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South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

South Dakota · Weekly summary · Mon, Mar 23

● As filed96 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2027

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 96 priced lines covering 12,831 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 12,115 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,762 head.

South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Mar 23, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 12,115Last week 5,274Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,762Last week 1,553Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 10.00 to 15.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 700 lbs 5.00 to 8.00 higher, over 700 lbs 10.00 to 15.00 higher. Very good demand for all weights of feeder cattle this week as the CME Live Cattle futures finally stopped their implosion and posted limit higher gains for the first two days of the week. Cash fed cattle shot up to 120.00 which was just what the cattle feeder needed to give them a glimpse of hope for the future. Cattle producers have been facing large losses, on feeder cattle and fat cattle, if they have had to sell the prior two weeks. Feeder cattle producers just shut their gates and refused to sell, during this period of market chaos, instead choosing to wait a few weeks and hope the market could stabilize. The market did stabilize this week and came roaring back to where it was before the meltdown in the futures complex began a few weeks ago. Cattle feeders were willing to give more for feeder cattle as packers relented and finally bid higher for fat cattle. This was a critical week for the cattle feeding industry as many cattle feeders simply do not have the equity to withstand more losses. This is the second sharp downturn in less than 12 months, and at a time of year that we normally see the highest prices of the year for fat cattle. The Live Cattle futures turned to limit lower losses again on Thursday but the cash feeder cattle market kept rolling along at sharply higher levels. Slaughter cows 4.00 to 6.00 higher this week as packers scramble to find cows to meet the great demand for ground beef currently, bulls not well tested last week for comparison.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	637	148.00	148.00
10	—	577	154.00	154.00
33	—	739	124.00–139.00	129.47
47	—	670	138.50–142.00	138.96
54	—	774	133.00	133.00
76	—	871	124.75–127.00	125.97
248	—	979	119.00–128.25	124.98
13	—	805	129.50	129.50
122	—	938	118.00–120.50	120.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	432	175.00–177.00	175.81
81	—	531	166.00–173.25	171.62
97	—	573	151.00–173.00	165.50
660	—	928	115.00–134.70	131.16
54	—	481	169.00–177.50	174.45
508	—	969	121.25–133.25	128.84
216	—	677	149.00–163.50	154.02
299	—	623	149.00–167.50	159.01
800	—	771	130.00–153.25	144.13
817	—	873	123.00–138.90	134.66
951	—	727	138.00–155.25	148.06
1,187	—	829	131.50–142.75	137.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,152	116.00	116.00
393	—	1,019	114.00–129.75	125.62
130	—	1,065	112.00–123.50	120.40
22	—	769	134.50	134.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
180	—	891	135.00	135.00
43	—	623	176.50	176.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	428	145.00–176.00	154.16
26	—	640	141.00–149.00	145.31
81	—	727	131.00–137.00	136.57
8	—	666	138.00–151.00	146.00
12	—	483	146.00–161.00	153.39
31	—	543	150.00–164.00	160.04
5	—	787	137.00	137.00
13	—	564	156.50	156.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	689	165.25	165.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,000	123.00	123.00
8	—	723	128.50	128.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	672	130.50	130.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	610	146.00	146.00
4	—	765	123.50	123.50
5	—	936	104.00	104.00
9	—	477	149.00–162.00	154.53
8	—	565	132.00	132.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	539	140.00	140.00
8	—	737	114.50	114.50
10	—	817	116.00	116.00
47	—	633	109.00–130.50	124.75
6	—	426	148.00	148.00
4	—	479	147.00	147.00
31	—	563	135.00–137.00	135.32
11	—	682	124.00	124.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
115	—	678	128.00–129.50	128.45
98	—	911	106.00–114.25	112.25
35	—	737	121.00–125.50	124.48
45	—	844	113.50	113.50
11	—	965	114.50	114.50
14	—	636	135.50	135.50
68	—	894	115.50	115.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
108	—	575	137.00–150.00	145.64
380	—	814	111.00–127.00	122.40
508	—	776	121.10–130.75	125.15
569	—	870	117.50–125.00	121.31
142	—	520	144.00–156.50	151.29
333	—	675	127.50–143.50	139.45
75	—	989	116.60–118.25	116.88
443	—	716	124.00–137.00	129.95
473	—	617	135.00–151.75	143.40
5	—	481	154.00	154.00
18	—	435	151.00–153.00	152.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
182	—	719	133.00–152.00	144.74
36	—	807	139.50	139.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	787	123.75	123.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	700	72.00	72.00
55	—	856	72.00	72.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,788	97.00–100.50	98.98
5	—	1,734	87.00–93.00	90.29
2	—	1,645	76.00–77.00	76.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,224	112.50–115.00	114.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,419	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
346	—	1,583	118.00–120.75	119.78
31	—	1,569	114.00–115.00	114.22
116	—	1,459	117.00–119.35	118.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,575	70.50–76.00	72.12
11	—	1,555	58.00–62.00	60.27
93	—	1,503	63.00–71.50	68.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,343	60.00–70.00	66.12
1	—	1,215	55.00	55.00
1	—	1,430	67.50	67.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,237	47.00–54.00	49.80
13	—	1,165	59.00–67.50	62.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
452	—	1,339	116.00–120.75	118.51
118	—	1,348	110.00–114.50	113.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,203	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
133	—	1,464	85.50–87.50	86.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,312	77.50–85.00	79.52

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.