South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 138 priced lines covering 21,505 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 22,045 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,439 head.

Mon Sep 26, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 22,045Last week 8,945Year ago 20,078

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,439Last week 1,635Year ago 1,027

Compared to last week: Spring born steer calves 5.00 to 10.00 lower, heifer calves not well compared. Yearling feeder steers 5.00 to 7.00 lower, heifers steady to 4.00 lower. Moderate demand for spring born calves this week, many farmer feeders are busy working on their fall harvest and not quite ready to take on newly weaned, bawling calves. Good demand remains for yearlings but there was pressure on the market this week as the futures contracts softened and new crop corn prices causing concern for higher costs of gain. The drought has expanded across the state and causing producers in the driest regions to start shipping and selling calves. Many farmer feeders aren't willing yet to receive calves as they don't have the labor necessary to get both get the crop out and start calves on feed and watch them as closely as needed to keep them healthy. Feedyard pens are dry and dusty as temps have been warm and windy, which can make for health problems for newly weaned cattle. There is still plenty of demand for yearlings, as that supply is limited compared to year's past, but cattle feeders are a little more cautious now than they were this summer as new crop corn will be much higher than what it was last fall. More calves on the consignment lists for next week at auctions as the grass gets short and producers need to sell. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 lower, bulls steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	610	131.00	131.00
5	—	327	145.00	145.00
18	—	834	143.00	143.00
6	—	283	170.00	170.00
11	—	426	157.00	157.00
14	—	505	173.00	173.00
19	—	852	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	577	156.00	156.00
48	—	914	160.00–167.75	165.70
7	—	450	216.00	216.00
89	—	617	170.00–188.00	179.63
45	—	521	190.00–207.00	202.97
37	—	816	170.50–174.50	172.12
23	—	956	160.00–169.00	167.44
5	—	767	151.00	151.00
36	—	683	150.00–183.00	175.72
8	—	278	253.00	253.00
22	—	430	170.00–202.50	188.67
4	—	880	136.00	136.00
29	—	730	161.00–179.00	172.41
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	577	181.00	181.00
17	—	706	182.50	182.50
63	—	932	167.00	167.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
252	—	1,060	155.50–166.00	161.56
253	—	1,134	152.00–166.85	160.59
953	—	1,015	156.00–183.50	173.61
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	651	135.50	135.50
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,160	142.50	142.50
4	—	1,053	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,020	164.50	164.50
162	—	382	206.00–247.00	227.19
76	—	686	176.00–206.00	194.66
1,341	—	878	167.50–188.75	182.14
2,370	—	969	164.75–184.50	176.23
258	—	709	174.00–213.25	201.37
1,563	—	923	164.00–183.75	179.13
512	—	534	181.00–225.00	213.52
469	—	478	212.50–242.50	231.63
20	—	276	240.00	240.00
413	—	776	171.00–197.50	190.26
368	—	629	183.00–209.50	202.99
230	—	569	172.00–215.50	203.19
100	—	430	215.00–254.50	234.73
731	—	820	171.50–192.50	182.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	820	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	501	125.00	125.00
11	—	751	141.00	141.00
29	—	599	146.00	146.00
8	—	464	168.00	168.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
297	—	892	170.00–173.00	172.40
12	—	575	171.00	171.00
151	—	927	150.50–166.00	160.23
161	—	643	191.50	191.50
206	—	961	166.00–169.00	167.50
16	—	654	172.00	172.00
11	—	765	163.00	163.00
24	—	530	209.00	209.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	614	177.00	177.00
52	—	581	178.00	178.00
91	—	514	204.00	204.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
604	—	769	166.00–179.50	171.40
1,729	—	876	158.00–175.00	168.43
58	—	564	165.00–198.00	179.94
26	—	267	225.00–237.50	229.11
1,276	—	925	155.00–174.00	167.98
193	—	671	164.00–187.00	177.10
203	—	527	172.00–205.50	191.99
761	—	972	148.00–170.75	161.55
14	—	342	205.00–207.50	206.60
37	—	601	178.00	178.00
6	—	1,067	155.00	155.00
1,174	—	825	163.00–177.75	172.56
84	—	422	188.00–217.00	203.99
109	—	375	188.00–213.00	202.98
15	—	1,016	152.50–159.00	156.80
292	—	480	175.00–213.00	189.94
355	—	724	169.50–183.50	178.91
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
371	—	1,006	149.00–172.20	166.48
10	—	1,177	147.00–147.50	147.30
219	—	1,081	151.75–159.75	154.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	979	148.00–155.25	152.83
159	—	914	152.00–161.00	155.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	910	155.50	155.50
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,092	151.50	151.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
111	—	691	160.50–173.50	168.76
35	—	586	150.00–170.00	165.72
8	—	473	184.00–192.00	187.81
10	—	283	140.00	140.00
18	—	625	170.00	170.00
15	—	918	149.00–156.75	154.12
9	—	776	156.00	156.00
11	—	428	190.00	190.00
10	—	399	146.00	146.00
50	—	513	155.00–186.00	181.56
21	—	876	150.50–162.25	156.09
45	—	808	152.00–165.50	161.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	435	146.00	146.00
5	—	354	150.00	150.00
11	—	495	174.00	174.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	609	130.00	130.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	978	138.00–143.10	142.67
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	439	192.00	192.00
10	—	476	201.00	201.00
8	—	963	142.00	142.00
8	—	607	173.00	173.00
7	—	518	179.00	179.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,504	88.50–93.50	91.66
4	—	1,679	11.00–74.50	57.64
14	—	1,570	85.00–89.00	88.28
10	—	1,765	95.00–100.00	96.01
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,240	76.00–80.00	78.11
9	—	1,220	26.00–57.00	51.81
33	—	1,244	60.00–69.50	66.23
22	—	1,357	71.00–76.00	73.28
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	1,646	107.50–123.50	114.24
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,304	85.00–88.00	86.62
1	—	1,600	68.00	68.00
13	—	1,417	68.00–79.00	75.14
28	—	1,279	80.00–86.50	83.27
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
230	—	1,394	139.50–144.25	141.68
9	—	1,344	138.50	138.50
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,247	135.00	135.00
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,090	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,529	141.50	141.50
71	—	1,272	141.00–146.00	143.90
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,540	142.00–145.75	144.30
10	—	1,456	136.00–138.00	137.01
36	—	1,480	140.00–143.25	140.81
82	—	1,542	140.25	140.25
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,336	137.25	137.25
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,388	143.00	143.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
128	—	1,322	146.00	146.00
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
110	—	1,578	144.00–149.00	148.27
212	—	1,440	144.75–148.00	147.31
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,225	114.00	114.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,643	128.00–131.00	130.28
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,664	53.00–101.00	91.71
14	—	1,904	100.00–110.00	104.26

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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