South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 171 priced lines covering 38,614 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 40,724 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,879 head.

Mon Dec 5, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 40,724Last week 43,734Year ago 33,273

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,879Last week 1,713Year ago 1,461

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 500 lbs 3.00 to 4.00 lower, 500-700 lbs 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Heifer calves under 500 lbs 3.00 to 7.00 lower, over 500 lbs unevenly steady. Yearling feeder steers steady to 3.00 higher, heifers steady to 2.00 lower. Good demand for this large offering of calves, flesh condition has become a major factor now as many weaned calves are being offered and some are carrying too much flesh condition for their weight. The market is very active though as the bullish psychology amongst cattle feeders grew in the recent weeks as the cash fed cattle pushed closer towards 160.00. Packers were able to buy fat cattle a dollar or so cheaper this week with many at 156.00 yet there is still great hope for the coming months. Very good demand remains for yearlings and that market is very active. A large winter storm is in the forecast for this next week which caused some cattle producers to hurry and get their cattle consigned and sold before it hits. Breaker and Boner slaughter cows were 6.00 to 7.00 lower, Lean cows 2.00 lower. Bulls 3.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	415	207.50	207.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	967	168.00–170.50	168.26
16	—	339	205.00–241.00	228.17
191	—	535	178.00–210.50	200.47
117	—	631	152.00–190.00	178.76
40	—	255	225.00–235.00	226.43
12	—	759	170.00–170.50	170.33
5	—	856	149.00	149.00
105	—	665	120.00–186.00	166.46
250	—	481	197.00–219.00	208.58
229	—	581	181.00–205.00	194.17
50	—	917	163.00–166.00	165.32
60	—	374	210.00–239.00	228.43
34	—	825	167.00–170.00	169.39
127	—	732	173.00–183.25	177.98
73	—	426	195.00–227.50	207.05
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	675	158.00–169.00	160.03
17	—	433	191.00–195.00	193.82
7	—	969	140.00	140.00
17	—	388	172.00–203.00	182.63
31	—	340	155.00–230.00	178.33
13	—	706	147.00–160.00	153.98
17	—	806	150.00	150.00
39	—	509	145.00–190.00	156.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	642	185.50	185.50
52	—	837	180.00	180.00
79	—	788	180.25	180.25
35	—	678	180.00–185.50	183.35
73	—	521	197.50–208.00	205.84
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	585	182.00	182.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	624	189.75–191.50	190.30
40	—	839	170.00–178.00	176.03
8	—	996	169.00	169.00
32	—	588	206.00–208.00	207.56
14	—	533	199.00	199.00
96	—	673	183.00–185.00	184.72
106	—	738	161.00–181.50	177.88
22	—	881	165.00–173.00	168.20
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	711	182.00	182.00
18	—	1,274	159.25	159.25
48	—	1,207	165.25	165.25
26	—	560	195.00	195.00
633	—	1,062	170.25–178.25	175.63
7	—	1,152	162.50	162.50
992	—	1,020	174.00–182.00	177.37
123	—	679	182.50–188.00	184.32
19	—	621	186.00	186.00
100	—	522	208.75	208.75
8	—	866	180.00	180.00
410	—	1,119	160.00–170.00	166.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
236	—	379	232.00–270.00	248.98
1,516	—	932	172.50–187.00	184.16
2,841	—	970	172.75–187.75	182.02
2,848	—	621	188.00–218.25	206.64
734	—	829	176.50–187.75	184.60
247	—	424	220.00–255.00	242.40
378	—	770	171.00–196.00	184.33
2,035	—	528	209.00–237.50	223.88
958	—	724	174.00–207.00	195.88
2,058	—	572	194.00–223.75	213.92
1,890	—	874	170.00–190.25	184.74
2,324	—	674	179.50–206.00	197.94
947	—	474	211.00–243.50	232.86
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,079	152.00–154.00	153.43
21	—	371	240.00	240.00
7	—	520	195.00	195.00
4	—	1,191	152.00	152.00
15	—	1,021	158.00	158.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	371	257.50	257.50
Steers — Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
117	—	1,016	180.00	180.00
83	—	1,124	170.75	170.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
