South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 106 priced lines covering 18,275 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 19,137 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 527 head.

Mon Apr 21, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 19,137Last week 12,795Year ago 19,291

Slaughter CattleReceipts 527Last week 556Year ago 731

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers 6.00 to 10.00 higher. Very good demand for steers and heifers after the rise in the fat cattle market a week ago and the continued rise this week. The market was very active for lightweight cattle to background, either in a yard or on grass, it was also very active for those cattle bound for finishing yards. There was some rain across the state this week, bringing much needed relief to dry areas, yet some areas are still very dry. Yearling operators are ready to compete very heavily to buy the light cattle they still need to turn out on grass. As the week went on and a few reports of 218.00 for fat cattle surfaced, with most still holding for more money, there was even more optimism breathed into the feeder market. The futures contracts have been at a discounted level to the cash markets for so long in the northern plains, now with the summer months coming and those contract months are at 204.00-208.00, there is great hope that the basis will stay positive. The current cash market is now 15.00 to 20.00 higher than where the April contract was all winter long. The cattle bought during the winter look to make so much more money than what was projected at the time they were placed. These facts are what are causing the feeder cattle market to continue to rise to levels that many thought weren't possible. We are now entering the time of year where feeder cattle supplies become limited and cattle feeders want to get cattle bought now. Farmer feeders had a good window to get corn planted before the rain on Thursday, many took advantage of that window and got a lot planted already. More rain in the forecast for the coming week and warmer temps helping to get the growing season going.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	550–600	584	351.00	351.00
50	600–650	603	337.50	337.50
27	650–700	697	312.50–319.00	316.83
46	700–750	747	280.00–297.00	288.12
9	750–800	756	301.00	301.00
59	800–850	849	278.25	278.25
31	900–950	922	270.50	270.50
79	950–1000	999	257.50	257.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
19	450–500	479	410.00	410.00
7	500–550	526	335.00	335.00
35	550–600	568	339.00–388.00	371.84
27	600–650	624	339.00–370.00	351.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	366	445.00–480.00	458.98
49	400–450	424	420.00–472.50	449.09
248	450–500	481	412.00–442.50	431.19
201	500–550	534	399.00–424.00	409.12
536	550–600	576	345.00–402.00	388.82
366	600–650	621	345.00–373.00	362.94
689	650–700	673	323.00–364.00	352.49
450	700–750	727	306.00–344.00	333.47
1,117	750–800	783	291.00–328.00	312.81
1,465	800–850	817	285.00–316.50	307.82
1,739	850–900	878	270.00–298.50	290.05
899	900–950	923	264.00–291.75	285.50
580	950–1000	972	258.00–286.00	272.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	478	470.00	470.00
3	600–650	608	380.00	380.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
90	650–700	693	346.50	346.50
80	750–800	773	318.00	318.00
69	850–900	889	288.75	288.75
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
953	1000–1050	1,023	261.00–273.75	268.55
230	1050–1100	1,069	245.50–270.00	259.60
20	1100–1150	1,118	250.75	250.75
108	1150–1200	1,181	252.50	252.50
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	692	288.00	288.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1100–1150	1,123	204.00	204.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	800–850	848	282.00	282.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
59	450–500	480	401.00–405.00	403.54
5	550–600	577	327.50	327.50
4	650–700	656	336.00	336.00
8	700–750	740	292.00	292.00
7	750–800	782	267.50	267.50
22	800–850	839	263.00–278.00	271.19
7	950–1000	995	244.00	244.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
134	800–850	807	309.00	309.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	850–900	864	246.00	246.00
13	950–1000	994	243.00	243.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Mexican Origin$ per cwt · actual wt
9	900–950	944	177.50	177.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	700–750	723	313.00	313.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	326	400.00	400.00
10	350–400	356	440.00	440.00
119	400–450	426	385.00–440.00	412.03
221	450–500	481	332.50–410.00	371.00
233	500–550	521	330.00–395.00	350.71
503	550–600	576	311.00–358.00	341.48
349	600–650	628	310.00–335.00	320.60
728	650–700	670	292.00–331.00	317.68
791	700–750	727	278.00–325.00	302.75
672	750–800	781	271.25–300.00	283.40
968	800–850	821	266.50–287.75	275.77
687	850–900	872	252.00–282.00	263.54
447	900–950	915	242.50–272.50	256.25
162	950–1000	972	244.00–261.75	255.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
260	750–800	766	301.00–344.00	315.00
98	800–850	842	2,460.00–2,480.00	2,469.44
264	800–850	826	280.00–310.00	293.42
128	850–900	882	2,480.00–2,540.00	2,527.11
132	850–900	868	316.00–322.00	318.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	404	397.50	397.50
28	450–500	459	405.00	405.00
15	500–550	519	340.00–342.50	341.63
36	600–650	619	292.00–326.00	309.00
6	700–750	727	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	588	322.00	322.00
22	600–650	618	306.00	306.00
26	650–700	698	286.00	286.00
75	700–750	732	269.00–291.00	277.52
18	800–850	849	264.25	264.25
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	1000–1050	1,026	220.00	220.00
49	1050–1100	1,068	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	750–800	797	262.00	262.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1100–1150	1,120	209.00	209.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	696	288.00	288.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	395	330.00–402.00	381.28
21	450–500	491	335.00–351.00	342.92
23	500–550	535	285.00–322.00	306.22
25	550–600	588	288.00	288.00
6	600–650	648	290.00	290.00
16	650–700	662	272.00–305.00	290.64
25	750–800	774	260.00–269.00	265.47
7	800–850	823	247.00	247.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	950–1000	979	225.00	225.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,546	215.50–224.00	220.07
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,399	218.00–221.00	219.92
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	1,405	216.00–220.25	218.82
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,570	183.00–187.00	184.72
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,483	216.00	216.00
18	—	1,601	221.00–222.00	221.38
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,574	220.00	220.00
9	—	1,478	219.00	219.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
95	—	1,656	216.50–218.50	217.95
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,437	221.00–223.00	222.57
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,375	210.00	210.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,500	214.50	214.50
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,490	215.00	215.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,601	215.50–220.00	217.65

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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