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South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

South Dakota · Weekly summary · Mon, Feb 27

● As filed140 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2027

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 140 priced lines covering 33,748 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 33,437 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,710 head.

South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Feb 27, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 33,437Last week 9,138Year ago 34,088

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,710Last week 165Year ago 1,994

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 650 lbs 10.00 to 15.00 higher, over 650 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs 10.00 to 15.00 higher, over 600 lbs 3.00 to 7.00 higher. Very good demand for all weights of steers and heifers, but by far the best demand is for a light fleshed steer to make a yearling out of. The weather moderated this week and allowed cattle producers to get their stock shipped to town and buyers were ready and anxious to get them bought. There is a great amount of optimism in the cattle industry as the cash fed cattle market trades around the 165.00 mark, depending on how muddy the cattle are, and the fall months of the CME Feeder Cattle contract are very enticing. Flesh condition remains the key to reaching the heights of the feeder cattle market as costs of gain are much higher than what was forecast as the feeding conditions have been so tough this year. Slaughter cows 5.00 to 7.00 higher, bulls 7.00 higher.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	811	189.25	189.25
21	—	888	162.00–178.50	174.06
96	—	475	214.50–237.00	230.49
39	—	739	179.00–188.50	184.90
42	—	582	210.00–220.00	214.37
74	—	672	180.00–206.00	194.80
9	—	625	206.00	206.00
3	—	437	220.00	220.00
28	—	777	163.00–187.00	174.61
3	—	980	169.00	169.00
29	—	512	200.00–239.00	226.22
5	—	339	240.00	240.00
22	—	399	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	968	163.25	163.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,090	150.00–156.00	155.09

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	546	211.00–225.00	216.80
15	—	429	230.00	230.00
8	—	593	211.00	211.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	560	167.50	167.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	658	199.00	199.00
291	—	1,026	169.75–173.10	171.52
5	—	833	181.00	181.00
6	—	628	201.00	201.00
157	—	1,114	157.50–169.00	163.65
146	—	1,065	168.00–173.25	172.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	818	169.00–173.00	169.89
6	—	691	193.00	193.00
6	—	518	220.00	220.00
5	—	956	172.50	172.50
91	—	767	181.50–195.50	189.93
28	—	874	179.25	179.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	552	242.00	242.00
36	—	603	227.00	227.00
37	—	752	201.25	201.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	524	155.00	155.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
319	—	469	231.00–261.00	251.37
774	—	528	230.00–261.00	245.59
883	—	925	173.50–186.75	180.87
818	—	969	170.00–186.25	176.51
1,176	—	623	204.00–240.00	222.30
1,415	—	727	190.50–218.50	205.05
2,676	—	769	184.00–208.00	199.50
195	—	430	246.00–265.50	259.46
2,463	—	869	177.50–198.50	189.84
908	—	575	220.50–253.00	237.41
1,942	—	824	182.00–203.50	190.16
1,542	—	679	196.50–224.25	210.96
51	—	381	272.50–285.00	276.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
161	—	607	231.50	231.50
41	—	565	254.00	254.00
30	—	650	220.00	220.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	745	212.00	212.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
55	—	838	1,500.00	1,500.00
102	—	776	1,460.00–1,535.00	1,498.98
71	—	804	186.00	186.00
228	—	727	188.00–208.50	194.58
456	—	661	192.00–212.00	202.18
64	—	893	1,610.00	1,610.00
620	—	762	185.00–204.00	197.47
115	—	617	210.00–216.50	215.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	473	191.00–213.50	198.67
56	—	689	163.00–179.00	172.02
6	—	993	158.00	158.00
17	—	779	179.00	179.00
138	—	582	169.00–196.50	186.29
66	—	529	176.00–204.75	192.99
15	—	711	122.00–173.50	153.15
7	—	645	181.50	181.50
87	—	424	169.00–217.50	199.78
23	—	333	212.50–229.00	218.43
35	—	368	198.00–238.00	212.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	345	250.00	250.00
1,016	—	526	200.00–225.00	214.72
77	—	369	222.50–229.00	226.62
622	—	926	164.00–171.25	167.97
936	—	822	168.00–179.00	174.39
1,322	—	625	178.00–215.50	197.54
1,494	—	578	192.00–217.00	206.02
1,010	—	775	160.00–192.00	175.52
1,077	—	873	153.00–197.00	171.37
510	—	475	200.00–229.50	217.48
1,536	—	728	171.00–197.00	183.52
129	—	971	158.75–168.25	165.07
460	—	426	209.00–234.00	221.26
2,161	—	675	175.00–208.00	189.14

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	537	201.00	201.00
19	—	613	188.00	188.00
13	—	1,208	145.50	145.50
31	—	1,015	143.00	143.00
50	—	1,141	156.00	156.00
21	—	687	178.00–179.00	178.29
172	—	1,160	149.50–156.00	154.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	648	180.50	180.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	615	176.00–180.00	178.82
7	—	651	172.00	172.00
22	—	754	158.00–164.00	161.95
5	—	949	161.00	161.00
16	—	860	164.00	164.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	645	205.00	205.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	525	234.00	234.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	780	142.00	142.00
37	—	884	156.50	156.50
3	—	710	148.00	148.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	497	137.50	137.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
82	—	475	239.00	239.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,348	68.00–72.00	69.92
37	—	1,378	80.00–90.00	86.89
1	—	1,380	62.00	62.00
9	—	1,302	91.00–94.00	92.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
142	—	1,510	90.50–99.00	94.91
6	—	1,484	73.00–90.00	85.38
1	—	1,945	74.00	74.00
7	—	1,727	100.00–101.00	100.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,272	54.00–71.00	65.84
16	—	1,345	70.00–82.00	78.51
7	—	1,251	85.00	85.00
14	—	1,042	33.00–45.00	39.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,711	99.00–114.00	103.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,471	161.00	161.00
290	—	1,435	163.00–167.50	166.33

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,448	170.00–171.25	170.61

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,112	163.00	163.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,265	159.50	159.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,359	161.00–169.00	167.37

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,512	148.00	148.00
5	—	1,409	146.00	146.00
172	—	1,538	161.75–167.00	164.29
21	—	1,458	159.50–162.00	160.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
301	—	1,553	167.00–171.25	169.68
40	—	1,407	166.00–170.00	168.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	1,632	165.00	165.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,384	165.25	165.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,189	164.50	164.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,275	160.00	160.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,439	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,351	131.00	131.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	1,511	135.00–143.00	138.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	2,012	94.00–116.50	109.76
4	—	1,554	90.00–100.00	97.66
2	—	2,066	119.00–121.00	119.99

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.