South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 120 priced lines covering 29,851 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 30,859 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,594 head.

Mon Oct 13, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 30,859Last week 20,616Year ago 46,888

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,594Last week 966Year ago 1,323

Compared to last week: Steer calves 15.00 to 30.00 higher, heifer calves 10.00 to 25.00 higher. Yearling feeder steers steady to 3.00 higher, except 800--850 and 1000-1050 lbs 10.00 higher. Yearling feeder heifers 5.00 to 15.00 higher. Extremely good demand for spring born steer and heifer calves, good to very good demand for yearling steers and heifers. The fall run has begun in Western South Dakota and auction markets had large offerings of those good, ranch-raised, high quality steer and heifer calves coming right off the cow. The market was very active as there was new found optimism in the market at early week. Sharply lower trade in the futures contracts did little to slow that down. Cash fed cattle topped at 241.00 in the north, helping to support the feeder market but cattle feeders ended the week more apprehensive about the direction of the market.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	286	700.00	700.00
106	300–350	327	570.00–655.00	624.12
136	350–400	378	540.00–630.00	584.55
689	400–450	424	475.00–580.00	528.02
1,690	450–500	473	442.50–542.50	495.73
1,576	500–550	530	410.00–487.50	458.02
1,283	550–600	574	385.00–477.50	438.59
232	600–650	623	388.00–437.00	400.35
159	650–700	664	357.50–419.00	396.85
129	700–750	741	350.00–362.50	360.99
78	750–800	786	340.00–355.50	353.97
260	800–850	823	344.00–354.00	353.08
519	850–900	878	325.00–363.50	351.73
661	900–950	924	312.50–355.50	342.45
239	950–1000	969	304.00–343.00	331.66
25	1000–1050	1,011	315.00–326.00	317.19
36	1050–1100	1,051	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
337	500–550	540	489.00–530.00	498.79
51	600–650	610	441.00	441.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
79	650–700	691	392.00	392.00
75	750–800	763	379.00	379.00
5	800–850	828	340.00	340.00
413	950–1000	980	315.00–346.00	345.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	621	372.50	372.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
24	400–450	422	445.00	445.00
95	450–500	487	455.00–490.00	467.78
26	500–550	523	430.00	430.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	446	472.50	472.50
23	650–700	690	332.50	332.50
15	750–800	751	322.00	322.00
43	850–900	854	314.00	314.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	450–500	473	455.00	455.00
17	550–600	569	417.50	417.50
98	1000–1050	1,014	292.50–338.00	324.27
9	1050–1100	1,098	289.00	289.00
58	1100–1150	1,133	307.00	307.00
152	1200–1250	1,220	257.00	257.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	1000–1050	1,012	279.00	279.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	400–450	441	475.00	475.00
14	500–550	545	412.50	412.50
8	550–600	563	415.00	415.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
449	600–650	619	407.50–430.00	425.40
148	650–700	670	390.00–395.00	392.36
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	613	382.50	382.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	300–350	322	590.00–645.00	613.29
258	350–400	383	510.00–575.00	553.88
74	400–450	441	447.50–510.00	483.49
200	450–500	475	442.50–476.00	470.43
130	500–550	523	385.00–440.00	419.33
81	550–600	573	420.00–435.00	424.79
5	800–850	810	333.00	333.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
103	300–350	327	607.50–740.00	676.73
116	350–400	372	620.00–670.00	641.08
741	400–450	425	520.00–645.00	605.53
1,965	450–500	477	460.00–602.00	562.33
2,917	500–550	523	480.00–557.00	526.24
3,385	550–600	576	440.00–523.00	493.58
1,507	600–650	622	422.00–494.00	469.41
963	650–700	665	391.00–474.00	444.11
130	700–750	720	383.00–410.00	393.15
96	750–800	785	353.00–401.00	385.14
389	800–850	827	366.00–394.00	384.41
328	850–900	885	363.00–374.50	370.69
751	900–950	933	350.75–375.00	366.90
570	950–1000	968	349.75–369.00	360.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	408	685.00	685.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
1,016	600–650	625	431.00–474.00	455.77
513	650–700	665	408.00–458.50	446.64
176	700–750	712	392.00–419.00	411.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
43	400–450	435	560.00	560.00
78	450–500	493	510.00–527.50	526.47
111	500–550	539	467.00–486.00	481.74
5	850–900	889	315.00	315.00
8	950–1000	959	342.00	342.00
Steers — Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
26	600–650	614	424.00–425.00	424.80
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	373	605.00	605.00
43	450–500	484	515.00–516.00	515.57
6	550–600	560	465.00	465.00
270	1000–1050	1,034	343.25–344.75	344.05
227	1050–1100	1,064	323.50–351.00	334.49
50	1150–1200	1,174	306.00	306.00
47	1250–1300	1,283	298.75	298.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
42	400–450	414	627.50	627.50
29	450–500	456	605.00	605.00
91	650–700	659	489.00	489.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	497	490.00	490.00
53	500–550	547	475.00–496.00	482.55
44	550–600	562	455.00–475.00	468.88
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	603	425.00	425.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	344	615.00–650.00	627.22
43	350–400	372	600.00–662.50	626.32
125	400–450	432	537.50–575.00	561.29
188	450–500	491	510.00–556.00	528.40
212	500–550	526	472.50–511.00	494.57
196	550–600	574	450.00–480.00	468.14
44	600–650	615	390.00–440.00	424.31
31	650–700	697	385.00–395.00	391.47
5	700–750	737	357.50	357.50
8	750–800	793	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	531	390.00	390.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	433	520.00	520.00
9	500–550	506	445.00	445.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	543	457.00	457.00
23	550–600	571	460.00	460.00
61	600–650	623	441.00	441.00
Steers — Medium and Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	633	162.50	162.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
115	—	1,684	235.00–241.25	237.11
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,533	238.00–242.00	241.18
44	—	1,447	241.00–246.50	243.93
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
282	—	1,529	235.50–241.75	239.65
4	—	1,486	238.50	238.50
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,345	238.50–247.00	242.83
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,584	233.00	233.00
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,386	238.00	238.00
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
149	—	1,402	238.50–243.00	240.04
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
255	—	1,461	234.00–241.00	237.52
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,521	236.00	236.00
19	—	1,289	230.50–231.00	230.75
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	1,521	231.50–237.00	235.17
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,465	230.00–232.00	231.16

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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