South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

South Dakota · Weekly summary · Mon, Jan 6
● As filed121 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2027

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them
South Dakota reported 121 priced lines covering 28,926 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 29,857 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,625 head.

South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Jan 6, 2020
USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Sioux Falls, SD (LS-SF)
Feeder CattleReceipts 29,857Last week 4,703Year ago 0
Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,625Last week 0Year ago 0

No recent price comparisons available as last week was very limited. Very good demand for steers and heifers under 800 lbs, demand not quite as robust for the heavier weight cattle. After the large snow storm that moved across the area at the end of the calendar year that dumped 1-2 feet of snow, some areas had over an inch of rain that accompanied the snow, pen conditions of feed yards became a major concern. The ground is full of moisture already and cattle get dirty as soon as the temps warm. After the muddy conditions last spring that caused cattle performance to suffer greatly cattle feeders are very wary of buying cattle that could have a much higher cost of gain due to mud that will appear again when winter ends. Very large auction receipts this week as feeder cattle producers East River begin their feeder cattle marketing as they normally do. No recent price comparison available for slaughter cows and bulls.

Feeder Cattle

As reported
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
1,407—577132.00–161.00147.73
1,476—626127.50–149.50142.06
167—381142.00–171.00160.84
294—917130.00–138.50135.53
658—828133.50–138.00135.97
894—774127.00–140.50136.02
784—526137.00–159.00151.78
623—870133.00–139.00135.50
539—476146.00–167.00155.54
185—427144.00–168.00158.53
46—980124.50–132.25131.23
1,009—725124.50–145.00139.06
1,219—678127.00–145.50139.68
11—326149.00–152.50150.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
41—534135.00–147.50142.31
9—605133.00133.00
11—775135.00135.00
4—296171.00171.00
7—987131.00131.00
36—385150.00–161.00155.52
11—684130.00–133.00131.39
22—832116.00–124.00120.29
26—879133.50133.50
15—717128.00–132.00130.08
203—583130.00–146.50138.89
169—484127.50–153.00145.29
19—325140.00–165.00153.50
31—428132.00–147.00140.24
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
12—404141.00141.00
23—529145.00145.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
40—1,206134.00134.00
47—1,086129.00–137.00136.32
7—1,045125.25125.25
5—1,195108.50108.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
28—655144.00144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
25—521154.00–155.00154.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
33—591131.00–140.50138.33
31—625136.00–139.75137.94
31—779126.00–129.50128.37
25—657136.75136.75
4—369155.00155.00
13—470136.00136.00
56—738124.00–135.00130.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
170—528160.00–162.00161.18
149—674162.50162.50
82—582161.50161.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
5—688115.00115.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
16—643123.00123.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
17—558176.00176.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
8—471160.00160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
11—415171.00171.00
20—489166.00166.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
23—816130.00130.00
50—490156.00–173.00165.91
15—783138.00–138.50138.33
50—531149.00–166.00157.87
30—667136.00–146.00138.96
33—435160.00–184.00175.33
11—299200.00200.00
25—384150.50–186.00174.33
70—641150.50–153.50151.20
48—727130.50–141.00138.07
31—564153.50–160.00156.52
29—332160.00–189.00174.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
537—479163.00–190.00179.53
254—429166.00–200.00180.17
1,791—674142.00–163.50155.28
1,638—774134.50–154.50149.02
1,332—826136.00–150.00146.28
489—926136.25–145.25141.50
78—378185.00–199.00190.66
2,549—626143.50–173.50162.55
2,533—723137.00–167.50154.02
10—314177.00177.00
1,251—577153.00–180.50167.98
842—527161.00–186.50174.82
1,183—877139.00–147.50143.31
393—965133.00–145.25140.70
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
27—1,179126.25–128.25127.88
365—1,028137.25–142.25140.54
18—1,089131.00–135.75133.63
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
19—594157.00157.00
11—496163.00163.00
8—701143.25143.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
53—632150.00–152.50151.31
12—594152.00–159.00154.90
42—783137.00–145.25141.53
67—875135.00135.00
117—716134.00–145.00138.41
8—800136.50136.50
8—458166.00166.00
7—918132.50132.50
57—669141.00–149.00146.29
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
10—560142.00142.00
11—544162.00162.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
344—1,326116.00–121.50118.45
17—1,542115.50115.50
25—1,302115.00–116.00115.45
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
59—1,167114.00–115.00114.68
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
75—1,50259.00–68.0064.24
6—1,50669.00–71.0070.03
25—1,66841.00–56.0044.51
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
44—1,13331.00–43.0038.62
51—1,23042.00–53.0049.57
20—1,21153.00–59.0055.19
5—1,03520.0020.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
15—1,45538.00–47.0040.83
56—1,38556.50–67.0061.27
95—1,27645.00–56.5052.78
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
164—1,347117.00–122.75118.51
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
59—1,232115.00–117.50116.15
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
8—1,501116.00116.00
315—1,579117.00–122.50119.22
301—1,446118.50–122.25120.32
29—1,421116.00–117.25116.85
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
31—1,347115.00–116.25115.51
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
37—1,36181.00–86.0083.31
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
210—1,48684.50–90.5088.28
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
12—1,93268.00–76.5072.29
10—1,64362.00–72.0066.90
4—1,86478.00–83.0080.85
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.