South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 77 priced lines covering 3,631 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,446 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 877 head.

Mon Dec 12, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,446Last week 40,724Year ago 19,646

Slaughter CattleReceipts 877Last week 1,879Year ago 1,272

Compared to last week: Only 1 reported feeder cattle auction this week, price comparisons will not be made. As the winter storm that struck the nation caused auction markets to cancel their sales for the week as interstate highways were closed and no travel advised on other roads. Large amounts of snow, over 3 feet in areas, along with 40-60 mph winds left behind much to clean up and move out of the way. Some auctions postponed their auctions to this coming week but now an artic blast of more than -20 degrees overnight lows and -10 daytime highs, along with windy conditions, will create even more challenges. Slaughter cows steady to 4.00 lower, bulls steady.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	279	257.50	257.50
50	—	959	168.00–171.00	170.09
43	—	813	178.50–180.00	179.78
145	—	537	199.00–220.00	210.57
25	—	427	239.00–241.50	240.18
9	—	398	260.00	260.00
137	—	790	180.00–186.00	182.44
77	—	479	221.00–240.00	226.73
58	—	863	171.00–180.50	178.55
241	—	675	180.00–197.00	188.21
191	—	633	189.00–203.00	200.45
178	—	576	194.00–214.00	203.85
152	—	716	180.00–193.00	186.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	607	174.00	174.00
18	—	525	190.00–194.00	192.68
22	—	380	230.00	230.00
23	—	657	175.00	175.00
11	—	462	200.00–208.00	204.98
31	—	580	188.00–194.00	189.95
4	—	434	215.00	215.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	385	154.00	154.00
14	—	464	154.00	154.00
12	—	565	154.00	154.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
106	—	1,162	160.00–165.00	164.71
199	—	1,025	172.75	172.75
44	—	1,281	161.25	161.25
18	—	1,085	159.00	159.00
16	—	1,245	159.75	159.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
136	—	685	173.00–189.00	177.14
12	—	315	195.00–200.00	198.29
50	—	791	170.00–170.25	170.11
132	—	524	180.50–199.50	189.51
175	—	579	178.00–190.00	187.06
108	—	619	175.00–192.00	183.17
50	—	484	192.00–202.00	196.37
19	—	382	195.00–210.00	204.60
23	—	705	174.00	174.00
11	—	417	187.00–200.00	193.06
37	—	811	165.00–169.50	168.02
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	628	175.00–177.00	176.39
54	—	479	171.00–189.00	181.90
12	—	679	163.00–169.00	165.98
39	—	522	167.50–177.00	172.01
17	—	588	170.00–171.00	170.65
9	—	342	188.00	188.00
25	—	398	187.00	187.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	352	146.00	146.00
4	—	576	157.00	157.00
4	—	460	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	691	166.00	166.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,426	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,428	151.00–161.00	154.98
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,259	150.00	150.00
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	1,417	155.00–159.00	158.42
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,690	81.00–84.00	82.36
46	—	1,452	67.00–76.00	71.42
11	—	1,484	62.00–70.00	65.38
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,311	58.00–70.00	63.55
3	—	1,233	41.00–49.00	45.87
2	—	1,590	56.00–61.00	58.49
1	—	1,440	68.00	68.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,084	32.00–49.00	46.25
9	—	1,204	16.00–36.00	25.99
23	—	1,270	50.00–60.50	55.22
8	—	1,323	58.00–63.00	60.15
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
126	—	1,560	154.00–156.50	156.09
4	—	1,481	151.00	151.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,319	151.00	151.00
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,420	154.50	154.50
10	—	1,506	147.00	147.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,641	147.00–155.00	150.81
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
173	—	1,546	157.00–160.00	159.52
125	—	1,480	157.00–160.00	159.10
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,063	135.00	135.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,486	124.00–128.50	126.10
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,670	82.00–84.00	82.71
6	—	1,880	88.00–94.00	90.92

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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