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South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

South Dakota · Weekly summary · Mon, Aug 12

● As filed75 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2027

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 75 priced lines covering 8,088 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 8,260 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,393 head.

South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Aug 12, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8,260Last week 3,412Year ago 9,919

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,393Last week 997Year ago 1,808

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 3.00 lower, heifers too lightly tested last week to allow a complete comparison, lower undertones evident. Moderate to good demand this week, dependent upon flesh condition as there are yearlings coming off grass and the flesh condition of those cattle are highly desirable compared to those coming out of growing yards. The futures contracts continued to fall lower which is causing cattle feeders to slow their approach to the feeder market. Cash fed cattle were lower, but topping at 192.00 is still a lofty level for August when there is historically large supplies of market ready cattle. Cattle feeders are scratching their heads trying to figure out the current structure of the Live Cattle contract, Aug is leading all the other months when normally the winter and Apr contracts are dollars higher than the summer months. Drought conditions in the western half of the state is causing yearlings to start coming to town as the grass dries out and gets short. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 lower, bulls firm.

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	364	390.00	390.00
24	400–450	414	375.00–382.50	377.14
11	450–500	463	347.50	347.50
18	500–550	539	300.00–315.00	310.79
22	600–650	616	289.00–291.00	290.53
45	650–700	695	263.00–273.00	270.75
104	700–750	722	254.00–277.00	274.21
132	750–800	779	253.00–267.00	259.66
508	800–850	824	238.00–262.00	255.66
436	850–900	883	235.00–259.25	248.94
1,059	900–950	925	230.00–252.25	243.89
462	950–1000	968	217.00–243.75	238.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	700–750	712	260.00	260.00
5	750–800	765	250.00	250.00
25	850–900	878	215.00–238.00	233.53
30	900–950	916	228.00–234.00	231.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	341	405.00	405.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	750–800	758	248.00	248.00
38	950–1000	966	228.25	228.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	647	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	700–750	717	264.00	264.00
42	800–850	839	254.75	254.75
7	950–1000	988	216.00	216.00
702	1000–1050	1,025	220.00–235.00	231.39
314	1050–1100	1,058	212.50–235.25	231.81
29	1100–1150	1,113	213.00	213.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
17	1000–1050	1,027	225.25	225.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	325	375.00–383.00	379.30
6	350–400	389	380.00	380.00
13	400–450	443	345.00	345.00
19	450–500	472	337.50–345.00	340.79
16	600–650	616	258.00–275.00	265.21
14	650–700	676	256.00	256.00
364	700–750	721	229.00–259.00	250.31
156	750–800	776	234.00–245.50	239.50
587	800–850	827	219.00–241.50	232.98
533	850–900	871	220.25–240.50	229.28
450	900–950	913	215.00–233.50	223.40
180	950–1000	981	215.50–236.00	221.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	900–950	919	207.00	207.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	850–900	899	211.00	211.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	694	249.00	249.00
69	1000–1050	1,020	210.50–223.50	218.26
64	1050–1100	1,090	200.00–206.50	205.91
187	1100–1150	1,110	206.00–206.25	206.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	750–800	756	214.00	214.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,350	186.00	186.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,342	184.50–188.50	187.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,334	186.50	186.50
5	—	1,574	187.50	187.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,409	195.00–197.00	195.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,668	182.00	182.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
300	—	1,400	189.75–193.00	191.35
243	—	1,554	191.00–194.00	192.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,607	194.00	194.00
43	—	1,427	192.25–196.25	194.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,171	199.00–205.00	202.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,616	185.00–189.00	186.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,535	185.50–190.35	190.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,534	184.00	184.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,612	189.00–193.00	191.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,678	136.00–159.00	150.16
19	—	1,887	165.00–175.00	170.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,294	110.00–124.00	118.46
8	—	987	66.00–87.50	75.40
22	—	1,129	92.00–108.00	102.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
126	—	1,436	138.00–152.00	143.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,538	139.50–146.00	142.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,354	127.00–137.00	134.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,187	189.00–192.50	191.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,300	192.50–196.00	193.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
188	—	1,331	188.75–194.00	192.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,347	194.50	194.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,450	184.00–187.00	186.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,554	167.00–170.00	168.16

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.