South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 82 priced lines covering 7,650 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,321 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 702 head.

Mon Aug 1, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,321Last week 16,981Year ago 15,146

Slaughter CattleReceipts 702Last week 1,047Year ago 1,079

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 1000 lbs 3.00 to 6.00 higher, over 1000 lbs 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Feeder heifers unevenly steady. Very good demand continues for all weights of feeder cattle. The market is very active, especially so when there are yearlings offered right off grass as the flesh condition of these cattle are very desirable. There are plenty of buyers for the feedyard backgrounded yearlings as well but they aren't carrying the compensatory gain boost that the grass yearlings are. The cash fat cattle market continues to trade dollars higher than the spot futures month, which only adds to the optimism that cattle feeders are feeling. Slaughter cows unevenly steady, bulls 3.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
645	—	976	165.00–179.75	176.28
386	—	918	183.75–186.75	184.95
958	—	880	172.00–191.75	187.59
29	—	627	203.00–206.50	204.58
176	—	788	180.00–189.50	183.82
62	—	679	190.00–204.00	197.55
8	—	379	260.00	260.00
108	—	832	173.00–181.00	179.26
9	—	207	290.00	290.00
8	—	271	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	646	184.00	184.00
14	—	544	183.50–205.00	194.20
105	—	663	171.50–189.00	183.18
6	—	408	204.00	204.00
8	—	725	176.50–177.00	176.68
20	—	586	193.00	193.00
4	—	396	211.00	211.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	950	145.00	145.00
19	—	731	114.00–123.00	119.28
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
422	—	1,023	160.00–172.25	168.82
226	—	1,074	155.50–164.75	159.62
430	—	1,163	154.75–157.25	156.28
608	—	1,121	157.85–170.00	163.87
5	—	1,236	150.00	150.00
48	—	1,284	140.25–142.00	141.30
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,061	129.50	129.50
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	700	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	936	167.00	167.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
143	—	1,283	137.50–138.00	137.94
6	—	1,074	141.50	141.50
36	—	1,031	146.00	146.00
52	—	1,130	140.00	140.00
28	—	1,242	136.75	136.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
250	—	877	155.25–165.00	157.61
9	—	422	205.00	205.00
271	—	821	165.00–178.25	169.94
226	—	685	169.00–183.50	176.05
146	—	770	169.00–179.00	177.80
454	—	735	169.00–181.50	176.40
387	—	923	152.75–161.50	156.89
283	—	632	174.00–187.00	183.40
5	—	469	193.00	193.00
52	—	577	180.00–195.00	190.11
13	—	211	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	946	149.75	149.75
77	—	822	155.25–159.50	158.78
50	—	883	150.50–159.75	156.61
8	—	629	180.00	180.00
48	—	793	146.00–160.00	156.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	685	115.00	115.00
11	—	918	109.00	109.00
11	—	880	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,034	117.00	117.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,186	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,277	140.00–142.00	140.93
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,189	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,229	146.00	146.00
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,458	87.00–95.00	91.98
4	—	1,588	96.00–97.00	96.50
1	—	1,465	80.00	80.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,141	40.00–72.00	60.30
11	—	1,196	31.00–46.00	39.38
2	—	1,145	84.00	84.00
32	—	1,265	70.00–79.00	74.71
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,491	80.00–85.50	82.77
1	—	1,390	50.00	50.00
3	—	1,505	66.00–78.00	70.69
9	—	1,271	87.00–91.00	88.96
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,407	148.75	148.75
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,421	140.00–143.50	141.89
10	—	1,409	135.00	135.00
123	—	1,518	139.50–142.50	142.07
31	—	1,797	137.00	137.00
34	—	1,521	136.00–140.50	138.27
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,281	144.00	144.00
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,316	144.00	144.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,613	142.50	142.50
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,380	119.00–127.00	124.13
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,461	131.50–135.50	132.87
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	2,037	114.50–124.00	117.98
11	—	1,841	105.00–112.00	108.71
19	—	1,471	71.00–102.00	95.27

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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