South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 99 priced lines covering 18,313 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 18,270 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 2,225 head.

Mon Dec 15, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 18,270Last week 17,042Year ago 15,047

Slaughter CattleReceipts 2,225Last week 1,523Year ago 1,090

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves 8.00 to 15.00 higher. Yearling feeder steers 2.00 to 8.00 higher, except over 1100 lbs 14.00 to 15.00 higher. Yearling feeder heifers unevenly steady. Very good demand for steer and heifer calves as there is more optimism amongst cattle feeders for the market. Strong market fundamentals helped to build a fire under the feeder cattle market this week. Cattle futures contracts have followed suit. Most auction locations will not host a feeder cattle auction over the two holiday weeks, which also added support to the feeder market. A friendly Cattle On Feed report confirmed what everyone in the cattle business already knew, historically low cattle numbers.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1,060	1000–1050	1,026	310.00–336.75	325.52
386	1050–1100	1,070	308.00–325.85	321.20
532	1100–1150	1,118	312.00–317.00	315.01
183	1150–1200	1,155	252.00–311.75	303.17
3	1250–1300	1,258	241.00	241.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	337	550.00–615.00	582.07
66	350–400	373	517.50–640.00	572.58
138	400–450	433	487.50–580.00	529.03
451	450–500	470	480.00–542.50	516.08
589	500–550	522	450.00–532.50	495.76
696	550–600	574	425.00–477.00	454.77
1,097	600–650	629	385.00–442.00	425.61
706	650–700	667	370.00–437.50	412.62
922	700–750	722	365.00–418.00	390.63
354	750–800	778	358.00–395.00	368.84
301	800–850	827	350.00–374.00	363.18
357	850–900	882	334.00–349.00	339.91
538	900–950	932	307.00–351.50	341.72
1,248	950–1000	971	314.50–340.00	334.49
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1000–1050	1,031	312.00	312.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
45	400–450	422	425.00–487.50	466.99
15	450–500	476	455.00	455.00
76	500–550	532	400.00–462.50	441.22
77	550–600	582	370.00–422.50	403.46
32	600–650	638	341.00–395.00	359.89
73	650–700	689	361.00–380.00	377.68
22	750–800	773	326.00–337.00	329.41
26	800–850	814	317.00–320.00	319.66
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	551	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	574	410.00–420.00	413.77
34	600–650	627	370.00–402.50	394.55
9	650–700	692	365.00	365.00
61	700–750	712	354.00–370.00	367.83
17	750–800	784	324.00–344.00	332.37
104	800–850	831	325.00–355.00	338.71
43	850–900	881	327.00	327.00
3	900–950	923	321.00	321.00
26	950–1000	951	312.50	312.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
20	450–500	463	450.00	450.00
36	550–600	597	401.00	401.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	305	530.00	530.00
37	550–600	583	437.50–438.00	437.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	350–400	375	580.00	580.00
42	400–450	448	570.00	570.00
120	500–550	521	525.00	525.00
60	600–650	608	461.00	461.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	1000–1050	1,039	300.00	300.00
19	1050–1100	1,075	321.00	321.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
38	300–350	339	470.00–570.00	503.30
93	350–400	384	480.00–530.00	502.08
263	400–450	431	443.00–500.00	464.72
307	450–500	480	412.50–470.00	451.87
497	500–550	519	402.50–462.50	437.78
803	550–600	581	365.00–437.50	407.59
441	600–650	618	362.00–415.00	394.70
471	650–700	674	357.00–397.50	374.84
341	700–750	721	339.50–380.00	354.97
190	750–800	773	328.00–356.00	339.97
258	800–850	830	314.00–336.00	321.74
88	850–900	881	304.00–320.00	315.03
312	900–950	925	293.00–306.75	302.47
551	950–1000	981	280.00–303.00	293.70
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	650–700	683	275.00–350.00	310.16
11	700–750	717	324.00–332.00	326.91
130	950–1000	979	279.00	279.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	423	433.00	433.00
13	500–550	529	410.00	410.00
14	600–650	626	372.50	372.50
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
124	1000–1050	1,002	274.00	274.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	313	480.00	480.00
9	350–400	359	425.00–450.00	433.53
9	400–450	434	422.50–430.00	425.77
40	500–550	535	377.50–412.50	396.25
14	550–600	581	355.00–365.00	359.27
26	600–650	617	307.50–344.00	321.79
17	650–700	679	315.00–336.00	332.33
18	700–750	720	325.00–340.00	333.46
18	750–800	754	304.00–318.00	308.71
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
405	1000–1050	1,019	275.00–302.50	289.44
234	1050–1100	1,076	282.00–296.00	294.14
66	1100–1150	1,119	271.00–285.00	276.59
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	437	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1150–1200	1,188	236.00	236.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
83	550–600	585	425.00–445.00	439.96
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	731	305.00	305.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	596	380.00	380.00
3	600–650	638	342.50	342.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,233	240.00	240.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
391	—	1,709	220.00–225.00	221.47
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
106	—	1,473	217.00–228.50	224.88
222	—	1,563	220.50–226.75	224.17
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,469	222.00–225.50	224.43
54	—	1,535	219.00–223.00	221.57
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,471	218.00	218.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,531	211.50–223.25	219.02
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
145	—	1,647	216.50–221.00	218.45
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,571	203.00–208.00	205.58
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
211	—	1,407	217.00–228.00	222.40
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
398	—	1,428	218.00–228.00	222.99

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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