South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 105 priced lines covering 18,593 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 18,832 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,355 head.

Mon Jun 6, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 18,832Last week 14,753Year ago 15,956

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,355Last week 820Year ago 1,299

Compared to last week: Due to differences in flesh condition, feeder steers under 800 lbs not well compared, over 800 lbs steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder heifers 2.00 to 6.00 higher, with some instances of steady to 3.00 lower due to differences in flesh condition. Very good demand for feeder steers and heifers this week as more locations hosted their annual summertime BBQ special sales. There were long strings of yearlings on offer and there were plenty of buyers on the seats actively bidding and chasing the market to secure their feeder cattle needs. As the cash fed cattle trade in the north continues to outperform the southern trade and the June Live Cattle board, optimism continues to build. Cash corn was higher this week but that did not slow down the feeder market. Flesh condition is a major factor in how high a price feeder cattle can achieve, compared to others that are carrying too much flesh, the greener cattle draw much more interest from buyers, especially so during a time of high feed cost. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher, bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	490	190.00	190.00
25	—	905	145.00	145.00
9	—	399	194.00	194.00
81	—	675	163.00–175.50	171.49
145	—	774	128.00–164.00	159.62
89	—	575	189.00–198.50	191.18
67	—	738	143.00–170.00	159.09
70	—	983	125.50–146.00	142.64
85	—	630	164.00–195.00	179.69
40	—	872	155.00–157.00	156.80
76	—	825	145.00–160.00	154.08
19	—	430	207.00–209.00	208.46
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	996	145.00	145.00
1,018	—	1,070	134.50–160.50	155.10
385	—	1,160	144.25–149.25	148.12
612	—	1,118	142.00–150.25	148.40
28	—	1,219	142.50	142.50
995	—	1,024	148.00–159.50	154.88
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	984	138.75	138.75
21	—	830	149.50	149.50
16	—	778	137.50	137.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,135	137.25	137.25
13	—	1,003	144.25	144.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	977	138.50–149.50	147.24
22	—	935	142.50–152.00	145.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
793	—	883	154.50–173.50	164.20
429	—	778	160.25–184.00	173.99
92	—	571	190.50–219.00	201.21
249	—	692	173.00–193.00	183.66
959	—	826	160.00–182.00	171.84
54	—	488	207.50–219.00	212.55
280	—	721	170.00–188.00	175.72
1,255	—	968	150.00–168.00	156.70
1,176	—	929	145.50–168.50	159.97
14	—	545	205.00–210.00	206.42
9	—	171	180.25	180.25
102	—	625	188.00–214.00	204.95
33	—	424	222.00–236.00	229.97
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	716	193.50–195.50	194.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
599	—	722	151.00–167.25	158.92
1,070	—	774	142.00–171.00	154.26
1,002	—	822	142.50–157.00	148.74
52	—	565	169.00–179.50	173.30
224	—	625	161.00–176.50	168.75
1,373	—	917	133.50–147.85	144.04
1,307	—	872	141.00–151.25	146.97
36	—	417	176.00–190.00	182.76
55	—	464	195.00–200.00	197.78
675	—	978	132.10–147.00	141.51
4	—	376	202.50	202.50
93	—	529	163.00–182.00	178.76
426	—	678	163.00–175.00	167.57
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	1,013	134.00–148.75	138.09
76	—	1,075	132.50–140.50	137.12
45	—	1,128	132.75–133.50	133.08
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	581	154.50–167.00	160.91
139	—	828	134.50–146.50	143.38
102	—	667	137.00–161.00	155.96
30	—	781	129.00–147.50	138.08
19	—	481	161.00–183.00	169.67
137	—	734	142.00–151.00	148.58
12	—	448	186.00	186.00
65	—	620	144.00–165.75	152.82
81	—	926	132.00–137.75	136.96
7	—	396	183.00	183.00
21	—	544	168.00–179.50	175.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
124	—	862	138.75	138.75
43	—	779	149.75	149.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	774	160.25–165.25	163.78
4	—	808	160.25	160.25
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	826	106.00	106.00
12	—	910	137.75	137.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	692	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	672	130.50	130.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,402	76.00–84.00	82.15
55	—	1,545	84.00–90.00	87.31
3	—	1,663	90.50–94.00	91.95
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,193	45.00–46.00	45.41
12	—	1,081	51.00–69.00	61.84
26	—	1,233	70.00–75.00	71.74
13	—	1,266	76.00–80.50	79.02
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	1,371	77.00–83.00	80.75
13	—	1,298	83.50–87.50	85.58
8	—	1,413	72.00–76.00	74.66
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,337	137.00–138.00	137.44
228	—	1,267	140.00–143.00	142.10
5	—	1,282	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,242	137.00–139.00	138.58
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,309	143.00	143.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,344	138.00–138.50	138.14
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,429	149.00	149.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	1,581	143.50–145.25	144.90
22	—	1,537	139.00–141.50	140.25
247	—	1,413	141.00–144.00	142.96
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,152	128.00	128.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,314	141.00	141.00
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,320	140.00	140.00
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,590	143.00	143.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,654	143.00–145.00	144.74
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,348	117.00–119.00	117.73
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,270	107.50	107.50
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,492	123.00–128.50	124.22
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,665	77.00–106.00	98.10
6	—	1,964	114.50–124.00	119.49
26	—	2,028	106.00–117.00	111.25

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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