South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 104 priced lines covering 26,970 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 28,239 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 774 head.

Mon Feb 10, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 28,239Last week 17,665Year ago 29,963

Slaughter CattleReceipts 774Last week 1,231Year ago 1,297

Compared to last week: Feeder steers unevenly steady, heifers steady to 5.00 lower. Good demand for all weights of steers and heifers, but with the cash fed cattle market backing off from its' highs and the volatility in the futures contracts the feeder market was under a little pressure. Very cold weather kept some cattle producers from getting their cattle hauled to town. Improved demand for replacement quality heifers as more of those kinds are starting be offered in the auctions, as is normal for this time of the year. Colder weather in the forecast for next week as well.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	485	370.00	370.00
16	550–600	593	316.50	316.50
5	600–650	641	287.50	287.50
6	750–800	762	254.00	254.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	348	355.00	355.00
7	350–400	372	390.00–400.00	394.23
36	400–450	418	315.00–342.50	338.92
41	450–500	487	300.00–335.00	320.30
86	500–550	526	285.00–327.00	314.54
47	550–600	576	275.00–291.00	282.37
94	600–650	632	281.00–289.00	285.35
48	650–700	669	269.00–284.00	273.53
6	700–750	745	255.00	255.00
4	800–850	828	247.00	247.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
170	600–650	625	323.00	323.00
127	650–700	674	304.00–326.00	316.71
124	700–750	726	2,175.00–2,700.00	2,429.93
703	700–750	722	299.00–349.00	322.73
52	750–800	784	2,085.00–2,160.00	2,136.09
38	750–800	774	277.50–280.00	279.03
74	800–850	811	2,475.00	2,475.00
22	800–850	809	257.50–265.00	261.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	300–350	339	390.00–400.00	391.50
39	350–400	368	362.50–405.00	389.30
166	400–450	434	337.50–395.00	362.97
270	450–500	474	326.00–367.00	350.26
835	500–550	529	310.00–358.50	339.29
861	550–600	577	288.00–339.00	319.31
1,247	600–650	623	275.00–321.00	299.24
1,192	650–700	667	260.50–315.00	289.60
1,402	700–750	718	240.00–312.50	276.48
804	750–800	775	250.50–277.00	260.12
857	800–850	821	241.75–260.00	255.20
65	850–900	868	242.00–253.50	252.37
168	900–950	910	232.75–254.75	243.98
161	950–1000	979	222.50–237.00	227.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	748	266.00	266.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	501	300.00	300.00
12	550–600	584	270.00	270.00
17	600–650	648	276.00–277.50	276.62
129	850–900	873	225.25–227.00	226.12
89	900–950	943	223.00–233.75	232.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	449	312.50	312.50
10	500–550	516	262.50	262.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
26	550–600	564	292.00–305.00	302.35
11	800–850	819	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	487	287.50	287.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	400–450	422	367.50	367.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
254	600–650	625	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	391	400.00	400.00
11	450–500	477	350.00	350.00
6	500–550	514	330.00	330.00
5	550–600	559	337.50	337.50
21	600–650	640	305.00–306.00	305.72
17	650–700	696	298.00	298.00
132	700–750	739	280.00–287.00	283.44
15	800–850	812	260.00	260.00
14	950–1000	994	237.00	237.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	551	335.00	335.00
13	650–700	678	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
52	350–400	383	417.50–440.00	426.27
182	400–450	431	370.00–412.50	391.02
284	450–500	477	362.50–409.00	388.31
443	500–550	520	340.00–405.00	377.29
880	550–600	574	331.00–385.00	353.08
1,605	600–650	625	303.00–346.00	332.75
2,246	650–700	671	291.00–335.00	315.53
2,516	700–750	727	281.00–312.00	300.97
2,251	750–800	774	272.00–311.00	288.55
2,028	800–850	820	264.00–288.75	281.62
1,286	850–900	870	252.00–285.00	273.11
570	900–950	917	255.00–272.00	265.50
582	950–1000	976	247.50–269.50	264.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	396	370.00	370.00
68	450–500	482	337.50–365.00	353.68
71	500–550	526	322.50–362.00	349.23
43	600–650	647	302.50–311.00	307.05
34	650–700	675	286.00–303.00	294.59
14	700–750	741	276.00	276.00
51	750–800	799	259.00	259.00
10	800–850	838	268.00	268.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	750–800	799	252.00	252.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	584	330.50	330.50
30	650–700	682	281.50	281.50
13	800–850	808	266.00	266.00
157	1000–1050	1,027	243.50–258.00	253.92
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	322	375.00	375.00
5	350–400	391	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	550–600	553	384.00	384.00
40	650–700	654	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
204	750–800	765	310.00–312.00	310.66
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
21	500–550	518	377.00	377.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	750–800	765	202.00	202.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
108	—	1,594	201.50	201.50
20	—	1,673	207.00–207.50	207.22
5	—	1,416	200.00	200.00
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	1,572	209.00–211.50	210.76
26	—	1,427	212.00–215.50	213.63
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
186	—	1,398	207.00–209.00	207.93
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	1,432	206.00–212.00	211.16
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,530	205.00	205.00
37	—	1,691	200.00–205.75	203.42
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,373	195.00	195.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,459	198.00–207.00	204.12

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.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

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Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

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