South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 91 priced lines covering 22,901 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 24,266 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 460 head.

Mon Mar 3, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 24,266Last week 35,719Year ago 26,265

Slaughter CattleReceipts 460Last week 1,941Year ago 1,051

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 650 lbs 4.00 to 5.00 higher, over 650 lbs unevenly steady. Feeder heifers unevenly steady. Good to very good demand for steers and heifers this week, the best demand was seen for those cattle in light enough weight and flesh for backgrounding. Supply of this type of cattle is getting tighter and there is great interest in buying these light cattle to run on this summers' grass to make a yearling of. The market was not as active on the heavier, finishing type cattle as the CME Live Cattle futures didn't make gains until late week when the cash fed cattle market rose higher, topping at 202.50. Cattle feeder were given another dose of optimism as April Live Cattle shot up to 200.00. Cow/calf operators continue to sell their home raised cattle as they need to make room for this year's new crop that is arriving. More strings of backgrounded cattle starting to show up, buyers are very watchful of flesh condition as they will need cattle that can gain very efficiently as breakeven prices are high.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	316	490.00	490.00
22	350–400	390	457.50	457.50
120	400–450	422	415.00–461.00	444.52
215	450–500	469	387.00–429.00	405.59
475	500–550	526	355.00–408.00	391.19
544	550–600	571	350.00–379.00	365.92
632	600–650	622	317.50–362.00	345.12
1,010	650–700	669	305.00–335.00	324.19
1,248	700–750	714	287.00–326.50	311.21
1,542	750–800	776	274.00–305.50	294.30
1,859	800–850	817	267.00–296.50	285.86
1,937	850–900	866	262.50–291.00	274.30
514	900–950	930	256.00–272.25	268.18
1,365	950–1000	971	251.50–272.25	259.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	492	375.00	375.00
18	600–650	624	336.00	336.00
6	650–700	675	272.50	272.50
8	800–850	834	266.00	266.00
163	850–900	871	263.00–267.00	265.08
140	900–950	929	253.00–256.00	254.67
59	950–1000	991	245.50	245.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	358	430.00	430.00
55	450–500	480	355.00–396.00	358.01
21	500–550	532	365.00–377.00	374.30
93	550–600	575	336.00–337.50	336.36
59	600–650	626	286.00–325.00	314.28
74	650–700	671	280.00–307.00	295.33
12	700–750	744	283.00	283.00
52	750–800	792	264.00–273.00	268.16
6	800–850	815	247.50	247.50
4	850–900	855	269.00	269.00
127	950–1000	993	246.50–247.00	246.73
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
242	1000–1050	1,023	243.50–252.00	247.48
70	1050–1100	1,059	240.00–244.75	244.21
160	1150–1200	1,160	234.85	234.85
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	569	336.00	336.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	317	465.00	465.00
23	350–400	373	382.50–400.00	387.98
65	400–450	411	362.50–400.00	377.98
237	450–500	478	325.00–370.00	349.87
739	500–550	529	293.00–350.00	333.76
685	550–600	576	297.50–334.00	312.08
1,229	600–650	617	285.00–325.00	304.59
1,437	650–700	677	270.00–323.00	294.71
1,329	700–750	729	261.00–298.50	279.24
824	750–800	770	256.00–289.00	267.93
586	800–850	828	240.00–260.00	247.97
492	850–900	884	237.50–255.50	248.03
91	900–950	914	229.00–255.00	242.59
36	950–1000	981	218.00–239.50	231.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	583	252.50–292.50	268.52
33	600–650	620	284.50–287.00	285.76
89	700–750	724	256.00–269.50	265.42
49	750–800	778	250.50–255.50	253.20
63	800–850	828	236.00–243.50	243.15
13	900–950	947	224.50	224.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	364	352.50	352.50
31	400–450	431	330.00–360.00	346.11
13	450–500	478	320.00–322.50	321.58
27	500–550	528	290.00–317.50	307.41
17	550–600	577	281.00–307.50	294.12
45	600–650	626	281.00–304.00	285.21
19	650–700	695	266.00–276.00	270.18
4	700–750	702	278.00	278.00
4	750–800	772	235.00	235.00
16	800–850	820	241.00–248.00	244.55
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
82	1150–1200	1,180	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	476	317.50	317.50
8	600–650	638	271.00	271.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	360	421.00	421.00
34	400–450	444	391.00	391.00
56	450–500	479	373.00–377.50	373.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
385	700–750	730	297.00–321.00	316.62
628	750–800	771	276.00–336.00	302.16
253	800–850	823	289.00–303.00	296.78
120	850–900	888	309.00	309.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	601	287.00	287.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	423	335.00	335.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	484	225.00	225.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	439	325.00	325.00
7	500–550	503	356.00	356.00
5	650–700	658	287.50	287.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	600	325.00	325.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,579	199.75–200.00	199.78
21	—	1,594	200.00	200.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,690	198.00–200.00	198.96
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,321	196.50	196.50
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,421	202.00	202.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,593	199.00	199.00
3	—	1,515	190.00	190.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,454	197.00–200.50	199.87

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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