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South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

South Dakota · Weekly summary · Mon, Aug 5

● As filed61 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2027

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 61 priced lines covering 6,106 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,857 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,561 head.

South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Aug 5, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,857Last week 13,481Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,561Last week 1,352Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers too lightly tested to allow any meaningful price comparisons as there was only 1 reported auction this week. Demand good to very good as cattle feeders are eager to place yearlings on feed however they are very mindful of flesh condition as feed costs are higher than last year. CME Live Cattle futures have not lent any support to the feeder cattle market as the cash fed cattle market in anywhere from 7.00 to 10.00 over the futures. The fed cattle market has firmed up, and held those levels, at a time where many expected the market to be much lower. Because of this cattle feeders have more optimism that the coming months will also be better than what the futures contracts are estimating but they are also somewhat skeptical and are being careful to not get cattle bought too high. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower, bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,089	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	767	145.00–146.00	145.49
16	—	683	152.00	152.00
15	—	461	167.00	167.00
29	—	572	164.00	164.00
18	—	846	139.50	139.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
499	—	970	125.60–130.25	128.62
450	—	842	150.50–153.10	151.77
206	—	934	127.75–134.85	132.55
175	—	865	136.00–148.25	141.96
171	—	771	147.75–154.25	151.51
87	—	531	168.00–174.50	172.06
73	—	657	168.00	168.00
20	—	731	151.75	151.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
359	—	1,069	121.85–127.60	125.17
188	—	1,221	113.50–117.00	116.54
151	—	1,021	128.00–133.35	131.54
69	—	1,124	121.25–121.75	121.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	821	122.00–127.75	124.71
41	—	486	150.50	150.50
24	—	929	112.50	112.50
23	—	525	141.00–145.00	143.93
13	—	736	128.00–133.50	130.06
4	—	859	106.00	106.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
506	—	828	132.85–138.75	137.25
312	—	633	147.75–151.00	148.95
244	—	880	126.25–130.75	128.00
231	—	771	132.00–137.25	135.17
227	—	928	122.00–126.50	124.42
122	—	576	148.00–152.50	150.21
90	—	713	140.25–141.00	140.43
89	—	968	118.50–122.00	121.39
70	—	669	151.75	151.75
29	—	456	158.50	158.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	940	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,042	116.25–119.00	118.68
23	—	1,059	115.25	115.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,123	96.50	96.50
8	—	1,189	93.50	93.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	762	115.00	115.00
7	—	917	99.00	99.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	1,339	62.00–69.00	66.03
7	—	1,334	59.50–61.50	60.24
4	—	1,374	69.50–72.00	70.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,489	74.00–79.00	76.23
9	—	1,673	53.00–64.00	55.95
102	—	1,468	66.00–73.50	69.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,054	50.00–55.00	53.62
7	—	1,090	57.00–64.00	59.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,363	113.00–113.25	113.20
62	—	1,217	110.75–112.25	111.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,154	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,063	107.00–109.00	107.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,663	112.25	112.25
857	—	1,420	111.00–113.00	111.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	1,216	112.00–114.25	112.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,333	84.00–85.00	84.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,395	89.00–93.00	91.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,900	88.00–94.00	90.76
2	—	1,760	75.00–83.00	78.84
6	—	1,943	94.00–97.00	95.12

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.