South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 131 priced lines covering 16,275 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 17,122 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 975 head.

Mon Apr 24, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 17,122Last week 24,173Year ago 18,831

Slaughter CattleReceipts 975Last week 1,238Year ago 1,070

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers steady to 5.00 lower. Good demand remains for all weights of steers and heifers but cattle feeders and backgrounders slowed in their pursuit in chasing the feeder market higher. Cash fed cattle were lower and now the front month of the Live Cattle futures is June, which is much lower than the cash market. Turnout time is quickly approaching, keeping demand for grass cattle red hot. The supply of light weight cattle to background, whether in a yard or on grass is very tight which is keeping that market supported as well. The Feeder Cattle futures contracts for the late summer/fall months at 235.00 are giving backgrounders much hope and optimism for the coming months. Corn planters were in the ground this week as the temps warmed up with great progress expected to be made as the forecast looks clear until the weekend. Slaughter cows 5.00 to 10.00 lower, bulls 5.00 to 6.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	677	201.00–236.50	222.28
17	—	379	274.00–283.00	277.83
13	—	448	255.00	255.00
57	—	513	240.00–252.00	246.26
75	—	570	222.00–237.00	228.82
6	—	944	178.00	178.00
29	—	826	188.50–194.00	192.44
25	—	475	230.00–259.00	243.84
46	—	890	183.50–186.00	183.98
6	—	952	178.00	178.00
6	—	733	215.00	215.00
94	—	632	211.00–228.50	219.17
86	—	775	191.00–208.00	201.85
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	660	187.00–195.00	192.67
7	—	501	205.00	205.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,104	173.50	173.50
714	—	1,010	180.75–188.25	185.80
196	—	1,071	170.00–181.00	179.57
57	—	1,174	173.85	173.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
96	—	990	179.25–181.60	180.47
7	—	633	202.50–215.00	209.56
53	—	881	181.00–189.25	188.18
57	—	720	213.50–217.50	214.28
6	—	803	183.00	183.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	714	203.00	203.00
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,182	153.50	153.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
152	—	531	247.50–280.00	265.40
603	—	981	180.00–193.75	187.19
729	—	777	204.50–232.00	218.51
89	—	471	274.00–297.50	287.76
236	—	623	234.00–258.00	242.82
1,232	—	871	187.50–208.00	200.38
22	—	365	275.00–297.50	293.41
267	—	673	225.00–262.00	244.45
35	—	430	280.00–292.00	289.34
1,781	—	922	182.00–199.00	193.82
666	—	828	196.00–218.00	205.76
288	—	585	239.00–274.00	258.53
248	—	719	219.50–246.00	232.39
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	644	257.00	257.00
13	—	665	247.50	247.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	420	276.00	276.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	510	269.00–328.00	282.60
81	—	646	280.00	280.00
6	—	490	311.00	311.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	595	239.00	239.00
21	—	519	245.00–254.00	250.06
9	—	463	267.00	267.00
25	—	639	225.00	225.00
6	—	425	268.00	268.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	640	205.00	205.00
22	—	555	222.50	222.50
50	—	504	226.00–228.00	227.02
11	—	426	233.00–239.00	236.19
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
95	—	865	1,660.00	1,660.00
20	—	818	1,660.00	1,660.00
80	—	686	1,510.00	1,510.00
197	—	779	1,650.00–1,680.00	1,668.52
8	—	863	196.50	196.50
60	—	650	231.50	231.50
37	—	762	208.00	208.00
78	—	701	1,520.00	1,520.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,014	170.00	170.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	335	256.00	256.00
570	—	775	182.00–204.50	196.90
298	—	676	193.00–227.00	207.06
195	—	972	171.50–179.60	175.69
114	—	488	238.00–254.00	247.87
7	—	389	260.00	260.00
958	—	823	172.00–200.00	184.97
1,390	—	866	175.00–191.00	184.03
108	—	438	248.00–262.50	256.60
204	—	528	223.00–250.50	239.66
295	—	576	217.00–241.00	230.16
667	—	734	195.00–212.00	203.26
493	—	923	177.75–179.75	178.40
272	—	622	203.00–236.00	216.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	821	177.50	177.50
22	—	679	203.00	203.00
129	—	778	177.50–181.00	180.09
7	—	520	227.00	227.00
11	—	638	204.00	204.00
99	—	878	177.85	177.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	331	267.00	267.00
10	—	376	252.50–275.00	265.56
10	—	960	164.00	164.00
62	—	817	170.00–177.25	176.69
53	—	911	163.00–168.00	166.35
22	—	418	223.00–243.00	235.96
15	—	672	188.00–194.00	190.36
37	—	634	192.00–195.00	192.95
58	—	585	193.00–222.00	204.79
37	—	723	181.00–193.00	186.71
27	—	540	209.00–219.00	214.83
14	—	492	230.00	230.00
53	—	888	160.00–173.50	168.61
19	—	783	180.00–183.00	181.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	732	155.00	155.00
17	—	588	177.50–202.00	193.02
8	—	675	166.00–172.00	168.24
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	604	234.00	234.00
95	—	656	228.00	228.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	543	234.00	234.00
9	—	434	246.00	246.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,578	117.00	117.00
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,293	90.00–92.00	90.87
13	—	1,167	32.50–55.00	43.64
42	—	1,207	78.00–89.00	83.91
44	—	1,227	62.50–81.00	71.41
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,713	61.00–76.00	70.98
8	—	1,625	105.00–111.00	108.93
18	—	1,534	79.00–96.00	91.35
35	—	1,496	96.00–104.00	100.35
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,437	70.00–87.00	78.81
57	—	1,417	88.00–96.00	92.73
4	—	1,274	98.00–100.00	99.45
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,535	186.00–188.25	187.63
4	—	1,470	179.00	179.00
19	—	1,792	177.00–186.00	182.06
193	—	1,463	185.00–188.00	187.05
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,695	184.00	184.00
4	—	1,626	180.50	180.50
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	1,439	184.00–186.00	184.10
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,655	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,304	182.00–186.75	184.08
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	1,354	185.25–188.00	185.74
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,598	149.00	149.00
49	—	1,595	138.50–143.00	139.38
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,270	129.00–135.00	131.32
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,647	69.00–110.00	90.08
10	—	1,920	112.00–125.00	118.75

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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