South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 90 priced lines covering 7,711 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,906 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,240 head.

Mon Aug 25, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,906Last week 6,752Year ago 11,707

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,240Last week 1,137Year ago 1,275

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 850 lbs 10.00 to 15.00 higher, over 850 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers 10.00 to 15.00 higher. Very good demand for all weights of steers and heifers. A few small consignments of spring born calves starting to show up in town, the market is very active on these light calves. The market remains very active on the yearlings as outgoing cash fed cattle have continued to sell in the 240's. Cattle feeders have maintained their market leverage all through the summer, a fact that many said would not happen, as the market rallied counter-seasonally. A large corn crop is on the way, keeping costs of feed low, and giving much incentive to refill empty feedlot pens.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
40	800–850	814	364.50	364.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	534	470.00	470.00
7	700–750	708	367.50	367.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	344	480.00	480.00
22	400–450	424	455.00	455.00
26	450–500	462	455.00–470.00	459.32
5	500–550	522	405.00	405.00
11	600–650	615	380.00–390.00	384.51
19	650–700	693	367.00	367.00
159	700–750	732	372.00–384.00	378.07
189	750–800	774	342.00–379.50	368.75
200	800–850	819	325.00–369.00	342.71
864	850–900	869	319.00–347.00	330.88
464	900–950	919	303.50–345.50	328.24
478	950–1000	981	290.50–336.00	309.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
201	900–950	931	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
45	700–750	734	335.00–339.00	335.98
76	750–800	794	329.00	329.00
197	850–900	869	318.00–324.00	322.24
51	900–950	921	312.00–314.00	313.00
35	950–1000	973	272.00	272.00
12	1150–1200	1,189	244.00	244.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
185	1000–1050	1,023	296.00–335.00	315.46
90	1050–1100	1,078	292.50–317.00	293.84
55	1100–1150	1,125	286.50–316.00	304.46
44	1200–1250	1,207	260.00–274.00	268.61
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
83	1000–1050	1,035	270.50–298.50	280.05
10	1050–1100	1,065	276.00	276.00
15	1100–1150	1,112	267.50	267.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
26	350–400	363	470.00	470.00
4	600–650	649	345.00	345.00
25	700–750	724	332.50–344.00	342.16
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	600–650	632	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	342	605.00	605.00
6	350–400	353	525.00	525.00
22	400–450	421	530.00–540.00	532.68
7	450–500	491	490.00	490.00
5	500–550	519	462.50	462.50
4	550–600	568	432.00	432.00
4	600–650	629	432.50	432.50
23	650–700	694	403.00–409.00	406.39
40	700–750	715	382.50–410.00	398.73
93	750–800	787	365.00–389.00	385.92
335	800–850	835	357.00–383.50	375.08
719	850–900	884	346.00–372.50	358.87
628	900–950	939	338.00–360.50	356.07
557	950–1000	958	345.00–360.00	356.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	950–1000	979	331.00	331.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	1000–1050	1,038	290.00	290.00
92	1050–1100	1,082	280.00–295.50	288.87
89	1150–1200	1,173	289.00	289.00
14	1300–1350	1,330	254.00	254.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
57	1000–1050	1,017	330.50	330.50
175	1050–1100	1,084	303.00–331.50	325.82
25	1100–1150	1,118	269.00–291.00	286.56
Steers — Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1000–1050	1,013	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	900–950	903	305.00	305.00
35	950–1000	958	312.00–331.00	316.42
13	1000–1050	1,003	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	750–800	785	345.00	345.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	243	605.00	605.00
6	500–550	538	395.00	395.00
6	650–700	664	385.00	385.00
10	700–750	711	360.00–376.00	366.31
5	800–850	840	327.50	327.50
10	850–900	891	320.00	320.00
8	950–1000	980	300.00–306.00	303.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	317	520.00	520.00
26	400–450	415	490.00	490.00
6	450–500	497	465.00	465.00
7	600–650	629	374.00	374.00
25	700–750	735	359.00–369.00	363.40
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	536	275.00	275.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
18	650–700	668	335.00–340.00	338.07
4	700–750	748	335.00	335.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,706	245.00	245.00
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,515	255.50	255.50
204	—	1,451	245.00–255.50	253.12
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
134	—	1,589	242.25–244.50	243.91
121	—	1,471	242.00–244.00	243.22
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,150	256.00–285.00	273.62
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	1,372	239.00–257.50	252.61
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,181	268.00	268.00
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	1,237	249.00–259.00	250.90
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	1,420	242.00–243.75	243.32
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,145	240.00	240.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,535	207.00–209.00	208.18
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,172	230.50–233.00	231.78
11	—	1,361	236.25	236.25
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,461	235.00–240.00	237.59

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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