South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 81 priced lines covering 10,446 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 11,264 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 771 head.

Mon May 19, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 11,264Last week 17,280Year ago 11,888

Slaughter CattleReceipts 771Last week 649Year ago 1,214

Compared to last week: Feeder steers mostly steady, instances of 10.00 higher on front end, light fleshed kinds. Feeder heifers steady to 2.00 lower. Much lighter auction receipts this week, demand remains very good. Cash fed cattle market continues to be red hot as packers have to bid higher to get the cattle bought that they need, up to 231.00 this week. The strength of the fat market is keeping a fire lit under the feeder cattle market, and helping to advance the futures contracts. Cattle feeders' outgoing fed cattle are very profitable and they want to refill their pens while the cattle are available. Auction runs are becoming more sporadic now as we enter the summer marketing season. Good rains across the state have greatly improved the outlook for a full grazing season, another positive for the feeder cattle market as yearling operators want light fleshed cattle to turn out on grass.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	313	440.00	440.00
6	350–400	383	440.00	440.00
10	600–650	628	319.00	319.00
42	700–750	722	285.00–287.00	286.44
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	350–400	381	400.00–422.50	414.70
13	400–450	445	380.00	380.00
70	450–500	475	385.00–405.00	394.68
93	500–550	522	360.00–395.00	381.13
47	550–600	565	330.00–351.00	342.96
183	600–650	631	318.00–345.00	332.26
219	650–700	667	310.00–332.00	323.39
518	700–750	720	294.00–319.50	306.01
432	750–800	776	265.00–308.00	290.35
775	800–850	826	270.00–291.00	281.65
552	850–900	868	259.00–289.00	277.88
477	900–950	923	254.00–278.75	264.20
226	950–1000	964	241.00–270.00	254.14
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
19	650–700	692	312.00	312.00
351	750–800	766	304.00–323.00	309.67
144	800–850	831	2,425.00–2,610.00	2,534.31
66	800–850	841	304.00	304.00
348	850–900	859	289.50–323.00	296.22
123	850–900	887	2,500.00–2,620.00	2,585.79
116	900–950	905	2,580.00	2,580.00
51	900–950	929	280.00	280.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
78	700–750	745	288.00	288.00
5	800–850	839	253.00	253.00
125	850–900	898	254.00–260.50	259.87
20	900–950	923	257.00–259.00	257.90
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
100	1050–1100	1,092	229.00	229.00
25	1100–1150	1,103	229.00–230.00	229.12
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1000–1050	1,039	212.00	212.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	510	397.50	397.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	350–400	397	467.50–497.50	491.56
10	400–450	413	475.00	475.00
42	450–500	485	420.00–448.00	430.84
77	500–550	534	417.00–435.00	422.43
93	550–600	572	383.00–394.00	389.11
129	600–650	642	360.00–378.00	370.43
131	650–700	667	340.00–366.00	352.87
189	700–750	718	320.50–342.00	337.46
354	750–800	777	307.00–350.00	330.12
1,231	800–850	831	289.00–325.00	316.56
739	850–900	867	287.00–316.50	309.40
695	900–950	923	282.00–291.00	287.01
156	950–1000	966	271.00–280.00	277.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	347	520.00	520.00
6	450–500	478	415.00	415.00
15	500–550	517	337.50–382.50	354.96
3	550–600	558	365.00	365.00
14	600–650	624	337.50–358.00	353.68
11	650–700	671	315.00–343.00	327.87
49	750–800	766	298.00–310.00	299.77
8	800–850	831	260.00	260.00
48	950–1000	973	259.00–267.50	266.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	900–950	918	261.00	261.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
20	650–700	693	339.00	339.00
13	750–800	769	309.00–315.00	311.38
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
144	1000–1050	1,016	267.00–270.50	269.39
117	1050–1100	1,081	259.85	259.85
196	1100–1150	1,112	258.25–263.00	262.32
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	1000–1050	1,049	254.00	254.00
50	1150–1200	1,175	242.50	242.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	850–900	894	266.00	266.00
13	950–1000	984	268.00	268.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1050–1100	1,098	249.50	249.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
60	500–550	538	470.00	470.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	600–650	600	343.00	343.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	400–450	413	442.50	442.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,564	221.00–227.75	224.60
30	—	1,438	223.00–230.00	226.23
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,553	227.00–234.00	230.98
30	—	1,438	229.00–231.50	230.24
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,876	210.00–223.00	213.80
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	1,639	230.50–238.00	232.97
10	—	1,480	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,385	228.50–235.00	231.97
7	—	1,643	228.00–230.00	228.85
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	1,336	229.00–233.00	231.06
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,440	188.00–191.00	189.66
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,447	225.00–231.00	227.60

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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