266	—	455	260.00	260.00
187	—	580	230.50	230.50
114	—	526	231.50	231.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
114	—	435	217.50	217.50
38	—	691	185.00	185.00
26	—	581	202.00	202.00
272	—	616	194.00–202.50	196.84
104	—	500	216.50	216.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
289	—	1,027	151.00–169.75	164.76
82	—	1,079	147.00–164.50	161.50
13	—	1,146	153.50	153.50
5	—	615	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
115	—	460	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	711	171.00	171.00
11	—	820	170.00	170.00
16	—	682	152.00	152.00
19	—	569	168.00–175.00	173.13
21	—	629	166.50	166.50
6	—	955	151.00	151.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	393	194.00	194.00
25	—	585	171.00–171.50	171.20
17	—	846	163.00	163.00
26	—	764	162.00	162.00
111	—	516	180.50–181.00	180.56
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1,572	—	575	178.00–201.00	188.77
395	—	725	169.00–181.00	174.21
1,147	—	927	160.00–175.60	173.26
703	—	820	166.00–183.00	173.91
706	—	877	164.00–176.00	169.75
682	—	477	174.00–215.00	198.48
626	—	959	160.50–173.75	168.77
1,334	—	629	166.00–188.50	179.88
122	—	375	200.00–222.00	210.16
55	—	345	160.00–215.00	205.88
1,464	—	524	182.00–208.00	197.57
311	—	663	168.00–188.00	176.70
501	—	430	174.00–215.00	204.94
397	—	784	165.00–179.00	171.86
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
139	—	592	140.00–177.00	172.55
17	—	826	158.00–164.00	162.93
53	—	630	152.50–171.00	165.90
248	—	523	160.00–185.50	178.58
7	—	355	202.00	202.00
43	—	430	166.00–197.00	181.32
6	—	337	185.00	185.00
112	—	475	151.00–190.00	176.80
9	—	919	142.00–151.00	145.96
5	—	275	220.00	220.00
75	—	717	150.00–168.00	162.18
17	—	783	153.00–171.00	157.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	771	123.00	123.00
35	—	677	151.00–155.00	152.76
9	—	282	220.00	220.00
89	—	558	135.00–155.00	138.89
15	—	528	135.00–155.00	144.19
33	—	349	154.00	154.00
13	—	933	123.00	123.00
15	—	647	133.50	133.50
36	—	464	146.00–160.00	153.37
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,171	137.00	137.00
52	—	1,014	151.00	151.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	368	220.00	220.00
32	—	546	195.00	195.00
33	—	558	195.00	195.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,778	76.00–90.00	84.22
1	—	2,400	99.00	99.00
18	—	1,889	86.00–95.00	89.65
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
66	—	1,382	57.00–75.00	62.86
4	—	1,567	70.00–71.00	70.50
3	—	1,233	51.00	51.00
46	—	1,462	51.00–65.00	57.48
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,593	80.00–84.00	81.89
52	—	1,472	67.00–81.00	74.40
19	—	1,674	56.00–67.00	61.60
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,636	80.50–86.00	82.49
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,194	64.00–66.00	64.97
30	—	1,237	45.00–54.00	49.66
73	—	1,327	53.00–65.00	59.17
17	—	1,124	15.00–40.00	30.41
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,493	163.00	163.00
6	—	1,418	163.50	163.50
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,742	162.00	162.00
297	—	1,532	160.25–165.00	162.29
33	—	1,458	159.25–163.75	160.36
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,387	157.50–158.50	157.73
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,665	147.00	147.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,544	149.50–154.00	151.19
34	—	1,468	146.00–155.00	152.23
94	—	1,558	151.00–160.25	157.36
46	—	1,458	155.00–161.75	157.11
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,390	150.00–158.25	154.29
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	1,496	128.00–136.00	130.48
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,452	150.00	150.00
259	—	1,402	153.50–162.50	159.05
33	—	1,350	145.50–159.00	151.64
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,398	154.00–158.75	156.46
140	—	1,378	159.00–164.00	161.42
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,459	165.00	165.00
24	—	1,386	160.75–164.00	162.30
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,263	146.00	146.00

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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