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South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

South Dakota · Weekly summary · Mon, Aug 19

● As filed17 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2027

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 17 priced lines covering 590 head across slaughter cattle. USDA puts receipts at 846 head.

South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Aug 19, 2019

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

Receipts 846Last week 439Year ago 0

Compared to last week: No reported feeder cattle auctions this week as receipts were very limited after the steep decline in the cattle futures and fed cattle markets last week. Feeder cattle producers were unwilling to consign their cattle at auction as the futures contracts have been extremely volatile. Cattle feeders were able to sell some cattle higher this week but still dollars behind where the market was two weeks ago. Demand for feeder cattle is moderate as cattle buyers are very wary of buying cattle that will not have a realistic breakeven price. Slaughter cows and bulls steady to firm.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,013	76.00–81.00	78.37
7	—	1,730	85.50–92.00	89.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,012	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
105	—	1,285	108.00–109.00	108.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,160	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,500	106.50	106.50
182	—	1,440	108.00–110.00	108.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	1,402	83.00–88.50	86.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,252	76.00–80.00	77.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,580	53.00	53.00
4	—	1,372	53.00–59.00	56.15
39	—	1,342	61.00–66.50	64.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,145	67.00	67.00
54	—	1,607	74.00–80.00	76.27
73	—	1,465	68.50–74.00	71.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,074	53.00–56.50	55.02
15	—	1,152	60.00–63.00	61.95

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.