South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 100 priced lines covering 8,749 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 8,617 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 902 head.

Mon Apr 11, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8,617Last week 19,734Year ago 13,674

Slaughter CattleReceipts 902Last week 1,159Year ago 1,639

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 850 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 lower, over 850 lbs 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers unevenly steady. Moderate to good demand for this lighter offering of feeder cattle. With the winter storm at midweek there were some cancellations, along with the locations that don't host a sale this holiday week, there were fewer feeder cattle offered in the auctions. With the rising corn cost there is great concern over the coming months in the fed cattle market, this is adding pressure to the feeder cattle market. There was some moisture received this week but more is needed, which is keeping some pressure on the light cattle market that could run on grass as yearlings. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, bulls 2.00 to 3.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
248	—	722	143.00–156.75	150.00
96	—	568	162.00–175.00	168.35
12	—	392	193.00	193.00
35	—	480	170.00–180.00	174.94
666	—	917	125.00–137.50	133.49
122	—	967	126.75–136.75	134.84
22	—	531	167.50–176.00	173.04
236	—	621	152.00–167.50	161.12
10	—	427	174.00–177.00	175.43
422	—	773	142.50–150.00	145.39
249	—	683	149.00–161.00	157.40
355	—	871	130.00–139.75	134.66
487	—	839	132.50–143.00	140.04
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,038	128.00–131.00	128.92
6	—	1,152	129.75	129.75
54	—	1,056	134.75–135.75	135.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	722	131.00	131.00
5	—	399	191.50	191.50
14	—	492	159.50–168.00	161.29
3	—	427	162.00	162.00
113	—	781	129.00–140.00	134.99
17	—	638	141.00–149.00	145.69
82	—	675	138.00	138.00
30	—	809	130.00–131.00	130.37
4	—	901	114.50	114.50
26	—	568	140.00–165.50	145.87
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
225	—	826	1,140.00–1,200.00	1,177.92
35	—	824	145.00	145.00
32	—	793	1,150.00	1,150.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	660	150.50	150.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	569	131.00	131.00
6	—	672	120.00	120.00
4	—	636	130.00	130.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	431	210.00–226.00	220.94
57	—	628	179.50–193.00	187.76
16	—	488	194.00–206.00	202.27
600	—	930	144.50–153.00	149.48
562	—	873	142.00–161.00	155.36
39	—	524	186.00–206.00	197.87
467	—	975	140.25–151.25	146.75
267	—	672	166.75–185.25	175.93
668	—	824	149.00–164.00	157.32
423	—	781	156.00–167.25	162.78
4	—	346	220.00	220.00
175	—	729	165.50–172.50	168.09
102	—	576	185.00–200.00	189.59
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	980	141.00	141.00
5	—	658	167.50	167.50
10	—	880	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	714	155.00–161.00	159.15
23	—	627	159.50–171.00	164.70
8	—	354	195.00	195.00
17	—	783	148.50–152.50	150.32
114	—	929	152.25	152.25
5	—	483	186.50	186.50
41	—	831	144.00–149.00	145.89
35	—	664	155.50–166.00	161.05
27	—	581	162.00–178.00	169.10
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
232	—	1,009	137.00–148.00	145.03
19	—	1,185	135.00–137.25	136.78
280	—	1,076	137.25–143.85	141.29
7	—	1,235	136.75	136.75
4	—	1,144	132.00	132.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	836	133.00	133.00
18	—	711	133.00	133.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,022	136.50	136.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	522	188.00	188.00
3	—	682	156.50	156.50
3	—	482	189.00	189.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	1,520	74.50–79.50	77.36
1	—	1,370	63.00	63.00
3	—	1,325	70.00–73.00	71.96
4	—	1,279	82.00	82.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,332	54.00–65.00	57.81
17	—	1,237	69.00–74.00	71.52
3	—	1,105	73.00–74.00	73.62
10	—	1,042	12.50–45.00	23.97
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,847	89.50–90.50	89.84
7	—	1,591	74.00–78.00	76.42
66	—	1,474	80.00–86.00	83.41
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,400	143.00–146.00	144.55
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,321	140.00–143.00	141.23
23	—	1,269	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,269	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,303	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,201	139.00	139.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
102	—	1,436	140.00–142.25	141.28
37	—	1,534	138.50–144.50	139.92
15	—	1,582	139.00	139.00
4	—	1,445	137.00	137.00
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,226	132.00	132.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
140	—	1,649	137.00–142.50	141.37
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,314	135.00–139.00	137.63
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,590	145.00	145.00
6	—	1,416	143.00	143.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,346	139.50	139.50
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,542	119.00–122.00	120.04
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,633	85.00–100.00	95.00
4	—	2,257	113.00–117.50	114.62
9	—	1,680	101.00–109.00	104.30

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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