South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 105 priced lines covering 20,970 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 23,188 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 764 head.

Mon Apr 7, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 23,188Last week 4,496Year ago 19,639

Slaughter CattleReceipts 764Last week 504Year ago 1,119

Compared to last week: A much larger offering of feeder cattle this week, feeder steers 6.00 to 10.00 higher, heifers 2.00 to 7.00 higher. Good demand for all weights of steers and heifers, but the best demand was centered on those light steers and heifers to background as supply of those cattle are very limited. The futures contracts remained volatile but cattle feeders were able to sell their fat cattle from 207.00-210.00, much higher than the spot futures month which closed the week at 202.00. Cattle producers have been trying to tune out any negativity coming from the futures complex, and instead focus on the bullish market fundamentals but the concern over the outside markets and their influence on the cattle markets is getting the attention of cattle feeders. Very dry condition remain across the state as widespread spring moisture has been elusive and the winds have been strong and persistent.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	273	500.00	500.00
14	300–350	323	455.00–550.00	513.78
27	450–500	483	355.00–405.00	383.89
23	500–550	518	335.00–385.00	352.60
32	550–600	577	355.00–360.00	356.90
32	600–650	630	285.00–324.00	314.07
24	650–700	694	314.00–317.50	314.58
6	700–750	703	284.00	284.00
29	750–800	778	275.00–289.00	284.79
53	800–850	824	265.00–268.00	267.07
24	850–900	870	270.50–285.00	273.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	472	407.50	407.50
5	500–550	538	361.00	361.00
26	600–650	636	315.00–342.00	337.78
18	650–700	685	299.00	299.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	550–600	596	325.00	325.00
4	650–700	696	304.00	304.00
23	750–800	786	278.00–288.00	284.55
38	800–850	834	277.00	277.00
27	850–900	850	257.00	257.00
35	900–950	911	262.00	262.00
17	950–1000	978	244.50	244.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	283	505.00	505.00
6	300–350	333	500.00	500.00
33	350–400	385	430.00–515.00	502.21
275	400–450	428	420.00–498.00	465.10
219	450–500	486	377.00–458.50	435.01
383	500–550	530	360.00–407.00	390.19
448	550–600	575	341.00–395.00	382.08
557	600–650	627	314.00–377.00	350.35
913	650–700	680	315.00–351.00	339.74
656	700–750	722	295.00–329.00	319.20
880	750–800	786	287.00–313.50	305.05
1,062	800–850	827	280.00–307.00	294.76
1,202	850–900	869	277.00–299.50	287.36
1,014	900–950	924	265.00–291.25	277.75
1,203	950–1000	967	254.75–279.00	270.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	800–850	849	264.00	264.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	391	455.00	455.00
6	400–450	416	470.00	470.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
525	1000–1050	1,020	241.00–272.25	256.93
286	1050–1100	1,060	239.00–248.00	245.10
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
39	1000–1050	1,015	249.00	249.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	511	317.50	317.50
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	550–600	591	312.50	312.50
5	650–700	681	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	340	430.00	430.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	650–700	690	286.00–290.00	288.45
21	700–750	738	280.00	280.00
49	750–800	770	261.00–266.00	263.61
74	800–850	826	238.00–261.00	251.33
163	850–900	894	240.25–247.00	242.52
36	900–950	921	235.00	235.00
50	950–1000	978	226.50	226.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	228	485.00	485.00
27	300–350	319	420.00–460.00	439.04
45	350–400	387	385.00–427.50	415.26
354	400–450	432	351.00–410.00	402.48
160	450–500	478	335.00–380.00	360.06
711	500–550	526	325.00–372.50	351.87
257	550–600	578	288.00–352.00	326.60
830	600–650	624	290.00–334.00	313.17
913	650–700	669	287.00–316.00	308.15
864	700–750	722	274.50–306.00	288.56
1,714	750–800	777	254.25–291.00	279.99
923	800–850	821	249.75–277.50	266.84
816	850–900	867	240.00–280.00	259.70
390	900–950	917	242.00–265.50	250.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	348	372.50	372.50
4	350–400	376	380.00	380.00
10	400–450	424	375.00–390.00	384.14
25	450–500	484	317.50–368.00	334.93
10	500–550	516	320.00–341.00	332.77
5	550–600	597	271.00	271.00
58	600–650	639	270.00–297.50	284.58
44	650–700	679	255.00–286.00	277.68
64	700–750	722	243.00–284.00	270.59
40	750–800	779	262.50–268.25	267.55
6	900–950	922	224.00	224.00
6	950–1000	980	219.50	219.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	578	311.00	311.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1000–1050	1,002	211.00	211.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1050–1100	1,058	209.00	209.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
154	700–750	707	299.00–304.00	301.59
782	750–800	778	286.00–305.00	297.13
122	800–850	819	282.00–302.00	293.23
224	850–900	884	252.50–268.00	263.10
173	900–950	905	257.00–258.00	257.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	314	410.00	410.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	509	407.50	407.50
8	600–650	613	335.00	335.00
Bulls — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
50	1000–1050	1,035	225.00–248.00	244.41

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,636	206.00–211.00	208.90
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,662	207.00	207.00
59	—	1,454	207.00–216.50	211.71
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,515	206.00–211.00	210.05
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,601	215.00	215.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,637	210.50	210.50
10	—	1,247	207.00	207.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,480	207.00	207.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,556	204.00	204.00
109	—	1,329	205.00–211.00	209.87
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	1,402	207.00–213.75	208.97
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,367	164.00	164.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
72	—	1,657	208.00–210.00	209.69

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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