South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 160 priced lines covering 48,066 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 50,781 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,478 head.

Mon Oct 24, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 50,781Last week 47,812Year ago 54,465

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,478Last week 1,110Year ago 2,181

Compared to last week: Steer calves steady to 2.00 lower, except 400-450 lbs 7.00 to 8.00 lower. Heifer calves steady to 3.00 higher. Yearling feeder steers and heifers unevenly steady. Good demand for this week's large offering of calves, very good demand remains for yearlings. Large strings of calves are in town at the auctions and farmer feeders have their harvest about wrapped up and have now turned their attention to getting calves bought. The weather remains mild and dry, however the dusty yard conditions can be detrimental to a freshly weaned calf as they travel around the pen bawling for momma and stirring up dust and putting stress on their respiratory system. The market is most active on yearlings, as fewer yearlings are left yet to sell and cattle feeders greatly prefer to feed a yearling who will go right to the bunk and eat compared to a calf that will stand around and bawl. Cash fed cattle sold for 152.00-153.00, few at 154.00, which is really helping to support the feeder cattle market as the cash market retains a positive basis over the futures contracts and continues to pull the futures higher. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 lower, bulls 5.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1,171	—	429	215.50–269.00	246.74
763	—	877	172.25–192.00	185.10
319	—	822	175.25–194.00	183.87
52	—	331	256.00–289.00	271.49
1,932	—	470	209.00–260.00	238.40
7	—	293	259.50	259.50
635	—	923	162.50–191.00	182.62
232	—	777	170.50–188.00	182.81
5,645	—	571	188.00–223.00	213.28
5,064	—	624	183.50–218.50	206.53
275	—	711	175.50–192.75	187.68
1,322	—	976	170.00–192.25	181.39
281	—	374	247.00–268.50	258.37
1,154	—	672	166.00–210.75	196.67
5,384	—	524	195.00–245.00	222.12
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,172	128.00	128.00
23	—	582	187.50	187.50
15	—	1,028	166.00–168.00	167.08
17	—	801	175.50	175.50
5	—	1,222	131.50	131.50
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	267	177.50	177.50
6	—	423	200.00	200.00
4	—	556	150.00	150.00
9	—	321	177.50	177.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	332	200.00–246.00	226.43
135	—	383	211.00–245.00	234.24
13	—	915	171.50	171.50
290	—	576	171.00–205.00	192.13
5	—	836	181.50	181.50
19	—	279	200.00	200.00
9	—	741	170.00–177.50	174.16
29	—	667	170.00–180.00	173.67
73	—	635	172.00–190.00	183.47
213	—	522	188.00–214.00	199.68
140	—	473	196.50–226.00	214.50
162	—	428	204.00–241.00	227.56
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	362	194.00	194.00
19	—	466	195.00	195.00
5	—	583	173.00	173.00
8	—	541	141.00	141.00
8	—	631	145.00–168.00	156.32
Steers — Medium and Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	425	182.00	182.00
14	—	878	111.00	111.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	474	224.00–225.00	224.74
129	—	632	189.00–194.00	190.84
11	—	520	204.00	204.00
14	—	556	195.00	195.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	351	187.50	187.50
81	—	428	205.00	205.00
33	—	308	197.00–202.50	198.67
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,201	146.00	146.00
100	—	1,114	164.00–168.50	166.50
27	—	529	198.00–201.00	199.73
8	—	361	240.00	240.00
435	—	1,070	168.50–170.60	169.46
99	—	650	189.00	189.00
266	—	1,026	169.00–179.00	175.05
114	—	1,174	153.35	153.35
116	—	562	196.00–199.00	196.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	470	205.00	205.00
47	—	886	168.50	168.50
23	—	945	169.50	169.50
44	—	967	169.50	169.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
93	—	565	229.50	229.50
42	—	450	263.00	263.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	405	233.00	233.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
546	—	824	165.50–178.00	169.70
831	—	870	160.00–179.75	170.60
79	—	335	209.00–231.00	221.29
