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South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

South Dakota · Weekly summary · Mon, Aug 9

● As filed66 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2027

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 66 priced lines covering 13,863 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 13,163 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,350 head.

South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Aug 9, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 13,163Last week 15,146Year ago 8,084

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,350Last week 1,079Year ago 1,653

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers steady to 3.00 higher. Very good demand remains for yearling steers and heifers, especially those coming right off grass. Grass yearlings continue to come to town and the market is very active as these long strings are very desirable as buyers can fill their pens or whole yards of green, easy gaining yearling cattle. The heavier fleshed feedyard backgrounded cattle are also highly sought after as the winter and spring months of the CME Live Cattle contracts are very attractive. The cash fed cattle market topped at 127.50 in Iowa, 204.00 dressed, fully 5.00 over the Aug futures contract. Cattle feeders are feeling rather bullish are want to strike while the iron is hot and are willing to buy cattle with breakeven prices higher than the where the futures contracts are at. Slaughter cows and bull steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	861	146.00	146.00
10	—	546	152.00	152.00
26	—	725	158.00	158.00
6	—	820	139.50	139.50
25	—	587	161.00–165.75	163.05
6	—	999	124.00	124.00
7	—	649	138.00	138.00
17	—	693	140.00–162.00	156.53
16	—	930	142.00–143.50	142.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1,806	—	931	146.50–159.75	155.51
72	—	624	167.50–168.00	167.78
172	—	737	164.00–168.75	167.78
2,122	—	868	146.25–163.00	158.28
13	—	473	186.00–191.00	189.09
103	—	684	165.50–177.50	170.78
1,367	—	974	143.00–158.00	153.59
1,110	—	830	154.50–165.25	160.67
469	—	778	162.00–169.00	167.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	804	168.10	168.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
185	—	1,115	130.00–143.00	141.19
596	—	1,029	137.50–152.50	144.40
10	—	1,170	129.25	129.25
484	—	1,072	135.75–143.10	141.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	965	138.50–143.75	139.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	596	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	568	153.00–154.50	154.01
27	—	845	130.75–137.00	133.52
7	—	526	158.00	158.00
4	—	755	122.00	122.00
44	—	735	140.00–144.00	143.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	567	159.00–164.00	161.47
12	—	492	169.75	169.75
595	—	879	137.00–149.50	145.51
251	—	962	134.00–146.10	141.20
419	—	673	150.00–158.25	156.78
244	—	784	148.25–156.75	151.73
271	—	633	152.75–164.00	160.12
647	—	827	139.50–150.50	147.11
614	—	932	135.50–147.50	143.18
533	—	719	150.25–158.75	154.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
105	—	1,028	125.00–134.10	131.13
136	—	1,062	128.25–137.00	132.31
23	—	1,137	114.50–123.00	120.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	822	134.00	134.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,471	128.00	128.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,442	130.50	130.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
185	—	1,449	124.50–127.50	125.73
16	—	1,788	115.50	115.50
115	—	1,522	125.75–130.00	126.59

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,230	122.50–125.00	123.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,437	112.00–115.00	112.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
106	—	1,369	106.00–110.00	108.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,549	76.00–94.00	90.28
11	—	2,039	97.00–101.00	98.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
129	—	1,517	72.00–79.00	74.13
13	—	1,719	81.50–85.00	81.99
11	—	1,391	64.00–71.50	70.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,347	60.00–63.00	62.62
2	—	1,315	73.50	73.50
77	—	1,307	64.00–71.50	67.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,603	65.00	65.00
89	—	1,244	56.00–63.50	59.44
11	—	1,092	15.00–33.00	22.29
20	—	1,056	47.00–55.00	52.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
168	—	1,271	124.00–127.50	125.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,248	120.00–122.50	120.59

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.