South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 171 priced lines covering 39,956 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 43,734 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,713 head.

Mon Nov 28, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 43,734Last week 1,927Year ago 36,103

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,713Last week 90Year ago 2,114

Compared to two weeks ago: Steer calves 3.00 to 5.00 higher, heifer calves 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Yearling steers steady to 3.00 higher, heifers 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Very good demand for calves and yearlings as all auction locations returned to their normal sale schedules after the Thanksgiving break. As the cash fed cattle market moved higher, 157.00-159.00, the feeder cattle market got a boost as well. Feeder cattle producers in East River, SD are now in full swing of marketing their spring born calves and the auctions are hosting very large auctions. Cattle feeders were willing to chase the feeder market a little more as the fat market is moving to levels that the futures market didn't predict would come until spring. Auctions will be large as those who like to sell before the end of the year only have a couple more weeks to do so before the Christmas holiday, which sees most locations shut down for a full two weeks. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower, except Lean cows 3.00 higher. Bulls 2.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	580	141.00	141.00
10	—	495	161.00–165.00	163.41
9	—	617	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	540	200.00	200.00
59	—	896	183.50	183.50
59	—	902	183.50	183.50
316	—	722	200.50	200.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
132	—	920	179.00	179.00
236	—	755	179.50–200.50	194.56
464	—	830	195.50–200.25	199.63
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
180	—	627	206.00	206.00
184	—	569	204.00–221.00	211.75
9	—	527	229.00	229.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	1,024	158.50–169.25	160.76
189	—	1,163	162.10	162.10
113	—	1,125	155.75–161.75	158.61
152	—	1,081	140.50–166.00	158.01
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1,634	—	474	184.00–223.00	201.86
688	—	822	163.00–181.75	175.35
291	—	732	161.00–186.00	176.59
409	—	670	163.50–189.50	173.99
1,165	—	425	197.00–227.00	212.20
999	—	621	168.00–202.00	183.13
894	—	918	156.00–187.00	173.81
512	—	877	165.00–177.50	172.71
8	—	298	215.00	215.00
335	—	376	190.00–230.00	212.02
375	—	777	165.50–175.50	172.35
171	—	332	199.00–225.00	211.51
2,296	—	523	180.00–216.00	197.36
2,134	—	574	165.50–210.50	188.79
147	—	974	161.50–176.00	171.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
224	—	426	155.00–200.00	184.72
81	—	325	181.00–220.00	199.09
67	—	683	152.50–170.50	159.57
372	—	530	140.00–186.00	177.32
89	—	626	145.00–174.50	160.32
75	—	760	149.00–160.00	151.51
80	—	912	152.50–161.00	156.96
61	—	387	181.00–205.00	192.35
18	—	294	210.00	210.00
204	—	481	171.00–205.00	185.63
23	—	814	160.50–164.75	162.70
60	—	574	153.00–178.00	164.30
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,150	144.00	144.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	881	159.00	159.00
31	—	674	162.00–175.50	165.34
48	—	767	155.00–169.00	165.21
14	—	574	176.50–180.00	178.26
75	—	977	155.00	155.00
40	—	644	162.00–167.50	166.57
32	—	717	138.00–161.00	151.47
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	541	184.50–195.00	188.69
10	—	582	187.00	187.00
42	—	494	197.00	197.00
13	—	939	165.00	165.00
46	—	647	167.50	167.50
6	—	658	149.00	149.00
12	—	444	199.00	199.00
11	—	702	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	535	220.00	220.00
87	—	475	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	754	132.50	132.50
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,009	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
224	—	620	176.50–194.00	188.35
89	—	376	206.00–245.00	226.93
24	—	821	172.00–175.00	173.66
78	—	885	163.00–165.50	163.68
10	—	954	147.00–163.00	153.38
76	—	337	210.00–239.00	227.52
350	—	480	191.00–224.00	213.99
4	—	1,046	154.00	154.00
245	—	681	151.00–187.50	181.30
65	—	765	164.50–175.00	167.21
17	—	915	168.50	168.50
34	—	289	257.50–267.50	259.78
280	—	423	209.00–238.00	223.24
