South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 93 priced lines covering 8,919 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 8,573 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,005 head.

Mon Dec 26, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8,573Last week 3,446Year ago 6,736

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,005Last week 877Year ago 843

No recent price comparisons to be made this week as there was only 1 auction the week prior to offer a comparison to. Most all auction locations were shut down, as they normally do for this week, but 2 locations did host an auction. Demand moderate to good, not nearly as good as was expected though on the lighter weight cattle as the severe winter storms that have plagued the state have left cattle producers reeling. Reports of cattle deaths, primarily light weight, light fleshed calves, and very difficult feeding conditions caused some cattle producers to sit out and not receive anymore calves for a bit. The extreme winds created huge drifts, as some areas had around 3 foot of snow, which creates a lot of work for producers to get dug out as hay stacks get buried and feedyard pens and corrals fill full of snow. This is always a week of limited feeder cattle offerings as most feeder cattle producers would rather wait a week and sell on that first week of the new year, rather than risking selling on a week when some cattle buyers won't be at the auction, however there were producers that wanted and needed to get cattle sold now rather than continue fighting the tough conditions. Very large auction receipts expected for the next several weeks, some locations have added a second sale date to accommodate the numbers of cattle being consigned. Slaughter cows 6.00 to 9.00 higher, bulls too few offered to compare.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	505	207.00	207.00
37	—	747	180.00–184.00	183.35
22	—	879	173.50–174.25	173.84
63	—	774	171.50–177.00	173.99
102	—	633	185.00–193.00	191.01
10	—	680	175.00	175.00
79	—	943	167.50–173.00	171.56
Steers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	886	162.50	162.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	921	166.00	166.00
90	—	383	223.00–231.00	229.58
22	—	684	175.00–176.00	175.68
33	—	424	209.00–227.50	223.06
85	—	611	190.50–192.50	190.74
23	—	810	176.25	176.25
33	—	469	209.00–216.00	211.20
30	—	521	191.00–208.00	200.20
7	—	335	217.00	217.00
74	—	571	184.00–198.00	192.67
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
135	—	1,091	169.00–175.10	171.88
52	—	1,137	173.75	173.75
290	—	1,034	172.25–174.75	173.55
311	—	1,156	174.00–174.25	174.08
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,043	166.50	166.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
318	—	824	180.00–186.50	183.24
526	—	725	174.00–200.25	192.45
295	—	622	193.50–215.00	202.53
158	—	571	201.50–216.00	206.56
135	—	923	176.25–179.75	178.00
555	—	779	176.75–188.75	181.94
260	—	525	204.00–242.00	222.27
101	—	486	204.00–230.50	223.39
352	—	665	181.00–204.50	195.17
389	—	865	175.75–185.75	179.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	718	184.00	184.00
38	—	628	193.50	193.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,100	153.50	153.50
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	832	169.50	169.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
115	—	490	268.00	268.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
142	—	813	167.00–169.50	168.80
57	—	986	163.75	163.75
187	—	712	167.50–173.25	170.75
115	—	411	185.00–199.00	189.60
123	—	513	172.50–185.50	178.94
232	—	764	167.50–174.00	170.42
238	—	934	165.85–170.10	166.91
367	—	614	163.00–180.00	174.44
136	—	472	174.50–197.00	189.57
261	—	574	172.00–183.00	176.55
573	—	675	164.00–177.25	174.51
189	—	871	163.25–168.00	165.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
137	—	931	163.25–165.75	164.95
33	—	609	169.50–171.00	170.35
21	—	488	165.00–169.00	167.10
33	—	723	165.00–170.50	166.97
13	—	592	167.00	167.00
56	—	660	164.00–170.00	167.76
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	375	190.50	190.50
5	—	481	172.00	172.00
19	—	555	162.50	162.50
14	—	520	169.50	169.50
21	—	663	168.50–170.00	169.15
13	—	898	162.00	162.00
79	—	786	158.00–170.75	169.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	664	170.00	170.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
49	—	1,545	65.00–74.55	70.39
16	—	1,348	75.00–77.00	75.80
4	—	1,508	59.50–65.00	63.74
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,133	48.00–55.00	51.27
46	—	1,292	55.00–64.00	61.48
3	—	1,075	69.00	69.00
10	—	1,083	15.00–41.00	28.85
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,919	90.00–97.00	94.05
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,572	74.00–74.50	74.30
26	—	1,646	75.00–84.00	80.73
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	1,365	156.75–164.00	161.60
15	—	1,326	145.00–152.00	149.82
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,418	159.00–160.00	159.73
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,264	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
243	—	1,354	153.00–159.00	157.23
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,440	159.00	159.00
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,589	159.50–162.00	161.42
4	—	1,518	151.00	151.00
8	—	1,723	160.00	160.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,510	157.25	157.25
213	—	1,488	154.00–161.00	154.76
8	—	1,403	145.00	145.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,315	150.00	150.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,324	154.00	154.00
8	—	1,312	150.00	150.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,541	139.25–142.50	139.88
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	2,009	92.00–98.50	96.21
1	—	2,020	101.00	101.00
4	—	1,508	65.00–85.00	78.10

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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