South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 108 priced lines covering 13,182 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 13,518 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 752 head.

Mon May 1, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 13,518Last week 17,122Year ago 12,873

Slaughter CattleReceipts 752Last week 975Year ago 870

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 700 lbs steady to 3.00 higher, over 700 lbs steady to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 650 lbs sold with higher undertones, over 650 lbs steady to 5.00 lower. Very good demand remains for all weights of steers and heifers but with the pressure on the futures contracts cattle bound for feedyards were under pressure as well. Turnout time is upon us now and the demand for grass suitable cattle is red hot. Cash fed cattle market was lower, many around the 176.00 mark, and with the coming summer months of the Live Cattle futures at 13.00-16.00 under the current cash market cattle feeders have slowed in their pursuit of feeders. Many corn acres have been planted this past week as the weather was dry and warm, rain is needed across the whole state to get the grass and alfalfa growing good. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 lower, bulls 5.00 lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	526	198.00	198.00
7	—	599	202.00	202.00
4	—	415	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,064	160.00	160.00
12	—	1,100	157.00	157.00
11	—	1,044	164.50	164.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	392	260.00–280.00	262.96
511	—	675	199.00–221.50	213.39
534	—	626	210.00–241.00	234.30
197	—	528	216.00–260.00	246.02
148	—	925	167.50–179.00	177.17
28	—	974	170.50	170.50
62	—	472	229.00–251.00	244.12
4	—	341	260.00	260.00
745	—	783	180.50–200.50	195.99
195	—	808	181.00–198.50	190.91
443	—	575	219.00–256.00	241.34
319	—	728	187.00–206.00	196.90
201	—	428	250.00–280.00	269.47
412	—	880	175.00–186.00	177.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	604	186.00	186.00
20	—	586	211.00	211.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	798	177.00	177.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	955	209.50	209.50
192	—	819	200.00–201.75	201.18
634	—	767	202.50–207.00	205.70
176	—	721	210.00–219.00	214.07
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	325	250.00–272.50	261.43
47	—	619	197.00–212.00	205.97
9	—	386	215.00	215.00
11	—	586	202.00–215.00	206.64
21	—	830	148.00–173.00	160.09
57	—	921	157.00	157.00
40	—	533	214.00–221.00	217.06
43	—	733	177.00–192.00	182.37
3	—	865	160.00	160.00
13	—	671	170.00–177.00	174.38
29	—	762	177.00–182.00	181.28
32	—	440	215.00–240.00	226.57
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
85	—	600	243.00	243.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	688	209.00	209.00
13	—	833	191.75	191.75
65	—	979	174.60	174.60
3	—	875	190.50	190.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	366	327.00	327.00
22	—	712	198.00–215.00	206.65
62	—	571	213.00–235.00	222.74
8	—	891	190.00	190.00
59	—	662	191.00–232.00	222.56
12	—	522	210.00–247.00	225.67
20	—	960	173.00	173.00
13	—	781	194.00–204.00	200.18
112	—	625	205.00–243.00	229.50
41	—	467	253.00–258.00	254.44
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,164	165.00	165.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	973	178.00–178.85	178.28
424	—	628	243.00–275.50	265.53
107	—	521	260.00–296.00	277.89
544	—	869	191.25–205.00	199.82
73	—	426	277.50–302.50	286.38
435	—	722	213.00–245.00	230.36
4	—	361	310.00	310.00
49	—	474	271.00–290.00	283.02
250	—	578	243.00–284.00	261.14
685	—	922	176.75–193.50	189.86
741	—	679	213.00–262.25	253.89
911	—	831	195.00–217.25	206.92
1,248	—	778	200.00–228.50	219.02
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,213	170.85	170.85
205	—	1,088	176.50–179.25	177.63
75	—	1,112	176.00–177.10	176.73
83	—	1,035	171.00–175.50	175.03
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	685	195.00	195.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
332	—	720	269.00	269.00
88	—	636	275.50	275.50
51	—	870	216.00	216.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
204	—	584	280.50–283.00	281.45
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	575	233.00	233.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	948	161.00	161.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,345	101.00	101.00
8	—	1,046	20.00–52.50	43.59
35	—	1,208	61.00–75.00	69.38
40	—	1,376	76.00–86.00	80.95
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,689	90.00–92.00	91.21
3	—	1,543	106.00–108.00	106.64
20	—	1,519	100.00–105.00	103.19
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,375	98.00–99.00	98.50
14	—	1,545	87.00–96.50	91.94
11	—	1,403	78.00–86.00	85.05
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,101	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
88	—	1,282	174.00–183.75	182.61
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,397	183.25	183.25
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,281	170.00	170.00
94	—	1,320	175.50–180.00	178.53
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,338	157.00	157.00
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,400	182.00	182.00
14	—	1,630	187.00	187.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
175	—	1,462	173.00–178.00	176.37
11	—	1,480	170.00	170.00
45	—	1,530	177.00–179.25	178.14
5	—	1,535	174.00	174.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,428	147.00	147.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,230	154.00	154.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,474	145.50	145.50
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,284	140.00	140.00
Dairy Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,420	144.00	144.00
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,792	110.00–117.00	113.23
12	—	1,603	86.00–108.00	103.55

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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