South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 109 priced lines covering 25,893 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 28,986 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 80 head.

Mon Jan 2, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 28,986Last week 8,573Year ago 32,294

Slaughter CattleReceipts 80Last week 1,005Year ago 1,394

Compared to last week: Only a couple auctions a week ago to compare as this week all locations resumed their regular sale schedules, higher undertone on feeder steers under 650 lbs, over 650 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 650 lbs sold with higher undertones, over 650 lbs steady to 3.00 lower. Moderate to good demand this week, but the winter storms have sure put pressure on the market. Cattle feeders have had a lot of work created for them as the last storm dropped 1 to 2 foot of snow, some death loss of light cattle occurred as well, and now much poorer feeding efficiency resulting in much higher costs of gain. The cash fed cattle market is sitting just under 160.00, but with the weight loss of market ready cattle and the poor feeding conditions there just isn't much reason for a cattle feeder to want to give more money for incoming cattle. Flesh condition is a major factor in the market right now as costs of gain are a major hurdle to overcome. Light fleshed cattle remain easy to sell but those carrying extra flesh are much harder to find bids for. Very large auction receipts again this next week as feeder cattle producers want to get their cattle sold and gone to alleviate their work load. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 lower, bulls too few to test.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	583	202.00	202.00
59	—	617	197.50	197.50
79	—	755	188.00	188.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	764	150.00	150.00
42	—	584	163.00–169.50	164.33
81	—	675	146.00–168.50	165.99
8	—	831	163.25	163.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
239	—	644	203.50	203.50
19	—	450	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
169	—	527	170.00–182.00	177.44
102	—	766	167.50	167.50
4	—	673	155.00	155.00
5	—	492	177.00	177.00
72	—	590	161.00–174.25	170.25
36	—	419	151.00–191.00	176.96
27	—	641	161.00–165.00	164.00
80	—	900	163.85	163.85
42	—	378	181.00–193.00	188.45
35	—	744	153.00–161.00	155.28
65	—	880	151.75–153.50	151.96
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	654	150.00	150.00
14	—	522	165.00	165.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
538	—	827	157.50–173.00	167.27
446	—	924	150.00–168.50	163.99
663	—	886	151.00–173.00	165.81
8	—	263	155.00	155.00
1,240	—	574	172.00–196.50	187.90
1,299	—	628	159.00–188.50	177.48
648	—	669	163.00–181.00	172.96
259	—	434	183.00–208.00	195.63
79	—	985	154.00–157.00	154.44
764	—	724	163.00–180.50	172.42
854	—	528	172.00–200.00	188.76
84	—	377	183.00–209.00	190.69
820	—	762	164.00–176.50	167.46
440	—	476	171.00–202.50	190.94
7	—	311	198.00	198.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	843	132.00	132.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,129	145.00–155.25	153.24
17	—	1,001	161.00	161.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	597	166.50	166.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	837	167.50	167.50
59	—	891	161.00–165.50	164.21
52	—	792	170.75	170.75
65	—	749	177.00	177.00
90	—	677	167.00–181.50	175.92
16	—	531	210.00–216.00	213.78
33	—	629	190.50–196.50	193.05
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
136	—	623	183.00–198.50	191.74
73	—	875	168.00	168.00
102	—	789	171.00–173.75	173.32
27	—	383	193.00–231.00	219.50
203	—	532	186.00–211.00	205.63
104	—	582	166.00–202.50	192.15
6	—	831	169.00	169.00
43	—	725	174.00–179.25	178.31
36	—	1,223	152.75	152.75
61	—	485	195.00–213.00	206.89
59	—	427	214.00–220.00	217.03
26	—	681	168.00–184.00	179.08
178	—	912	165.25–174.00	170.32
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1,392	—	576	193.00–227.25	215.30
5	—	345	223.00	223.00
1,105	—	922	156.50–182.50	178.11
686	—	973	160.50–182.50	174.56
1,532	—	626	184.00–220.00	208.33
930	—	528	200.00–238.00	224.14
2,094	—	718	171.00–203.00	191.05
20	—	365	215.00–221.00	218.90
689	—	879	169.00–182.85	177.31
9	—	292	235.00	235.00
1,521	—	776	173.00–189.50	183.73
175	—	424	207.00–242.00	225.08
1,942	—	676	183.00–211.00	196.47
1,098	—	821	172.50–187.00	178.92
309	—	475	208.00–239.00	224.52
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	550	110.00	110.00
9	—	546	160.00	160.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
273	—	1,013	162.00–171.50	167.50
95	—	1,068	162.50–170.50	166.93
28	—	1,140	156.50	156.50
15	—	1,278	146.00	146.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	723	182.50	182.50
15	—	692	175.00–186.00	180.18
7	—	444	220.00	220.00
16	—	523	170.00–212.00	198.46
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	637	213.50	213.50
74	—	761	201.75	201.75
Steers — Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
171	—	1,029	174.85	174.85
50	—	1,103	174.10	174.10
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	543	199.00	199.00
4	—	559	175.00	175.00
19	—	682	171.00	171.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	622	198.25	198.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
310	—	677	209.60–225.00	219.42
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	1,052	160.00	160.00
18	—	1,022	160.75	160.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	507	195.00	195.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,396	73.00–77.50	76.17
1	—	1,515	66.00	66.00
1	—	1,495	84.00	84.00
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,693	88.00–91.00	89.73
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,070	57.00–60.00	57.74
11	—	1,103	38.00–51.00	42.65
4	—	1,000	22.50–32.50	26.98
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,232	63.00–71.00	68.09
1	—	1,165	71.00	71.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,880	82.00	82.00
2	—	1,853	94.00	94.00

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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