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South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

South Dakota · Weekly summary · Mon, Oct 30

● As filed177 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2027

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 177 priced lines covering 50,430 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 53,821 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,059 head.

South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Oct 30, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 53,821Last week 48,404Year ago 54,368

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,059Last week 929Year ago 1,714

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 500 lbs 15.00 to 25.00 higher, over 500 lbs 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifer calves 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Yearling feeder steers 3.00 to 7.00 higher, yearling heifers 5.00 to 7.00 higher. Much improved demand for calves this week after the weather moderated, and the futures contracts put on nearly 2.00 for Live Cattle and 4.00 for Feeder Cattle. Calf buyers were ready to step back in and chase the market a little after the steep declines the week before. The weather was very mild, corn harvest is basically complete, and there wasn't the fear that the futures market was going go into freefall again. All of these factors helped to give cattle producers the signal to buy these calves and give a little more to get the ones they really like. Cash fed cattle up to 185.00, which is not as high as many had been planning on until a few weeks ago, but still high enough to give hope that things could get higher yet. Large calf runs as those producers that sell right off the cow felt the pressure from the changing weather and got their calves shipped to town. Slaughter cows steady, bulls steady to firm.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	608	231.00	231.00
48	—	684	202.00–227.00	219.14
137	—	383	250.00–317.50	299.51
289	—	484	237.50–277.50	261.79
36	—	714	192.00–203.50	198.44
178	—	428	233.00–294.00	272.55
70	—	533	232.00–262.00	250.83
28	—	288	272.50–295.00	275.56
58	—	572	210.00–251.00	242.39
58	—	325	265.00–311.00	293.83
15	—	893	195.00–215.00	204.28
14	—	784	201.00–224.00	214.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	592	208.00–232.00	225.16
18	—	345	252.00	252.00
7	—	999	170.00	170.00
3	—	442	242.00	242.00
36	—	735	167.00–174.00	170.40
14	—	472	233.00–253.00	240.40
11	—	637	175.00	175.00
23	—	292	285.00–287.50	286.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	777	198.00	198.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	582	250.00	250.00
31	—	521	255.00	255.00
11	—	434	288.00	288.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	659	231.00	231.00
161	—	614	260.00–263.00	261.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
148	—	693	236.50	236.50
153	—	805	222.00–240.00	237.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	478	299.00	299.00
12	—	509	286.00	286.00
63	—	953	220.35	220.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	742	211.00	211.00
72	—	808	220.50	220.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
469	—	530	284.00–316.50	300.44
205	—	479	304.50–311.00	308.25
483	—	567	277.00–295.00	284.49
275	—	603	270.00–307.00	296.77

