700–750	724	241.00–260.50	253.12
338	750–800	774	238.00–257.50	246.64
760	800–850	826	228.75–255.50	246.89
694	850–900	871	223.50–247.00	231.67
1,082	900–950	920	211.00–244.25	231.14
681	950–1000	978	210.00–246.75	234.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
366	500–550	521	308.50–342.50	320.83
436	550–600	567	296.00–337.00	317.72
216	600–650	606	282.00–320.50	317.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
241	600–650	621	271.00–280.00	273.30
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
42	400–450	446	303.00	303.00
23	450–500	480	285.00–298.00	293.47
46	500–550	532	279.00–281.00	279.68
17	650–700	657	243.00	243.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	200–250	225	380.00	380.00
6	250–300	293	365.00	365.00
22	300–350	335	330.00–345.00	339.42
64	350–400	380	295.00–330.00	314.77
91	400–450	429	251.00–308.00	295.51
102	450–500	476	245.00–295.00	276.66
78	500–550	529	257.00–274.00	268.17
83	550–600	578	245.00–272.00	258.55
27	600–650	638	216.00–263.00	245.09
46	650–700	682	240.00–259.00	252.61
28	700–750	726	236.00–244.00	240.85
33	800–850	828	221.00–233.00	229.20
24	850–900	883	216.50	216.50
3	900–950	930	217.00	217.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	332	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
35	300–350	311	240.00	240.00
50	400–450	421	266.00	266.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	324	290.00–321.00	312.42
13	400–450	405	260.00	260.00
4	450–500	490	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1050–1100	1,078	192.00	192.00
6	1100–1150	1,149	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
63	450–500	482	275.00–292.00	284.66
56	500–550	520	284.00–285.00	284.24
79	550–600	582	270.50–279.00	272.63
6	900–950	918	232.00	232.00
77	1000–1050	1,016	200.00–228.00	216.17
22	1050–1100	1,056	205.00	205.00
36	1100–1150	1,111	195.00–200.00	198.04
13	1150–1200	1,191	204.50	204.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
105	500–550	505	321.00	321.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	400–450	445	305.00	305.00
60	800–850	849	222.00	222.00
113	850–900	888	221.00–225.25	223.14
168	900–950	932	214.25–221.00	218.10
55	950–1000	962	214.25	214.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	300–350	346	410.00	410.00
14	350–400	352	410.00	410.00
7	400–450	441	365.00	365.00
36	450–500	465	329.00	329.00
6	500–550	510	320.00	320.00
11	600–650	637	250.00	250.00
3	700–750	713	217.00	217.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,370	165.00	165.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,908	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
125	—	1,458	188.50–190.75	190.39
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
376	—	1,432	187.75–193.50	189.72
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,274	183.00–186.50	185.07
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,187	186.50–190.50	189.64
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,378	182.00–186.00	184.09
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
111	—	1,461	189.00–194.75	192.18
16	—	1,527	189.50–192.75	191.10
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
264	—	1,546	188.00–192.50	191.30
39	—	1,397	184.00–189.00	187.25
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,542	184.00–186.50	184.98
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,552	191.00	191.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,346	186.50	186.50
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,330	192.00–193.50	192.81
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
150	—	1,651	187.00–190.50	189.82
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,474	180.00–182.50	182.10
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,882	173.00	173.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	1,343	90.00–111.00	102.99
26	—	1,013	60.00–88.00	76.70
64	—	1,401	112.00–124.00	117.63
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,428	125.00–134.00	129.51
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,625	123.00–133.00	126.21
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,131	134.00–144.00	138.47
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,840	128.00–139.00	135.19
24	—	1,829	142.00–156.00	148.52

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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