South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 117 priced lines covering 19,388 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 19,734 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,159 head.

Mon Apr 4, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 19,734Last week 17,973Year ago 26,787

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,159Last week 1,301Year ago 1,340

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 750 lbs 3.00 to 8.00 lower, except 650-750 lbs 1.00 to 2.00 lower, over 750 lbs unevenly steady. Feeder heifers unevenly steady. Very good demand remains for light cattle to background, demand moderate to good for steers and heifers bound for finishing yards. The losses in the Live and Feeder Cattle futures contracts, along with the gains in the corn pressured the feeder cattle market this week. Cash fed cattle at 138.00-140.00 is very disappointing to cattle feeders who had hopes of 150.00, which would have resulted in good profits for them. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, bulls 2.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
325	—	569	184.00–203.50	193.99
1,224	—	832	150.00–162.75	158.81
91	—	469	201.00–212.00	208.25
537	—	670	165.00–188.00	178.68
1,006	—	729	158.00–179.50	170.94
578	—	774	152.00–168.00	160.26
1,243	—	876	140.00–160.75	154.26
993	—	980	138.00–148.85	144.24
102	—	516	192.50–211.00	204.86
6	—	397	199.00	199.00
660	—	922	138.00–150.50	148.27
56	—	440	200.00–215.50	212.05
626	—	618	175.00–200.00	187.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	629	160.00–188.50	175.59
21	—	426	163.50–198.00	185.41
123	—	592	151.00–182.00	172.68
166	—	680	153.00–185.50	171.99
18	—	527	162.00–195.00	178.58
6	—	335	197.50	197.50
32	—	720	141.00–153.00	148.95
20	—	789	145.50–149.00	146.36
71	—	886	142.50–147.50	143.47
28	—	475	195.00–196.00	195.19
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	908	120.50	120.50
16	—	753	116.50	116.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
301	—	1,028	131.00–143.35	140.75
12	—	1,228	133.50	133.50
186	—	1,161	133.75–137.25	136.12
18	—	1,054	141.60	141.60
34	—	1,114	138.00–139.75	139.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	696	150.00	150.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
106	—	621	173.00–177.00	176.77
37	—	665	167.50	167.50
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	1,088	125.00–125.75	125.12
4	—	978	130.50	130.50
13	—	1,144	123.00	123.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	846	143.00	143.00
6	—	531	194.00	194.00
7	—	996	139.50	139.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	666	191.00	191.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
540	—	836	130.50–144.00	137.46
816	—	575	161.00–176.00	169.65
1,270	—	675	149.00–164.00	157.38
411	—	527	161.00–185.00	175.73
563	—	921	130.00–137.85	134.83
20	—	335	205.00–212.50	207.91
519	—	627	149.00–173.00	162.19
26	—	978	122.00–134.25	131.88
6	—	384	211.00	211.00
984	—	865	131.50–141.50	137.06
128	—	476	165.00–190.00	177.82
1,339	—	721	141.00–165.50	151.87
131	—	429	176.00–200.00	185.34
1,289	—	774	130.00–152.50	146.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	433	182.00	182.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	973	1,270.00	1,270.00
92	—	912	1,210.00–1,300.00	1,283.17
54	—	829	1,270.00	1,270.00
118	—	853	1,180.00–1,300.00	1,248.49
18	—	731	1,090.00	1,090.00
117	—	923	137.00–139.50	138.24
230	—	825	146.00–160.00	152.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	743	141.50	141.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	624	140.00–152.00	145.01
86	—	574	147.00–168.00	158.95
4	—	888	133.00	133.00
45	—	484	150.00–178.50	155.99
47	—	531	114.00–162.50	153.23
32	—	818	130.50–134.00	133.14
5	—	378	167.50	167.50
5	—	330	172.50	172.50
54	—	739	136.50–142.00	139.74
20	—	436	171.50–185.00	174.68
95	—	659	139.50–149.50	147.30
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,210	117.75	117.75
5	—	737	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	566	180.50	180.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	606	123.00	123.00
16	—	878	119.00	119.00
23	—	821	112.00–116.50	113.92
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	1,061	130.50–130.85	130.80
44	—	1,030	128.50–134.60	133.05
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	779	124.00	124.00
8	—	674	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	675	151.00	151.00
36	—	783	138.50	138.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	746	139.00	139.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	330	221.00	221.00
5	—	719	155.00	155.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	389	192.00	192.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
232	—	1,381	137.00–138.50	137.63
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,273	134.00–135.00	134.37
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,385	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,401	139.00–142.00	140.92
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,435	139.50–140.00	139.59
126	—	1,546	135.00–137.50	135.88
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	1,624	138.75–141.00	140.24
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,304	132.00	132.00
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,911	133.00	133.00
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,400	139.00–143.00	141.18
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,419	75.00–79.50	77.26
20	—	1,314	79.50–85.00	80.76
4	—	1,457	68.00–71.00	69.31
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,451	66.00–74.00	69.73
13	—	1,194	74.00–78.50	76.32
14	—	1,251	32.00–65.00	41.73
26	—	1,205	45.00–66.50	60.55
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,183	39.00–51.00	44.70
47	—	1,547	79.00–85.50	82.41
13	—	1,505	85.00–92.00	87.72
5	—	1,846	73.00–75.00	73.67
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,880	110.00–111.50	110.69
5	—	2,080	101.00–104.00	101.93
6	—	1,608	68.00–99.00	90.09
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,496	111.00–113.00	112.01
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,586	114.00–120.50	118.26
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,414	105.00	105.00

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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