South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 139 priced lines covering 35,301 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 37,354 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,236 head.

Mon Nov 11, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 37,354Last week 33,589Year ago 42,474

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,236Last week 1,641Year ago 1,680

Compared to last week: Steer calves 2.00 to 7.00 higher, heifer calves under 550 lbs 7.00 to 10.00 higher, over 550 lbs unevenly steady. Yearling feeder steers unevenly steady, heifers 2.00 to 6.00 lower. Very good demand remains for steer and heifer calves as the fall run rolls along. There is great interest in buying these lighter calves while they are available. Good demand for yearlings but with the cash fed cattle market lower this week and the winter months of the CME Live Cattle contracts lower than the current cash market, cattle feeders are having to re-evaluate the approach to the yearling market.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	374	360.00	360.00
15	400–450	441	335.00–340.00	336.00
17	500–550	531	310.00	310.00
78	550–600	576	291.00–305.00	298.11
7	800–850	840	230.00	230.00
31	850–900	892	232.00–237.00	234.26
119	900–950	922	234.00–238.00	236.77
187	950–1000	979	219.00–232.00	229.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
109	400–450	443	332.50–357.00	351.76
15	450–500	485	318.00–339.00	326.57
173	500–550	543	307.00–318.00	314.42
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
138	300–350	332	390.00–455.00	417.90
583	350–400	374	380.00–432.50	402.61
1,409	400–450	428	340.00–411.00	382.75
2,087	450–500	476	325.00–376.00	355.26
2,651	500–550	524	311.00–352.00	333.75
4,482	550–600	573	290.00–331.00	317.63
2,135	600–650	623	272.00–317.00	304.31
553	650–700	667	262.00–303.50	289.16
302	700–750	729	255.00–283.25	275.54
26	750–800	767	251.00–264.00	257.35
53	800–850	816	244.00–260.00	249.40
202	850–900	871	240.00–249.00	245.15
853	900–950	930	230.00–264.25	257.68
793	950–1000	978	240.50–257.25	247.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
346	600–650	632	292.00–310.00	303.85
24	700–750	730	260.00–269.00	265.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	250–300	281	415.00–425.00	417.09
14	300–350	330	320.00–387.50	359.37
109	350–400	372	280.00–387.50	363.56
183	400–450	435	327.50–370.00	342.35
214	450–500	475	287.50–339.00	325.17
279	500–550	522	270.00–330.00	315.75
9	550–600	570	270.00	270.00
15	600–650	624	255.00–272.00	260.82
25	650–700	679	237.00–256.00	246.93
62	850–900	879	229.00	229.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
60	1000–1050	1,021	212.00–226.50	216.34
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
173	1000–1050	1,016	225.50	225.50
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	639	272.00	272.00
12	650–700	683	265.00–270.00	267.46
Steers — Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
209	1000–1050	1,021	249.50	249.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
657	1000–1050	1,016	233.50–248.00	243.36
289	1050–1100	1,090	207.50–230.50	225.32
160	1100–1150	1,130	213.50–230.50	224.40
186	1150–1200	1,174	216.50–221.60	220.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
42	400–450	418	392.00	392.00
124	450–500	462	381.00	381.00
75	500–550	511	388.50	388.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
113	500–550	528	349.75	349.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	431	325.00	325.00
9	550–600	579	229.00	229.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
38	450–500	483	265.00–285.00	282.38
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	400	309.00	309.00
14	450–500	489	320.00	320.00
6	550–600	586	304.00	304.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	382	320.00	320.00
7	450–500	452	272.50	272.50
13	600–650	634	245.00–247.00	246.05
5	700–750	723	244.00	244.00
30	800–850	839	235.00	235.00
216	900–950	923	214.00–223.50	222.64
65	950–1000	951	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	274	405.00–410.00	407.95
145	300–350	328	341.00–395.00	371.56
674	350–400	382	333.00–366.00	350.65
1,290	400–450	430	312.00–362.50	339.07
2,168	450–500	476	287.50–348.00	319.52
2,078	500–550	524	270.00–331.00	308.05
2,248	550–600	572	262.50–299.00	284.75
187	600–650	625	248.00–285.00	263.33
281	650–700	678	242.00–292.00	261.76
184	700–750	736	238.50–260.00	249.31
419	750–800	772	226.00–249.00	243.78
117	800–850	820	231.00–256.00	249.04
205	850–900	862	220.50–243.50	235.62
413	900–950	915	220.00–233.00	223.30
247	950–1000	967	213.00–228.50	219.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
67	400–450	440	317.00	317.00
47	500–550	540	279.00–289.50	287.81
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	250–300	280	332.50	332.50
69	300–350	338	330.00–380.00	347.05
162	350–400	377	285.00–330.00	317.89
235	400–450	436	275.00–337.50	308.22
101	450–500	475	271.00–312.50	300.00
54	500–550	528	225.00–274.50	253.82
38	550–600	577	240.00–267.50	259.93
26	650–700	677	229.00–250.00	233.76
14	700–750	702	244.50	244.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	605	252.50	252.50
21	800–850	822	224.00	224.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	524	286.00	286.00
583	1000–1050	1,013	209.50–233.75	227.83
99	1050–1100	1,073	219.25–223.50	220.20
76	1100–1150	1,136	196.00–209.25	208.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	1050–1100	1,066	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	450–500	487	288.00	288.00
6	500–550	526	273.00	273.00
4	1050–1100	1,058	194.00	194.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	650–700	669	244.00	244.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
122	450–500	496	327.00–333.00	332.77
349	500–550	534	320.00–330.00	323.74
158	550–600	570	296.50–344.00	330.69
92	600–650	624	294.00	294.00
32	650–700	666	271.00	271.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
69	350–400	374	375.00	375.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	574	150.00	150.00
3	750–800	792	189.00	189.00
Heifers — Medium 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	499	212.50	212.50
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	431	292.00	292.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	300–350	337	360.00	360.00
16	500–550	525	282.00–292.00	288.51
6	550–600	561	285.00	285.00
5	650–700	662	247.50	247.50
3	950–1000	962	200.00	200.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,598	182.00	182.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,435	174.00	174.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,364	173.00	173.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,457	175.00–177.00	175.86
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,535	163.00	163.00
Dairy Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,548	162.00	162.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,310	181.00–202.00	184.88
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,438	187.00–192.75	191.82
16	—	1,573	191.50–192.00	191.68
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
141	—	1,477	184.00–187.25	185.37
279	—	1,551	184.50–189.00	186.02
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,543	181.50–183.50	182.81
7	—	1,387	179.00–180.00	179.57
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,614	180.50–184.50	184.15
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,567	189.00–193.25	190.49
68	—	1,454	187.00–192.00	190.54
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,431	183.00–185.00	183.78
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,685	185.50–191.00	187.10
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,394	183.25–184.50	183.58
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	1,426	187.50–192.50	189.67
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
238	—	1,384	185.00–191.50	186.15
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,388	180.00–183.50	181.42
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,228	193.25	193.25
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,415	176.50	176.50

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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