South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 99 priced lines covering 11,769 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 11,843 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,623 head.

Mon Sep 8, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 11,843Last week 7,743Year ago 15,059

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,623Last week 952Year ago 812

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 750-850 lbs 8.00 to 10.00 lower, over 850 lbs 2.00 to 7.00 lower. Feeder heifers 3.00 to 8.00 lower. Very good demand for all weights of steers and heifers but with the cash fed cattle trade developing at lower money on Tuesday cattle feeders slowed in their pursuit of feeder cattle. A few spring born calves were offered, the market was very active on these in spite of how early it is and most cattle feeders being busy with corn silage harvest. The market remains very active on the yearlings, there was finally a little pressure to the straight up advance we've seen since late spring.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	269	560.00	560.00
20	300–350	324	505.00–560.00	548.76
14	350–400	369	505.00–530.00	518.34
88	400–450	425	435.00–510.00	465.30
43	450–500	468	445.00–465.00	454.15
6	500–550	549	450.00	450.00
104	550–600	587	390.00–420.00	403.93
65	600–650	628	390.00–420.00	412.64
98	650–700	667	355.00–407.00	385.95
129	700–750	728	360.00–390.00	363.38
281	750–800	775	347.50–370.00	360.26
244	800–850	833	335.75–362.50	346.81
475	850–900	872	321.00–353.00	336.51
578	900–950	921	318.00–341.00	332.11
556	950–1000	979	312.00–338.50	326.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	800–850	813	357.50	357.50
21	850–900	864	358.00	358.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
20	700–750	740	366.00	366.00
66	750–800	762	351.00–357.00	356.28
255	800–850	828	354.00–357.50	356.18
174	850–900	893	339.00	339.00
177	900–950	905	336.00–336.50	336.17
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	700–750	734	355.00	355.00
29	750–800	777	345.00	345.00
15	800–850	827	320.00–331.00	327.38
71	850–900	892	315.50–327.50	317.12
39	900–950	941	302.00	302.00
194	950–1000	970	293.50–306.00	300.65
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
20	850–900	862	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
167	1000–1050	1,015	288.75–295.35	293.98
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
140	1000–1050	1,024	304.00–316.00	309.24
3	1050–1100	1,063	302.00	302.00
5	1100–1150	1,130	288.00	288.00
17	1150–1200	1,165	257.00	257.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	800–850	846	330.50	330.50
6	900–950	946	318.00	318.00
Heifers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1100–1150	1,129	272.50	272.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	406	475.00	475.00
19	450–500	476	400.00–435.00	412.69
7	550–600	558	405.00	405.00
14	600–650	649	402.50	402.50
7	650–700	651	355.00	355.00
9	700–750	748	347.00	347.00
5	800–850	806	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
85	750–800	774	315.00–318.00	315.40
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	400–450	445	500.00	500.00
5	450–500	478	480.00	480.00
3	650–700	667	377.50	377.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	300–350	310	515.00–635.00	595.99
15	350–400	377	530.00–552.50	543.37
29	400–450	415	515.00	515.00
44	450–500	453	505.00–535.00	532.87
62	500–550	519	450.00–500.00	469.49
15	550–600	589	425.00–457.50	444.63
111	600–650	626	410.00–440.00	424.33
28	650–700	680	405.00–417.50	409.03
288	700–750	725	370.00–427.50	394.52
210	750–800	781	376.00–392.00	385.74
194	800–850	822	364.00–376.00	372.46
1,216	850–900	880	345.00–382.50	367.39
909	900–950	926	341.00–371.50	363.08
1,564	950–1000	968	335.00–363.00	352.20
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	600–650	608	470.00	470.00
11	700–750	708	427.50	427.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	285	670.00	670.00
7	350–400	366	530.00	530.00
18	400–450	441	445.00–480.00	454.67
26	450–500	485	470.00–480.00	473.08
4	500–550	505	440.00	440.00
14	550–600	595	380.00	380.00
7	650–700	691	389.00	389.00
32	800–850	810	347.50–351.00	349.80
13	950–1000	967	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	498	485.00	485.00
8	650–700	654	352.50	352.50
26	800–850	838	360.00	360.00
6	850–900	889	345.00	345.00
104	950–1000	965	312.50–334.00	327.65
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
513	1000–1050	1,015	330.50–354.00	345.40
322	1050–1100	1,076	321.00–331.00	326.75
108	1100–1150	1,111	329.00	329.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	441	500.00	500.00
7	550–600	582	410.00	410.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
21	850–900	862	332.50	332.50
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	685	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
15	650–700	675	353.00	353.00
76	750–800	785	348.50	348.50
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
16	650–700	670	367.50	367.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
401	—	1,557	240.00–242.50	241.14
48	—	1,463	240.75–241.00	240.97
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
142	—	1,624	240.00–243.00	241.05
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,381	238.00	238.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,453	239.50	239.50
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	1,470	242.00–248.00	245.57
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,218	240.00–252.00	244.93
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,364	242.00–247.25	245.18
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
404	—	1,369	239.75–242.00	240.37
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,406	240.00–240.50	240.29
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
77	—	1,519	208.00–240.00	228.63

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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