South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 107 priced lines covering 17,386 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 17,973 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,301 head.

Mon Mar 28, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 17,973Last week 26,657Year ago 15,032

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,301Last week 1,267Year ago 1,066

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 650 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 higher, over 650 lbs steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 800 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 lower, over 800 lbs steady to 1.00 higher. Demand remains very good for light steers and heifers to background, either in a feedyard or on grass, moderate to good demand for the heavier cattle bound for finishing yards. As feed cost have risen so sharply, and the CME Live Cattle contracts retreated, cattle feeders are facing much difficulty to buy feeder cattle that will have a breakeven price in line with where the futures contracts are at for that time period. The lofty levels of the fall months of the Feeder Cattle futures is making for a very active and highly competitive market for cattle to background and make yearlings of. The supply of these cattle are dwindling greatly, which is also driving the market. Drought still remains across a good portion of the state, creating more worry for these producers as they just don’t know how much stock they will be able to run. Cash fed cattle in Iowa traded up to 143.00 this week, still well below where most cattle feeders expected the spring market to be at. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher, bulls 2.00 higher

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	854	152.75	152.75
64	—	842	1,195.00	1,195.00
64	—	910	1,300.00	1,300.00
13	—	997	1,310.00	1,310.00
190	—	834	145.00–156.50	152.69
14	—	700	156.00	156.00
15	—	776	1,125.00	1,125.00
74	—	754	155.50–158.50	156.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	338	150.00–185.00	155.78
48	—	475	165.00–178.00	168.68
26	—	570	145.00–150.00	147.31
6	—	999	124.25	124.25
12	—	374	166.00–212.00	187.68
56	—	673	132.00–150.50	140.80
35	—	514	150.00–171.00	154.48
17	—	435	173.00–177.00	176.10
55	—	631	130.50–158.50	142.32
27	—	768	133.00–140.00	134.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	471	140.00	140.00
31	—	422	135.00–146.00	144.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	824	130.50	130.50
7	—	679	146.50	146.50
6	—	889	127.50	127.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1,316	—	780	134.50–152.00	143.09
1,139	—	727	141.50–160.50	150.36
59	—	415	177.00–196.00	186.80
184	—	971	126.00–136.75	132.10
1,094	—	675	147.00–164.25	156.62
595	—	624	148.00–167.00	159.67
395	—	916	128.00–139.10	135.72
341	—	575	154.00–175.50	167.29
552	—	870	131.50–142.50	138.88
32	—	475	175.00–192.00	185.72
546	—	830	135.50–141.75	139.29
196	—	528	169.00–183.50	176.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	751	154.00	154.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,013	129.50–133.50	132.60
13	—	726	134.00	134.00
131	—	1,067	129.25–133.00	131.96
15	—	857	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,054	119.50	119.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	736	166.00	166.00
69	—	934	137.00–137.75	137.62
8	—	791	145.00	145.00
47	—	834	148.50	148.50
16	—	539	184.50	184.50
19	—	868	133.50–146.75	141.08
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,334	124.00	124.00
184	—	1,067	134.75–143.60	138.30
194	—	1,126	138.75–143.60	142.82
30	—	1,290	129.50	129.50
860	—	1,012	135.00–146.00	143.04
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
504	—	614	177.00–205.00	194.40
187	—	578	188.50–205.00	197.63
120	—	523	194.00–219.00	208.64
414	—	676	167.00–187.00	180.11
696	—	816	151.75–162.75	157.30
108	—	483	200.00–231.50	216.57
979	—	974	137.00–149.25	145.31
925	—	919	142.75–153.50	149.18
766	—	729	163.50–178.75	172.66
29	—	427	213.00–222.50	216.76
854	—	767	152.00–170.50	164.85
1,542	—	873	147.00–158.75	153.16
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	989	135.00–135.25	135.16
8	—	839	146.50	146.50
7	—	598	163.00	163.00
15	—	721	131.00–155.00	146.84
6	—	377	219.00	219.00
59	—	677	162.00–174.00	164.54
3	—	523	201.00	201.00
24	—	465	154.00–206.00	169.42
29	—	764	148.00–162.50	154.65
26	—	347	180.00–215.00	193.37
15	—	938	137.25	137.25
58	—	627	166.50–184.50	175.11
4	—	285	200.00	200.00
20	—	421	189.00–219.00	199.85
44	—	881	131.50–144.00	137.62
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	448	157.00	157.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,080	122.00	122.00
18	—	1,018	134.50–137.25	135.56

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,449	81.50–83.00	82.41
4	—	1,594	63.00–72.50	67.66
31	—	1,475	74.00–79.00	75.64
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,198	75.50	75.50
29	—	1,199	50.00–65.00	61.20
7	—	1,064	22.50–45.00	33.88
45	—	1,318	66.00–72.50	69.09
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,639	85.00–91.00	87.66
30	—	1,541	78.00–84.50	80.50
8	—	1,625	68.00–77.00	74.83
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	1,464	138.00–142.00	141.34
32	—	1,559	142.00–144.00	143.15
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,624	140.50–142.00	141.48
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,266	138.00	138.00
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,540	140.00–143.75	140.27
17	—	1,468	145.75	145.75
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
240	—	1,491	136.50–143.50	140.02
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,450	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,437	136.00	136.00
196	—	1,333	137.00–143.00	139.61
Dairy Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,704	111.00	111.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,495	117.00–125.00	121.55
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,999	110.00–118.50	114.63
8	—	1,434	75.00–98.00	92.03
8	—	1,904	102.00–107.50	104.86

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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