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South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

South Dakota · Weekly summary · Mon, Mar 25

● As filed69 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2027

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 69 priced lines covering 7,508 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 8,049 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 205 head.

South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Mar 25, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8,049Last week 19,704Year ago 20,361

Slaughter CattleReceipts 205Last week 1,403Year ago 1,802

Compared to last week: Much lighter feeder cattle offerings this week due to winter weather at the start of the week and some locations did not host a Friday sale due to Good Friday and Easter weekend. Feeder steers and heifers sold with steady to higher undertones. Very good demand for all weights of steers and heifers, in spite of a lack luster Live and Feeder Cattle futures. The cash fed cattle market continues to support the feeder market as cattle producers aren't paying much attention to the April Live Cattle contract at 184.00 while the cash fat market topped at 191.00. There remains great optimism amongst feeder cattle producers as they know how tight feeder cattle supplies are. Cattle feeders are a little more cautious than the backgrounders as they have seen this happen before, where the market can quickly change and they are left reeling with huge losses. Slaughter cows 7.00 to 10.00 higher, bulls steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	376	380.00–385.00	382.41
13	400–450	410	352.50–362.50	356.37
130	450–500	488	355.00–364.00	358.07
202	500–550	533	322.50–353.00	342.59
168	550–600	580	321.00–345.00	340.24
236	600–650	611	303.00–330.00	320.02
208	650–700	677	286.00–307.50	301.76
343	700–750	729	270.00–300.50	283.25
492	750–800	779	264.00–284.50	273.82
275	800–850	818	242.50–268.00	265.97
1,100	850–900	863	249.00–268.00	264.97
189	900–950	918	235.85–254.25	241.89
136	950–1000	967	226.75–227.75	227.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
10	700–750	746	275.00	275.00
22	750–800	795	234.50–244.00	237.97
11	800–850	833	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	378	352.00	352.00
11	400–450	409	335.00–337.50	336.14
5	450–500	468	337.50	337.50
18	550–600	564	309.00	309.00
38	600–650	632	283.50–297.00	292.03
8	650–700	670	287.00	287.00
33	700–750	748	258.00	258.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	800–850	814	230.00–235.00	232.13
8	850–900	883	217.50	217.50
75	950–1000	963	222.00–227.00	225.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	274	345.00	345.00
16	350–400	376	345.00–350.00	346.77
16	400–450	441	320.00–325.00	323.50
164	450–500	483	319.00–331.00	325.45
145	500–550	517	298.00–329.00	322.29
200	550–600	573	274.00–300.00	287.47
454	600–650	617	273.50–300.50	292.87
276	650–700	681	250.25–284.00	265.44
396	700–750	728	246.50–261.00	254.38
685	750–800	779	223.00–253.60	245.73
517	800–850	813	222.00–262.00	243.35
168	850–900	880	219.10–221.10	219.86
21	950–1000	955	208.25	208.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	744	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	378	340.00–341.00	340.41
59	450–500	483	279.00–299.00	290.50
7	500–550	529	282.00	282.00
6	550–600	588	273.00	273.00
4	600–650	639	260.00	260.00
4	650–700	659	245.00	245.00
4	700–750	702	239.50	239.50
27	800–850	836	219.50	219.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
66	550–600	550	303.50	303.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
142	700–750	714	277.00–279.00	277.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
74	750–800	772	220.00–236.00	230.58
39	900–950	900	218.75	218.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	349	370.00	370.00
48	550–600	558	322.50	322.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,489	141.00–154.00	147.61
50	—	1,490	127.50–139.00	134.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,416	115.00–126.00	121.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	915	60.00–75.00	67.46
10	—	819	82.50–90.00	86.06
13	—	1,330	99.00–113.00	108.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,360	189.50	189.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,124	187.50	187.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,330	197.50	197.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,469	160.50	160.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,423	184.50–185.00	184.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,524	184.00	184.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	2,180	134.00	134.00
3	—	2,270	156.00–169.00	159.37
3	—	2,172	145.00–151.00	148.29

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.