South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 103 priced lines covering 25,461 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 26,657 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,267 head.

Mon Mar 21, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 26,657Last week 20,540Year ago 29,985

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,267Last week 1,291Year ago 1,551

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 higher, over 600 lbs steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs 6.00 to 10.00 higher, over 600 lbs steady to 5.00 higher. Very good demand for light weight steers and heifers to background, especially so as the CME Feeder Cattle contracts for the fall season are at a nearly 30.00 premium to the current month. Good demand yet for cattle bound for finishing yards, but flesh is a major factor currently as the projected costs of gain are much higher than last year. Cash fed cattle market is still very disappointing to cattle feeders who were expecting a market at 150.00 plus. Good demand for replacement quality heifers but there is some hesitation as the drought has not been alleviated. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower, bulls 3.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	837	143.50–149.75	148.34
14	—	669	167.00	167.00
79	—	720	155.25	155.25
61	—	631	170.00–174.50	171.89
49	—	887	145.50–146.75	146.65
71	—	938	138.50–140.00	139.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	736	160.00	160.00
37	—	643	170.00	170.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
456	—	1,025	139.50–144.00	141.26
145	—	1,070	139.75–142.75	141.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	738	159.00–161.00	160.75
26	—	619	147.00–182.00	169.09
66	—	560	159.50–196.00	182.69
79	—	883	132.00–142.00	138.72
25	—	490	192.00–194.00	193.68
10	—	431	197.00–213.00	204.97
107	—	681	145.00–175.00	165.85
21	—	505	182.00–191.00	187.54
20	—	838	143.00–145.00	143.70
26	—	788	141.00–154.50	149.48
6	—	934	136.00	136.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
827	—	973	139.50–147.35	144.71
113	—	480	192.00–226.00	214.21
2,046	—	772	153.00–170.75	163.84
464	—	527	187.00–217.00	204.56
92	—	432	213.00–238.00	221.02
1,232	—	927	141.75–152.75	146.27
997	—	627	175.50–202.00	188.69
1,232	—	725	158.00–177.00	170.02
35	—	390	226.00–230.00	226.64
1,527	—	677	167.25–187.50	179.28
401	—	576	184.00–207.00	196.01
1,340	—	867	144.00–159.25	153.07
1,776	—	821	146.00–161.85	157.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	736	180.25	180.25
98	—	682	180.00–187.00	181.10
70	—	610	199.50	199.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
158	—	709	181.50–184.50	182.99
73	—	462	236.00	236.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,030	120.00–130.00	124.95
9	—	1,152	118.50	118.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
643	—	879	131.00–139.75	138.08
987	—	628	150.00–182.00	164.92
1,641	—	766	134.00–158.50	148.31
303	—	476	160.00–200.50	185.30
847	—	526	154.50–194.00	178.27
81	—	415	165.00–206.00	183.52
131	—	974	131.00–134.50	132.43
9	—	364	189.00	189.00
647	—	827	132.00–145.00	139.44
1,624	—	669	146.00–169.50	158.95
786	—	573	160.25–186.50	174.72
223	—	933	133.75–136.75	136.12
1,137	—	721	138.00–161.50	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	807	153.50	153.50
336	—	676	165.00–169.00	166.54
363	—	766	154.50–164.50	157.58
77	—	707	160.50	160.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	664	163.50	163.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	715	131.00–145.00	137.78
66	—	572	142.00–167.00	157.13
3	—	853	123.00	123.00
40	—	633	133.50–159.00	138.71
9	—	538	154.00	154.00
14	—	762	136.00	136.00
64	—	936	111.00–138.00	135.92
87	—	677	136.50–156.00	144.49
3	—	800	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	642	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	562	156.00	156.00
9	—	682	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	547	160.00	160.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	742	140.00	140.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,051	122.00	122.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	2,021	100.00–106.00	102.61
4	—	2,140	108.00–114.00	111.10
10	—	1,642	73.00–96.00	90.38
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,400	71.00–78.50	75.96
21	—	1,480	75.00–83.50	78.81
10	—	1,543	52.50–73.00	68.60
1	—	1,400	31.00	31.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,634	86.00–88.00	86.74
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,632	71.00–78.50	75.33
10	—	1,668	81.00–87.00	85.82
39	—	1,573	75.00–85.00	80.77
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,391	63.00–73.00	68.37
7	—	1,560	71.00–74.00	72.74
31	—	1,301	42.00–66.00	57.28
7	—	1,117	35.00–44.00	40.71
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
109	—	1,633	138.75–139.75	139.15
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,643	147.00	147.00
38	—	1,391	137.25	137.25
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,372	137.00–145.00	140.52
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,391	136.00	136.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
156	—	1,545	135.25–140.75	139.27
10	—	1,476	133.50	133.50
104	—	1,469	139.00–140.50	139.85
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,474	119.00–124.50	121.72
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,232	123.00	123.00
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,405	149.00	149.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,330	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,447	140.00–141.00	140.30
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
277	—	1,370	137.00–141.25	139.01

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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