South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 108 priced lines covering 8,128 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,857 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,316 head.

Mon May 22, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,857Last week 12,532Year ago 11,115

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,316Last week 826Year ago 988

Compared to last week: Feeder steers uneven, steady to firm except 700-750 lbs and 900-950 lbs 10.00 to 15.00 higher. Feeder heifers 3.00 to 8.00 higher, instances to 12.00 higher. The feeder cattle market continues to move higher as the cash fed cattle market greatly outpaces the Live Cattle futures. Cash fed cattle at 183.00 this week added further fuel to the fire, creating even greater bullish attitudes amongst cattle producers and feeders. The grazing season has begun and the demand for grass cattle is red hot. More rain in the forecast for the weekend and next week looking to help alleviate the drought. There is great demand for these backgrounded yearlings to feed this summer and the market is extremely active as cattle feeders are willing to compete heavily to get the cattle bought that they need in order to have fed cattle to sell in the fall/early winter months. Slaughter cows 4.00 to 8.00 higher, bulls 2.00 to 4.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	1,148	175.00–185.75	185.02
367	—	1,076	185.00–193.50	189.36
106	—	1,171	184.50–185.85	185.15
164	—	1,035	184.50–196.00	195.18
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	530	260.00–284.00	271.71
96	—	574	256.00–273.00	265.44
278	—	772	226.00–247.00	234.19
120	—	618	246.00–268.50	258.62
170	—	677	257.00–267.00	261.77
366	—	873	201.00–227.50	216.86
215	—	831	219.75–227.00	224.58
126	—	958	192.50–215.00	206.22
239	—	733	250.50–264.00	256.23
9	—	391	307.00	307.00
672	—	923	195.00–218.00	211.63
36	—	476	273.00–287.50	279.52
12	—	413	255.00–295.00	281.92
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,077	169.00	169.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	542	215.00–253.00	231.01
4	—	411	265.00	265.00
9	—	910	188.00	188.00
29	—	577	225.00–251.00	245.43
65	—	665	202.00–245.00	232.02
34	—	617	226.00–246.00	231.38
36	—	719	194.00–230.00	214.69
27	—	873	185.00–197.50	190.58
22	—	773	209.00–222.00	216.55
3	—	968	178.00	178.00
18	—	832	195.00–208.50	198.59
7	—	376	277.50	277.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	335	185.00	185.00
12	—	450	182.50	182.50
6	—	396	184.00	184.00
7	—	525	182.00	182.00
6	—	251	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	960	187.50	187.50
10	—	653	235.50	235.50
68	—	787	214.50–216.00	214.58
19	—	890	195.00–201.00	195.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	759	237.00	237.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	752	251.75	251.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
518	—	924	177.00–199.00	185.88
69	—	585	220.50–243.00	231.80
36	—	477	243.00–263.00	257.44
256	—	628	223.00–243.00	234.57
12	—	438	254.00	254.00
384	—	868	184.25–192.75	187.74
10	—	373	255.00	255.00
4	—	305	237.50	237.50
215	—	775	201.00–215.00	210.40
298	—	675	214.00–234.25	228.01
313	—	718	207.00–228.00	219.01
383	—	822	189.50–204.00	194.00
80	—	538	225.00–249.00	238.34
154	—	966	175.00–183.60	182.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	973	203.50	203.50
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	741	203.00	203.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	549	241.00	241.00
18	—	569	252.00	252.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	653	189.00	189.00
37	—	592	232.00–233.50	233.14
9	—	514	221.00–236.00	230.94
51	—	734	181.00–215.00	191.52
17	—	795	186.00–190.00	186.93
17	—	469	225.00–238.00	232.22
37	—	826	181.00–194.00	185.08
48	—	620	200.00–230.00	211.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	314	190.00	190.00
11	—	594	200.00	200.00
4	—	461	187.50	187.50
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,042	152.00	152.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	978	165.75	165.75
103	—	848	181.50	181.50
86	—	892	176.00–182.50	181.41
72	—	917	172.10	172.10
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	845	176.00	176.00
9	—	919	165.00–174.00	170.93
9	—	561	250.00	250.00
6	—	767	189.00	189.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,148	20.00–67.50	36.83
10	—	1,194	101.00–104.00	102.45
20	—	1,327	93.00–102.00	98.79
38	—	1,231	71.00–102.00	85.32
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,670	85.00–106.50	98.97
13	—	1,737	116.00–123.00	119.24
60	—	1,520	107.00–117.50	112.16
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,447	101.00–109.00	104.23
5	—	1,522	104.00–113.00	110.14
18	—	1,449	81.00–101.00	92.68
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
295	—	1,436	183.00–188.00	183.40
6	—	1,520	180.00	180.00
167	—	1,537	180.00–183.00	182.38
24	—	1,445	180.00–181.00	180.21
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,353	175.00	175.00
33	—	1,374	180.00–186.00	183.72
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,817	180.00	180.00
12	—	1,530	183.00	183.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,369	181.00	181.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,283	183.00	183.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,606	180.00	180.00
9	—	1,602	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,164	180.00	180.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,362	175.00	175.00
247	—	1,376	180.00–183.00	181.50
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,501	149.25–154.50	150.25
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,737	80.00–110.00	102.32
13	—	2,112	117.00–129.00	122.09
3	—	1,880	130.00–134.00	132.61

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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