South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 111 priced lines covering 32,373 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 33,978 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 923 head.

Mon Nov 10, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 33,978Last week 40,926Year ago 37,354

Slaughter CattleReceipts 923Last week 1,102Year ago 1,236

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 450 lbs steady to 3.00 higher, 450-650 lbs 7.00 to 10.00 higher. Heifer calves under 450 lbs 5.00 to 8.00 lower, over 450 lbs unevenly steady. Yearling feeder steers unevenly steady, yearling feeder heifers 13.00 to 16.00 lower. Moderate to good demand for calves, more moderate for yearlings this week. The futures contracts fluctuated wildly throughout the week, making it incredibly difficult for cattle producers to make decisions concerning the market. Sound market fundamentals that propelled this market to record prices, has now been overshadowed by uncertainty and fear coming from the cattle futures complex. Cash fed cattle were lower again this week as packers point to a declining futures contract and bid accordingly. Cash fat cattle in Iowa on Friday traded as low as 218.00, which is par with Dec Live Cattle. Large auction receipts in central and western SD auctions, as cattle producers continue their fall marketing. Lighter calf receipts in East River auctions as is normal for this time of the year, larger calf offerings expected this next week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	300–350	329	420.00–580.00	484.91
404	350–400	383	455.00–520.00	481.51
654	400–450	429	417.00–485.00	453.19
1,537	450–500	476	383.00–487.00	436.04
1,365	500–550	526	370.00–449.00	407.45
1,618	550–600	567	347.00–429.00	389.32
683	600–650	622	342.50–406.00	374.35
236	650–700	687	334.00–359.00	349.31
313	750–800	767	301.00–346.00	335.02
36	800–850	838	282.00–294.00	283.68
160	850–900	868	305.00–314.00	310.07
755	900–950	913	289.50–303.00	293.39
483	950–1000	970	282.00–299.50	291.73
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
67	450–500	482	372.50–410.00	397.88
12	750–800	766	327.50	327.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	500–550	538	340.00–362.50	355.67
16	550–600	592	341.00	341.00
34	600–650	625	343.00	343.00
6	650–700	658	320.00	320.00
87	750–800	792	315.00–324.50	322.26
131	800–850	816	317.50	317.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
674	500–550	512	427.50–492.50	466.25
518	550–600	572	415.00–462.00	441.95
153	600–650	621	442.00	442.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
20	850–900	896	313.00	313.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	800–850	807	306.00	306.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	574	312.50	312.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	300–350	320	400.00–590.00	491.99
18	350–400	394	445.00–451.00	448.37
62	400–450	433	430.00–445.00	436.43
118	450–500	485	370.00–405.00	387.61
76	500–550	532	342.50–385.00	361.75
60	550–600	574	305.00–370.00	329.49
14	600–650	619	345.00	345.00
5	700–750	747	315.00	315.00
24	750–800	761	309.00	309.00
6	800–850	809	326.00	326.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
88	450–500	493	396.00–417.50	404.83
414	1000–1050	1,032	277.00–302.00	294.44
10	1050–1100	1,091	271.00	271.00
33	1100–1150	1,118	272.00	272.00
8	1150–1200	1,181	266.00	266.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	405	405.00	405.00
47	600–650	603	372.00	372.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
46	400–450	438	530.00	530.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	339	560.00–595.00	579.07
202	350–400	377	500.00–610.00	552.84
503	400–450	433	440.00–565.00	518.22
1,502	450–500	477	430.00–542.50	489.79
3,368	500–550	526	420.00–509.50	465.28
4,315	550–600	579	397.00–465.00	436.27
3,612	600–650	624	360.00–452.00	417.60
1,595	650–700	671	360.00–418.00	393.29
455	700–750	724	340.00–390.75	374.57
73	750–800	787	341.00–347.00	345.87
17	800–850	819	329.00	329.00
148	850–900	887	334.00–357.50	348.70
755	900–950	927	311.00–353.50	338.20
912	950–1000	971	317.00–357.25	344.54
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
34	300–350	334	400.00–560.00	491.28
32	350–400	384	445.00–520.00	497.18
42	400–450	430	470.00–490.00	478.84
99	450–500	477	380.00–477.50	442.95
131	500–550	532	365.00–431.00	417.14
222	550–600	574	332.50–412.50	389.17
88	600–650	626	347.00–394.00	372.07
29	650–700	669	347.00–351.00	348.38
10	800–850	829	326.00	326.00
7	900–950	901	314.00	314.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	492	460.00–462.50	460.74
26	500–550	529	435.00–436.00	435.73
7	800–850	824	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	500–550	539	415.00–432.50	426.33
56	600–650	642	378.00–394.00	391.16
25	650–700	680	354.00–357.50	355.43
7	850–900	895	319.00	319.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	353	570.00	570.00
122	400–450	428	560.00	560.00
269	450–500	452	509.00–528.00	512.72
207	500–550	508	499.00	499.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
51	1000–1050	1,005	299.75	299.75
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	498	465.00–480.00	472.48
10	500–550	511	435.00	435.00
160	550–600	585	386.00–411.00	394.15
48	600–650	620	367.50–386.00	379.08
902	1000–1050	1,022	288.00–345.75	326.25
5	1050–1100	1,051	291.00	291.00
222	1100–1150	1,128	292.50–313.00	306.74
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	500–550	532	425.00	425.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	400–450	416	475.00–492.50	489.00
86	500–550	540	437.50–452.50	439.94
11	650–700	679	354.00	354.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	490	475.00	475.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	700–750	739	322.50	322.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
103	450–500	479	317.50–355.00	334.22
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
60	350–400	389	395.00	395.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	425	515.00	515.00
6	550–600	556	355.00	355.00
5	600–650	605	335.00	335.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	578	305.00	305.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,553	221.50	221.50
63	—	1,521	222.50–224.50	223.13
17	—	1,444	223.00–223.50	223.32
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
133	—	1,677	222.75–224.75	223.29
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,349	221.00–222.00	221.25
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
114	—	1,542	223.00–226.00	225.15
29	—	1,387	224.00–226.00	225.23
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,376	222.00–223.50	222.53
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,393	222.00–225.50	224.15
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,413	222.50	222.50
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,476	207.00–210.00	208.59

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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