State summaries / South Dakota / South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary / 2022-05-16

South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

South Dakota · Weekly summary · Mon, May 16

● As filed97 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2027

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 97 priced lines covering 14,267 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 14,564 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 820 head.

South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon May 16, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 14,564Last week 17,657Year ago 21,189

Slaughter CattleReceipts 820Last week 1,010Year ago 1,413

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 5.00 higher, feeder heifers 1.00 to 4.00 lower. Very good demand again for light cattle for backgrounding, especially those that will run on grass as turnout time is here and the grass is green and growing. Good demand for finishing type steers, more moderate for heifers. Costs of gain is the largest obstacle cattle feeders have in front of them, because of this they need cattle to grow to heavy weights very efficiently, this is resulting in wide price spreads between steers and heifers. There have been spring rains across the state to get the grass green and starting to grow, but more is needed to ensure a full grazing season and a good hay crop. The fall months of the Feeder Cattle futures continues to offer encouragement to feeder cattle producers as those months are nearly 20.00 higher than the front month, but these levels are off well over 10.00 from their highs. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher, bulls 4.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	348	190.00	190.00
41	—	474	170.00–175.00	173.22
802	—	878	128.00–139.00	132.91
1,294	—	824	132.50–146.00	140.75
885	—	924	130.25–137.00	132.84
571	—	681	148.50–165.00	159.08
112	—	523	162.00–182.00	173.04
11	—	394	189.00	189.00
191	—	969	123.50–131.50	129.48
12	—	420	169.00–192.00	179.04
401	—	727	139.00–163.50	151.99
282	—	576	155.00–176.50	167.41
240	—	635	155.00–173.00	168.11
685	—	768	132.00–151.00	146.26

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	747	132.50–142.00	134.99
30	—	884	128.35	128.35
26	—	461	166.00–180.00	173.20
76	—	575	146.00–163.00	154.34
18	—	846	127.25	127.25
18	—	674	142.00–145.00	143.99
29	—	634	146.00–151.00	148.88
7	—	377	181.00	181.00
5	—	424	177.00	177.00
65	—	914	126.00–128.50	127.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	841	148.50	148.50
77	—	736	163.00	163.00
250	—	766	151.00–176.00	160.91

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	685	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	704	162.25	162.25
36	—	565	180.00	180.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	553	143.00	143.00
5	—	618	146.00	146.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	562	125.00	125.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
463	—	727	159.00–187.00	179.08
273	—	773	153.75–175.50	169.12
88	—	530	182.50–216.00	197.73
62	—	477	200.00–217.00	209.66
1,307	—	832	149.50–163.50	160.96
299	—	620	168.00–192.00	181.86
117	—	680	161.00–186.50	175.07
21	—	448	229.00	229.00
244	—	575	174.00–207.00	196.45
1,133	—	877	142.00–158.75	152.80
1,331	—	917	143.50–164.75	153.75
7	—	375	218.00	218.00
864	—	967	140.00–146.40	144.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	736	162.50	162.50
5	—	834	146.50	146.50
7	—	895	142.00	142.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	892	129.50	129.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	766	148.00–150.00	148.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
135	—	1,064	137.00–139.00	138.26
226	—	1,125	136.35–140.10	138.90
215	—	1,035	140.00–141.50	140.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	949	138.50	138.50
29	—	838	142.75–147.50	143.86
12	—	633	163.00	163.00
12	—	774	130.00	130.00
14	—	660	148.50	148.50
12	—	487	160.00–170.00	164.13
4	—	574	151.00	151.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,171	128.50	128.50
23	—	1,002	137.75	137.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	779	181.50	181.50
80	—	706	194.50	194.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	522	186.00	186.00
17	—	766	145.50	145.50
13	—	906	136.00	136.00
42	—	653	173.00	173.00
6	—	737	147.00	147.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,472	101.00–110.00	105.59
10	—	1,526	51.00–98.00	82.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	966	30.00–47.00	41.79
14	—	1,207	54.00–69.00	62.98
53	—	1,470	62.00–75.00	72.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,443	70.00–75.00	73.03
4	—	1,344	80.00	80.00
30	—	1,326	74.00–79.00	76.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,438	79.00–86.00	81.79
17	—	1,576	85.50–89.50	88.13
2	—	1,690	74.00–78.00	75.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,719	91.00–98.00	93.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,453	145.00–145.50	145.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,321	147.00	147.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,181	120.50	120.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,433	135.00–138.50	137.78
8	—	1,363	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,534	142.00	142.00
83	—	1,460	140.00–144.00	142.14
22	—	1,434	138.00–140.00	139.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,312	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,513	129.50–131.00	130.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,485	120.00–126.00	121.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,265	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
173	—	1,310	140.00–142.00	141.89
7	—	1,399	139.50	139.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,400	144.50–146.00	145.07

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.