South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 163 priced lines covering 35,618 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 39,165 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,614 head.

Mon Dec 2, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 39,165Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,614Last week 0Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Only 1 reported auction last week, due to most auction markets not hosting a sale during the Thanksgiving week. Very good demand for all weights of feeder cattle as the fat cattle market rose up to 192.00, leaving a 5.00 basis over the Dec Live Cattle futures contract. Cattle feeders are very bullish and were willing to chase the market as they ignored the futures contracts and their lack of following the cash markets. More East River SD cattle producers selling calves this week, as is normal for them. Larger receipts expected throughout the rest of the month as cattle producers that want to sell before the end of the year only have a few more weeks to do so.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	392	365.00	365.00
13	400–450	443	326.00	326.00
4	500–550	536	306.00	306.00
32	550–600	565	255.00–286.00	265.90
22	600–650	631	265.00–268.00	266.79
45	650–700	685	243.00–256.00	251.72
29	700–750	743	226.00–250.50	244.97
8	750–800	771	235.00	235.00
45	800–850	819	229.00–237.00	230.25
5	850–900	874	222.00	222.00
63	900–950	901	224.50	224.50
188	950–1000	976	218.00–218.50	218.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	292	380.00	380.00
91	300–350	322	350.00–402.50	381.25
427	350–400	378	335.00–400.00	363.75
606	400–450	425	325.00–365.00	341.53
1,266	450–500	474	307.00–359.00	335.27
1,636	500–550	525	291.00–337.00	319.10
1,603	550–600	574	275.00–326.00	300.14
987	600–650	618	263.00–299.50	284.53
535	650–700	671	251.00–286.50	268.32
203	700–750	708	237.50–271.00	257.95
336	750–800	783	240.00–255.50	245.83
463	800–850	811	235.00–266.00	255.35
558	850–900	877	227.50–246.25	234.28
965	900–950	917	233.00–257.25	249.71
609	950–1000	976	224.75–241.00	234.35
11	1000–1050	1,039	226.00	226.00
5	1050–1100	1,069	223.00	223.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
77	500–550	509	330.00–352.00	349.86
443	550–600	568	321.50–368.00	342.06
111	600–650	613	315.50–320.00	318.93
181	650–700	659	317.00	317.00
75	700–750	701	286.00	286.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
51	300–350	322	305.00–370.00	344.96
95	350–400	380	307.50–357.50	329.56
89	400–450	429	295.00–332.50	322.17
179	450–500	474	260.00–317.50	305.26
57	500–550	532	262.00–302.50	289.32
234	550–600	574	262.00–291.00	275.87
59	600–650	628	227.50–269.00	252.63
27	650–700	664	212.50–260.00	240.14
9	700–750	714	226.00–237.00	232.03
118	750–800	778	227.00–229.00	227.50
9	800–850	807	195.00–218.00	210.35
39	850–900	866	237.00	237.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	383	210.00	210.00
17	600–650	648	267.00	267.00
3	650–700	672	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	454	316.00	316.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	397	305.00	305.00
55	450–500	468	275.00–315.00	296.33
14	550–600	584	271.00	271.00
6	650–700	683	242.50	242.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	550–600	597	284.00	284.00
12	650–700	680	252.00	252.00
66	1000–1050	1,011	228.00–236.50	235.47
231	1050–1100	1,070	213.00–234.25	232.68
18	1100–1150	1,107	218.50–221.00	218.92
12	1200–1250	1,218	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	487	318.00	318.00
5	500–550	504	282.00	282.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
30	1000–1050	1,016	214.00	214.00
8	1250–1300	1,253	193.00	193.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	700–750	717	252.50	252.50
5	750–800	759	247.00	247.00
20	850–900	878	249.00	249.00
303	900–950	910	250.50–260.50	256.75
1,161	950–1000	975	239.50–245.00	243.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
158	400–450	408	385.00–394.00	391.59
115	450–500	459	380.00	380.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	398	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	548	326.00	326.00
38	550–600	583	323.00	323.00
60	650–700	677	275.00–290.00	287.42
