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South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

South Dakota · Weekly summary · Mon, Mar 30

● As filed96 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2027

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 96 priced lines covering 20,894 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 21,566 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,776 head.

South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Mar 30, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 21,566Last week 12,115Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,776Last week 1,762Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 850 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 lower, over 850 lbs 10.00 to 17.00 lower. Feeder heifers 6.00 to 11.00 lower. Light to moderate demand this week, best demand remains on lighter weight cattle that have more time and options before they reach finished weights. Demand on the heavy weight cattle has really slackened as the CME Live Cattle futures have now dropped into the mid 80.00 range. Feeder cattle producers are needing to sell their cattle but with the futures contracts collapsing, and the cash markets following along, they are facing large losses. Cattle feeders have to buy cattle cheaper but when the board drops by the daily limits they simply can't get cattle bought cheap enough. As the market declines cattle that look to have higher feed costs associated with them because of heavier flesh condition, or smaller frame size are being discounted heavily. The market stays pretty active, albeit at lower price levels, for light weight cattle as this supply is always tight up here this time of year. Slaughter cows and bulls were sharply lower this week, 13.00 to 15.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
112	—	476	159.00–172.00	166.22
28	—	424	169.00–181.00	174.70
2,424	—	879	107.25–131.50	121.57
1,817	—	775	116.25–142.00	133.02
933	—	825	110.25–133.50	124.94
3	—	358	186.00	186.00
724	—	976	101.75–123.50	117.90
1,028	—	929	102.00–127.75	118.19
1,028	—	724	115.00–149.50	139.06
1,008	—	678	126.50–160.50	147.49
750	—	626	134.00–166.00	156.14
375	—	571	140.00–172.00	159.08
145	—	524	154.50–168.50	162.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	508	147.00	147.00
12	—	858	88.00	88.00
30	—	788	89.00	89.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	645	128.00–145.00	140.48
109	—	768	114.00–120.00	116.39
116	—	871	109.50–119.00	112.32
78	—	844	106.75–120.00	108.06
46	—	739	124.00–125.00	124.18
99	—	921	107.00–110.50	109.02
74	—	683	126.00–137.50	130.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	665	154.50	154.50
30	—	701	144.25	144.25
81	—	597	159.50	159.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	680	110.00–135.50	128.85
33	—	883	102.25–111.00	105.40
9	—	485	148.00	148.00
12	—	643	136.00	136.00
8	—	503	156.00	156.00
36	—	578	125.00–142.00	136.08
45	—	792	110.00	110.00
23	—	432	152.00–156.50	154.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
552	—	1,037	102.50–117.25	108.75
42	—	1,244	104.75–106.75	105.95
112	—	1,116	100.00–108.00	105.89
113	—	1,067	102.00–110.00	106.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,065	101.00	101.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	681	108.50–125.00	118.24
15	—	533	125.00–128.00	127.04
5	—	466	131.00	131.00
6	—	821	107.00	107.00
22	—	568	127.00–130.00	128.60
15	—	615	121.50–125.00	123.82
31	—	719	113.00–120.50	116.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,188	102.00	102.00
52	—	1,064	94.25–105.00	100.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	662	148.00	148.00
68	—	825	126.00–131.00	128.59
336	—	775	119.50–140.50	130.16
289	—	719	127.00–147.00	136.46
62	—	868	1,060.00	1,060.00
59	—	796	980.00	980.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	963	110.00–112.00	111.38
1,052	—	671	115.50–142.50	129.89
678	—	627	122.00–149.50	137.20
616	—	774	109.00–127.00	118.89
561	—	578	130.00–154.00	139.30
249	—	527	126.50–155.50	144.32
145	—	473	136.00–159.00	149.20
36	—	367	159.50–168.00	160.26
142	—	939	98.50–111.50	107.30
397	—	877	100.00–117.00	110.41
1,066	—	821	105.50–124.00	112.75
24	—	408	156.00–166.00	159.73
771	—	727	107.75–134.00	122.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	754	84.00	84.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
152	—	738	109.00–115.00	110.14
66	—	884	96.00–111.75	104.12
39	—	841	92.00–112.00	106.47
33	—	587	129.50–133.00	130.46
8	—	666	119.50	119.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	507	169.00	169.00
16	—	357	178.00	178.00
7	—	569	157.00	157.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
181	—	1,556	55.00–66.00	58.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,203	45.00–54.50	47.89
16	—	1,149	30.00–48.00	40.16
2	—	1,038	54.00	54.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,464	48.00–61.00	53.61
14	—	1,544	44.00–49.00	47.28
2	—	1,425	56.00	56.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,300	46.00–55.50	51.11
8	—	1,398	40.00–46.00	43.77
3	—	1,489	55.00–55.50	55.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
345	—	1,560	99.75–103.75	101.38
286	—	1,411	99.75–102.50	100.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,382	95.00–98.00	97.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
273	—	1,366	97.00–103.00	99.82
18	—	1,454	97.00	97.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,484	79.00–81.00	80.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,437	75.00–78.75	76.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,764	76.00–77.00	76.39
7	—	2,076	82.00–85.00	83.46
5	—	2,233	61.00–68.00	63.37

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.