South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 108 priced lines covering 16,298 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 16,981 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,047 head.

Mon Jul 25, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 16,981Last week 3,617Year ago 19,512

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,047Last week 882Year ago 567

Compared to last week: Feeder steers too lightly tested a week ago to offer any meaningful comparison, higher undertones prevailed. Feeder heifers 4.00 to 5.00 higher in a narrow comparison. Very good demand for yearling steers and heifers this week as there were many long strings of these cattle in town, whether they were off grass or out of grow yards, cattle feeders were eagerly bidding and chasing the market higher. Drought conditions in Western SD are causing yearlings to be pushed off grass early and cattle feeders want the chance to buy these green cattle when they are offered as their light flesh condition is so desirable. The market is extremely active currently as the supply of grass yearlings is more limited this year. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, except lean cows 5.00 higher, bulls 5.00 to 6.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	721	169.00	169.00
27	—	680	169.00	169.00
25	—	640	179.00	179.00
6	—	966	150.50	150.50
5	—	884	152.00	152.00
60	—	815	163.50	163.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	742	168.00	168.00
42	—	1,155	142.50	142.50
26	—	1,076	137.00–141.50	139.81
138	—	1,031	140.00–158.50	148.58
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	489	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	637	173.50–182.50	179.96
24	—	471	198.00–207.50	201.91
107	—	738	172.00–184.00	177.13
45	—	516	180.50–218.00	204.42
1,597	—	929	151.75–170.25	161.15
103	—	586	182.50–189.50	188.23
350	—	823	155.00–175.75	168.34
125	—	659	172.00–212.00	201.97
601	—	974	145.00–170.25	154.00
754	—	777	166.25–183.00	173.97
1,012	—	878	152.50–175.50	161.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	586	172.00–195.00	188.12
11	—	627	162.00–170.50	166.64
20	—	477	184.00	184.00
30	—	686	166.00	166.00
6	—	548	155.00	155.00
5	—	398	192.00	192.00
8	—	886	163.00	163.00
42	—	770	152.00–163.75	159.23
23	—	835	145.00	145.00
17	—	994	145.25	145.25
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	857	131.00	131.00
24	—	1,088	120.00	120.00
10	—	714	142.50	142.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	934	160.00	160.00
33	—	825	167.00	167.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	549	188.50	188.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	592	180.00	180.00
14	—	874	138.00	138.00
28	—	774	169.00–176.00	170.85
11	—	545	196.00	196.00
37	—	736	184.00	184.00
72	—	910	152.00–160.00	154.21
126	—	982	151.50–155.35	153.48
52	—	674	179.00–194.00	187.41
67	—	828	161.00–185.00	175.92
31	—	621	205.00	205.00
7	—	466	195.00	195.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	481	225.00–239.00	232.18
539	—	928	167.10–180.50	175.01
44	—	578	205.00–227.00	216.75
91	—	770	181.00–195.50	185.62
12	—	430	234.00	234.00
477	—	878	165.50–187.50	180.84
439	—	729	178.50–210.00	198.93
1,500	—	822	174.25–197.00	189.91
1,292	—	690	195.00–218.50	211.07
276	—	607	190.00–221.00	214.37
539	—	963	159.00–177.00	172.46
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	754	142.50	142.50
3	—	905	130.00	130.00
7	—	820	137.50	137.50
51	—	1,000	125.50	125.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	549	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	475	174.00	174.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,169	142.50	142.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	690	189.50	189.50
64	—	817	178.00	178.00
3	—	988	150.50	150.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,241	146.00	146.00
1,786	—	1,118	164.85–172.50	169.79
12	—	1,167	140.75	140.75
1,550	—	1,079	153.50–176.25	171.59
542	—	1,015	161.50–178.00	172.43
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,043	165.50	165.50
50	—	1,121	148.00	148.00
8	—	1,099	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	480	219.50	219.50
6	—	339	232.00	232.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	955	182.25	182.25

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,712	80.00–86.00	84.21
15	—	1,747	93.50–103.00	95.32
76	—	1,537	86.00–93.50	90.60
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,210	78.50–83.00	78.96
45	—	1,379	71.00–78.00	74.26
29	—	1,143	30.00–59.50	52.66
44	—	1,252	55.00–70.00	66.17
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,486	70.00–79.50	76.36
46	—	1,402	81.00–86.00	83.59
17	—	1,339	88.50–91.00	89.83
1	—	1,675	64.00	64.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
96	—	1,373	140.00–143.00	141.35
10	—	1,336	141.50	141.50
93	—	1,572	142.00–143.35	142.57
10	—	1,416	139.50	139.50
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,580	146.00–152.50	150.84
5	—	1,484	147.00	147.00
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,511	149.00	149.00
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,438	149.75	149.75
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
244	—	1,295	138.50–144.00	142.12
11	—	1,225	137.00	137.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,497	116.00	116.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,486	126.00	126.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,313	128.50	128.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,632	81.00–103.00	93.51
13	—	1,779	102.00–109.00	105.89
1	—	2,095	118.50	118.50

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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