420	—	529	171.00–213.50	205.04
375	—	578	169.00–202.00	193.82
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	575	179.00	179.00
9	—	384	120.00	120.00
12	—	688	164.00	164.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	583	176.00	176.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	690	189.00	189.00
35	—	647	190.25	190.25
16	—	564	206.00–210.00	207.55
16	—	767	167.00–169.00	168.48
16	—	818	167.50	167.50
9	—	894	171.00	171.00
11	—	744	170.00	170.00
12	—	908	152.00	152.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3,212	—	620	180.00–215.00	204.41
617	—	928	173.00–189.00	180.14
281	—	376	231.00–274.00	253.36
1,016	—	976	166.00–184.75	178.93
71	—	332	247.00–282.50	256.92
3,574	—	574	189.75–229.00	212.65
1,924	—	477	222.00–247.50	235.78
394	—	763	170.50–195.75	185.64
1,414	—	671	181.00–208.00	194.85
3,033	—	524	200.00–236.50	221.65
456	—	819	174.25–194.00	184.26
232	—	878	169.00–181.25	178.01
886	—	423	223.00–266.00	246.11
785	—	725	172.00–204.50	189.72
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
241	—	1,083	161.50–176.35	172.47
5	—	1,107	160.50	160.50
101	—	1,214	155.00–164.00	162.59
143	—	1,014	161.50–179.00	176.73
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	592	194.00–195.50	194.36
15	—	624	189.00–189.50	189.26
5	—	813	176.00	176.00
49	—	769	175.00–179.75	179.27
64	—	669	182.50	182.50
19	—	437	229.00	229.00
56	—	537	215.00–219.00	216.17
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	893	185.25	185.25
156	—	908	192.00	192.00
4	—	418	258.00	258.00
112	—	525	233.50	233.50
53	—	979	184.00	184.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
255	—	1,063	176.75–180.60	177.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
96	—	587	223.00	223.00
57	—	461	255.00	255.00
91	—	652	205.00	205.00
70	—	429	243.00–276.00	260.40
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	784	145.00	145.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	537	182.00	182.00
9	—	691	146.00	146.00
7	—	904	151.00	151.00
11	—	630	175.50	175.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,792	99.50–100.00	99.66
12	—	2,004	91.00–96.00	92.99
19	—	1,838	46.00–89.50	77.59
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
159	—	1,386	64.00–74.00	69.00
1	—	1,330	56.00	56.00
32	—	1,584	57.00–65.00	62.76
7	—	1,334	75.00–77.00	75.44
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,805	59.50–61.00	60.28
77	—	1,643	85.00–99.00	93.63
7	—	1,596	60.00–74.00	67.76
18	—	1,531	79.00–88.00	81.89
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,222	64.00–73.00	69.00
20	—	1,155	20.00–44.00	31.70
59	—	1,370	55.00–65.00	61.00
63	—	1,204	41.00–55.00	50.32
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,697	133.00–135.00	134.47
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,563	124.00	124.00
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,522	163.00	163.00
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,450	155.00	155.00
221	—	1,553	157.25–163.00	160.43
25	—	1,475	160.00–161.00	160.36
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,384	149.00–151.00	150.08
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	1,628	150.00–158.50	153.56
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,267	127.00	127.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,380	145.00	145.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,353	156.00	156.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
139	—	1,411	152.00–156.00	153.76
35	—	1,782	156.00–158.00	156.68
18	—	1,780	149.00	149.00
49	—	1,571	154.25–159.00	156.94
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,309	131.00	131.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,267	149.25	149.25
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,342	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,173	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
161	—	1,446	160.00–163.25	161.79
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,442	163.00–163.50	163.34
Heifers — Select and Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,333	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,421	147.00	147.00
47	—	1,346	150.00	150.00
161	—	1,395	153.00–159.00	156.38

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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