South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

South Dakota · Weekly summary · Mon, Jun 29
● As filed58 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2027

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them
South Dakota reported 58 priced lines covering 4,064 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,781 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,308 head.

South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Jun 29, 2020
USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Sioux Falls, SD (LS-SF)
Feeder CattleReceipts 3,781Last week 11,600Year ago 0
Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,308Last week 1,693Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers too lightly tested this week to allow a good comparison with last week's much larger offering, near steady undertones. Only two reported feeder cattle auctions this week as most did not hold sales due to the Independence Day holiday week. Demand remains pretty good for yearlings as feed costs remain low and farmer feeders still have corn they would like to add value to by feeding it to cattle. The bearish tone to the CME Live Cattle contracts has really kept a damper on the feeder cattle market as the summer and fall contracts are below 100.00 and Dec just at 105.00 doesn't allow for a robust feeder market. The competition is so great at the auctions that breakeven prices wind up being several dollars higher than what the contracts are trading at. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower, bulls steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
58—677125.00–128.50127.81
48—527142.00–151.50146.52
36—631135.50–140.00138.45
35—567139.00–146.00141.75
33—98491.50–104.5093.82
17—800121.50121.50
10—477150.00–160.00152.87
328—778122.00–127.00124.28
232—92897.50–111.75109.46
188—715121.00–134.50126.97
171—877103.50–119.75116.82
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
98—1,02699.00–103.00102.55
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
7—774112.50112.50
7—605124.00124.00
19—380145.00–159.00147.91
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
23—772112.00112.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
138—863134.75134.75
18—525163.00–167.00165.44
460—928113.00–127.00123.19
318—817129.00–138.25134.87
169—688147.00–156.50150.94
116—728142.00–154.00146.87
115—614149.00–160.50156.76
67—770140.75–143.50141.83
19—565155.00–158.00157.04
12—962114.50114.50
3—415183.00183.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
249—1,019106.50–116.25114.86
39—1,21895.7595.75
13—1,164104.00104.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
35—577148.00–154.00151.88
33—671140.00–152.50148.40
11—865120.00–124.00122.21
10—516156.00–162.00158.74
6—731144.00144.00
5—793126.00126.00
4—615151.00151.00
3—462162.00162.00
3—278192.50192.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
2—2,16894.00–97.0095.47
17—1,76985.00–91.5088.43
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
89—1,46982.50–85.5084.48
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
4—1,184102.50102.50
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
21—1,30592.0092.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
186—1,53996.50–100.0097.86
184—1,42195.00–99.0097.65
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
182—1,27992.25–98.0095.83
19—1,22092.0092.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
1—1,24069.5069.50
17—1,22545.00–57.0050.85
15—1,18158.00–64.5062.10
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
1—1,69079.0079.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
76—1,51063.50–72.5068.64
19—1,61152.00–65.5062.33
7—1,53272.00–74.0072.39
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
45—1,32660.00–70.0065.39
19—1,26054.00–61.0058.39
4—1,38570.00–73.0070.91
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.