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South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

South Dakota · Weekly summary · Mon, Nov 20

● As filed48 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2027

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 48 priced lines covering 1,589 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 1,738 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 127 head.

South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Nov 20, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,738Last week 42,474Year ago 1,927

Slaughter CattleReceipts 127Last week 1,680Year ago 90

Compared to last week: Only 1 reported auction as other locations did not host a feeder cattle sale due to the Thanksgiving holiday. Moderate to good demand for the limited offering. The extreme weakness in the cattle futures is causing much uncertainty for cattle producers as their hopes for selling fat cattle at or near 200.00 this winter and spring is vanishing. Cash fed cattle topped 177.00, 7.00 premium to the Dec Live Cattle contract, as packers are able to buy cattle cheaper as the futures collapse. Large feeder cattle auctions will be the norm east of the Missouri now, as is normal for this time of the year, as producers there like to wean their calves and get them started and growing. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, bulls steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	663	212.00–236.00	216.71
21	—	512	251.00–255.00	253.26
24	—	563	222.50–235.00	228.14
22	—	467	257.50–282.50	265.39
21	—	606	224.00–245.00	238.50
37	—	820	212.00	212.00
17	—	909	204.00	204.00
13	—	318	285.00–310.00	296.38
9	—	443	290.00	290.00
31	—	735	203.00–211.00	207.86
124	—	981	195.50	195.50
26	—	779	201.00–211.00	206.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	633	206.00–210.00	208.51
9	—	475	247.00–250.00	248.61
4	—	858	195.00	195.00
18	—	674	206.00–207.50	206.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,009	192.00–196.00	194.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	383	347.50	347.50
104	—	879	217.00–224.00	223.21
92	—	766	223.00–231.00	228.16
13	—	429	317.50–330.00	322.33
13	—	477	290.00–311.00	304.63
45	—	571	270.00–297.00	289.23
7	—	516	270.00–292.50	280.04
130	—	924	213.00–218.00	216.56
61	—	727	223.00–244.00	230.35
48	—	818	216.00–230.00	224.64
41	—	621	240.00–261.00	250.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,050	207.10	207.10
295	—	1,037	204.00–207.00	205.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	506	255.00–265.00	259.76
6	—	494	270.00	270.00
5	—	327	300.00	300.00
30	—	624	220.00–225.00	222.56
6	—	728	212.00	212.00
19	—	779	207.00	207.00
19	—	683	210.00–226.00	219.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	409	285.00	285.00
3	—	652	205.00	205.00
7	—	536	247.50	247.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,670	106.00–113.00	108.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	930	28.00–38.00	32.05
8	—	1,166	52.50–67.00	62.04
40	—	1,254	68.00–82.50	76.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,394	93.00–108.50	102.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,377	84.00–94.00	86.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,878	86.00	86.00
3	—	1,878	104.00–110.00	107.95

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.