1,031	—	619	163.00–193.00	184.33
1,253	—	924	159.00–180.50	172.15
1,185	—	428	186.00–225.00	209.08
2,401	—	477	184.00–223.00	204.01
437	—	383	202.00–233.00	213.41
8	—	296	227.00	227.00
362	—	674	159.00–184.00	176.70
3,677	—	525	177.00–209.50	196.71
439	—	732	163.50–184.25	177.93
379	—	774	166.00–180.50	177.55
2,342	—	573	175.00–202.50	189.29
899	—	979	154.50–177.25	161.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
204	—	894	161.50	161.50
31	—	677	160.00–163.00	160.29
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,123	162.50	162.50
107	—	518	180.00–189.00	185.62
165	—	1,015	153.50–167.00	158.79
32	—	1,083	159.75–163.00	161.66
25	—	1,184	150.50	150.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	680	152.00–154.50	153.31
45	—	320	194.00–207.00	204.45
42	—	930	155.00–160.00	158.17
21	—	268	182.50–196.00	187.18
115	—	535	161.00–185.50	175.54
23	—	779	166.00	166.00
244	—	477	169.00–194.00	184.20
6	—	992	152.50	152.50
34	—	732	165.00–166.00	165.62
89	—	574	163.00–174.00	168.45
261	—	379	181.00–214.00	196.54
178	—	416	184.00–209.00	191.03
25	—	619	159.00–182.50	176.72
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	805	180.75	180.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	301	187.50	187.50
27	—	293	175.00–190.00	179.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	650	130.00	130.00
18	—	499	162.00	162.00
8	—	829	138.00	138.00
7	—	564	157.00	157.00
8	—	626	141.00	141.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,113	136.00	136.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	494	193.00	193.00
6	—	373	167.50	167.50
9	—	280	175.00	175.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
448	—	519	209.00–233.00	225.59
499	—	571	205.00–234.00	219.87
56	—	617	217.00–235.00	229.92
19	—	424	220.00–221.00	220.70
263	—	476	220.00–235.00	228.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	857	172.00	172.00
105	—	945	175.00–176.25	175.69
231	—	959	175.25	175.25
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	507	194.00	194.00
5	—	384	215.00	215.00
9	—	612	177.00	177.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,269	147.00–153.00	149.15
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,319	145.00–150.00	147.35
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,567	155.00–156.00	155.72
10	—	1,530	147.00	147.00
95	—	1,440	146.00–154.00	152.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	1,467	145.00–150.25	147.93
27	—	1,731	152.00–153.00	152.67
4	—	1,570	141.00	141.00
35	—	1,522	147.00–151.50	149.95
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	1,668	148.00–154.00	151.03
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,560	154.00	154.00
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,091	150.00	150.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,356	145.00	145.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	1,531	126.00–133.50	127.23
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,388	121.00–124.50	123.16
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
102	—	1,350	149.50–156.50	153.31
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,051	147.50	147.50
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	1,274	146.50–147.00	146.92
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,232	145.50–146.75	146.20
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,405	135.00–147.00	142.33
212	—	1,316	148.00–153.50	152.33
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,675	88.00–94.50	91.23
24	—	1,559	71.00–78.00	75.13
2	—	1,530	69.00	69.00
19	—	1,533	80.50–86.50	83.63
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,393	83.00	83.00
52	—	1,283	73.00–79.00	75.42
44	—	1,503	60.00–72.00	69.05
3	—	1,428	55.00–57.00	56.02
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,202	70.00–75.00	72.28
56	—	1,239	63.00–69.00	65.34
44	—	1,044	20.00–55.50	40.11
63	—	1,142	51.00–68.00	57.42
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	2,055	102.00	102.00
17	—	1,850	35.00–92.00	85.49
12	—	2,013	92.50–101.00	97.06

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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