55	700–750	726	254.00–268.50	262.92
37	750–800	794	234.50–260.00	243.48
35	800–850	843	252.50	252.50
74	850–900	887	248.50–249.00	248.55
79	900–950	941	235.00	235.00
355	950–1000	983	236.00–244.00	240.27
21	1050–1100	1,050	219.75	219.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
113	400–450	426	362.50–376.00	370.53
8	450–500	460	335.00	335.00
67	550–600	580	290.50–300.50	299.15
10	600–650	630	282.00	282.00
93	650–700	688	286.50	286.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
94	300–350	331	417.50–455.00	441.69
382	350–400	381	390.00–445.00	425.90
588	400–450	424	360.00–432.50	402.42
1,145	450–500	477	345.00–392.00	369.39
2,171	500–550	521	330.00–377.00	354.43
2,617	550–600	574	300.00–351.50	330.55
2,908	600–650	622	290.00–340.00	319.26
1,429	650–700	671	272.00–321.00	303.08
749	700–750	721	260.00–306.00	287.01
467	750–800	763	263.00–285.00	274.06
392	800–850	819	248.00–271.00	260.85
771	850–900	884	248.00–267.50	263.06
591	900–950	923	250.00–264.50	261.42
943	950–1000	975	249.00–262.75	256.89
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	250–300	271	410.00–415.00	412.68
30	300–350	326	405.00–435.00	413.04
48	350–400	386	335.00–405.00	370.50
110	400–450	434	300.00–385.00	350.49
116	450–500	480	315.00–352.50	337.97
120	500–550	533	312.50–337.50	327.60
212	550–600	586	285.00–319.00	310.02
121	600–650	622	261.00–305.00	295.01
75	650–700	687	260.00–277.50	271.07
21	700–750	709	244.00–260.00	248.60
29	750–800	763	257.00–259.00	258.50
16	900–950	922	244.50	244.50
11	950–1000	991	226.00	226.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	381	385.00	385.00
40	450–500	487	325.00–345.00	328.49
13	500–550	541	297.50–331.00	312.75
9	600–650	617	290.00	290.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	1000–1050	1,019	238.00	238.00
3	1050–1100	1,075	223.50	223.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	447	335.00	335.00
14	600–650	616	293.00	293.00
34	700–750	713	283.00	283.00
711	1000–1050	1,018	247.25–259.00	255.29
255	1050–1100	1,071	231.75–247.25	239.34
171	1100–1150	1,109	226.85–234.25	229.44
140	1200–1250	1,234	219.00	219.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	400–450	416	390.00	390.00
10	500–550	543	311.00	311.00
6	1100–1150	1,100	185.00	185.00
35	1150–1200	1,195	208.50	208.50
7	1250–1300	1,271	187.50	187.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
269	400–450	422	420.00–471.00	460.08
44	450–500	456	425.00	425.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
109	550–600	554	360.50	360.50
91	600–650	601	339.25	339.25
78	650–700	657	326.00	326.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	355	390.00	390.00
19	450–500	474	320.00–340.00	323.08
13	550–600	558	277.50	277.50
4	650–700	676	243.00	243.00
41	700–750	732	285.00	285.00
20	800–850	845	240.00	240.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	577	255.00	255.00
Bulls — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
37	1000–1050	1,007	227.50	227.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	1,273	187.00–194.00	190.86
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,450	195.00–197.75	196.86
59	—	1,530	194.75–197.50	195.62
36	—	1,772	189.00	189.00
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
148	—	1,603	194.00–198.25	196.59
57	—	1,461	194.50–197.00	196.63
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
149	—	1,643	195.00–199.50	196.07
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,066	192.50–204.00	201.54
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,228	190.50	190.50
233	—	1,391	192.00–198.75	195.69
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,286	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
202	—	1,427	191.00–198.00	196.43
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,464	191.00	191.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,468	185.00	185.00
16	—	1,548	191.50–193.00	192.54
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,623	194.50	194.50
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,402	185.00–187.00	186.18
81	—	1,456	195.00–196.00	195.15

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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