South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 132 priced lines covering 32,008 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 34,088 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,994 head.

Mon Feb 28, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 34,088Last week 12,485Year ago 29,295

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,994Last week 624Year ago 2,945

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs 10.00 to 14.00 lower, 600-900 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 lower, over 900 lbs 7.00 to 10.00 lower. Feeder heifers 5.00 to 8.00 lower. Demand mostly moderate this week as the downward trend in the futures contracts continued again this week. Cattle producers are extremely uncertain of how to proceed as the corn market has shot straight up and April Live Cattle collapsed. Yearling operators are still wanting, and needing to, get their light cattle bought which is keeping demand for that class of cattle much higher than those that have to go to finishing yards. This unexpected down turn in the market caught everyone flat footed as we are entering the time of year where the fat market posts it highs for the year. Cattle feeders still want to have cattle to feed and market for these coming months, but now with feed cost rising to a level where the cost of gain per lbs will exceed what the futures is predicting the fat market will be they are asking themselves how much can they really afford to risk? Auction receipts remain large as cattle producers need to sell last year’s calves as this year’s are starting to hit the ground. Feed cost affect all cattle producers and rising corn price affects their decisions as well. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher, 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
171	—	681	161.50–175.50	168.41
7	—	350	205.00	205.00
6	—	343	230.00	230.00
263	—	778	142.00–163.00	153.51
17	—	837	145.50–151.00	147.45
11	—	427	201.00–218.00	211.62
80	—	525	159.00–201.00	180.59
178	—	632	158.00–182.00	174.03
20	—	979	125.00–135.50	131.78
39	—	463	188.00–210.00	195.45
79	—	721	149.00–166.00	159.27
17	—	921	137.00–143.00	140.52
58	—	576	169.00–199.00	185.22
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,154	134.00	134.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	572	157.00	157.00
29	—	668	156.50	156.50
7	—	521	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	723	153.00–157.00	154.82
9	—	660	160.00	160.00
52	—	792	147.75	147.75
97	—	875	143.25–149.00	144.68
141	—	841	141.00–148.60	146.74
27	—	906	144.00	144.00
15	—	531	199.00	199.00
Steers — Medium 1-2 · Mexican Origin$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	845	66.00	66.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
842	—	919	140.00–156.00	146.61
452	—	529	179.00–225.00	208.34
24	—	348	217.50–243.00	230.16
972	—	977	139.00–151.00	145.14
4	—	256	277.50	277.50
1,658	—	726	159.50–179.75	169.42
724	—	575	183.75–206.00	199.41
8	—	370	220.00	220.00
1,827	—	829	149.00–168.25	156.92
1,651	—	872	147.00–159.00	153.01
198	—	470	192.50–229.00	215.99
1,328	—	774	146.00–181.00	163.85
110	—	423	195.50–231.00	214.28
1,091	—	675	166.00–191.50	181.01
1,184	—	624	180.00–202.00	192.52
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
169	—	1,059	139.00–145.00	142.77
28	—	1,179	139.00	139.00
8	—	1,146	130.00	130.00
369	—	1,020	139.25–145.25	142.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	775	172.00	172.00
68	—	716	180.25	180.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
178	—	778	146.00–166.50	162.37
61	—	808	1,390.00	1,390.00
46	—	690	1,025.00	1,025.00
437	—	728	153.00–168.00	160.05
200	—	868	138.00–162.00	149.47
874	—	825	147.00–160.00	150.37
14	—	658	170.00	170.00
78	—	770	1,280.00	1,280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	512	158.00–187.00	183.44
89	—	465	193.50	193.50
6	—	573	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1,808	—	669	146.50–164.00	157.11
1,742	—	779	134.00–155.00	143.58
79	—	966	133.25–137.50	134.24
1,279	—	824	132.00–150.50	140.69
1,230	—	578	160.50–183.50	173.55
682	—	527	163.00–190.00	177.94
84	—	376	181.00–218.00	194.11
311	—	917	134.00–140.00	138.11
6	—	338	207.00	207.00
6	—	288	240.00	240.00
1,066	—	871	130.50–146.00	138.51
1,487	—	624	152.00–180.50	165.04
164	—	432	172.00–204.00	185.49
316	—	477	167.50–200.00	182.24
2,385	—	726	137.75–161.50	150.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
99	—	640	150.50	150.50
57	—	771	137.50	137.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	740	144.00	144.00
17	—	982	130.00	130.00
7	—	806	136.00	136.00
32	—	638	145.00–146.00	145.60
48	—	781	132.50–142.00	139.58
133	—	675	142.00–147.00	144.65
20	—	920	134.50–135.00	134.62
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,176	131.50	131.50
13	—	1,030	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	633	141.00–155.00	148.09
83	—	729	138.50–147.00	141.24
83	—	532	152.00–172.00	161.74
72	—	427	151.00–193.00	173.23
14	—	385	182.50–195.00	188.04
44	—	473	156.50–181.50	173.46
64	—	817	131.00–145.25	136.95
8	—	316	198.00	198.00
136	—	583	139.00–171.00	155.84
96	—	689	145.00–152.00	148.19
15	—	922	126.00	126.00
150	—	774	131.00–143.00	139.99
45	—	860	118.00–135.50	128.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	634	126.00	126.00
14	—	487	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	658	157.00	157.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	961	118.00	118.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	757	135.00	135.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,593	71.00–78.50	76.68
33	—	1,373	80.00–86.50	82.39
1	—	1,580	62.00	62.00
180	—	1,557	77.00–83.50	80.27
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,606	95.00–103.50	100.61
88	—	1,637	86.00–90.00	88.28
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,200	73.00	73.00
35	—	1,331	62.00–72.00	66.84
38	—	1,207	45.00–63.50	57.39
3	—	1,038	20.00–59.00	39.77
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,735	63.00–72.00	68.95
13	—	1,358	78.00–83.50	80.15
70	—	1,480	71.50–79.50	76.47
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	1,329	142.75–147.50	145.71
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
230	—	1,431	137.00–142.50	139.83
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,304	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Choice · Muddy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,311	135.25	135.25
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
122	—	1,560	142.00–151.00	147.26
58	—	1,448	145.00–149.00	148.42
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
276	—	1,449	137.25–141.50	139.88
5	—	1,727	137.50	137.50
155	—	1,565	135.00–140.50	139.27
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,337	138.50	138.50
Steers — Choice · Muddy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,409	135.50	135.50
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,628	138.25	138.25
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	1,565	118.00–123.50	120.80
Dairy Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,552	126.50	126.50
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,483	111.00–116.50	114.62
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,885	91.00–100.00	96.56
3	—	2,107	108.50–111.50	110.05
14	—	1,981	101.00–107.00	104.20

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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