South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 130 priced lines covering 31,219 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 32,369 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 798 head.

Mon Oct 10, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 32,369Last week 18,791Year ago 26,693

Slaughter CattleReceipts 798Last week 1,438Year ago 1,691

Compared to last week: Steer calves steady to 4.00 lower, except 400-450 lbs 8.00 lower, heifer calves unevenly steady except 450-500 lbs

10.00 to 15.00 lower. Yearling feeder steers steady to 1.00 lower, heifers unevenly steady. Good demand for steer and heifer calves this

week as there were many long strings of high quality, ranch raised calves in the auctions. The calf market was under pressure however as

feed costs and overall economic uncertainty are weighing on cattle feeders' minds. Cash fed cattle continue to outperform the spot month of

the Live Cattle futures, as they have for a good part of the year, but without the board breaking through to make new highs it's hard for cattle

feeders to be as bullish as they were this summer. The demand for yearlings is still very good, as fewer of those cattle still remain to be sold

as the grass cattle have been pulled and shipped to town already, leaving only the feedyard backgrounded ones still to sell. The Feeder Cattle

futures are well of their contract highs still, again giving a signal to cattle feeders to be more cautious with their outlook. Corn harvest is well

underway, and quickly progressing, as the dry weather allows farmers to get their crop out quickly and has them thinking about getting some

calves in their yards to start on feed. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 3.00 lower, except Lean cows 7.00 to 8.00 lower, bulls 6.00 lower. S

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
240	—	719	164.00–185.75	179.04
91	—	761	167.00–179.00	172.51
912	—	823	162.00–177.00	170.01
669	—	425	181.00–218.00	208.41
2,065	—	480	172.50–209.00	192.10
885	—	919	154.50–174.25	165.38
326	—	616	172.00–184.00	180.02
523	—	977	157.75–169.60	166.73
930	—	571	171.00–206.00	185.01
644	—	883	158.25–175.25	168.21
111	—	378	193.00–231.00	210.96
1,949	—	524	174.00–207.50	192.07
9	—	1,032	161.00	161.00
113	—	681	161.00–183.25	178.59
46	—	327	200.00–219.00	209.41
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	623	164.00–171.00	166.12
118	—	483	152.00–178.00	170.29
57	—	337	183.00–216.00	198.30
62	—	769	142.00–169.00	154.19
179	—	435	174.00–206.50	187.90
15	—	560	165.00–174.00	170.89
7	—	983	146.50	146.50
7	—	272	210.00	210.00
10	—	729	168.50	168.50
23	—	852	144.00–170.00	153.30
53	—	831	149.00–160.75	156.92
101	—	527	167.00–181.00	174.99
104	—	390	175.00–203.00	188.15
7	—	914	162.00	162.00
25	—	687	161.00–163.00	162.68
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,150	147.50	147.50
15	—	578	173.00	173.00
19	—	485	187.00	187.00
21	—	508	180.00	180.00
10	—	1,071	161.00	161.00
8	—	399	180.00	180.00
58	—	1,015	160.00–166.50	163.67
8	—	420	192.00	192.00
9	—	1,115	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	877	138.00	138.00
6	—	461	165.00	165.00
11	—	764	133.00	133.00
4	—	508	159.00	159.00
23	—	581	176.00	176.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	536	185.50–186.00	185.62
33	—	428	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	897	155.00–158.00	156.88
18	—	432	185.00	185.00
38	—	828	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	422	232.00	232.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
215	—	481	237.00	237.00
70	—	527	204.00–211.50	207.67
95	—	555	204.00	204.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
1,124	—	823	179.50–187.25	183.48
351	—	931	174.50–178.25	176.48
208	—	869	164.50–180.25	177.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	465	213.00	213.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	614	167.50	167.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
751	—	668	180.00–206.00	194.54
165	—	782	179.00–188.25	184.19
376	—	712	175.00–203.50	192.41
636	—	432	198.00–259.50	239.82
1,591	—	474	192.00–251.50	234.28
596	—	976	156.00–181.25	176.07
3,063	—	573	185.50–221.00	207.56
328	—	824	172.50–187.75	179.95
2,610	—	624	181.00–210.50	202.38
739	—	879	171.00–184.75	180.02
1,444	—	926	170.50–180.50	178.18
2,777	—	526	186.00–235.00	220.05
33	—	328	222.50–271.00	251.90
190	—	377	202.00–257.00	247.82
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	1,152	164.50	164.50
11	—	459	220.00	220.00
743	—	1,028	171.00–175.25	173.18
8	—	614	192.00	192.00
140	—	1,135	164.85–165.35	165.02
35	—	501	205.00	205.00
35	—	575	196.00	196.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	514	168.00	168.00
5	—	414	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	335	270.00	270.00
35	—	425	250.50	250.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
227	—	528	179.00–211.00	202.69
54	—	773	166.00–185.50	171.68
236	—	488	170.00–225.00	214.61
108	—	574	164.00–187.50	180.56
51	—	441	212.00–228.00	225.00
36	—	677	152.00–189.50	169.31
71	—	971	141.00–158.85	157.90
42	—	720	157.00–186.00	179.38
11	—	342	180.00–252.00	212.47
60	—	913	168.00–169.50	168.49
33	—	820	166.00–174.00	170.20
28	—	367	201.00–238.00	220.69
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,151	140.50	140.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	619	189.00	189.00
60	—	464	189.00–222.00	209.45
10	—	908	172.00	172.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	500	190.00	190.00
15	—	442	211.00	211.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	640	219.50	219.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,948	105.00	105.00
5	—	1,629	60.00–91.00	80.25
9	—	1,878	80.00–96.00	92.86
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,339	80.00–81.50	80.42
26	—	1,420	63.00–73.00	68.73
46	—	1,494	74.00–78.00	75.41
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,604	71.00–81.50	79.93
40	—	1,554	82.00–87.00	84.26
24	—	1,674	88.00–92.00	89.31
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,380	69.00–73.00	71.84
19	—	1,156	51.00–61.00	57.12
5	—	1,007	22.00–45.00	37.63
35	—	1,284	61.00–67.50	64.31
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,403	144.50	144.50
34	—	1,550	144.50–147.50	146.12
31	—	1,542	135.00–138.00	137.40
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,573	140.00–143.50	140.70
40	—	1,386	140.00–143.00	141.09
13	—	1,477	139.00	139.00
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,344	145.50	145.50
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,444	123.50–125.00	124.71
76	—	1,520	127.00–134.00	128.19
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,199	112.00	112.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,365	138.00	138.00
106	—	1,383	140.00–143.50	141.30
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,294	143.00	143.00
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,246	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,326	135.00	135.00

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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