South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 122 priced lines covering 25,916 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 26,998 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,505 head.

Mon Jan 24, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 26,998Last week 37,179Year ago 26,201

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,505Last week 1,858Year ago 1,301

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 550 lbs steady to 2.00 higher, over 550 lbs steady to 2.00 lower except 800-850 lbs 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 550 lbs 2.00 higher, over 550 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Good demand this week for all weights of steers and heifers, best demand still remains on light weight and fleshed cattle to grow into yearlings as the supply of this class of cattle is much more limited than the feeding types. Cattle feeders have taken their foot off the gas when it comes to pursuing the feeder cattle market as the fat cattle trade continues to hold under the 140.00 level. Many in the industry were counting on the fat market skyrocketing this winter, the fact that prices have remained stuck below 140.00 is having an effect on the feeder market, especially so while corn futures are at 6.25. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 higher, bulls 5.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	916	140.00	140.00
10	—	974	143.00	143.00
92	—	676	152.00–169.50	162.31
7	—	346	207.00	207.00
8	—	708	159.00	159.00
12	—	491	176.00	176.00
7	—	409	185.00	185.00
15	—	783	144.25–152.75	148.42
150	—	578	164.00–179.00	174.04
39	—	624	163.00–169.00	165.39
90	—	530	167.00–192.00	179.38
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
161	—	724	153.50–161.50	159.25
22	—	781	151.50–155.00	154.35
9	—	508	191.00	191.00
14	—	416	195.00	195.00
10	—	472	175.00–189.00	182.12
60	—	586	165.00–174.00	166.84
52	—	694	157.00–158.00	157.83
19	—	824	145.00–152.50	147.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
449	—	957	143.75–157.50	155.04
1,023	—	575	180.50–198.00	190.91
72	—	431	205.00–231.00	212.49
40	—	388	209.00–229.00	220.84
1,478	—	627	167.25–194.00	182.11
1,691	—	825	146.00–164.50	157.52
116	—	476	200.00–224.00	212.25
768	—	876	149.00–159.75	154.87
478	—	523	186.00–212.00	201.31
2,290	—	785	151.00–172.50	164.85
1,718	—	717	154.00–184.00	168.52
492	—	922	143.00–156.75	152.14
2,187	—	677	158.00–183.50	174.88
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,078	137.00	137.00
67	—	1,025	150.75	150.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	498	130.00	130.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	980	128.00–128.25	128.13
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,271	129.00	129.00
33	—	1,028	136.75	136.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	480	184.00	184.00
18	—	560	179.00	179.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
192	—	562	194.00–213.50	212.05
31	—	533	214.00–214.50	214.28
11	—	340	231.00	231.00
46	—	659	176.25	176.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	677	176.50	176.50
73	—	594	167.00–181.50	180.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
130	—	732	166.00–173.00	169.02
21	—	784	151.00	151.00
86	—	660	162.00–167.00	166.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	579	152.00–164.50	162.24
86	—	635	157.50	157.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1,569	—	669	145.00–165.50	155.99
181	—	906	138.75–144.60	143.06
525	—	823	136.00–151.00	145.01
280	—	870	131.00–145.00	142.76
11	—	324	205.00–255.00	218.61
132	—	975	141.50–142.10	141.74
53	—	381	191.00–206.00	198.65
803	—	778	136.00–154.00	147.48
1,428	—	729	141.00–160.00	149.87
613	—	529	162.00–188.00	174.74
1,180	—	625	151.50–170.00	160.89
476	—	485	167.00–202.00	183.34
95	—	420	171.00–205.00	187.57
1,427	—	577	155.00–179.00	168.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	404	211.00	211.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,258	128.50	128.50
140	—	1,028	130.00–142.00	141.12
3	—	1,383	122.00	122.00
161	—	1,120	140.50	140.50
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	541	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	899	141.85	141.85
14	—	422	177.00–181.00	179.87
54	—	579	125.00–156.00	152.01
18	—	778	136.00–139.00	138.02
17	—	537	144.00–158.50	152.53
29	—	727	143.10	143.10
114	—	630	144.50–154.00	146.82
5	—	372	181.00	181.00
78	—	479	146.00–186.00	169.63
49	—	671	143.00–146.00	144.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
134	—	685	134.00–151.00	143.86
4	—	460	165.00	165.00
16	—	641	152.00	152.00
4	—	819	139.50	139.50
11	—	790	135.00	135.00
25	—	542	154.00–156.00	155.27
6	—	558	152.00	152.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	981	121.50	121.50
18	—	429	200.00	200.00
101	—	541	185.50	185.50
79	—	697	158.50	158.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	652	120.00	120.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,394	61.50–63.00	62.15
9	—	1,208	43.00–54.00	49.54
40	—	1,329	55.00–61.00	58.37
8	—	1,187	17.50–46.00	30.38
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,283	59.50–61.50	60.39
131	—	1,461	60.50–68.00	65.25
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,708	77.00–79.00	77.71
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,626	60.00–68.50	64.86
39	—	1,679	69.00–75.00	70.63
3	—	1,675	76.00–79.00	77.16
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,961	90.00–97.50	93.80
12	—	1,484	70.00–87.00	81.79
1	—	2,065	105.50	105.50
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
205	—	1,520	135.00–141.00	137.77
262	—	1,447	132.00–140.00	137.56
13	—	1,548	140.75	140.75
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,515	141.00	141.00
129	—	1,432	137.75–143.00	141.43
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,148	135.00	135.00
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,485	143.00	143.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,604	135.00–136.25	136.14
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,376	138.00–140.75	140.01
Steers — Select and Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,299	134.00	134.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,280	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	1,376	135.50–144.00	141.69
10	—	1,372	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	1,471	132.00–138.00	137.45
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,194	117.00	117.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,430	112.00–117.00	115.64

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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