South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 100 priced lines covering 20,056 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 20,540 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,291 head.

Mon Mar 14, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 20,540Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,291Last week 0Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 2.00 to 5.00 higher, except steers under 600 lbs not well compared. Feeder heifers steady to 2.00 higher. Moderate to good demand for feeder cattle this week. The volatility in the futures contracts continues but this week the negative tone changed into a more positive one as Live and Feeder Cattle futures gained 3.00 to 4.00. Corn futures lost .20 but still remain in the mid 7.00 range. Cattle feeders sold fat cattle this week at 140.00-142.00 in Iowa but many had expected a month ago that the current market would be over 150.00. As costs of gain are so high cattle feeders are very cognizant of cattle carrying too much flesh. The market is most active for light weight cattle to go to grass with, as this supply gets tighter with each passing week. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, bulls steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
766	—	725	143.50–161.50	151.66
63	—	986	135.75	135.75
34	—	472	168.00–186.00	176.53
299	—	920	134.25–138.00	136.58
113	—	528	161.00–184.50	172.35
13	—	433	178.00	178.00
8	—	392	180.00	180.00
654	—	632	150.00–171.00	161.63
888	—	674	146.00–167.25	160.85
944	—	770	133.00–149.00	143.12
1,060	—	868	133.00–140.85	137.13
559	—	822	135.00–145.25	139.96
378	—	578	157.00–174.50	165.75
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,004	119.50	119.50
20	—	1,207	118.00	118.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	818	126.00–130.00	128.35
19	—	474	150.00–170.50	162.97
14	—	771	132.00–136.50	134.88
9	—	434	176.00	176.00
55	—	539	151.00–161.50	156.61
71	—	641	139.00–156.25	152.83
51	—	675	131.00–162.25	154.58
48	—	580	152.50–165.00	157.80
57	—	739	139.00–144.00	141.95
9	—	959	131.50	131.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	1,216	136.50	136.50
166	—	1,123	134.75–139.75	138.27
89	—	1,057	137.75–138.00	137.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	741	134.75–138.00	135.54
3	—	763	139.00	139.00
13	—	638	146.00	146.00
117	—	696	140.00–147.25	145.43
56	—	835	132.50–134.00	132.66
12	—	857	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	823	1,180.00–1,250.00	1,212.81
75	—	641	165.75–166.25	166.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	746	163.00	163.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	484	197.00–220.00	206.94
937	—	872	143.50–157.50	150.32
1,164	—	727	159.00–178.00	168.34
40	—	425	199.00–230.00	215.90
1,795	—	917	138.00–153.75	147.47
1,885	—	825	148.50–165.00	157.63
80	—	526	191.00–206.00	199.47
294	—	569	183.00–204.50	191.53
704	—	975	139.00–148.00	143.69
776	—	627	178.00–202.50	190.09
793	—	671	167.00–189.00	181.83
6	—	375	225.00	225.00
1,100	—	777	152.00–170.50	162.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	577	173.00–186.00	181.21
15	—	521	162.00–190.00	170.87
87	—	774	142.00–153.00	147.28
349	—	660	151.00–171.00	160.72
9	—	464	185.00–209.00	198.24
55	—	723	148.00–159.75	157.85
91	—	636	161.50–179.50	172.38
78	—	821	140.75–144.50	141.01
9	—	868	131.00–135.00	133.18
9	—	414	203.00	203.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	601	190.00	190.00
135	—	804	164.35	164.35
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	956	128.00	128.00
28	—	929	125.50	125.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
421	—	1,020	134.50–142.50	139.12
553	—	1,126	137.25–143.85	140.29
355	—	1,067	134.00–141.50	138.63
101	—	1,170	138.10	138.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	743	160.50	160.50
5	—	782	144.00	144.00
40	—	636	173.25	173.25
18	—	693	155.00–160.00	156.40
28	—	826	133.00–143.00	137.76
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,016	133.00–135.00	134.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	2,076	103.00–108.00	106.01
1	—	2,070	114.00	114.00
14	—	1,700	75.00–100.00	93.20
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,379	73.00–77.00	75.25
2	—	973	71.00	71.00
3	—	1,272	78.00–83.00	81.44
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,577	78.00–84.50	82.07
9	—	1,501	72.00–78.00	76.70
51	—	1,655	83.00–89.00	86.55
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	980	47.00	47.00
3	—	1,034	75.00–77.00	75.76
23	—	1,329	67.00–72.50	70.28
5	—	1,195	58.00–65.00	60.84
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,644	88.00–95.50	89.84
Dairy Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,655	128.50	128.50
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,416	120.50–124.50	122.02
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
202	—	1,549	138.00–142.50	141.50
117	—	1,465	137.00–140.25	139.00
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	1,463	139.00–142.00	141.10
7	—	1,579	144.00	144.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,603	142.50	142.50
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,307	135.00–136.00	135.30
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,307	134.00–136.00	134.45
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
157	—	1,400	137.00–142.50	139.80
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,286	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
106	—	1,336	139.00–142.25	140.42

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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