South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

South Dakota · Weekly summary · Mon, Nov 4
● As filed109 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2027

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them
South Dakota reported 109 priced lines covering 51,001 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 52,846 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,145 head.

South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Nov 4, 2019
USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Sioux Falls, SD (LS-SF)
Feeder CattleReceipts 52,846Last week 51,819Year ago 0
Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,145Last week 1,680Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Steer calves steady to 5.00 higher, heifer calves steady to 4.00 higher. Yearling feeder steers and heifers steady to 4.00 higher, except 800-900 lbs 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Moderate to good demand for calves, very good demand for yearlings. A very large offering of calves as the calf run is in full swing across western and central SD. Farmer feeders are still working on corn harvest, which is going slow as corn is wet and must be dried. This is keeping some of these buyers out of the market on calves yet as they simply don't have the time to take on a bawling calf and then fight the weather and the health risk that comes with placing them in a muddy, sloppy yard. Yard conditions remain less than ideal as rains, and snow now, have remained frequent. There remains a lot of interest in feeding yearlings and the market is very active especially as the supply gets tighter and tighter. The rising cash fed cattle and futures markets have really helped to give cattle feeders a dose of optimism that they won't continue to lose money, this has really helped to support the feeder cattle market. This is was evident on calves too as the market has managed to get higher during the height of the calf run and the resulting tight availability of trucks to haul these calves. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 3.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
10—1,066128.00–131.00129.79
926—981126.00–143.00137.70
10—1,026134.00134.00
482—720132.50–148.50143.46
662—767142.00–150.25146.37
2,334—477130.00–162.50150.26
84—333148.00–170.00160.21
3,752—573129.00–150.00142.02
3,590—524131.50–154.00144.79
2,191—620127.00–146.50140.73
975—426141.50–170.00157.58
901—826131.50–150.75141.94
784—882136.00–151.75144.17
714—667129.00–146.60140.71
402—382144.00–179.00159.90
108—920130.00–141.00137.60
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
7—870135.50135.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
197—1,123121.50–124.50124.22
40—1,078129.50–130.75130.04
9—942130.00130.00
184—1,010132.00–139.25134.92
15—1,183108.00108.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
227—495157.00157.00
91—527153.00–154.00153.77
440—565150.00–154.50151.81
81—602146.25146.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
121—477133.00–140.00138.11
73—535125.00–138.50131.07
42—779128.50–136.00132.01
39—367125.00–151.00143.94
32—871129.00–134.25132.82
35—570126.00–133.00129.07
24—432133.00–140.50136.39
9—741129.00–132.00130.33
136—675141.50141.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
76—814134.25–138.50136.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
32—758116.00116.00
15—688132.00132.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
5—1,001119.00119.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
23—420197.00197.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
78—775137.00–140.50137.74
47—572138.00–156.00146.27
18—333166.00–183.00178.16
101—518137.00–157.00147.88
26—875120.00–141.00129.76
36—493146.00–162.00151.64
30—637138.00–142.00140.66
29—675135.00–141.00138.56
44—394135.00–157.00149.95
5—425160.00160.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
55—1,037140.25140.25
293—1,072129.00–146.00141.20
15—1,127122.00–125.50123.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
6—754123.00123.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
7—772136.00136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
69—323170.00–198.00186.75
6,398—624139.50–163.75153.45
4,139—528149.00–177.50164.40
2,993—672140.00–159.50152.62
2,721—475152.00–189.50174.91
605—427170.00–204.00181.21
509—935138.00–159.20147.51
369—774141.00–154.25150.24
289—379171.00–201.50188.45
6,733—576141.00–167.00157.60
971—725142.00–159.50152.46
1,253—968136.50–159.20146.28
805—874139.50–152.00146.21
321—827142.50–159.00149.78
5—1,020131.50131.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
14—475187.00187.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
28—813122.50122.50
19—417165.00165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
46—790140.00140.00
22—487150.00–157.00154.25
29—728136.00136.00
13—567143.50143.50
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
16—537145.50–151.50148.08
8—473153.00153.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
14—1,055122.00122.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
6—595132.00132.00
11—428165.00165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
115—921157.75157.75
60—966153.00153.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
5—575134.00134.00
3—500140.00140.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
348—1,468110.00–113.75113.03
39—1,551108.25108.25
476—1,546108.00–114.00112.36
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
188—1,362109.00–116.50113.45
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
117—1,417107.00–110.50108.86
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
65—1,220117.00–121.00118.86
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
13—1,137109.00–113.50112.04
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
234—1,329108.00–113.00110.77
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
1—1,49074.0074.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
34—1,19242.00–49.5046.61
25—1,08833.00–43.5040.05
1—1,27055.0055.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
10—1,53966.50–73.0069.39
47—1,44853.00–69.0061.35
4—1,46544.50–54.0049.36
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
11—1,39957.00–60.0058.69
50—1,32346.50–56.0052.53
24—1,40141.00–53.0047.76
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
9—1,81785.00–86.5086.12
7—1,72973.00–83.0075.78
3—1,62870.00–72.5070.91
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
8—1,27982.00–84.0082.96
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
30—1,55890.00–94.7591.15
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.