South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 112 priced lines covering 18,011 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 18,831 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,070 head.

Mon Apr 25, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 18,831Last week 21,484Year ago 10,897

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,070Last week 982Year ago 1,002

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 750 lbs steady to 3.00 higher, over 750 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 850 lbs 2.00 to 6.00 lower, over 850 lbs steady to 2.00 lower. Demand was more moderate as the feeder cattle market was under pressure as cattle futures posted losses and corn contracts up 25 cents. The cash fed cattle market moved higher, up to 147.00-148.00, but with the losses in the futures cattle feeders are wary of buying feeder cattle too high. Good rains finally came to areas of the state, which improved the outlook for a full grazing season, and a hay crop greatly, but some areas West River are still waiting for spring rain. There is now the necessary moisture needed to get a crop started, East River, as well but costs of gain continue to loom large over the feeder cattle market. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, bulls not well tested for comparison.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
359	—	631	150.00–164.25	155.53
326	—	535	162.00–181.00	173.87
395	—	576	151.50–180.50	166.49
897	—	926	127.00–135.50	134.45
18	—	335	189.00–190.00	189.49
830	—	720	141.75–157.25	151.33
1,235	—	823	128.00–144.50	138.03
66	—	428	174.00–184.50	181.59
1,076	—	882	131.50–147.00	136.66
167	—	980	130.75–134.75	132.84
442	—	668	147.00–158.50	152.43
164	—	469	167.00–182.00	175.20
44	—	384	185.00–191.50	190.79
796	—	774	135.00–149.00	141.64
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
244	—	1,031	129.85–133.00	131.32
22	—	1,076	124.50–128.50	126.73
58	—	1,128	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	922	1,240.00	1,240.00
128	—	861	1,200.00	1,200.00
88	—	845	1,230.00	1,230.00
68	—	955	137.50	137.50
162	—	868	141.00–154.00	151.90
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	715	165.50	165.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	922	125.50	125.50
20	—	555	155.00	155.00
6	—	803	130.50	130.50
7	—	675	136.00	136.00
18	—	966	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	752	123.00–126.00	125.18
6	—	998	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	567	154.00	154.00
32	—	531	155.00–166.00	159.86
40	—	734	131.00–144.00	140.98
42	—	623	143.00–147.00	145.31
123	—	663	135.00–145.50	135.88
6	—	878	128.00	128.00
33	—	829	132.00–135.00	133.13
9	—	779	138.00	138.00
13	—	495	169.00	169.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	659	169.50	169.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	661	156.00	156.00
93	—	630	176.00–177.00	176.60
7	—	800	142.50	142.50
13	—	728	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	717	146.50	146.50
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,120	130.50	130.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	572	156.00	156.00
19	—	825	131.00	131.00
17	—	783	123.50	123.50
4	—	911	122.00	122.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
346	—	673	168.50–194.50	182.07
271	—	626	172.50–203.00	189.91
75	—	473	194.00–233.00	220.78
879	—	721	157.00–181.75	173.02
601	—	778	145.50–168.75	159.10
1,002	—	875	145.00–156.25	152.02
37	—	423	182.50–232.00	214.33
746	—	828	149.00–164.50	155.34
194	—	576	177.00–207.50	194.81
151	—	524	192.00–216.00	204.90
1,263	—	920	138.25–155.75	148.36
835	—	967	134.00–145.00	141.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	783	150.00–156.00	152.57
144	—	686	159.00–167.00	165.58
39	—	891	140.25	140.25
39	—	728	142.00–152.00	147.76
15	—	418	195.00–204.00	197.29
5	—	575	190.00	190.00
7	—	938	137.50	137.50
51	—	638	167.50–176.00	172.05
63	—	837	143.75–149.75	146.44
4	—	464	187.00	187.00
23	—	382	222.00–230.00	226.97
19	—	533	174.00–187.00	178.41
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,079	122.00–126.50	125.53
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,122	133.50	133.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
859	—	1,028	133.50–142.75	139.75
12	—	1,152	134.00	134.00
553	—	1,076	130.25–139.10	135.89
219	—	1,103	133.50–137.75	136.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
300	—	779	170.75–175.00	173.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	580	183.00	183.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	2,000	111.00–112.00	111.58
34	—	1,483	55.00–103.00	90.72
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,575	75.50–79.50	77.01
2	—	1,350	5.00	5.00
10	—	1,330	80.00–84.00	81.81
2	—	1,295	78.00	78.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,096	35.00–56.00	47.10
10	—	1,315	69.00–75.00	71.22
2	—	1,223	75.00	75.00
5	—	1,092	58.00–64.00	58.80
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,652	87.00–93.50	91.23
19	—	1,441	80.00–87.00	84.49
10	—	1,600	69.00–80.00	76.66
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,388	137.00	137.00
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,483	149.75–155.00	152.83
27	—	1,600	150.00–157.00	154.47
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,602	147.00	147.00
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,590	156.00	156.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,364	135.00	135.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,542	148.00–151.00	149.09
184	—	1,427	142.00–145.50	143.36
11	—	1,462	132.00	132.00
38	—	1,624	130.00–142.00	133.57
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,366	154.00	154.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,376	117.50–118.75	117.91
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,589	123.50	123.50
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,219	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
148	—	1,483	143.00–149.00	147.54
33	—	1,290	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,266	147.00–155.00	149.07

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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