South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 99 priced lines covering 12,637 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 13,422 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,164 head.

Mon Jun 16, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 13,422Last week 11,428Year ago 9,671

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,164Last week 728Year ago 909

Compared to last week: Feeder steers unevenly steady, heifers 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Very good demand for lightweight fall calves, good demand for yearlings. The cash fat cattle market was lower this week, in the mid to high 230s as packers cut their weekly kill totals. The feeder market was under pressure by the end of the week as cattle feeders are starting to become more cautious. Sale schedules are going to every other week in many barns, so buyers have to act when they have a chance to fill their empty pens but they are very much aware of the great risk in the market and trying to proceed accordingly. A very hot week with triple digit temps but rain over the weekend and into next week and cooler temps.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
43	800–850	803	289.50	289.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	378	445.00–475.00	466.77
11	400–450	440	423.00–425.00	424.11
72	450–500	470	365.00–415.00	394.78
68	500–550	521	352.50–414.00	395.71
198	550–600	576	340.00–403.00	370.50
261	600–650	624	308.00–367.00	340.02
356	650–700	673	305.00–347.00	323.65
334	700–750	728	290.00–315.00	302.25
453	750–800	782	279.00–317.50	293.57
347	800–850	827	275.00–311.00	291.88
617	850–900	875	262.00–294.00	278.28
189	900–950	907	267.00–293.00	279.24
38	950–1000	970	228.00–272.00	235.96
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	391	417.50	417.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
64	550–600	557	312.50–322.50	316.11
6	700–750	723	276.00	276.00
8	750–800	773	272.00	272.00
82	800–850	836	242.00–275.50	260.54
24	850–900	873	264.00–266.00	264.90
87	950–1000	974	247.00–260.50	257.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
76	700–750	743	312.50	312.50
75	800–850	827	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	200–250	248	525.00	525.00
3	300–350	328	460.00	460.00
13	450–500	455	362.50	362.50
10	500–550	523	337.50	337.50
11	550–600	574	332.00–365.00	346.60
11	650–700	690	299.00	299.00
14	700–750	717	285.00	285.00
19	750–800	778	270.00–271.00	270.48
20	950–1000	969	252.00	252.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
39	450–500	490	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
93	700–750	746	331.00–333.00	332.25
66	750–800	769	321.00	321.00
104	800–850	806	309.00–317.00	314.20
58	850–900	866	291.00	291.00
69	900–950	929	281.00	281.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
74	1000–1050	1,018	239.00–255.25	252.93
55	1050–1100	1,086	225.50–234.00	226.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	585	361.00	361.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	317	525.00–572.50	552.39
14	350–400	385	470.00–490.00	479.92
8	400–450	408	475.00–490.00	480.54
49	450–500	476	430.00–489.00	469.31
135	500–550	526	405.00–452.50	433.01
156	550–600	574	379.00–430.00	412.92
220	600–650	635	365.00–401.00	383.95
242	650–700	676	347.00–379.00	367.65
461	700–750	730	332.00–357.00	346.22
197	750–800	786	315.00–349.00	329.49
734	800–850	816	304.00–330.00	321.01
575	850–900	878	296.50–307.75	303.40
1,679	900–950	933	285.00–315.25	303.79
506	950–1000	965	273.00–286.75	284.22
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
82	800–850	802	336.00	336.00
60	900–950	923	308.50	308.50
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	320	515.00	515.00
7	350–400	378	440.00	440.00
7	450–500	495	385.00	385.00
11	600–650	634	360.00	360.00
6	900–950	948	273.50	273.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
59	550–600	566	398.00	398.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	800–850	819	293.00	293.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	478	400.00–426.00	416.85
34	550–600	570	345.00–385.00	360.08
38	650–700	681	307.50–342.50	331.54
7	700–750	747	262.00	262.00
18	800–850	839	291.00	291.00
21	850–900	884	287.50	287.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	600–650	603	400.00	400.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	1050–1100	1,091	263.50	263.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1,422	1000–1050	1,016	271.00–294.75	289.98
475	1050–1100	1,070	265.00–283.50	274.94
48	1100–1150	1,122	247.75	247.75
405	1150–1200	1,168	265.50–271.85	270.11
25	1250–1300	1,283	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	550–600	554	370.00–402.50	383.67
5	700–750	732	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	533	375.00	375.00
28	800–850	800	291.00	291.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	592	355.00	355.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	589	370.00	370.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
103	—	1,544	235.50–237.50	236.91
149	—	1,448	235.25–237.50	236.40
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,603	236.00	236.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,336	237.50	237.50
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,250	256.00	256.00
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,619	240.00	240.00
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,506	235.75	235.75
22	—	1,418	235.00–235.25	235.15
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,238	238.00	238.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,502	232.00–235.50	234.06
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,333	235.00–236.50	235.60
Heifers — Choice and Prime · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	1,755	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
119	—	1,299	234.50–238.75	236.58
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,184	239.00–240.00	239.67
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,487	201.00–208.00	202.65
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,400	234.00	234.00

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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