South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 93 priced lines covering 11,813 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 11,357 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,284 head.

Mon Aug 15, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 11,357Last week 7,597Year ago 12,091

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,284Last week 1,127Year ago 1,720

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 5.00 higher, instances to 8.00 higher on 700-750 lbs. Feeder heifers under 800 lbs 8.00 10.00 higher, over 800 lbs 2.00 higher. Very good demand again this week for all weights of feeder cattle. As the cash fed cattle market continues to strengthen, so does the feeder cattle market. Cattle feeders want to get these yearlings bought while they are available, whether they are off grass or out of growing yards which is resulting in a market that is extremely active. The cash fat market in the north is retaining it's positive basis over the board, 7.00 this week, which is really helping to fuel the fire that is lit under the feeder cattle market, as this has been a counter seasonal rally. This is the time of year where fed cattle supplies are traditionally the greatest and where the market usually gets very sluggish. The fact that this has not happened this year has caused cattle producers to really get bullish on the future. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher, bulls 1.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	389	240.00–242.50	241.36
46	—	573	175.00–201.00	197.51
6	—	324	265.00	265.00
15	—	482	195.00–211.00	203.82
271	—	771	172.50–182.00	176.64
168	—	628	183.50–202.00	191.92
16	—	264	282.50–285.00	283.30
297	—	834	158.00–184.00	175.26
429	—	962	154.00–178.25	164.09
975	—	921	156.00–181.75	171.31
10	—	549	208.00	208.00
292	—	672	182.25–197.25	190.73
95	—	715	178.25–195.00	187.92
589	—	882	154.50–180.50	168.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	589	161.00–161.50	161.38
13	—	709	179.50	179.50
8	—	754	161.50	161.50
16	—	623	166.00–170.00	168.06
49	—	840	150.00–160.00	156.75
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
134	—	1,019	154.00–176.00	158.15
77	—	1,118	149.50–154.50	150.42
19	—	1,061	152.50–154.00	153.45
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	590	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	937	153.00–155.00	154.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	892	177.00	177.00
7	—	799	173.50	173.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	558	197.50	197.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	837	177.50	177.50
8	—	647	202.00	202.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,065	163.50	163.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
194	—	783	180.75–200.00	191.82
39	—	515	223.00–236.00	230.80
693	—	871	163.00–192.50	183.73
1,169	—	967	178.00–186.50	183.22
204	—	821	183.50–194.00	189.42
96	—	632	201.00–230.00	219.60
18	—	415	270.00	270.00
33	—	678	202.00–224.00	216.71
84	—	383	284.00	284.00
24	—	270	260.00–332.50	292.96
8	—	336	280.00	280.00
29	—	573	223.00–226.00	224.11
1,354	—	933	166.75–190.50	184.97
346	—	730	189.00–216.00	202.62
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	563	211.00	211.00
11	—	818	157.50–162.00	158.76
22	—	736	183.50–184.00	183.73
98	—	635	193.00–196.75	196.17
13	—	922	167.00	167.00
69	—	785	163.00–170.25	169.63
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	737	146.00	146.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,018	160.50	160.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
924	—	1,013	158.50–182.50	179.54
662	—	1,120	157.50–165.50	163.99
366	—	1,070	154.00–175.50	165.08
298	—	1,161	162.00–162.75	162.37
15	—	1,255	146.50	146.50
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,104	125.50	125.50
4	—	1,019	136.00	136.00
12	—	1,098	126.00	126.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	396	212.50	212.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
97	—	1,347	144.00–151.00	147.05
Heifers — Select · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,025	146.00	146.00
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,204	137.00–141.00	140.67
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	1,276	145.50–157.00	153.36
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	1,302	81.00–91.00	85.37
21	—	1,277	92.00–95.00	93.76
27	—	1,280	66.00–83.50	79.11
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,082	60.00–71.00	67.06
18	—	1,182	74.00–82.00	78.90
15	—	975	25.00–57.00	44.31
4	—	1,242	82.50–87.00	83.68
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,688	106.25–107.00	106.61
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,682	98.00–101.50	101.02
21	—	1,539	79.50–89.50	83.54
7	—	1,560	74.00–80.00	75.47
53	—	1,486	85.50–98.00	92.25
Steers — Select · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,144	147.00	147.00
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,482	150.00–159.00	152.37
6	—	1,364	145.00	145.00
24	—	1,340	153.00–155.00	154.61
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
177	—	1,391	142.00–148.50	146.78
269	—	1,521	144.00–151.50	148.19
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,374	135.00–137.00	135.65
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,286	118.00–125.00	119.28
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,437	133.00–139.00	134.97
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,377	124.00–135.00	132.24
Dairy Steers — Choice and Prime · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,489	137.50	137.50
Dairy Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,428	116.00–118.00	117.05
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,337	123.00–131.00	127.87
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,737	85.00–107.00	98.50
7	—	2,134	120.00–124.00	121.34
13	—	1,864	108.00–117.00	114.04

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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