South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 119 priced lines covering 14,368 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 15,047 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,090 head.

Mon Dec 16, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 15,047Last week 29,878Year ago 8,834

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,090Last week 1,392Year ago 1,384

Compared to last week: Steer calves 5.00 to 10.00 lower, heifer calves 5.00 to 10.00 lower with instances to 15.00 lower on 400-450 lbs. Yearling feeder steers 2.00 to 5.00 lower, heifers unevenly steady. Good demand for steer and heifer calves, but the market was not as active after the sharp runup last week. Cash fed cattle held steady, topping at 196.00, but the CME Live and Feeder Cattle futures did not follow along, causing some concern. This was the last chance for many to buy cattle before the end of the year as most auction markets won't host another large feeder cattle sale until after the New Year.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
39	500–550	540	265.00–295.00	286.59
92	600–650	629	252.50–282.50	272.18
49	650–700	686	255.00–257.50	256.02
82	700–750	716	250.00	250.00
31	750–800	776	242.00–248.00	244.22
88	850–900	863	231.00–234.00	231.64
49	900–950	949	217.00	217.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	336	365.00–392.50	384.59
57	350–400	374	357.00–380.00	369.58
165	400–450	426	321.00–360.00	339.95
437	450–500	472	307.50–345.00	327.79
626	500–550	522	290.00–335.00	313.41
455	550–600	569	277.50–321.00	297.66
468	600–650	621	262.00–315.00	284.82
447	650–700	674	252.00–286.00	270.99
415	700–750	714	250.50–277.00	261.10
324	750–800	775	231.00–254.25	249.06
292	800–850	829	234.00–263.25	254.13
96	850–900	857	230.50–239.00	234.99
458	900–950	915	224.00–250.00	236.71
293	950–1000	962	217.85–237.00	222.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	250–300	287	340.00–370.00	362.23
11	300–350	333	325.00–350.00	336.77
54	350–400	366	332.50–370.00	343.50
73	400–450	431	297.50–337.50	323.30
67	450–500	462	286.00–315.00	304.77
65	500–550	531	255.00–293.00	272.45
67	550–600	577	270.00–276.00	274.54
50	600–650	625	252.50–270.00	262.59
13	700–750	734	211.00–250.50	226.49
85	800–850	821	208.00–227.00	216.84
36	850–900	879	182.00–227.00	220.01
4	900–950	934	206.00	206.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	429	293.00	293.00
32	450–500	490	280.00	280.00
54	550–600	573	270.00	270.00
73	1000–1050	1,012	237.50–242.75	241.80
213	1050–1100	1,081	209.50–236.00	218.30
10	1100–1150	1,137	223.00	223.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	250–300	268	360.00	360.00
5	350–400	358	350.00	350.00
13	400–450	442	335.00	335.00
39	500–550	530	280.00–306.00	301.25
7	550–600	581	275.00	275.00
7	600–650	649	261.00	261.00
5	650–700	670	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	568	329.00	329.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	445	355.00	355.00
22	450–500	492	350.00–355.00	352.85
5	500–550	526	322.50	322.50
12	550–600	566	320.00	320.00
18	600–650	638	297.00	297.00
9	700–750	728	273.00	273.00
19	750–800	776	264.00–268.00	265.63
34	800–850	833	246.00–253.00	249.62
82	950–1000	966	236.00	236.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
33	900–950	902	229.00	229.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	236	465.00	465.00
8	300–350	334	440.00	440.00
45	350–400	371	407.50–480.00	440.30
92	400–450	417	382.50–410.00	402.42
469	450–500	474	355.00–395.00	370.09
517	500–550	527	339.00–382.50	353.35
849	550–600	571	320.00–361.00	338.98
783	600–650	627	289.00–325.00	309.00
918	650–700	677	276.00–324.00	299.28
485	700–750	724	269.00–290.00	281.77
261	750–800	766	256.00–278.00	274.02
231	800–850	810	257.00–273.50	268.34
256	850–900	881	255.00–265.00	260.72
285	900–950	920	244.00–260.75	254.03
645	950–1000	983	257.00–260.10	259.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	250–300	281	380.00–395.00	386.54
15	300–350	325	342.50–385.00	364.69
25	350–400	377	367.50–412.50	396.28
7	400–450	435	347.50–357.00	351.60
135	450–500	481	325.00–356.00	342.02
79	500–550	531	317.50–345.00	329.04
138	550–600	575	290.00–320.00	310.03
78	600–650	614	257.00–312.50	302.36
25	650–700	685	272.50	272.50
15	700–750	733	255.00–262.50	258.06
17	750–800	778	230.00–253.00	248.88
28	800–850	812	215.00–242.00	220.92
42	850–900	888	247.50–251.00	248.15
35	900–950	911	247.50	247.50
22	950–1000	975	222.00–232.00	230.61
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	451	333.00	333.00
18	500–550	517	290.00	290.00
364	1000–1050	1,029	235.25–256.50	247.36
180	1050–1100	1,080	253.10	253.10
51	1150–1200	1,151	231.50	231.50
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
50	1100–1150	1,127	214.50	214.50
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	463	355.00	355.00
28	500–550	519	337.00	337.00
5	550–600	551	315.00	315.00
15	600–650	649	290.00–302.00	297.20
12	650–700	677	260.00–271.00	265.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
78	650–700	675	310.50	310.50
Steers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	659	245.00	245.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	429	345.00	345.00
37	500–550	549	310.00	310.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,282	191.00–193.50	192.24
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
102	—	1,422	192.00–197.00	195.17
11	—	1,539	191.00	191.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
197	—	1,372	191.00–195.50	194.09
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,424	191.00–192.00	191.52
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,433	195.00–195.50	195.36
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,438	193.00–194.25	193.95
39	—	1,546	194.00–196.00	194.83
25	—	1,414	191.00	191.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,200	207.00	207.00
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,469	193.00–195.00	194.72
93	—	1,583	192.00–197.00	195.67
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,675	194.50–195.25	195.06
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,436	189.00	189.00
25	—	1,568	187.00–191.00	190.30
23	—	1,609	193.50	193.50
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,703	166.00–173.00	168.02

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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