South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 104 priced lines covering 12,655 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 12,873 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 870 head.

Mon May 2, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 12,873Last week 18,831Year ago 13,871

Slaughter CattleReceipts 870Last week 1,070Year ago 1,115

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 5.00 to 10.00 higher, heifers 3.00 to 6.00 higher with instances of 7.00 to 10.00 higher. Cash fed cattle maintained a large positive basis over the futures again this week, cash trades mostly around 146.00 in Iowa and Nebraska which is greatly helping the cattle feeder to maintain a positive outlook. Cattle feeders are faced with very high costs of gain, which has pushed breakeven prices higher, and are very cautious not to buy cattle that look to be inefficient gainers. The moisture received across a good portion of South Dakota has greatly improved the outlook for the growing season, however there are still areas that missed the rains and are extremely dry. The light cattle market remains very stout as turnout time is upon us and the fall months of the feeder cattle board are much higher than the front month. Corn planting is well underway, as the rains finally came bringing the moisture needed to plant a crop and get it growing. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 lower, bulls sold with higher undertones.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
129	—	1,158	142.00–147.00	144.40
368	—	1,032	134.00–149.75	145.47
12	—	1,229	136.50	136.50
490	—	1,075	134.85–152.35	141.29
69	—	1,121	134.25–143.75	141.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	770	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
191	—	824	154.00–162.75	158.76
19	—	481	202.00–216.00	209.15
25	—	428	197.50–220.00	214.76
1,104	—	927	141.75–161.50	153.58
339	—	964	141.00–152.25	148.83
1,071	—	858	147.00–167.00	163.50
53	—	526	190.00–210.00	205.64
274	—	572	180.00–213.00	201.75
155	—	632	173.00–204.00	186.23
250	—	677	159.00–195.00	184.38
403	—	769	152.00–179.00	173.65
113	—	719	157.75–178.50	168.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
153	—	787	150.00–154.00	150.34
11	—	999	135.00	135.00
19	—	739	157.00–157.50	157.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	734	152.50–154.50	153.05
17	—	621	161.00–171.00	165.22
10	—	760	148.00	148.00
23	—	863	149.50	149.50
43	—	821	138.50–148.25	141.01
5	—	373	185.00	185.00
22	—	520	166.00–198.00	184.30
20	—	682	153.00–163.00	154.50
9	—	473	183.00–185.00	184.07
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	837	120.50	120.50
14	—	929	125.00	125.00
11	—	765	133.00	133.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	896	123.50–127.50	125.05
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,048	133.25	133.25
8	—	1,065	136.75	136.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	628	192.00–212.00	206.06
21	—	653	180.50	180.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
843	—	772	139.50–157.00	149.02
494	—	677	149.00–169.00	161.29
378	—	627	154.50–173.50	165.04
298	—	530	165.00–180.00	173.89
476	—	921	131.00–143.00	138.20
287	—	571	154.00–178.00	169.66
564	—	878	132.75–142.25	138.92
204	—	975	132.25–138.00	136.73
746	—	730	142.50–162.00	152.45
62	—	479	171.00–179.00	177.05
730	—	826	132.00–150.00	143.81
27	—	438	166.00–177.00	174.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	908	1,320.00	1,320.00
190	—	861	144.00–146.50	145.66
233	—	816	149.00–156.00	152.20
151	—	777	156.50–160.50	158.65
113	—	824	1,175.00–1,260.00	1,230.08
6	—	861	1,235.00	1,235.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	525	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,026	135.00–138.25	136.32
229	—	1,082	130.25–133.50	132.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	659	172.00	172.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	639	151.00–153.00	151.91
31	—	668	141.00–149.50	146.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	549	151.00	151.00
18	—	684	145.50	145.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	913	133.00	133.00
28	—	722	137.00–150.00	141.52
8	—	441	176.00	176.00
13	—	773	126.00–138.00	131.61
4	—	810	135.00	135.00
20	—	626	141.00–151.00	145.02
11	—	482	157.00–178.00	162.50
30	—	661	141.00–147.00	145.14
4	—	530	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,075	126.50	126.50
12	—	1,147	116.50–122.50	120.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	702	136.00	136.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,368	72.50–73.00	72.72
20	—	1,275	69.00–73.00	70.88
19	—	906	5.00–51.00	30.11
24	—	1,164	60.00–67.00	63.68
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,592	64.00–78.50	75.37
43	—	1,523	80.00–86.00	83.08
9	—	1,436	87.00–89.00	88.50
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,433	87.00–96.00	90.76
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,303	79.00	79.00
61	—	1,407	73.00–78.50	75.61
8	—	1,438	61.00–72.00	70.13
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,271	140.50	140.50
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,322	153.50–157.25	156.48
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
131	—	1,292	143.50–148.00	145.48
33	—	1,304	140.00	140.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,499	143.50	143.50
9	—	1,577	146.50	146.50
8	—	1,506	144.00	144.00
78	—	1,426	147.00–149.00	147.80
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,562	147.50–153.00	151.48
28	—	1,446	150.00–152.00	151.03
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,218	110.00	110.00
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,315	142.50–144.75	144.12
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,676	146.00	146.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,233	145.00	145.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,424	118.50–122.00	120.82
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,889	102.00–107.50	105.90
6	—	1,655	86.00–100.00	93.52

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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