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South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

South Dakota · Weekly summary · Mon, Mar 15

● As filed72 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2027

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 72 priced lines covering 9,352 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 9,676 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 652 head.

South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Mar 15, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 9,676Last week 31,010Year ago 5,274

Slaughter CattleReceipts 652Last week 1,846Year ago 1,553

Compared to last week: A much lighter offering of feeder cattle, receipts were reduced in East River, SD due to an early week large snowfall, feeder steers and heifers under 600 lbs too lightly tested for comparison, over 600 lbs steady to 3.00 higher. Good demand remains for light cattle to background, more moderate for heavier weight cattle suitable only for finishing. Cattle feeders have been unable to push the cash fed cattle market as high as they need it to be, although they did manage to sell some fats up to 116.00 this week. Profitability eludes most cattle feeders as their breakevens are closer to 120.00. Feedyard conditions are very muddy, as rain fell before the snow, the snow has now melted and is affecting dressing percents of outgoing fed cattle. Projected costs of gains are much higher for incoming cattle but the back months of the futures are much more attractive at 122.00 plus, giving a signal to the feeder that better markets lie ahead. April Live Cattle is currently lower than June and Aug which is hard to understand as that time of the summer fed cattle are much more plentiful. Cattle on Feed Report released Friday showed On Feed numbers at 102% of last year, but placements at only 98%. Marketings also came in at 98%, as the Feb winter storm that struck the southern plains caused packing houses to shut down during the power outages. Slaughter cows 3.00 to 4.00 higher, bulls 2.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
160	—	712	135.00–142.00	140.29
27	—	822	1,310.00	1,310.00
64	—	799	1,030.00	1,030.00
18	—	677	140.25	140.25
14	—	825	129.50	129.50
133	—	783	131.00–140.50	135.05
15	—	854	131.50	131.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
800	—	629	137.75–149.50	144.20
309	—	783	126.00–140.00	129.23
284	—	576	134.50–151.50	144.40
203	—	823	124.00–128.50	126.30
554	—	728	121.75–136.00	131.99
489	—	674	130.00–140.75	137.69
182	—	532	141.00–155.50	147.15
63	—	877	122.75–127.50	124.85
18	—	423	150.00–175.00	160.52
119	—	928	124.25–125.25	124.29
101	—	484	148.00–157.00	152.80
59	—	997	120.25	120.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	626	130.00–134.50	131.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,033	115.25	115.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	703	121.50–123.00	121.92
18	—	544	134.00–141.00	138.65
15	—	780	113.50–124.50	122.32
5	—	595	133.00	133.00
6	—	478	153.00	153.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
216	—	1,061	123.75–130.50	127.38
108	—	1,030	127.00–127.35	127.17
11	—	1,110	119.50	119.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	631	150.50	150.50
14	—	661	144.50	144.50
20	—	737	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	528	163.50–175.00	167.70
7	—	586	155.00	155.00
78	—	634	147.00–152.00	150.30
3	—	838	126.50	126.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
863	—	878	124.00–138.00	133.92
133	—	575	163.00–176.00	167.71
153	—	534	170.00–188.00	184.18
231	—	680	147.00–160.75	153.35
25	—	429	181.00–190.00	186.47
387	—	726	136.75–153.00	143.78
4	—	391	208.00	208.00
773	—	822	130.00–139.35	137.53
731	—	772	131.50–147.00	138.31
492	—	927	123.00–133.75	131.25
238	—	624	147.50–168.25	161.27
37	—	465	180.00–184.00	182.59
396	—	971	124.00–133.60	128.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	606	174.00	174.00
100	—	574	182.00	182.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	1,538	93.00–97.75	95.56

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,422	90.00	90.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,443	114.00–115.00	114.39
6	—	1,553	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,600	118.00–119.00	118.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
137	—	1,634	113.50–117.00	115.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,262	111.25–114.50	112.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,180	113.00	113.00
113	—	1,403	110.00–116.50	113.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,250	63.00	63.00
1	—	1,985	101.00	101.00
4	—	1,749	81.00–86.00	82.68

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,143	50.00–58.50	55.64
5	—	799	23.00	23.00
8	—	1,194	33.00–48.00	42.30
2	—	1,103	59.00–60.00	59.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,432	63.00–69.00	65.73
3	—	1,372	61.00	61.00
1	—	1,500	72.00	72.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,462	60.50–63.00	60.97
1	—	1,380	57.00	57.00

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.