South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 142 priced lines covering 27,724 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 29,878 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,392 head.

Mon Dec 9, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 29,878Last week 39,165Year ago 16,674

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,392Last week 1,614Year ago 1,174

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 600 lbs 8.00 to 10.00 higher, over 600 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Heifer calves under 450 lbs 12.00 to 15.00 higher, over 450 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Yearling steers steady to 5.00 higher, yearling heifers mostly steady. Very good demand for all weights of steer and heifer calves, improving as the week progressed, very good demand for yearling steers and heifers. Cash fed cattle market rose up to 196.00, the CME Live Cattle futures couldn't keep pace as it ended the week 3.00 under the cash. Cattle feeders and backgrounders are very bullish currently as the cash market is outperforming the futures, there is great hope that the cash market will continue at these levels. Very few sales remain before the end of the year and buyers want to make sure they get the cattle bought that they need.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	489	295.00	295.00
37	550–600	587	267.50–284.00	275.49
20	600–650	647	267.00	267.00
31	650–700	681	250.00–253.00	250.85
5	700–750	740	233.00	233.00
37	750–800	766	235.00–245.00	239.35
28	800–850	802	225.00–236.00	232.08
83	850–900	872	227.50–230.00	229.50
61	900–950	934	229.00	229.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	250–300	261	390.00	390.00
36	300–350	331	340.00–370.00	351.23
28	350–400	378	330.00–347.50	337.37
76	400–450	441	305.00–331.00	320.06
78	450–500	474	277.00–325.00	307.45
243	500–550	527	265.00–304.00	291.34
124	550–600	586	258.00–286.00	277.02
31	600–650	636	259.00–262.00	260.56
38	650–700	685	236.00–253.50	242.51
6	700–750	734	231.00	231.00
27	750–800	780	243.00–250.00	244.27
21	800–850	816	220.00–231.00	225.28
49	850–900	867	230.50–231.00	230.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
90	300–350	331	360.00–405.00	379.04
408	350–400	374	349.00–420.00	376.44
870	400–450	426	334.00–370.00	357.46
1,767	450–500	475	301.00–365.00	333.80
1,308	500–550	522	294.00–344.00	323.91
1,084	550–600	571	280.00–324.00	303.41
695	600–650	623	264.00–301.00	286.67
576	650–700	677	256.00–294.00	271.80
236	700–750	724	245.00–265.50	257.49
252	750–800	785	248.75–256.00	252.32
627	800–850	826	235.00–255.75	244.49
226	850–900	890	241.75–252.00	248.10
388	900–950	919	232.50–246.50	237.52
438	950–1000	977	220.50–244.75	228.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
31	500–550	513	294.00–299.00	295.95
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	617	279.50	279.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
173	1000–1050	1,024	220.25–234.75	227.85
15	1050–1100	1,059	216.00–224.00	218.17
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1050–1100	1,096	207.00	207.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	507	275.00	275.00
6	550–600	577	265.00	265.00
19	600–650	623	258.00	258.00
17	700–750	727	242.00–249.00	245.21
Heifers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	700–750	733	237.50	237.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	800–850	843	239.00	239.00
65	850–900	868	247.00	247.00
54	900–950	910	234.50	234.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
243	500–550	537	336.00–357.50	345.16
303	550–600	579	329.00–351.00	338.02
10	650–700	695	284.00	284.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	531	302.00	302.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	302	455.00	455.00
113	400–450	403	437.50	437.50
77	450–500	487	351.00	351.00
193	500–550	512	356.00–367.50	361.65
8	550–600	599	292.50	292.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	250–300	281	410.00	410.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	374	407.50	407.50
9	400–450	442	381.00	381.00
30	450–500	499	352.00	352.00
6	500–550	510	313.00	313.00
40	550–600	594	294.00–313.00	309.78
18	600–650	649	292.00	292.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
34	450–500	484	351.00	351.00
33	500–550	533	320.00–327.50	324.43
13	550–600	577	315.00	315.00
16	600–650	636	282.00–290.00	287.53
5	650–700	681	261.00	261.00
14	700–750	740	252.50–268.00	262.58
5	750–800	764	252.50	252.50
18	800–850	846	246.00	246.00
43	900–950	934	236.50–244.00	240.12
52	950–1000	952	246.00	246.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
77	300–350	337	420.00–460.00	445.01
230	350–400	383	390.00–445.00	423.11
452	400–450	422	382.00–435.00	411.53
1,109	450–500	477	347.00–400.00	376.99
1,253	500–550	525	326.00–377.00	356.31
2,439	550–600	577	305.00–351.00	336.63
1,968	600–650	625	292.00–344.50	322.38
1,215	650–700	674	278.50–327.50	304.87
703	700–750	723	270.00–312.50	287.11
900	750–800	772	258.00–303.00	284.33
156	800–850	812	250.00–273.00	265.55
347	850–900	868	245.50–272.00	263.92
654	900–950	919	251.50–267.50	258.98
775	950–1000	975	249.50–263.85	257.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	300–350	329	370.00–405.00	377.80
20	350–400	379	375.00–440.00	402.39
45	400–450	444	320.00–376.00	353.93
159	450–500	478	325.00–355.00	347.17
104	500–550	526	317.50–345.00	325.84
134	550–600	581	236.50–314.00	298.83
122	600–650	620	250.00–304.00	287.53
84	650–700	672	239.00–282.00	268.21
19	700–750	712	245.00–269.50	262.80
42	750–800	773	235.00–264.00	258.99
63	900–950	937	246.50–247.00	246.93
71	950–1000	984	227.50–237.75	236.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
46	600–650	637	296.00	296.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
62	1000–1050	1,032	225.50–228.00	226.33
20	1200–1250	1,244	194.00	194.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1100–1150	1,112	199.00	199.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
411	1000–1050	1,019	230.00–254.00	246.11
492	1050–1100	1,068	237.00–253.75	247.88
114	1150–1200	1,175	227.00–231.50	229.24
31	1200–1250	1,222	200.00–222.25	213.46
Steers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	700–750	723	230.00	230.00
9	750–800	773	227.50	227.50
5	850–900	897	222.00	222.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	400–450	417	425.00	425.00
110	450–500	459	410.00	410.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	750–800	786	219.00	219.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1250–1300	1,266	206.50	206.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
161	—	1,430	189.00–193.00	191.07
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,484	192.25–193.00	192.83
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,179	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,221	187.00	187.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
262	—	1,451	189.50–193.50	191.32
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,430	187.00	187.00
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,598	188.00–190.50	189.86
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,266	185.00–195.00	191.96
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,149	161.00	161.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,456	167.00	167.00
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	1,454	189.00–194.00	191.76
160	—	1,558	190.00–193.00	191.49
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,444	188.50–191.00	190.30
106	—	1,565	187.00–190.50	189.55
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
206	—	1,649	190.00–192.50	190.73
Steers — Select and Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,335	189.00	189.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,392	185.00	185.00
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,666	190.50–193.00	192.58
9	—	1,353	198.00	198.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,470	185.00	185.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,606	187.00	187.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,576	177.00–177.50	177.15
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,347	174.00	174.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,738	163.00	163.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,452	185.00	185.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,325	178.00	178.00

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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