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South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

South Dakota · Weekly summary · Mon, Apr 26

● As filed96 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2027

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 96 priced lines covering 11,039 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 10,897 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,002 head.

South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Apr 26, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 10,897Last week 22,413Year ago 21,483

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,002Last week 1,381Year ago 657

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs 3.00 to 7.00 lower, 600-700 lbs steady to 1.00 lower, over 700 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Demand only moderate this week as the corn market made rapid gains, moving well into the 7.00 range. Cattle feeders got hit with a double whammy, corn shot higher and fat cattle moved lower with many sales back below 120.00. With costs of gains much higher than last year there is a great amount of pressure on the feeder cattle market. Drought conditions remain over the state, except for an area around Brookings and Watertown, with the most extreme conditions in the north central and northwest part of the state. Many heifers that were held back for replacements have been brought to town as cattle producers try to get their numbers adjusted down to levels that the range will support this year. Packers continue to take all of the profit in the industry for themselves, leaving those who produce the cattle with a very slim profit margin or a loss. Boxed beef prices just shy of 300.00 for Choice beef, yet fat cattle only 118.00-120.00. This is very concerning for cattle producers especially as they are faced with higher feed costs. Auction runs were lighter this week, in part due to the weather that was conducive for corn planting but also due to the weakness in the feeder cattle market some producers chose to stay out of the market and let things settle a bit. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower, bulls not well compared as they were limited in number.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
294	—	680	137.00–161.75	153.97
116	—	488	158.00–181.00	174.81
9	—	433	174.00–193.00	180.26
579	—	875	122.50–136.25	128.60
16	—	357	160.00–196.00	189.39
785	—	926	116.00–130.60	127.48
757	—	764	133.00–152.75	147.40
222	—	621	151.00–166.50	159.60
456	—	972	118.25–127.00	123.33
221	—	823	122.50–141.00	134.13
246	—	574	154.00–168.00	161.60
145	—	725	136.00–155.50	145.34
81	—	527	155.00–171.00	167.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	814	140.00	140.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	545	161.00	161.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,368	111.25	111.25
9	—	1,328	112.25	112.25
210	—	1,108	115.25–119.90	119.57
156	—	1,061	115.00–120.25	119.31
227	—	1,031	116.75–125.00	122.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	632	138.00–149.00	142.66
33	—	871	120.00	120.00
54	—	796	127.00	127.00
26	—	736	129.00	129.00
10	—	652	138.00	138.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
126	—	735	120.00–137.00	127.23
23	—	960	112.25	112.25
26	—	765	118.00–124.00	122.34
4	—	461	171.00	171.00
17	—	623	123.00–147.50	137.95
49	—	673	137.50–142.00	138.38
21	—	841	113.00–118.00	117.08
13	—	587	124.00–142.00	133.74
10	—	867	107.00	107.00
11	—	543	125.00–164.00	149.78
15	—	941	113.50–119.00	116.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
106	—	963	105.50–115.50	113.45
542	—	774	120.00–129.25	124.96
261	—	821	113.75–126.00	121.94
334	—	677	126.00–140.25	134.16
232	—	524	138.50–159.00	145.85
527	—	921	113.00–120.00	116.16
593	—	627	132.25–145.00	139.42
5	—	422	167.00	167.00
89	—	568	132.50–155.00	142.75
637	—	868	117.00–121.75	119.60
599	—	726	122.00–135.50	129.77
17	—	375	140.00–176.00	165.21
43	—	481	141.00–161.00	155.55
4	—	268	192.50	192.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	818	115.75	115.75
9	—	647	123.50	123.50
10	—	741	121.00	121.00
4	—	589	137.00	137.00
49	—	668	117.00–123.00	120.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
132	—	814	1,125.00–1,190.00	1,168.13
229	—	769	990.00–1,180.00	1,121.46
87	—	735	950.00–1,050.00	1,002.11
54	—	861	1,175.00	1,175.00
183	—	767	135.00–137.00	135.83
48	—	734	133.00	133.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	630	111.00	111.00
35	—	735	119.50–120.50	119.88
5	—	764	113.00	113.00
4	—	370	172.00	172.00
54	—	533	126.00–143.00	137.95
72	—	443	140.00–152.00	144.48
44	—	574	126.00–140.00	133.89
10	—	477	119.00–152.00	129.20
37	—	819	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	579	131.00	131.00
13	—	488	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
180	—	1,018	116.00–118.00	117.32

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,218	115.00	115.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,336	115.00	115.00
155	—	1,373	116.25–122.00	119.36

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,552	95.50–98.00	96.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,345	95.00–98.50	96.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
152	—	1,448	119.00–121.00	119.71
150	—	1,547	119.75–121.50	120.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,344	117.50	117.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,205	103.00	103.00
2	—	2,003	92.50–96.50	94.72
2	—	1,563	89.50–92.00	90.71
1	—	2,275	66.00	66.00
5	—	1,933	84.00–86.00	84.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,276	63.00–69.00	65.83
3	—	1,463	55.50–62.00	58.85
5	—	1,485	69.50–73.00	72.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,526	63.00–73.00	67.78
7	—	1,640	59.00–65.50	62.69
7	—	1,549	73.00–80.00	76.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,678	75.00–82.50	81.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,248	35.00–59.00	49.68
7	—	1,379	19.00–36.00	30.75
21	—	1,271	51.00–65.00	60.46

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.