South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 95 priced lines covering 19,338 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 17,497 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 471 head.

Mon Feb 17, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 17,497Last week 28,239Year ago 36,594

Slaughter CattleReceipts 471Last week 774Year ago 1,270

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 3.00 to 6.00 higher, instances to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers unevenly steady. Very good demand for all weights of feeder steers, in spite of the -20 degree temps throughout much of the week. Cattle producers were quick to get their cattle to town, regardless of the cold weather, as they want to capitalize on the high feeder cattle market. Cash fed cattle at 198.00 to 201.00 did not deter cattle feeders from chasing the feeder cattle market higher. More heifers of replacement weight and quality were offered this week, very good demand for these heifers as spring is rapidly approaching. Cash fed cattle dipped lower, towards convergence with the Feb CME Live Cattle contract, April is lower yet at 193.90. Cattle feeders are paying little attention to lower futures markets. Some feeder cattle producers did decide to wait out the weather this week and rescheduled their consignments for next week when the temps will soar up to 50 degrees.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
57	350–400	381	352.50–400.00	379.39
199	400–450	429	327.50–376.00	355.99
279	450–500	474	320.00–367.00	338.74
514	500–550	529	310.00–347.00	336.75
634	550–600	570	296.00–334.50	315.55
832	600–650	625	284.00–313.00	300.96
997	650–700	675	267.00–301.50	290.20
507	700–750	726	261.00–297.00	272.86
551	750–800	777	243.00–282.00	263.46
332	800–850	818	254.00–265.00	257.09
126	850–900	869	240.00–255.50	251.87
318	900–950	920	235.50–254.25	248.08
58	950–1000	979	225.00–230.00	228.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	453	327.50	327.50
19	600–650	618	279.00	279.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	387	382.50	382.50
10	400–450	445	342.50	342.50
31	450–500	478	305.00–342.50	313.48
20	500–550	517	293.00–312.50	299.95
60	550–600	583	245.00–297.00	277.39
44	600–650	634	273.00–289.00	278.96
14	650–700	693	265.00–277.00	271.85
11	700–750	741	257.00	257.00
36	750–800	767	244.00–254.00	252.36
20	800–850	818	237.50–273.00	253.20
19	850–900	875	230.00–236.00	234.42
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	440	325.00	325.00
5	600–650	646	274.00	274.00
7	650–700	694	264.00	264.00
22	750–800	765	243.00	243.00
10	800–850	819	243.00	243.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	1000–1050	1,037	228.50	228.50
8	1050–1100	1,092	218.00	218.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1000–1050	1,019	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
84	600–650	624	324.00–335.00	332.10
153	650–700	684	305.00–340.00	322.73
231	700–750	740	281.00–312.50	307.70
464	750–800	767	278.00–308.00	290.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	339	417.50	417.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	323	480.00	480.00
16	350–400	368	432.50–450.00	443.53
193	400–450	434	424.00–455.00	433.51
197	450–500	478	370.00–410.00	399.14
309	500–550	522	346.00–393.00	374.57
759	550–600	566	328.00–370.50	354.47
892	600–650	628	305.00–353.50	338.32
1,607	650–700	673	290.00–333.00	318.29
1,788	700–750	723	283.00–311.00	300.49
2,081	750–800	779	271.00–310.50	295.18
1,202	800–850	830	268.00–296.75	283.82
712	850–900	871	258.00–287.75	276.57
510	900–950	922	254.50–278.00	271.98
709	950–1000	961	256.00–278.75	276.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
24	450–500	476	385.00	385.00
19	550–600	594	336.00	336.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	542	337.50–355.00	343.74
11	550–600	582	310.00–322.50	315.50
20	600–650	631	322.00–326.00	323.30
34	650–700	693	292.00	292.00
74	850–900	871	256.50–268.50	260.63
9	950–1000	998	248.00	248.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	331	430.00	430.00
14	350–400	386	350.00	350.00
8	450–500	482	377.50	377.50
33	500–550	525	320.00–372.50	350.10
109	550–600	581	300.50–343.00	329.56
72	600–650	632	296.00–315.00	311.21
67	650–700	682	263.00–305.00	301.29
20	700–750	732	277.00–285.00	279.51
29	750–800	779	257.00–280.75	278.33
46	800–850	822	260.00–267.00	263.43
6	850–900	882	254.00	254.00
20	900–950	919	231.00–249.00	239.21
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1150–1200	1,159	206.00	206.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
187	1000–1050	1,021	244.50–263.50	257.87
139	1050–1100	1,058	245.00–257.25	254.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	600–650	636	344.00	344.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	750–800	768	283.00	283.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
107	450–500	478	444.00	444.00
90	600–650	602	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
89	650–700	690	319.00	319.00
78	750–800	782	293.00	293.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	411	420.00	420.00
17	500–550	517	348.00	348.00
13	650–700	698	291.00	291.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	435	395.00	395.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,227	203.00	203.00
60	—	1,410	211.50–212.25	212.05
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,263	207.75	207.75
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,448	205.00–213.50	211.01
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,443	205.50–209.50	206.50
77	—	1,587	197.00	197.00
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,160	215.00	215.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,671	201.00	201.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,640	204.75	204.75

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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