South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 115 priced lines covering 16,637 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 19,646 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,272 head.

Mon Dec 13, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 19,646Last week 33,273Year ago 30,797

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,272Last week 1,461Year ago 1,391

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 5.00 lower, feeder heifers steady to 3.00 lower. Good demand remains for all weights of feeder cattle but, by far, the best demand remains on yearling cattle that will finish this spring. Cash fed cattle have come off the highs they posted two weeks ago, but still at a premium to the Dec futures contract. Cattle feeders weren't chasing the feeder cattle market as hard this week in light of that fact. Most auction barns will not be hosting feeder cattle sales the week of Christmas and the week of New Year's. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower, bulls 2.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	574	161.50–174.00	167.61
154	—	625	142.00–169.00	160.30
9	—	799	147.00	147.00
20	—	822	146.00–154.00	151.12
36	—	478	170.00–182.00	175.40
28	—	375	166.00–210.00	187.70
114	—	668	140.00–161.00	152.68
35	—	424	170.00–199.00	191.43
86	—	725	131.00–154.50	153.07
29	—	939	138.00–144.00	142.81
30	—	330	215.00–220.00	218.80
108	—	544	152.00–180.25	172.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
605	—	531	182.00–206.00	193.37
341	—	480	191.00–209.00	200.91
82	—	388	200.00–223.00	210.01
182	—	927	150.50–163.00	156.16
939	—	626	169.00–188.50	179.50
591	—	827	154.00–170.00	164.18
361	—	870	150.50–165.75	161.42
1,002	—	673	162.25–180.75	172.57
728	—	722	159.00–175.00	167.80
3	—	330	220.00	220.00
118	—	959	157.50	157.50
192	—	423	200.00–219.00	209.61
744	—	575	178.00–191.00	185.99
641	—	775	155.50–171.50	162.95
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	685	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	912	135.00–147.50	143.99
17	—	975	140.00–140.50	140.29
58	—	687	136.00–165.00	159.72
88	—	770	146.00–156.00	149.47
63	—	568	162.00–173.50	168.70
52	—	640	163.00	163.00
46	—	737	150.00–157.50	153.17
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	1,175	127.00–152.50	147.78
783	—	1,072	142.50–160.00	156.52
565	—	1,022	155.75–160.10	158.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
200	—	607	192.00	192.00
87	—	669	187.25	187.25
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	562	153.00	153.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	619	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
416	—	474	170.00–187.00	177.11
131	—	428	164.00–199.00	179.54
65	—	951	156.75	156.75
638	—	670	148.50–162.00	156.14
337	—	834	141.50–151.50	149.75
182	—	854	147.50–156.00	150.33
529	—	524	160.00–175.00	169.35
5	—	348	174.00	174.00
471	—	731	140.00–160.50	152.81
173	—	927	144.00–151.00	148.36
34	—	378	175.00–190.00	181.72
907	—	624	143.00–169.75	160.95
662	—	574	150.00–175.00	164.91
380	—	772	142.75–155.00	148.20
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,162	121.00	121.00
45	—	1,062	141.50	141.50
166	—	1,011	139.25	139.25
109	—	1,125	134.50–140.00	137.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	464	165.00	165.00
24	—	682	130.00–148.00	139.72
143	—	909	127.50–138.75	137.38
40	—	574	154.00–158.50	157.25
79	—	971	140.50	140.50
7	—	747	146.00	146.00
14	—	439	161.00–161.50	161.28
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	570	177.00	177.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	466	146.00–167.00	157.24
38	—	411	169.00–183.00	172.74
145	—	634	139.00–152.00	147.47
5	—	286	152.00	152.00
27	—	934	138.00	138.00
49	—	734	137.00–144.50	138.86
89	—	527	146.00–161.00	154.47
5	—	793	138.50	138.50
51	—	667	146.50–151.50	149.01
29	—	383	169.00–179.00	173.66
46	—	580	149.00–153.00	151.24
18	—	846	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	671	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,037	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	767	141.50	141.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	1,202	40.00–52.00	46.95
16	—	1,254	20.00–39.00	29.79
96	—	1,278	51.00–59.00	53.88
9	—	1,310	57.00–65.50	60.98
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,601	70.00–76.00	73.32
23	—	1,745	76.00–79.25	78.16
1	—	1,715	43.00	43.00
6	—	1,455	61.00–68.50	65.22
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,477	51.00–61.50	57.05
8	—	1,453	20.00–48.50	44.24
102	—	1,467	61.00–69.00	64.30
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,837	80.00–83.00	80.56
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,279	120.00	120.00
20	—	1,220	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,495	128.00	128.00
68	—	1,371	131.00–136.75	134.71
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,351	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,394	138.00–139.00	138.44
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,262	133.00	133.00
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
93	—	1,589	140.00–141.50	140.33
23	—	1,469	137.50–141.00	139.96
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,542	139.00–139.75	139.38
95	—	1,438	132.50–137.25	134.92
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,369	137.50	137.50
6	—	1,362	131.00	131.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,332	132.00	132.00
26	—	1,328	137.10–140.25	138.24
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,437	137.00–141.00	140.20
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,655	135.00–139.00	137.04
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,598	102.00	102.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,492	112.00–116.50	114.32
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,913	71.00–83.50	79.27
9	—	1,953	84.00–92.50	88.19

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.

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