South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 124 priced lines covering 17,876 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 18,791 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,438 head.

Mon Oct 3, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 18,791Last week 22,045Year ago 33,043

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,438Last week 1,439Year ago 1,416

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves 4.00 to 8.00 higher, yearling feeder steers steady to 2.00 lower, yearling heifers unevenly steady. Good demand for this large offering of spring born calves, very good demand for yearlings. Calves started moving to the auctions this week as producers in central and western South Dakota are short of feed and needing to wean and sell calves. Farmer feeders have their soybean harvest pretty much wrapped up and are working on corn and are willing to take on some of these long strings of these calves when they are offered. The pace of harvest has been pretty fast, as the weather remains very mild and dry. Pen conditions are dry, which greatly helps to reduce stress on these newly arriving calves. Cattle feeders were able to sell fat cattle up to 148.00 in Iowa this week, keeping a positive basis over the board which is helping to keep them feeling good about the coming months. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 5.00 lower, bulls 5.00 to 6.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	733	175.00	175.00
46	—	478	179.00–183.00	179.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
511	—	980	160.00–168.00	163.85
586	—	519	164.00–203.00	191.31
14	—	1,092	156.50	156.50
511	—	865	166.25–174.00	169.68
346	—	785	167.00–180.75	173.88
288	—	573	166.00–192.50	181.98
49	—	330	184.00–218.00	202.67
611	—	918	160.00–172.25	164.22
168	—	692	174.00–185.00	180.94
271	—	727	168.00–188.50	178.44
379	—	834	166.50–177.25	173.51
894	—	470	185.00–221.00	207.73
360	—	430	187.00–216.50	207.35
308	—	634	175.00–192.00	186.47
185	—	379	183.00–211.00	195.02
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,082	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	479	172.00–186.00	181.19
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,160	148.00	148.00
28	—	965	159.25	159.25
5	—	551	174.00	174.00
54	—	1,235	139.50–148.00	146.93
47	—	1,121	148.00–158.50	150.32
186	—	1,018	150.00–166.00	162.57
88	—	1,082	147.25–160.00	153.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	663	167.00	167.00
12	—	964	156.50	156.50
19	—	467	137.50–178.00	161.29
17	—	333	179.00–194.00	185.39
23	—	869	160.50	160.50
22	—	263	175.00	175.00
27	—	393	189.00–195.00	192.84
21	—	432	173.00–186.00	180.10
4	—	500	177.00	177.00
33	—	641	131.00–171.50	151.44
25	—	584	140.00–157.00	149.06
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	606	152.00	152.00
6	—	725	161.50	161.50
9	—	654	151.00	151.00
22	—	546	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	866	163.50	163.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	549	232.00	232.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	713	167.00	167.00
48	—	789	171.25	171.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	466	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
833	—	880	180.00–187.50	186.14
51	—	719	187.00–192.50	189.01
495	—	475	204.00–247.50	235.08
7	—	323	217.50	217.50
1,186	—	923	163.00–187.50	178.62
914	—	972	165.25–183.25	175.73
809	—	571	186.00–224.50	211.30
406	—	825	167.50–192.00	180.81
258	—	674	187.50–202.50	195.90
1,501	—	526	178.00–235.50	221.84
5	—	1,067	165.50	165.50
411	—	421	215.00–261.00	248.02
491	—	622	181.00–225.50	203.74
62	—	1,139	157.50	157.50
150	—	381	209.00–263.00	250.47
273	—	772	174.50–192.50	188.00
16	—	1,006	165.50	165.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	578	171.50–187.00	182.73
33	—	956	165.50	165.50
14	—	613	177.00	177.00
18	—	486	158.50–209.00	192.21
13	—	768	142.00–154.00	150.30
34	—	672	168.50–175.00	170.74
7	—	925	163.00	163.00
3	—	867	155.00	155.00
15	—	339	235.00	235.00
12	—	538	192.00–197.00	194.91
112	—	430	212.00–232.00	226.75
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	447	165.00	165.00
17	—	255	192.50–200.00	196.87
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
438	—	1,011	158.00–175.00	171.80
40	—	1,251	154.00	154.00
730	—	1,074	156.75–171.75	165.65
9	—	1,382	148.00	148.00
148	—	1,168	153.75–164.25	157.82
101	—	1,127	165.00–166.25	165.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
223	—	504	246.00	246.00
Steers — Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	781	162.00	162.00
5	—	447	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	406	153.00	153.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	934	168.00	168.00
115	—	536	185.00–204.00	196.15
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,306	128.00	128.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	429	205.00–232.00	217.98
28	—	529	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
176	—	855	190.00	190.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,825	75.00	75.00
18	—	1,604	74.00–84.00	80.81
57	—	1,634	82.50–92.00	87.50
17	—	1,463	87.00–96.00	92.04
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,560	104.00	104.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,159	75.00–79.00	77.23
51	—	1,228	48.00–69.00	64.81
28	—	1,331	70.00–75.00	71.82
28	—	1,133	27.00–54.00	47.01
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,897	52.00–68.00	63.89
10	—	1,416	66.00–75.00	71.93
25	—	1,343	81.00–91.00	83.84
42	—	1,424	75.00–82.00	77.90
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,319	135.00–138.00	136.32
363	—	1,365	140.00–146.75	145.37
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,279	136.00–138.00	137.55
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,241	147.00	147.00
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	1,282	140.00–147.00	143.45
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	1,478	140.00–142.00	140.33
22	—	1,817	137.00	137.00
15	—	1,522	137.00–139.50	138.02
80	—	1,561	140.00–142.00	141.25
10	—	1,427	138.00–138.50	138.30
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,511	149.50	149.50
48	—	1,410	146.00–149.00	146.46
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,241	143.00–143.50	143.37
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,601	145.00	145.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,627	142.50	142.50
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,349	142.00–144.00	142.89
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,480	125.50–130.00	126.47
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,960	95.50–102.00	98.48
21	—	1,788	45.00–95.00	84.90

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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