South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 122 priced lines covering 24,717 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 26,224 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,499 head.

Mon Jan 27, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 26,224Last week 26,546Year ago 22,424

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,499Last week 790Year ago 1,712

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 550 lbs steady, over 550 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Very good demand again this week as cash fed cattle spiked up to 215.00 the prior week, which has really helped to support the feeder cattle market. The optimism continues to run very high as the cash fed cattle market outpaces the futures contracts. The very easy winter that we are experiencing is making for great growing conditions for cattle, this is also helping to support the feeder cattle market as costs of gain are much better than last year. Very large receipts in East River auctions as cattle producers there are quick to act on these historically high feeder prices and need to make room for the new crop calves that will be arriving soon.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	441	317.00	317.00
11	450–500	496	332.00	332.00
30	500–550	527	305.00–317.50	311.81
8	550–600	593	287.50	287.50
18	600–650	641	287.00	287.00
5	650–700	693	253.00	253.00
95	700–750	730	247.50–284.00	266.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	491	337.50	337.50
28	600–650	644	283.00	283.00
21	700–750	717	269.00	269.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	283	415.00–430.00	419.39
34	300–350	334	400.00–429.00	408.25
118	350–400	376	362.50–417.50	398.08
233	400–450	431	350.00–408.00	376.28
499	450–500	477	349.00–392.00	362.32
933	500–550	528	316.00–357.00	342.38
1,213	550–600	576	292.00–339.00	321.32
1,492	600–650	622	286.00–324.00	308.83
1,238	650–700	673	270.00–316.00	295.82
601	700–750	724	264.00–304.00	283.74
674	750–800	764	255.00–294.00	276.29
433	800–850	823	254.50–266.00	261.24
153	850–900	878	240.00–261.75	256.39
234	900–950	915	237.00–257.00	252.62
61	950–1000	972	241.00	241.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	351	365.00	365.00
62	400–450	419	316.00–380.00	339.41
60	450–500	479	315.00–347.50	327.06
82	500–550	528	290.00–326.00	314.16
68	550–600	571	288.00–306.50	301.22
129	600–650	635	273.00–297.50	282.78
23	650–700	682	269.00	269.00
16	700–750	734	236.00–252.50	244.21
32	750–800	797	236.00–257.00	241.25
46	800–850	806	224.00–235.00	232.41
14	850–900	865	222.50	222.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1000–1050	1,000	233.00	233.00
9	1050–1100	1,071	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1100–1150	1,128	185.00	185.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	644	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
216	650–700	672	317.00–327.00	324.17
170	700–750	733	296.00–309.00	302.63
111	750–800	770	294.00–312.00	306.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
64	400–450	425	372.00–375.00	372.75
108	550–600	571	293.50–322.00	315.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	461	390.00	390.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
164	600–650	623	329.50	329.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	359	475.00	475.00
38	400–450	449	405.00	405.00
5	750–800	754	271.00	271.00
6	850–900	863	249.00	249.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	484	387.50	387.50
79	500–550	517	344.00	344.00
73	650–700	692	284.00	284.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	400–450	430	405.00	405.00
50	450–500	479	355.00–395.00	366.25
37	600–650	635	275.00–315.00	304.61
62	650–700	687	285.00–308.25	298.38
29	700–750	748	285.00–293.50	290.58
136	750–800	770	265.00–279.00	265.63
6	800–850	831	265.00	265.00
126	850–900	891	260.25	260.25
24	950–1000	979	245.00–253.00	248.68
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	598	326.00	326.00
46	600–650	641	313.00–322.00	320.88
21	700–750	740	292.00	292.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	314	440.00–465.00	454.59
53	350–400	380	422.50–460.00	435.31
135	400–450	429	385.00–440.00	413.03
209	450–500	475	367.50–427.50	395.27
675	500–550	523	342.50–405.00	375.62
1,115	550–600	579	329.00–380.50	357.54
1,835	600–650	622	310.00–358.00	339.69
2,364	650–700	678	302.00–339.50	320.86
1,810	700–750	720	285.00–322.50	307.36
1,264	750–800	773	280.00–310.00	298.25
1,181	800–850	816	263.50–302.50	287.91
662	850–900	869	270.00–290.25	279.89
762	900–950	921	256.00–282.00	274.59
277	950–1000	968	246.00–273.50	268.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	302	370.00–400.00	385.02
30	400–450	433	367.50–390.00	382.46
17	450–500	463	340.00–380.00	357.77
130	500–550	536	300.00–377.50	358.47
46	550–600	579	321.00–350.00	339.91
4	600–650	644	311.00	311.00
22	650–700	685	282.00–380.00	312.69
16	750–800	754	272.50	272.50
18	800–850	840	262.00	262.00
3	850–900	857	263.00	263.00
15	900–950	949	240.00	240.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
33	1000–1050	1,003	243.50–254.50	249.62
170	1050–1100	1,060	237.00–263.35	259.50
33	1100–1150	1,126	235.00–236.00	235.27
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	590	295.00	295.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
85	600–650	649	348.00	348.00
150	700–750	719	327.00	327.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	369	473.00	473.00
85	500–550	508	400.00	400.00
26	550–600	583	342.00	342.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1100–1150	1,106	223.00	223.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	650–700	695	235.00	235.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	800–850	814	202.50	202.50
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	676	240.00	240.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,495	207.00–209.50	208.02
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,538	213.50	213.50
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
134	—	1,412	207.00–213.50	212.03
7	—	1,457	204.00	204.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,139	208.50	208.50
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
129	—	1,366	209.00–217.00	213.48
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,333	206.00–216.00	214.06
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,461	209.00–211.50	210.05
256	—	1,576	208.00–215.00	211.56
13	—	1,532	204.00	204.00
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,450	214.00–218.00	215.49
103	—	1,606	207.00–217.00	213.57
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
122	—	1,680	208.00–208.50	208.30
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,476	208.00	208.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,574	210.00	210.00
3	—	1,478	212.00	212.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	1,629	205.00–215.00	209.04
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,715	178.00–187.00	184.44

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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