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South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

South Dakota · Weekly summary · Mon, Sep 30

● As filed121 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2027

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 121 priced lines covering 22,086 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 22,584 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,685 head.

South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Sep 30, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 22,584Last week 19,412Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,685Last week 1,672Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Good to very good demand for yearling steers and heifers, whether they were off grass or out of backgrounding yards there were plenty of buyers on the seats eagerly bidding. As the fed cattle market rebounded the last few weeks, and the futures following along, cattle feeders are feeling much better about the coming months in the fat market. The competition to buy a yearling off grass is great, as there does not seem to be a large supply of these cattle this year. Cattle feeders look to have a plentiful supply of wet corn to feed this year as the heat that was needed to dry the crop is now gone as heavy rains and much below normal temps have now set in. This week saw the first offering of spring born calves, demand was light to moderate as many cattle feeders aren't ready to receive a bawling calf. Calves that were not fully preconditioned were hard to sell, requiring the auctioneer to back up a long ways before a bid could be found. As the weather has gone from warm and humid to wet, muddy, and cool in a matter of a couple of days the risk of an outbreak of pneumonia is simply more than many are willing to take on. Calves that have received their fall booster shots were easier to sell but still the market is not very active and substantially lower than last year's market. Cattle feeders continue to struggle with profitability, rising Live Cattle futures contracts are higher but breakeven prices are quite a little higher than the futures. Much larger calf offering next week as the western SD calves start to come to town. Heavy rains at midweek caused quite a few cancellations of calves as roads were too muddy to get cattle hauled to town. Slaughter cows uneven, Breaker cows mostly steady, Boner and Lean cows 2.00 to 5.00 higher, bulls 2.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	434	163.00–171.50	168.86
65	—	764	131.00–147.00	140.55
31	—	924	129.00–133.00	130.85
60	—	867	131.50–141.00	138.33
12	—	618	135.00–145.00	139.89
38	—	571	147.00–161.50	157.46
26	—	678	142.00–150.00	147.24
24	—	821	139.00–143.00	140.32
13	—	721	136.00–141.00	139.03
31	—	539	148.00–155.00	153.51
69	—	975	116.25–137.50	131.36
19	—	468	156.00–166.00	161.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	518	152.00	152.00
25	—	496	150.00	150.00
27	—	599	142.00	142.00
144	—	1,125	125.75–129.50	128.41
400	—	1,026	128.00–136.50	133.82
541	—	1,076	124.00–133.50	130.90
38	—	1,153	114.50–120.75	116.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	654	135.50	135.50
67	—	625	140.50–143.00	142.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
221	—	566	148.00–157.00	154.70
265	—	483	155.00–174.00	168.72
1,151	—	973	131.00–143.30	137.92
333	—	519	150.00–166.00	164.06
220	—	433	153.00–172.50	169.45
56	—	374	163.00–190.00	173.63
314	—	779	143.00–155.00	148.70
45	—	618	135.50–159.00	152.67
1,831	—	921	135.00–148.75	143.23
807	—	826	137.75–153.00	146.23
202	—	728	141.00–154.25	150.14
1,291	—	873	137.00–149.75	145.54
271	—	685	148.50–161.00	156.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	633	156.00	156.00
85	—	704	143.25	143.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	359	148.00	148.00
38	—	460	142.00–142.50	142.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	430	172.00–183.00	175.83
8	—	470	187.00	187.00
107	—	521	168.25	168.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	686	136.00	136.00
5	—	627	138.00	138.00
5	—	524	152.00	152.00
22	—	916	136.25	136.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	745	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,047	120.00	120.00
30	—	672	146.50	146.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	598	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	676	132.25	132.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	841	125.50–126.00	125.67
16	—	671	124.00–130.00	127.43
14	—	359	160.00–177.00	170.87
12	—	485	112.00–139.00	125.50
41	—	764	115.00–135.50	131.72
9	—	299	153.00	153.00
6	—	866	120.50	120.50
63	—	413	142.00–155.00	150.06
126	—	583	122.00–147.00	141.87
31	—	618	125.00–136.50	132.31
73	—	922	111.50–125.50	120.84
55	—	318	144.00–155.50	151.63
38	—	725	130.50–134.75	132.65
11	—	961	117.00	117.00
36	—	506	130.00	130.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	622	110.00–121.00	116.28
17	—	797	120.00	120.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	336	176.00	176.00
1,434	—	875	125.50–139.75	133.42
1,145	—	975	121.50–133.50	129.77
678	—	828	130.50–143.50	136.72
316	—	488	132.00–152.00	147.58
230	—	433	140.00–161.00	152.23
75	—	579	130.50–142.00	133.65
74	—	515	130.00–150.00	137.16
42	—	368	152.00–163.00	156.06
679	—	686	136.25–149.50	145.60
1,982	—	926	125.00–139.00	130.50
855	—	774	134.00–147.50	142.46
360	—	627	137.50–149.00	145.99
479	—	731	135.50–147.00	140.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,001	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	672	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	645	142.00	142.00
5	—	880	129.50	129.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
163	—	1,019	126.50	126.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	904	132.75	132.75
589	—	878	126.00–142.10	138.62
229	—	792	146.10	146.10
66	—	832	139.25	139.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,103	116.50	116.50
695	—	1,020	112.50–131.25	125.91
85	—	1,069	118.75–126.00	120.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
131	—	895	145.00	145.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,071	107.00–110.00	107.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	513	150.50–154.00	152.48
15	—	446	141.00	141.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	335	143.00–160.00	153.74
9	—	295	181.00	181.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	453	160.00	160.00
32	—	364	167.00–171.00	170.34
29	—	439	150.00–151.00	150.13
18	—	286	172.50	172.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,241	60.00–67.00	64.87
24	—	1,124	46.00–56.50	51.65
70	—	1,205	53.00–64.00	59.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,457	48.00–60.00	57.67
12	—	1,384	68.00–72.50	69.59
50	—	1,304	58.50–68.00	62.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,608	72.50–81.00	76.28
28	—	1,113	58.00–63.00	59.57
43	—	1,421	64.50–71.50	67.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,763	72.00–79.50	75.58
10	—	1,920	78.00–87.00	82.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
348	—	1,305	101.50–105.50	103.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
307	—	1,553	101.00–105.25	103.25
330	—	1,467	102.00–105.50	103.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	1,344	102.00–107.50	104.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,102	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,431	106.75	106.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	1,465	83.00–85.50	84.60

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.