SF_LS795 Sioux Falls, SD Mon Feb 6, 2012 USDA-SD Dept Ag Market News South Dakota Weekly Auction Summary - For the week ending Feb 4, 2012 Receipts: 18,891 Last Week 31,422 Last Year 9,295 Combined results of 5 auctions this week: Herreid, Hub City, Mitchell, Sioux Falls Regional, and Stockmens. Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 800 lbs steady to 1.00 higher, instances to 4.00 higher on 600-650 lbs, over 800 lbs steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers unevenly steady. Very good demand for light weight and light fleshed cattle under 650 lbs to background, good demand for heaving feeding cattle. Backgrounders remain very active buyers as the CME Feeder Cattle contracts for fall are just under 160.00. Cash fed cattle traded lower at 123.00 this week and CME contracts lost 1.00, CBOT corn rose 3 cents. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 4.00 higher, bulls 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Slaughter Cows Pct Lean Weight Avg Dress High Dress Low Dress Prem White 65-75 1577-1955 82.25-86.00 -- -- Breakers 75-80 1320-1820 75.50-81.00 81.00-81.50 73.00 Boners 80-85 1088-1772 73.00-78.50 79.00-84.00 -- Lean 85-90 1055-1475 65.00-75.00 75.00-75.50 55.00-67.00 Slaughter Bulls, Yield Grade 1-2 Weight Avg Dress High Dress Low Dress 1285-2170 86.00-89.50 96.50 83.00 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 11 319-321 320 240.00-249.00 243.29 15 385-394 392 212.50-224.00 214.76 82 413-442 433 192.00-215.00 201.06 16 408 408 221.50 221.50 Thin Fleshed 129 450-498 476 192.50-205.00 199.09 329 503-546 527 179.00-200.00 189.02 42 528-548 544 176.50-184.50 177.98 Fleshy 459 550-598 580 173.50-191.50 178.89 10 557 557 194.50 194.50 Fancy 6 550 550 193.50 193.50 Thin Fleshed 768 603-649 625 164.00-183.50 175.17 876 650-699 676 156.75-172.00 163.89 277 653-688 665 171.00-175.00 172.94 Fancy 20 651 651 178.75 178.75 Value Added 1499 701-746 725 152.00-166.50 159.18 73 714-748 743 150.00-156.50 153.84 Fleshy 1071 752-798 779 149.75-161.25 154.00 82 753-758 756 163.25-163.75 163.57 Fancy 89 756-761 757 146.75-148.00 147.02 Fleshy 1009 804-846 825 145.25-153.00 148.67 889 855-894 879 138.50-147.50 143.52 808 906-948 926 136.50-145.35 141.02 9 912 912 147.75 147.75 Fancy 382 960-991 984 135.00-138.75 138.06 58 1014 1014 138.80 138.80 Feeder Steers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 3 390 390 210.00 210.00 36 519-548 540 166.00-184.50 178.06 46 552-585 571 166.50-182.00 173.39 57 602-634 616 148.00-169.00 159.44 79 657-688 676 153.00-158.75 154.82 60 752-775 759 142.50-152.25 148.73 74 803-822 813 142.00-144.50 143.69 12 928 928 139.00 139.00 6 953 953 136.00 136.00 Feeder Steers Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 29 673-684 681 149.00-155.00 150.43 26 738 738 153.00 153.00 14 893 893 139.50 139.50 13 1069 1069 129.50 129.50 Feeder Holstein Steers Large 3 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 22 605 605 118.50 118.50 13 651-678 663 106.00-108.00 106.94 5 1025 1025 103.00 103.00 52 1084 1084 105.75 105.75 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 4 489 489 176.00 176.00 3 725 725 140.00 140.00 5 852 852 132.50 132.50 Feeder Bulls Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 7 559 559 172.00 172.00 Thin Fleshed Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 2 263 263 237.50 237.50 3 307 307 215.00 215.00 30 376-396 387 188.00-207.50 198.96 54 400-448 425 182.50-200.00 193.96 139 450-497 477 173.25-188.50 177.74 443 501-549 524 163.50-177.00 171.34 29 517-539 532 179.00 179.00 Fancy 598 551-597 576 155.00-172.00 162.20 102 560-587 575 174.50-180.00 175.71 Replacement 712 600-649 630 151.00-165.50 158.01 9 613 613 166.70 166.70 Fancy 75 601-625 615 150.00-155.00 153.24 Fleshy 535 650-695 677 147.00-163.00 151.84 222 653-685 662 142.50-150.00 147.41 Fleshy 660 701-749 729 144.00-155.00 146.70 131 712-749 724 135.00-144.00 142.68 Fleshy 79 710-737 728 156.00-171.50 162.26 Replacement 350 754-788 768 142.00-147.25 144.19 64 789-799 795 135.50-140.50 139.16 Fleshy 53 753 753 151.50 151.50 Replacement 505 809-846 828 136.00-147.50 140.56 239 868-892 880 137.50-139.50 139.17 95 907-923 919 134.00 134.00 66 944 944 132.85 132.85 Fleshy 86 958-998 967 120.50-135.00 132.55 111 965 965 130.75 130.75 Fleshy Feeder Heifers Medium and Large 1-2 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 8 298 298 220.00 220.00 Thin Fleshed 3 320 320 204.00 204.00 8 388 388 186.00 186.00 24 435-445 439 173.00-178.75 175.43 26 432-438 435 181.00-184.75 183.15 Thin Fleshed 61 460-497 476 165.00-170.00 168.10 11 456 456 180.00 180.00 Thin Fleshed 24 536-549 542 155.00-159.00 157.14 66 574-590 583 155.00-159.00 156.50 12 556 556 161.50 161.50 Thin Fleshed 88 608-640 632 145.00-151.00 149.41 17 668-697 685 143.00-149.00 145.41 35 721-740 736 140.00-141.75 141.41 19 751-770 762 131.00-140.00 134.73 16 833 833 130.00 130.00 7 854 854 124.00 124.00 Feeder Heifers Large 1 Head Wt Range Avg Wt Price Range Avg Price 8 602 602 150.50 150.50 14 800 800 137.00 137.00 Source: USDA-SD Dept Ag Market News, Sioux Falls, SD 605-372-8350 24 Hour Price Info: 605-372-8356 www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/SF_LS795.txt www.ams.usda.gov/lsmarketnews 827c jll