South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 129 priced lines covering 24,268 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 26,392 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,146 head.

Mon Nov 18, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 26,392Last week 37,354Year ago 1,738

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,146Last week 1,236Year ago 127

Compared to last week: Steer calves 8.00 to 10.00 higher, heifer calves steady to 5.00 higher. Yearling steers 2.00 to 3.00 higher, yearling heifers sold with higher undertones compared to last week's limited offering. Very good demand for steer and heifer calves, most notably on those light weight and light fleshed calves to make yearlings of. The market is extremely active on those calves as yearling operators had a good year and want to get their cattle needs secured. Good demand for yearlings yet cattle feeders are facing breakeven prices in the 190s while the cash fed cattle market this week was 185.00. Winter months of the Live Cattle futures below 190.00 is keeping some pressure on the feeder cattle market.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	232	375.00	375.00
15	250–300	283	400.00–402.50	401.66
16	300–350	346	372.50–437.00	396.47
38	350–400	377	350.00–367.50	361.90
175	400–450	427	279.00–369.00	351.52
80	450–500	474	330.00–346.00	335.40
165	500–550	531	287.50–325.00	314.76
138	550–600	583	272.00–310.50	291.30
103	600–650	629	257.50–280.50	269.97
8	650–700	686	243.00–259.00	251.06
24	700–750	731	224.00–252.00	236.98
5	750–800	780	233.00	233.00
15	800–850	847	216.00	216.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	372	365.00	365.00
5	400–450	405	385.00	385.00
11	450–500	495	327.00	327.00
17	500–550	544	290.00–303.00	293.82
23	600–650	641	250.00–263.00	255.71
15	650–700	667	244.00–269.00	258.86
5	700–750	739	247.50	247.50
12	750–800	783	244.00	244.00
75	850–900	881	238.00	238.00
18	900–950	906	235.00	235.00
70	950–1000	981	225.00–227.50	227.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
45	400–450	443	347.50–360.00	356.93
10	450–500	457	345.00	345.00
35	550–600	579	292.00–303.00	297.50
19	600–650	632	290.50	290.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	250–300	293	425.00	425.00
87	300–350	325	397.50–480.00	442.69
312	350–400	379	387.50–475.00	425.92
578	400–450	424	365.00–412.50	391.49
1,556	450–500	482	327.00–390.00	365.55
1,990	500–550	527	295.00–363.50	341.06
2,383	550–600	571	293.00–341.00	325.15
1,653	600–650	619	270.00–329.50	313.82
474	650–700	667	267.50–306.75	292.72
288	700–750	734	264.00–286.50	278.16
109	750–800	772	263.00–275.00	267.89
28	800–850	828	251.00–266.00	255.40
228	850–900	874	236.00–265.00	255.50
212	900–950	927	241.00–255.75	254.13
863	950–1000	971	244.75–255.75	250.60
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	425	315.00	315.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	593	294.00	294.00
1,089	1000–1050	1,022	224.00–255.50	238.27
514	1050–1100	1,079	222.75–241.50	231.81
317	1100–1150	1,111	221.00–232.50	228.82
54	1200–1250	1,226	211.75	211.75
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
135	1000–1050	1,014	219.00–225.00	223.18
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	443	295.00	295.00
12	450–500	478	342.50	342.50
6	800–850	810	231.00	231.00
17	900–950	916	227.00	227.00
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
39	600–650	619	294.00	294.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
94	600–650	617	316.50	316.50
14	650–700	671	278.00–279.00	278.56
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
176	500–550	503	365.00–370.00	366.96
20	600–650	622	311.00	311.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	650–700	680	237.00–237.50	237.22
90	750–800	792	236.00–239.00	238.64
67	850–900	891	224.50	224.50
204	900–950	917	220.00–224.35	222.54
3	950–1000	977	208.00	208.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	258	375.00	375.00
52	300–350	335	305.00–390.00	352.66
88	350–400	380	307.50–340.00	333.31
158	400–450	427	260.00–330.00	309.75
43	450–500	481	273.00–300.00	289.30
113	500–550	523	271.00–296.00	282.66
3	550–600	583	271.00	271.00
24	600–650	616	240.00	240.00
9	650–700	692	230.00	230.00
58	750–800	768	221.00–227.00	225.60
9	800–850	824	224.00	224.00
21	950–1000	967	227.00	227.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	200–250	245	390.00	390.00
7	250–300	273	390.00	390.00
87	300–350	321	345.00–390.00	371.03
258	350–400	385	327.50–379.50	354.61
374	400–450	412	310.00–390.00	343.17
1,516	450–500	478	290.00–343.00	319.79
1,230	500–550	525	271.00–329.00	306.02
1,213	550–600	567	260.00–305.00	289.13
266	600–650	619	243.00–283.00	269.14
456	650–700	671	242.00–269.00	257.88
100	700–750	730	238.00–252.00	247.87
291	750–800	766	234.50–253.25	248.64
190	800–850	826	233.50–257.50	240.36
299	850–900	873	227.50–252.00	239.49
222	900–950	920	224.00–241.00	235.17
224	950–1000	960	218.75–241.00	226.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
17	500–550	525	276.00	276.00
21	550–600	564	267.00	267.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	750–800	756	246.00	246.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
130	1000–1050	1,008	204.00	204.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	1150–1200	1,193	191.50	191.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	550–600	596	269.00	269.00
379	1000–1050	1,015	213.50–233.50	220.25
27	1050–1100	1,053	210.50–228.50	225.79
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	395	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 4$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	356	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	299	260.00	260.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
334	500–550	526	334.00–355.00	342.79
35	600–650	604	280.50	280.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
43	400–450	428	361.00	361.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	677	258.00	258.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	500–550	507	345.00	345.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	456	300.00	300.00
27	550–600	551	300.00	300.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	708	261.00	261.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	660	254.00	254.00
12	700–750	732	241.00	241.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,535	183.50–186.00	184.23
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,727	184.00	184.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,291	183.50	183.50
264	—	1,402	185.00–190.25	188.46
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,298	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	1,406	186.00–190.50	187.78
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,465	174.00–179.00	177.57
9	—	1,474	162.00–170.00	167.44
Dairy Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,805	161.00	161.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,278	183.00–186.50	185.02
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
136	—	1,658	184.50–188.00	186.21
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
124	—	1,577	184.00–188.00	186.44
67	—	1,449	187.50–190.00	189.32
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	1,581	184.00–187.00	184.93
5	—	1,497	186.25	186.25
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	1,448	183.50–188.75	184.41

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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