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South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

South Dakota · Weekly summary · Mon, Jun 8

● As filed103 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2027

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 103 priced lines covering 22,237 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 22,525 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 987 head.

South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Jun 8, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 22,525Last week 16,748Year ago 21,997

Slaughter CattleReceipts 987Last week 1,107Year ago 1,589

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 2.00 to 6.00 lower, except 500-550 lbs and 600-650 lbs 5.00 to 7.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 750 lbs 2.00 to 6.00 higher, over 750 lbs 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Very good demand for light weight cattle to background, either on grass or in a yard, more moderate demand this week for the heavier cattle that are suitable only for finishing. The cash fed cattle market turned lower, down to 103.00 live and 165.00 dressed , and the CME Live Cattle futures contracts are all below 100.00, except Dec and beyond. Cattle feeders treaded very carefully due to this fact. The light cattle to background are hard to find, which really helps to make the market very active for that class of cattle. There were a lot of backgrounded yearlings offered for sale this week which allowed buyers to back off in their pursuit of feeder cattle and try to get them bought in line with where the board is predicting the fat market will go. Daily cattle slaughter has reached, all the way up to 117,000, but that is still 6,000 head a day shy of last year's totals. Carcass weights are much heavier than last year, putting more meat tonnage on the market. New crop, calf fed fats are ready and starting to show up, on top of the backlogged cattle which is allowing the packer to bid much lower at times, and still get cattle bought. Packer margins are still vary favorable, even as boxed beef prices continue to retreat as quickly as they rose, but cattle feeders are finding it difficult to get all of their cattle sold. In spite of all of these headwinds the cattle feeder faces, corn is still only worth around 2.80/bushel delivered to the elevator which makes for cheap costs of gain. The competition is still very high at the auction and the age old battle of trying to get cattle bought with a workable breakeven price continues. Good rains fell across the state this week, along with plenty of sunshine and warm weather helping to push grass growth to hopefully make for a good grazing season across South Dakota. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 higher, bulls steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
756	—	625	147.50–171.50	162.46
2	—	423	185.00	185.00
27	—	365	190.00	190.00
548	—	570	153.00–172.50	163.25
283	—	520	169.50–182.00	178.15
1,702	—	913	115.25–132.25	124.58
1,493	—	820	126.50–143.75	137.59
1,143	—	979	112.25–124.00	117.45
930	—	720	136.00–160.00	144.68
816	—	774	132.00–154.00	140.45
642	—	680	138.00–161.00	147.99
95	—	473	164.00–188.00	178.58
785	—	885	117.75–130.50	125.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	431	184.00	184.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	829	124.50–126.50	125.73
29	—	622	141.50–144.00	142.76
67	—	379	165.00–183.00	174.44
44	—	767	128.00–136.00	133.27
12	—	586	150.00–152.00	151.34
9	—	861	123.00	123.00
7	—	529	146.00	146.00
5	—	747	130.50	130.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,006	107.50	107.50
26	—	1,129	100.00	100.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	679	141.00	141.00
43	—	952	109.75	109.75
16	—	814	125.50	125.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	727	148.50	148.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	658	110.00	110.00
8	—	799	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
881	—	1,070	103.00–112.25	107.25
91	—	1,223	100.00–102.00	101.10
88	—	1,266	99.25–99.50	99.36
444	—	1,117	102.75–108.75	103.94
243	—	1,020	107.00–114.75	112.32
119	—	1,177	100.00–106.50	104.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	582	152.00	152.00
13	—	734	135.00	135.00
8	—	694	139.50	139.50
5	—	793	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	811	140.75	140.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	824	103.00	103.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
189	—	975	103.75–108.75	106.67
527	—	578	133.00–157.00	146.19
665	—	771	118.50–132.50	126.01
673	—	864	108.75–117.10	114.16
718	—	624	129.00–151.50	143.48
887	—	725	122.00–142.00	132.54
1,260	—	814	114.00–131.00	121.58
15	—	390	160.00–170.00	161.91
73	—	435	152.00–166.50	160.64
267	—	480	146.00–164.00	159.91
1,116	—	916	103.00–110.75	107.48
755	—	670	130.00–147.00	139.97
400	—	535	147.50–158.00	154.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	477	137.00–151.00	147.03
126	—	620	122.00–137.25	129.97
118	—	565	127.00–148.50	137.54
85	—	733	105.50–127.50	119.64
16	—	332	153.00	153.00
58	—	821	112.00–115.50	114.13
45	—	530	130.00–151.00	144.29
24	—	941	102.75	102.75
20	—	784	105.75	105.75
6	—	952	101.75	101.75
5	—	405	157.00	157.00
64	—	680	121.00–130.00	126.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	787	1,000.00	1,000.00
546	—	782	126.50–141.50	131.06
78	—	744	135.50	135.50
337	—	816	125.50–140.75	133.99
15	—	867	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	439	176.00	176.00
71	—	613	152.50	152.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	544	152.00	152.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
169	—	1,173	97.25–99.50	99.02
318	—	1,019	100.50–107.00	105.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	682	123.50	123.50
3	—	842	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	651	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	677	135.50	135.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,100	24.00	24.00
12	—	1,300	41.00–52.00	48.67
9	—	1,214	50.00–58.50	54.47
3	—	1,372	61.00	61.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,630	67.00	67.00
76	—	1,531	59.50–68.00	62.78
19	—	1,527	52.00–61.50	57.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,312	54.00–64.00	61.38
11	—	1,433	49.00–53.00	50.93
2	—	1,200	63.00–68.00	65.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,765	64.50–73.00	68.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,611	102.50	102.50
206	—	1,590	103.00–110.00	105.27
21	—	1,467	101.00–104.00	101.85
82	—	1,478	104.50–111.00	106.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,259	97.00	97.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
119	—	1,371	102.00–106.00	103.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,250	95.50–97.00	96.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
101	—	1,538	80.00–83.25	82.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,883	78.00–86.00	83.82
1	—	1,990	78.00	78.00
1	—	1,900	89.00	89.00

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.