South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 106 priced lines covering 16,971 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 17,665 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,231 head.

Mon Feb 3, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 17,665Last week 26,224Year ago 22,424

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,231Last week 1,499Year ago 1,712

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 4.00 to 8.00 lower, heifers 2.00 to 8.00 lower. Good demand for all weights of steers and heifers, however with the weakness in the CME Live and Feeder Cattle futures contracts, and a lower fed cash cattle trade, cattle feeders were looking to buy feeder cattle cheaper. Cash fed cattle topped at 208.00, with sales of 203.00 by late week as Feb Live Cattle fell to 200.00 and April down to less than 197.00. Cattle feeders were willing to accept lower money, as it is still much higher than what was expected a couple of months ago. The weakness in the futures complex was too great to ignore, which pulled the cash feeder cattle market lower. Packers are starting to cut kills as the boxed beef values work lower, making cattle feeders rethink their extreme bullish mindsets'. A little snow at the end of the week, followed by an artic blast in the forecast for next week along with more snow chances, but overall the winter in the north has been very mild.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	341	412.50–425.00	419.71
6	350–400	377	405.00	405.00
24	400–450	440	385.00	385.00
59	450–500	477	325.00–385.00	349.85
110	500–550	534	330.00–366.00	351.96
61	550–600	590	307.50–336.00	324.37
54	600–650	629	302.50–316.00	306.32
37	650–700	686	279.00–293.00	287.31
112	700–750	738	279.00–289.00	281.91
3	750–800	787	247.50	247.50
30	800–850	815	220.00–265.00	256.04
5	850–900	851	246.00	246.00
9	950–1000	969	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	392	430.00–435.00	432.77
9	500–550	532	320.00	320.00
22	650–700	689	287.00	287.00
26	700–750	744	285.50–291.00	288.68
134	750–800	781	269.00–279.50	275.72
75	850–900	881	264.00–269.00	264.39
37	900–950	947	250.00	250.00
13	1000–1050	1,048	240.50	240.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	319	480.00–500.00	487.59
18	350–400	364	440.00–480.00	454.40
78	400–450	413	410.00–455.00	432.76
233	450–500	475	370.00–419.00	406.70
232	500–550	522	352.50–403.00	377.76
642	550–600	578	325.00–370.50	351.44
643	600–650	623	313.00–354.00	331.43
1,334	650–700	672	300.00–330.00	314.40
1,248	700–750	726	282.00–326.00	302.56
1,299	750–800	778	276.00–304.50	293.33
479	800–850	822	261.50–295.50	281.87
718	850–900	871	260.00–282.75	271.94
489	900–950	922	253.00–279.50	271.61
203	950–1000	973	252.50–268.00	264.62
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	1000–1050	1,007	220.50	220.50
9	1200–1250	1,216	208.00	208.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	700–750	704	280.00	280.00
300	1000–1050	1,025	247.00–261.75	256.34
119	1050–1100	1,095	235.00	235.00
78	1100–1150	1,122	236.85	236.85
Steers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	850–900	895	237.00	237.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	470	372.50	372.50
8	550–600	568	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	420	345.00	345.00
13	450–500	490	346.00	346.00
16	600–650	649	283.00	283.00
51	650–700	690	270.00–278.00	272.74
10	700–750	721	253.00	253.00
49	750–800	786	255.50–260.00	258.61
6	800–850	829	241.00	241.00
36	850–900	897	236.50	236.50
73	900–950	931	234.50–245.00	242.41
64	950–1000	995	218.25	218.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	322	400.00	400.00
42	350–400	378	387.50–440.00	414.66
94	400–450	421	365.00–410.00	389.40
149	450–500	482	342.50–377.50	360.94
698	500–550	532	317.00–358.00	340.45
551	550–600	573	300.00–340.00	324.43
1,243	600–650	621	288.00–320.00	307.53
1,307	650–700	676	277.00–308.00	289.92
670	700–750	723	258.00–302.50	277.06
600	750–800	773	253.00–276.75	263.92
249	800–850	815	242.00–270.00	261.59
260	850–900	867	240.50–258.00	248.14
83	900–950	916	262.00–266.50	262.87
99	950–1000	969	226.00–240.50	229.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	286	455.00	455.00
16	350–400	379	380.00–395.00	390.64
17	400–450	427	352.50–365.00	359.63
43	450–500	479	300.00–340.00	316.53
71	500–550	531	290.00–327.50	312.07
110	550–600	587	277.00–316.50	307.25
26	600–650	633	272.50–282.50	277.66
31	650–700	680	273.00–276.00	275.52
15	700–750	727	251.00–266.00	260.19
80	750–800	794	249.75–251.00	249.89
8	800–850	819	218.00	218.00
9	850–900	872	236.50	236.50
6	900–950	945	224.00	224.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1050–1100	1,051	227.00	227.00
5	1300–1350	1,301	196.00	196.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1200–1250	1,228	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	600–650	612	285.00	285.00
5	800–850	803	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	526	375.00	375.00
39	550–600	597	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
26	700–750	732	350.00	350.00
124	750–800	779	266.00–292.00	279.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	465	170.00	170.00
4	500–550	549	245.00	245.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1150–1200	1,162	199.00	199.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,538	173.00–180.00	176.38
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,654	215.00	215.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,506	213.00	213.00
63	—	1,415	209.50–211.00	209.62
6	—	1,454	207.00	207.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
129	—	1,685	211.00–215.00	212.30
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
203	—	1,578	211.00–216.75	215.00
12	—	1,439	207.00–210.00	209.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
119	—	1,407	208.00–214.50	211.60
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
175	—	1,403	205.00–215.75	212.03
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,524	197.00	197.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,528	209.00	209.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	1,386	197.00–212.50	202.98

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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