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                        PRICES RECEIVED

News Release                                    October 31, 2005


                        CATTLE PRICES UP

SIOUX FALLS, October 31, 2005  -- Preliminary October prices 
were up from September for all wheat and all barley,  according 
to the South Dakota Office of USDA's National Agricultural 
Statistics Service.  Preliminary prices for all beef cattle and 
calves were up, while swine prices were down.

The preliminary all wheat price for October, at $3.80, was up 22 
cents from last month and up 35 cents from last year.  The 
winter wheat price, at $3.49, was up 23 cents from last month 
and up 37 cents from last October.  The spring wheat price, at 
$3.97, was 20 cents higher than last month and 37 cents higher 
than last year. The October soybean price, at $5.30, was 22 
cents lower than last month and 2 cents lower than last year.  
The corn price, at $1.60, was down 11 cents from last month and 
down 37 cents from last year. The preliminary all sunflower 
price, at $11.00, was down $1.80 from last month and down 60 
cents from last year. 

The preliminary October all hog price, at $49.80, was down 20 
cents from last month and $2.80 below last year.  Barrows and 
gilts were down 50 cents from last month and down $3.10 from 
last year, while sows were up $1.60 from September but down 
$1.00 from October 2004.

The preliminary October all beef cattle price, at $108.00, was 
up $10.10 from last month and up $5.00 from last year.  Steers 
and heifers, at $115.00, were up $11.00 from September and up 
$6.00 from October of last year.  Calves, at $141.00, were up 
$2.00 from last month and up $11.00 from October 2004.

The all hay price for October, at $59.00 per ton, was down 
$5.00 from September and down $4.00 from last year. The alfalfa 
price, at $63.00 per ton, was down $5.00 from last month and 
down $4.00 from last year. The other hay price, at $50.00, was 
down $2.00 from last month and down $1.00 from October 2004.


                       Prices Received by South Dakota Farmers
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    Commodity        :Unit:   October    :  September   :   October
                     :    :   2004 1/    :   2005 1/    :   2005 2/
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                     :    :                  Dollars
                     :    :
Corn                 :Bu. :      1.97         1.71         1.60
Soybeans             :Bu. :      5.32         5.52         5.30
Sunflower            :Cwt.:     11.60        12.80        11.00
Wheat, All           :Bu. :      3.45         3.58         3.80
  Winter             :Bu. :      3.12         3.26         3.49
  Other Spring       :Bu. :      3.60         3.77         3.97
Barley, All          :Bu. :      1.33         1.99         2.20
  Feed               :Bu. :      1.33           NA           NA
  Malt               :Bu. :        NA         1.99         2.20
Oats                 :Bu. :      1.44         1.52         1.49
Hay, All             :Ton :     63.00        64.00        59.00
  Alfalfa            :Ton :     67.00        68.00        63.00
  Other              :Ton :     51.00        52.00        50.00
Cattle, All Beef 3/  :Cwt.:    103.00        97.90       108.00
  Cows               :Cwt.:     52.00        52.90        52.40
  Steers & Heifers   :Cwt.:    109.00       104.00       115.00
Calves 4/            :Cwt.:    130.00       139.00       141.00
Hogs, All            :Cwt.:     52.60        50.00        49.80
  Barrows & Gilts    :Cwt.:     54.00        51.40        50.90
  Sows               :Cwt.:     42.60        40.00        41.60
Lambs                :Cwt.:    115.00       133.00           NA
Sheep                :Cwt.:     42.10        44.30           NA
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1/  Entire month.  2/  Mid-month.  3/  Over 500 lbs.  
4/  Under 500 lbs. NA = Not Available