South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 156 priced lines covering 52,510 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 54,368 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,714 head.

Mon Oct 31, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 54,368Last week 50,781Year ago 54,208

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,714Last week 1,478Year ago 1,884

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 500 lbs 4.00 to 6.00 lower, except 350-400 lbs 10.00 to 15.00 lower, 500-750 lbs steady to 3.00 lower. Heifer calves 3.00 to 6.00 lower. Yearling feeder steers and heifers unevenly steady. Good demand for steer and heifer calves but there was some pressure on the market this week just from the sheer volume of calves offered across the northen plains. Very good demand remains for yearling steers and heifers. The cash fed cattle market continues to strengthen, up to 153.00, yet the futures contracts didn't follow along as Dec Live Cattle lost 1.35 to close at 151.65. Cattle feeders are concerned about buying calves too high as feed costs are so much higher than last fall when they placed calves on feed. Corn harvest is complete and farmer feeders are at the auctions ready to buy these long strings of ranch raised calves while they are available. The flesh condition is rather attractive as they are coming off dry, short pastures but without the futures contracts rallying and moving higher they have no reason to bid higher to get calves bought. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	670	178.00–185.00	180.55
8	—	627	180.00–184.00	182.04
13	—	563	184.00–187.00	184.96
60	—	520	198.00–205.50	201.33
66	—	809	181.50	181.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
268	—	448	255.25	255.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	766	175.00	175.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
325	—	1,119	161.00–164.25	162.84
668	—	1,068	165.00–172.25	169.57
11	—	656	182.00	182.00
25	—	576	192.00–197.00	193.74
864	—	1,027	161.50–181.75	171.78
146	—	1,171	163.75–166.25	165.97
27	—	495	215.00	215.00
30	—	534	198.00–211.00	207.56
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
735	—	835	176.50–188.00	183.61
1,923	—	664	172.00–205.50	196.66
571	—	729	178.00–193.50	185.65
22	—	322	240.00–247.50	241.80
959	—	873	170.00–191.50	181.58
1,896	—	934	163.50–190.75	184.20
21	—	294	227.50–232.50	231.09
5,001	—	526	195.00–241.00	221.10
294	—	778	177.00–190.00	184.32
6,372	—	575	190.00–227.25	212.21
934	—	428	219.00–256.00	241.08
512	—	378	234.00–255.00	240.37
2,473	—	475	192.00–253.50	233.63
1,543	—	967	171.00–188.25	178.48
3,805	—	622	178.00–217.00	204.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	471	243.00	243.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	720	170.50–188.75	178.49
136	—	930	156.75–174.50	160.33
440	—	474	186.00–222.00	213.79
60	—	994	166.00–167.50	166.10
153	—	376	191.50–232.50	219.08
24	—	682	182.50	182.50
748	—	528	182.00–211.00	201.84
63	—	873	159.50–168.00	167.34
228	—	422	192.00–227.00	207.98
75	—	769	165.00–175.00	174.05
370	—	574	176.00–207.50	196.08
12	—	282	245.00	245.00
110	—	627	147.50–186.00	175.81
41	—	328	200.00–238.00	223.06
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,080	147.25	147.25
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	598	170.50	170.50
22	—	930	136.00	136.00
48	—	831	125.00–141.50	138.07
16	—	471	183.00–195.00	189.83
4	—	523	192.00	192.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	448	195.00	195.00
50	—	547	210.00	210.00
14	—	457	208.00	208.00
10	—	571	174.00	174.00
112	—	633	186.00–193.50	192.44
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,000	157.00	157.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	645	159.50	159.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
200	—	589	225.50	225.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
920	—	565	191.00–227.00	207.59
122	—	619	187.00–196.00	194.41
607	—	526	204.00–234.00	216.91
44	—	461	214.00	214.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	469	219.00	219.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1,767	—	573	170.00–202.00	184.27
774	—	776	165.00–189.00	179.24
25	—	279	174.50–225.00	195.12
760	—	827	161.00–183.00	173.51
950	—	877	162.00–179.00	167.91
261	—	678	169.50–183.00	177.70
351	—	381	193.00–235.00	212.67
370	—	973	160.00–174.00	163.37
953	—	619	164.00–197.75	182.58
3,127	—	522	175.50–206.00	192.76
419	—	716	166.00–179.50	173.75
641	—	920	158.00–173.00	165.69
2,188	—	479	175.00–211.50	197.75
66	—	327	175.00–237.50	207.88
1,095	—	425	182.00–219.00	202.64
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,153	162.50	162.50
167	—	1,025	155.00–164.00	159.14
8	—	998	160.00	160.00
191	—	1,075	143.00–162.00	158.84
17	—	914	167.50	167.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	685	161.00–174.75	168.50
25	—	343	193.00–200.00	194.37
405	—	479	163.00–212.50	185.06
13	—	265	197.00–225.00	213.71
251	—	425	180.00–204.00	186.65
7	—	921	159.50	159.50
162	—	530	165.00–183.00	174.48
8	—	965	128.00	128.00
99	—	572	170.00–178.50	174.97
45	—	816	136.00–170.50	154.71
137	—	385	167.50–212.50	190.94
84	—	637	165.00–170.00	168.19
12	—	737	152.00–155.50	153.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	680	133.00	133.00
21	—	435	192.00	192.00
7	—	511	162.00	162.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,021	119.50	119.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	380	200.00	200.00
121	—	970	157.00	157.00
51	—	536	170.00–180.00	176.05
6	—	859	158.00	158.00
16	—	628	164.00	164.00
30	—	657	167.00	167.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	385	201.00	201.00
9	—	838	172.00	172.00
17	—	497	185.00	185.00
46	—	541	173.00–175.00	173.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	557	163.00	163.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	622	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
193	—	500	211.50	211.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	743	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
187	—	937	173.50	173.50
132	—	878	180.00	180.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	406	212.00	212.00
6	—	483	190.00	190.00
8	—	624	171.00	171.00
11	—	662	146.00	146.00
25	—	522	189.00	189.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,792	66.00–99.00	86.68
4	—	1,813	99.00–105.00	101.10
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,464	46.00–56.00	52.89
45	—	1,335	60.00–73.00	68.92
20	—	1,184	81.00–85.50	84.44
57	—	1,357	73.00–79.00	75.22
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,624	88.00–94.00	90.92
1	—	1,475	57.00	57.00
67	—	1,524	80.00–88.00	84.28
7	—	1,501	71.00–76.00	73.14
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,167	21.00–54.00	42.36
75	—	1,233	51.00–63.00	57.35
10	—	1,120	72.00	72.00
115	—	1,306	63.00–71.50	67.28
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,486	117.00	117.00
56	—	1,465	126.50–128.00	127.14
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,221	103.00	103.00
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,372	117.00	117.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,435	141.00–143.00	142.00
18	—	1,701	150.00	150.00
30	—	1,558	150.00–150.50	150.07
85	—	1,449	148.50–154.50	150.99
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
172	—	1,466	150.00–153.50	152.35
167	—	1,567	150.00–159.00	154.89
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,689	148.50–150.00	149.82
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,390	138.00–148.00	142.51
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,384	149.00	149.00
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,265	152.50	152.50
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,329	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,184	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
98	—	1,374	148.50–154.00	152.10
102	—	1,397	140.00–145.00	142.27
Heifers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,290	128.00	128.00
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,393	154.00–157.00	155.57

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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