South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 100 priced lines covering 16,677 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 17,042 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,523 head.

Mon Dec 8, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 17,042Last week 28,590Year ago 29,878

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,523Last week 1,325Year ago 1,392

Compared to last week: Steer calves 10.00 to 20.00 higher, heifer calves 15.00 to 30.00 higher. Yearling feeder steers steady to 3.00 lower, yearling heifers unevenly steady. Very good demand for steer and heifer calves, good to very good demand for yearlings. As the CME cattle futures contracts made gains and cash fed cattle up to 230.00, cattle feeders were ready to step back in and compete heavily to get cattle bought. Most auction markets won't host a feeder cattle sale on the weeks of Christmas and New Years, leaving only 1 more full week to buy feeder cattle before the end of the year. Winter weather conditions at the start and end of the week made it difficult for cattle producers to get stock hauled to town, better weather in the forecast for this week.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1100–1150	1,101	284.00	284.00
4	1200–1250	1,222	250.00	250.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	323	400.00–480.00	435.14
24	350–400	394	512.50–535.00	516.17
38	400–450	432	457.50–510.00	483.87
106	450–500	468	472.50–497.50	482.19
115	500–550	530	311.00–447.50	419.98
74	550–600	578	371.00–430.00	398.06
90	600–650	631	362.00–409.00	392.10
43	650–700	671	340.00–370.00	349.92
18	700–750	714	333.00–337.00	335.24
5	750–800	796	325.00	325.00
26	800–850	815	311.00–324.00	318.99
30	950–1000	989	262.00–297.00	282.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	200–250	241	655.00	655.00
36	350–400	388	530.00–590.00	554.11
210	400–450	431	466.00–540.00	514.42
387	450–500	483	467.00–550.00	509.13
737	500–550	532	420.00–511.00	484.07
978	550–600	578	402.50–469.00	447.06
1,146	600–650	622	372.00–452.00	427.18
747	650–700	672	377.00–425.00	406.26
964	700–750	719	354.00–416.50	395.07
216	750–800	773	337.50–377.50	357.33
271	800–850	814	343.00–389.00	365.45
76	850–900	879	305.00–331.00	322.13
62	900–950	931	328.00–348.00	340.18
506	950–1000	974	308.00–337.50	327.13
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	519	440.00–447.50	442.89
15	600–650	621	382.50–400.00	394.02
22	650–700	656	392.00	392.00
8	750–800	750	365.00	365.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
226	1000–1050	1,011	317.00–326.50	323.47
625	1050–1100	1,073	304.25–329.85	318.63
358	1100–1150	1,127	299.50–302.75	301.07
200	1150–1200	1,174	279.00–302.75	289.34
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	479	460.00	460.00
13	650–700	688	360.00	360.00
70	750–800	789	364.00	364.00
12	950–1000	958	289.00	289.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
24	450–500	461	535.00	535.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	500	510.00	510.00
12	550–600	553	485.00	485.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
106	500–550	515	491.50	491.50
85	600–650	619	442.00	442.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	326	500.00–510.00	504.98
77	350–400	387	465.00–505.00	488.95
211	400–450	422	387.50–545.00	479.62
675	450–500	474	390.00–497.00	454.48
809	500–550	528	387.00–470.00	438.90
948	550–600	576	365.00–442.50	400.30
544	600–650	624	348.00–425.00	381.63
268	650–700	667	338.00–390.00	365.23
199	700–750	725	320.00–375.00	346.09
259	750–800	787	321.00–342.50	335.36
221	800–850	830	306.00–334.00	322.53
33	850–900	866	312.00–325.00	319.93
528	900–950	927	283.00–325.00	304.59
546	950–1000	983	285.00–312.00	299.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
55	500–550	530	490.00	490.00
184	550–600	594	451.00–485.00	469.41
163	600–650	614	454.00	454.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
87	1000–1050	1,025	260.00–286.00	277.20
34	1150–1200	1,193	243.50–248.00	244.69
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
63	350–400	370	410.00–490.00	443.77
21	400–450	420	430.00–457.50	440.54
80	450–500	485	380.00–445.00	425.89
121	500–550	522	350.00–440.00	390.59
38	550–600	563	350.00–370.00	358.32
31	600–650	630	302.50–352.50	322.77
8	650–700	669	290.00	290.00
23	750–800	780	271.00–315.00	297.46
5	800–850	838	297.00	297.00
47	850–900	875	292.75–320.00	306.39
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1000–1050	1,006	277.00	277.00
4	1100–1150	1,121	258.00	258.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	700–750	740	330.00	330.00
50	900–950	921	283.00–286.00	283.73
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
295	1000–1050	1,007	264.00–312.00	282.98
130	1100–1150	1,119	266.50–268.00	266.58
9	1150–1200	1,178	261.00	261.00
30	1200–1250	1,218	277.75	277.75
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	473	220.00	220.00
3	550–600	597	195.00	195.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	400–450	422	510.00	510.00
5	500–550	541	405.00	405.00
76	600–650	625	409.00	409.00
13	650–700	675	290.00–351.00	336.86
4	900–950	942	238.00	238.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	1,542	218.50–224.50	222.75
56	—	1,470	220.00–226.75	225.37
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,328	220.00–226.00	223.60
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
137	—	1,697	216.50–227.00	220.16
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
110	—	1,561	220.00–223.00	222.68
40	—	1,440	220.00–226.50	224.31
4	—	1,898	211.00	211.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,392	205.00	205.00
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,090	220.00–232.00	225.26
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
129	—	1,425	220.00–223.00	221.48
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
406	—	1,409	218.00–223.50	222.36

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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