South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 97 priced lines covering 10,457 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 8,945 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,635 head.

Mon Sep 19, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8,945Last week 0Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,635Last week 0Year ago 0

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 3.00 higher, heifers 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Very good demand for yearling steers and heifers. New crop calves are starting to appear on consignment lists at the auctions and are met with plenty of demand. Cattle feeders are quick to act when yearlings are offered, as the months when these cattle will reach finished weights are projected, by the futures market, to be many dollars higher than the current month. Cost of gain is a major concern, however, as new crop corn is now around 6.75 which is over a dollar higher from where those months were earlier in the summer. Cash fed cattle around 145.00 this week, roughly par the October futures. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 lower, bulls 3.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	865	152.00–171.00	163.10
56	—	674	165.00–185.50	179.16
5	—	811	168.00	168.00
11	—	636	192.00–194.00	192.89
40	—	586	187.00–206.00	197.04
6	—	409	230.00	230.00
32	—	933	159.00–167.00	165.51
19	—	538	195.00–208.00	201.53
4	—	782	167.00	167.00
23	—	742	173.00–179.50	178.69
5	—	392	237.50	237.50
13	—	492	201.00–213.00	207.52
18	—	993	155.00	155.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
957	—	928	174.50–190.25	186.01
113	—	758	178.00–208.50	189.48
23	—	323	250.00–267.50	258.97
45	—	392	242.50–266.00	254.87
56	—	464	221.00–255.00	243.11
99	—	665	186.00–228.00	208.71
144	—	721	175.00–208.50	196.50
76	—	561	208.00–237.00	222.89
4	—	288	235.00	235.00
1,883	—	988	171.50–187.30	178.42
37	—	417	242.00–257.00	252.42
105	—	520	205.50–224.00	216.76
377	—	886	170.00–193.50	186.91
47	—	623	194.50–211.00	201.86
695	—	824	181.50–196.75	192.45
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	615	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	624	171.00	171.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,119	169.00	169.00
442	—	1,033	157.00–184.00	180.36
59	—	1,052	177.00	177.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	904	183.50	183.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	287	220.00	220.00
369	—	681	170.50–186.25	181.03
64	—	418	187.00–237.50	221.58
173	—	820	160.75–175.00	170.58
287	—	737	174.50–182.50	178.95
327	—	776	170.00–187.00	175.46
15	—	305	227.50–257.00	249.04
24	—	562	178.50–196.00	183.81
361	—	880	164.75–175.00	169.88
21	—	480	187.00	187.00
125	—	526	184.00–224.00	202.45
602	—	918	162.60–173.50	166.75
103	—	625	177.00–191.75	184.33
386	—	981	159.75–173.00	165.02
56	—	371	226.00–242.50	234.34
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,205	140.00	140.00
26	—	1,063	159.75–169.00	166.78
3	—	1,105	148.50	148.50
189	—	1,016	155.50–172.25	165.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	521	174.00–181.00	175.79
44	—	680	173.00–175.00	174.10
22	—	834	156.00	156.00
11	—	749	162.00	162.00
16	—	423	207.50–208.00	207.66
17	—	571	160.00–183.00	177.50
18	—	769	160.50–164.00	162.60
19	—	630	157.00–176.50	171.48
90	—	865	150.50–173.00	163.65
4	—	478	199.00	199.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	856	130.00	130.00
54	—	933	133.00	133.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,002	135.75	135.75
3	—	1,057	149.00	149.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	811	162.50	162.50
16	—	548	186.00–200.00	193.89
10	—	694	162.00	162.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,376	70.00–77.00	73.91
8	—	1,208	78.00–82.00	80.45
31	—	1,108	26.00–58.00	38.23
45	—	1,196	62.00–72.00	67.28
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,416	72.00–82.00	77.70
3	—	1,370	88.00–91.00	89.92
1	—	1,405	30.00	30.00
47	—	1,413	80.00–90.50	86.32
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,531	97.00–102.50	100.02
30	—	1,520	88.50–94.00	91.71
4	—	1,468	83.00–84.00	83.47
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,651	106.00	106.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	1,533	142.25–143.00	142.63
8	—	1,565	139.00	139.00
114	—	1,420	140.00–142.50	141.82
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,319	137.50–140.00	138.34
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
239	—	1,617	139.50–143.00	142.48
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,701	148.00	148.00
19	—	1,503	143.50–145.50	144.76
51	—	1,431	144.00–148.00	144.60
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
133	—	1,263	141.00–147.00	144.92
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,331	135.00–138.00	136.06
311	—	1,364	140.00–143.50	141.77
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,201	135.00	135.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,424	121.00–126.00	125.32
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,683	68.00–98.00	91.16
15	—	1,837	100.00–109.00	103.62

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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