South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 101 priced lines covering 15,583 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 16,772 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 934 head.

Mon Sep 29, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 16,772Last week 13,000Year ago 23,291

Slaughter CattleReceipts 934Last week 904Year ago 807

Compared to last week: Yearling feeder steers 2.00 to 4.00 lower, yearling feeder heifers 5.00 to 10.00 lower. More spring born calves were offered this week, too few a week ago to make good price comparisons. Good demand for yearling steers, moderate to good for yearling heifers. There was pressure on the market as cash fat cattle in the north slipped below 230.00. Packers bid lower as the boxed beef market continues to quickly drop, retreating around 60.00 in the last month. Moderate to good demand for spring born calves, farmer feeders are busy in the field with fall harvest and most aren't wanting a calf yet. Cattle feeders have greatly curbed their enthusiasm for getting feeder cattle bought, they are now approaching the market much more cautiously.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	250–300	286	560.00–600.00	579.58
58	300–350	318	445.00–582.50	555.77
144	350–400	371	480.00–560.00	534.83
128	400–450	422	445.00–532.50	483.95
321	450–500	472	417.50–465.00	454.61
252	500–550	519	400.00–462.50	431.70
90	550–600	579	370.00–405.00	392.59
11	600–650	627	335.00–370.00	351.38
308	650–700	665	322.50–394.00	375.82
180	700–750	731	346.00–369.00	357.93
333	750–800	776	336.50–356.00	347.79
387	800–850	823	327.00–354.00	340.45
325	850–900	880	321.00–345.00	332.48
582	900–950	920	306.00–341.00	323.18
322	950–1000	965	304.00–337.25	319.24
29	1000–1050	1,018	319.00–320.00	319.48
6	1050–1100	1,092	297.50	297.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
30	600–650	642	394.00	394.00
72	700–750	721	389.00	389.00
195	800–850	820	348.50–360.00	356.45
1,184	850–900	883	347.50–348.50	348.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
51	450–500	454	522.50	522.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	464	315.00	315.00
19	750–800	789	331.00	331.00
64	850–900	869	319.00	319.00
125	900–950	932	306.00–310.50	308.30
45	950–1000	965	297.00–301.00	300.65
24	1000–1050	1,045	255.00–274.00	260.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	638	377.50	377.50
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
57	1000–1050	1,005	292.50	292.50
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	1000–1050	1,032	263.00	263.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
142	1000–1050	1,025	290.00–336.00	308.91
19	1050–1100	1,085	285.00–299.00	288.68
8	1100–1150	1,101	267.50	267.50
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	850–900	868	315.00	315.00
13	1000–1050	1,008	271.00	271.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	440	390.00	390.00
9	500–550	523	385.00	385.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
53	350–400	381	385.00–495.00	445.02
25	400–450	416	390.00–487.50	438.96
8	450–500	481	387.50	387.50
13	500–550	535	302.50–395.00	374.73
17	550–600	599	375.00	375.00
6	600–650	620	330.00	330.00
7	700–750	740	333.00	333.00
20	800–850	849	320.00	320.00
21	950–1000	982	300.00–315.00	306.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
72	300–350	320	500.00–687.50	632.99
110	350–400	382	505.00–580.00	566.41
334	400–450	433	490.00–580.00	541.55
436	450–500	468	460.00–550.00	528.63
683	500–550	516	436.00–528.00	502.61
472	550–600	565	402.50–482.00	453.18
437	600–650	614	381.00–443.00	425.32
154	650–700	683	360.00–417.50	400.06
145	700–750	718	377.50–413.00	400.45
148	750–800	774	369.00–391.50	382.03
691	800–850	839	340.00–382.50	371.56
1,008	850–900	878	345.00–374.50	362.74
1,052	900–950	928	341.00–362.50	353.61
1,108	950–1000	965	321.00–353.25	344.58
18	1100–1150	1,118	299.00	299.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	397	520.00	520.00
28	400–450	441	470.00–522.50	507.89
36	500–550	536	390.00–475.00	440.82
12	550–600	561	391.00	391.00
7	600–650	627	380.00–410.00	392.67
53	650–700	680	322.50–388.00	368.30
23	750–800	766	325.00–375.00	341.39
94	800–850	827	299.00–356.00	348.02
59	950–1000	984	322.00	322.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	484	435.00	435.00
5	550–600	571	350.00	350.00
10	600–650	626	345.00	345.00
5	700–750	711	355.00	355.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
87	1000–1050	1,022	305.00	305.00
27	1050–1100	1,077	288.00–300.00	291.50
48	1100–1150	1,101	281.00	281.00
24	1200–1250	1,249	258.00	258.00
5	1300–1350	1,326	245.00	245.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	450–500	473	492.50	492.50
13	500–550	532	473.00	473.00
902	1000–1050	1,029	304.25–346.25	334.53
571	1050–1100	1,059	323.00–346.25	333.72
280	1100–1150	1,117	309.50–319.00	316.47
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	429	470.00	470.00
9	500–550	512	455.00	455.00
11	550–600	598	390.00	390.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	600–650	644	450.00	450.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	345	480.00	480.00
27	500–550	502	412.00	412.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	680	355.00	355.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,565	229.50	229.50
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,302	233.00	233.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,431	230.00–232.00	230.98
130	—	1,544	229.50–232.75	232.13
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
135	—	1,624	230.50–233.00	232.67
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,512	230.00–235.00	234.12
14	—	1,457	235.00	235.00
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	1,334	230.00–235.00	234.73
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	1,367	225.00–233.50	231.41

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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