South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 133 priced lines covering 22,690 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 22,942 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,763 head.

Mon Nov 7, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 22,942Last week 54,368Year ago 42,625

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,763Last week 1,714Year ago 1,661

Compared to last week: Steer calves 5.00 to 10.00 lower, except 500-550 lbs 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Heifer calves under 600 lbs steady to 3.00 lower, over 600 lbs 7.00 to 8.00 lower. Yearling feeder steers steady to 3.00 lower, heifers steady to 2.00 lower. Good demand this week again for steer and heifer calves but with the winter storm that struck the central part of the state, causing consignment and auction cancellations, some buyers also chose to pull back in their pursuit of calves to feed. The demand for yearlings stays good but with the winter months of the Live Cattle contract failing to advance from their current levels, cattle feeders don't have a reason to want to give more for the feedyard backgrounded yearlings that are coming to town. The flesh on these cattle is much heavier than the ones that came off grass earlier in the fall and cost of gain is a major concern as feed cost are much higher than last Autumn. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 lower, full decline on the Lean cows, bulls sold with lower undertones.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	366	185.00–211.00	203.99
4	—	936	153.50	153.50
14	—	978	156.50	156.50
9	—	896	154.00	154.00
19	—	581	163.00–180.00	170.60
21	—	629	161.00–166.50	164.00
212	—	524	153.00–182.00	179.44
90	—	475	172.00–187.50	181.66
13	—	753	166.50	166.50
25	—	431	185.00–187.50	186.54
17	—	337	185.00–200.00	196.40
7	—	676	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	486	171.00	171.00
17	—	391	157.50	157.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
267	—	678	164.50–176.00	169.94
619	—	620	168.00–188.00	174.66
107	—	378	191.00–220.00	207.48
103	—	779	172.50–179.50	174.51
432	—	815	164.25–173.50	171.40
844	—	480	180.00–208.50	200.17
1,191	—	524	175.50–209.00	192.91
942	—	573	170.00–198.00	181.52
10	—	336	207.00–211.00	209.07
658	—	882	160.00–171.00	166.54
429	—	430	188.00–215.00	202.59
488	—	923	151.00–171.00	166.43
72	—	970	164.00–169.00	167.34
14	—	706	167.00	167.00
6	—	278	227.50	227.50
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	901	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	428	165.00	165.00
14	—	507	171.00	171.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
437	—	554	201.00–208.00	203.38
304	—	526	201.00–217.00	205.70
60	—	610	195.00	195.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,017	147.00–155.25	151.80
104	—	643	173.50–178.00	177.68
5	—	558	180.00	180.00
7	—	478	181.00	181.00
27	—	1,074	151.00–170.50	163.06
16	—	431	182.00–183.00	182.62
8	—	1,176	156.50	156.50
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,150	147.00	147.00
5	—	1,077	145.50	145.50
10	—	1,018	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	562	167.00–173.00	171.40
24	—	603	162.00	162.00
74	—	480	176.00	176.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	778	172.50	172.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	512	197.00	197.00
16	—	640	188.00	188.00
605	—	1,029	164.60–172.50	167.57
199	—	1,115	155.50–166.50	164.22
628	—	1,068	166.00–172.00	168.94
17	—	1,163	143.00–156.50	150.96
48	—	569	190.00–193.00	191.47
16	—	671	181.00–186.50	184.79
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
126	—	825	180.10–183.00	181.72
894	—	476	202.00–241.00	225.15
30	—	334	234.00–243.00	240.40
291	—	722	169.00–193.00	185.69
214	—	923	172.00–188.00	176.93
211	—	774	178.00–187.00	181.04
943	—	968	166.00–180.85	176.23
529	—	674	181.50–197.00	190.21
2,050	—	623	185.00–209.50	197.50
248	—	877	165.00–194.00	181.00
116	—	383	231.00–258.00	246.77
371	—	432	218.00–251.00	236.25
2,980	—	581	191.00–217.50	204.08
1,436	—	520	200.00–230.50	217.68
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	558	187.00	187.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	382	182.50	182.50
21	—	1,074	166.25	166.25
8	—	472	191.00	191.00
6	—	415	172.50	172.50
6	—	506	180.00	180.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	358	210.00–236.00	219.81
127	—	429	196.00–229.00	208.00
93	—	578	181.00–198.00	190.71
13	—	928	168.00–168.25	168.19
36	—	707	166.50–181.00	176.52
73	—	528	181.00–215.00	199.39
24	—	878	174.00	174.00
9	—	823	161.00	161.00
6	—	325	222.50	222.50
143	—	490	190.00–215.00	204.33
13	—	978	164.00	164.00
35	—	673	165.00–181.00	176.73
58	—	623	168.00–187.00	177.04
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	719	156.00	156.00
6	—	648	171.00	171.00
7	—	656	168.00	168.00
14	—	389	170.00	170.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
132	—	543	199.50–200.00	199.92
72	—	484	210.00–211.00	210.08
6	—	593	186.00	186.00
4	—	654	173.50	173.50
28	—	701	171.00	171.00
34	—	643	186.00	186.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	588	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	459	240.00	240.00
91	—	663	209.00	209.00
98	—	600	214.50	214.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	2,077	94.00–100.00	96.21
3	—	1,887	101.00–110.00	105.17
18	—	1,635	50.00–92.00	75.43
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,388	71.00–78.00	75.05
6	—	1,426	50.00–67.00	60.29
31	—	1,404	60.00–71.00	66.13
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,222	71.00–72.00	71.65
65	—	1,260	51.00–63.00	55.49
47	—	1,111	20.00–58.00	40.46
67	—	1,388	61.00–69.00	64.76
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,665	61.00	61.00
18	—	1,534	65.00–77.00	74.09
29	—	1,483	80.00–88.00	84.52
10	—	1,590	90.00–100.00	92.63
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,370	121.00–130.00	122.54
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,578	131.00–139.00	135.65
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,291	146.50	146.50
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
194	—	1,477	154.00–157.00	155.42
105	—	1,549	154.00–162.00	157.56
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	1,640	148.75–153.00	151.83
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,224	144.00	144.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
143	—	1,571	148.00–153.00	151.94
88	—	1,482	148.00–150.00	149.11
52	—	1,732	149.00–151.50	150.93
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,365	148.50–157.00	150.57
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
246	—	1,436	147.00–154.75	151.43
37	—	1,341	136.00–148.00	144.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,205	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
131	—	1,343	152.00–160.00	154.46

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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