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	426	330.00	330.00
34	—	359	334.00–337.00	335.93
141	—	477	287.00–290.50	289.51
55	—	503	296.00	296.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	941	209.00	209.00
78	—	983	209.75–211.00	210.01
17	—	570	243.00	243.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,238	177.00	177.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	435	272.00	272.00
12	—	395	272.00	272.00
26	—	1,030	209.00–217.50	212.68
24	—	1,065	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	486	215.00	215.00
4	—	425	268.00	268.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
184	—	659	234.00–260.00	250.60
3,394	—	527	235.00–295.00	273.22
544	—	834	208.00–243.75	237.01
331	—	961	214.00–223.50	216.66
1,867	—	427	257.50–330.00	297.03
818	—	373	270.00–330.00	309.52
2,789	—	475	250.00–310.00	284.62
193	—	728	223.00–255.00	244.91
158	—	328	255.00–329.00	310.01
957	—	865	218.00–247.00	231.32
466	—	923	215.00–228.00	221.45
365	—	616	239.00–266.00	254.61
2,141	—	569	225.00–288.00	266.31
481	—	763	227.50–247.00	235.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	661	236.50	236.50
72	—	724	198.00	198.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	543	150.00	150.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	598	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	681	198.50	198.50
10	—	717	195.00	195.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
144	—	583	261.00–280.00	274.81
10	—	621	263.00	263.00
16	—	436	290.00–317.00	301.40
37	—	470	308.00–310.00	309.50
113	—	532	272.00–293.00	287.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
300	—	878	229.75–236.50	233.92
26	—	834	225.00	225.00
56	—	623	240.50–257.50	247.16
58	—	407	291.00	291.00
14	—	548	286.00	286.00
110	—	471	310.00	310.00
33	—	661	248.00–260.00	254.25
14	—	754	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	631	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	295	327.50–335.00	329.81
101	—	613	230.00–267.50	255.67
131	—	376	290.00–370.00	321.07
12	—	774	227.50	227.50
300	—	482	250.00–329.00	300.84
8	—	861	227.00	227.00
30	—	926	214.50	214.50
176	—	424	279.00–346.00	324.25
238	—	574	246.00–287.00	273.86
86	—	672	235.00–252.50	236.85
50	—	336	294.00–340.00	315.84
265	—	528	249.00–288.00	274.81
25	—	814	216.00–227.00	219.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1,021	—	678	255.00–291.50	271.80
360	—	825	232.00–256.00	246.13
5,735	—	528	275.50–332.00	308.34
217	—	928	232.00–249.00	244.29
73	—	720	246.00–265.00	257.16
1,868	—	430	309.00–378.00	347.57
216	—	767	240.00–265.50	258.26
62	—	329	375.00–400.00	383.69
692	—	880	240.25–258.50	252.12
3,312	—	476	296.00–360.00	332.82
581	—	378	318.00–402.50	357.18
6	—	270	360.00	360.00
697	—	962	217.75–236.50	228.29
3,407	—	620	263.00–306.50	284.34
5,997	—	574	255.00–314.50	293.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
742	—	1,020	212.60–239.00	226.33
12	—	557	262.00–266.00	264.33
140	—	1,170	208.60–211.60	211.04
472	—	1,071	211.00–236.75	218.54
103	—	1,116	214.85–215.75	215.30
5	—	814	237.00	237.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	595	220.00	220.00
22	—	735	171.00–212.00	199.37
42	—	339	287.50–305.00	299.11
13	—	280	302.50–305.00	303.87
12	—	940	160.00	160.00
4	—	822	163.00	163.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	538	258.00	258.00
8	—	1,094	194.00	194.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	552	110.00	110.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	959	196.00	196.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	481	274.00–275.00	274.35
60	—	856	212.50	212.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	517	328.00	328.00
63	—	460	357.00–366.00	361.58
39	—	429	377.00	377.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
116	—	1,059	205.00–211.00	205.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
248	—	839	264.50	264.50
230	—	406	381.50	381.50
87	—	504	330.50	330.50
526	—	765	272.00	272.00
72	—	748	272.00	272.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
318	—	624	265.00–289.75	279.36
35	—	753	241.50	241.50
305	—	661	265.00–284.75	277.30
13	—	734	239.50	239.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	679	256.50	256.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
128	—	918	256.75	256.75

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,781	117.00–124.00	120.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,903	102.00–114.00	105.35
6	—	1,545	84.00–103.00	94.73
3	—	2,010	108.50–115.00	112.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,382	95.00–109.00	100.93
2	—	1,353	80.00–84.00	81.69
39	—	1,409	83.00–96.00	91.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,225	60.00–84.00	74.78
39	—	1,277	78.00–91.00	84.77
2	—	1,360	96.00	96.00
11	—	920	32.50–62.50	51.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,832	100.00–110.00	106.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,553	88.50–106.00	100.08
10	—	1,792	101.00–126.00	109.07
11	—	1,513	81.00–97.00	89.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,625	184.00	184.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
149	—	1,438	180.00–184.35	182.91
91	—	1,517	183.00–185.00	183.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,398	179.75	179.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,401	177.00	177.00
19	—	1,421	183.25–184.50	184.09
69	—	1,539	180.00–184.50	183.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,407	177.00	177.00
11	—	1,432	170.00	170.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,586	163.00	163.00
19	—	1,503	153.00–157.00	155.73

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,467	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
148	—	1,454	182.00–185.00	183.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
179	—	1,396	179.50–184.50	183.43
3	—	1,412	173.00	173.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,308	177.00	177.00

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.