South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 129 priced lines covering 30,553 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 31,702 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,300 head.

Mon Jan 12, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 31,702Last week 32,364Year ago 36,526

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,300Last week 1,519Year ago 1,600

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers 5.00 to 10.00 higher, instances to 15.00 higher on 400-500 lbs. Very good demand for all weights of steers and heifers. Higher futures prices, until Friday, helped to propel the feeder cattle market higher. Cash fed cattle selling in the 232.00-233.00 range also helped to add some support to the market. The market is incredibly active for those lighter weight cattle, and for replacement quality heifers. The market is active on the heavier weight cattle bound for finishing yards, but with the supply so much more readily available than the light weights, buyers can be more selective and not have to fight as hard to get cattle bought. Cattle feeders are feeling more cautious than the backgrounders, as they had to endure losses on cattle sold before the market recovered. The weather has been open and rather mild, for mid January, which made it easy for cattle producers to get their cattle shipped to town. Winter made a harsh comeback on Friday with high winds, below zero temps and worse windchills in the forecast for the coming week. Cattle producers were quick to get cattle consigned and sold this week as the market has recovered so much of it's lost ground.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	300–350	338	630.00–680.00	641.67
112	350–400	381	590.00–665.00	612.12
212	400–450	427	530.00–625.00	573.25
305	450–500	481	480.21–586.00	553.55
1,082	500–550	525	467.50–547.50	528.56
1,567	550–600	584	427.50–507.00	479.15
1,659	600–650	625	417.50–480.00	447.05
2,329	650–700	675	395.00–456.00	428.12
2,220	700–750	721	376.00–432.00	402.38
2,170	750–800	779	352.50–399.00	381.51
1,445	800–850	817	352.00–384.00	366.24
904	850–900	871	340.00–366.00	354.95
612	900–950	922	325.00–356.00	340.86
293	950–1000	964	329.75–351.00	336.05
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	502	480.00	480.00
13	600–650	638	350.00	350.00
8	650–700	676	305.00	305.00
8	700–750	749	376.00	376.00
14	750–800	785	290.00–315.00	300.75
58	850–900	882	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	328	545.00	545.00
6	350–400	390	585.00	585.00
31	400–450	434	485.00–535.00	509.33
57	450–500	463	475.00–525.00	506.02
105	500–550	539	460.00–515.00	486.34
17	550–600	569	440.00–452.50	442.92
145	600–650	623	380.00–437.00	420.90
17	650–700	664	376.00–395.00	384.05
41	700–750	743	369.00–377.00	373.98
11	750–800	788	357.00–359.00	358.47
14	900–950	916	312.50–339.00	321.83
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
37	500–550	543	487.50	487.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	501	455.00	455.00
26	550–600	590	405.00–422.00	415.42
22	600–650	631	420.00–425.00	421.82
97	700–750	735	368.00–385.00	374.49
158	750–800	784	359.00–365.00	361.73
9	800–850	823	342.00–359.00	353.39
15	850–900	853	307.50	307.50
186	900–950	915	313.00–320.50	319.75
56	950–1000	998	325.50	325.50
34	1050–1100	1,094	307.00	307.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	549	492.00	492.00
303	1000–1050	1,041	309.00–322.00	319.94
151	1050–1100	1,057	309.00–323.25	312.96
63	1100–1150	1,115	290.00–310.00	306.50
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	1050–1100	1,095	294.50	294.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	400–450	431	617.50	617.50
42	500–550	507	596.00	596.00
16	550–600	569	516.00	516.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	506	430.00	430.00
51	700–750	722	370.00	370.00
10	800–850	827	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	650–700	694	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	650–700	675	350.00	350.00
12	800–850	842	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	592	403.00	403.00
8	600–650	613	384.00	384.00
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
130	1000–1050	1,037	281.75	281.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	550–600	579	396.00–415.00	405.14
58	650–700	675	344.00–360.00	355.45
58	700–750	727	322.50–340.00	335.98
47	750–800	769	327.50–333.00	330.90
40	800–850	827	307.80–330.00	317.81
29	850–900	875	305.00–315.00	307.57
54	950–1000	952	285.50	285.50
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
279	1000–1050	1,006	272.00–292.00	290.99
6	1050–1100	1,072	238.00	238.00
150	1150–1200	1,185	266.00	266.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	300–350	319	455.00–540.00	507.77
72	350–400	374	465.00–540.00	513.70
9	400–450	443	405.00–470.00	434.25
121	450–500	489	427.50–473.00	464.22
58	500–550	514	382.50–417.00	400.05
46	550–600	578	322.50–398.00	374.82
19	600–650	626	311.00–370.00	360.85
22	650–700	665	357.50	357.50
47	700–750	720	331.00–342.00	332.89
7	750–800	760	322.50	322.50
24	800–850	845	317.50	317.50
4	900–950	912	322.00	322.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
97	1000–1050	1,021	297.00–317.00	308.21
76	1150–1200	1,172	286.00–295.00	292.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
35	300–350	338	520.00–570.00	546.51
101	350–400	368	500.00–600.00	537.18
232	400–450	429	480.00–542.50	512.50
650	450–500	476	455.00–540.00	499.47
1,171	500–550	528	417.50–490.00	457.93
1,348	550–600	575	391.00–480.00	435.00
1,662	600–650	619	370.00–435.00	408.50
1,677	650–700	673	365.00–412.00	389.93
996	700–750	723	342.00–388.00	366.05
823	750–800	774	331.00–365.00	345.86
573	800–850	830	324.00–346.00	330.80
177	850–900	871	321.50–346.00	328.52
72	900–950	927	305.00–329.00	325.37
158	950–1000	986	290.00–317.00	313.39
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
265	550–600	595	446.00–467.50	452.93
122	600–650	613	438.00–507.00	482.53
466	650–700	674	377.00–475.00	430.38
278	700–750	710	372.00–395.00	380.36
304	750–800	762	383.00–420.00	389.94
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
77	500–550	521	500.00	500.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	547	385.00	385.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	800–850	805	338.00	338.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
31	400–450	415	435.00	435.00
16	500–550	523	365.00	365.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
27	1000–1050	1,011	285.00	285.00
18	1100–1150	1,101	245.00	245.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	549	265.00	265.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	397	420.00	420.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	493	485.00–495.00	492.71
11	500–550	503	475.00	475.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,416	221.00–225.00	224.01
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,493	214.00	214.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,440	200.00–201.00	200.63
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,479	192.00–196.00	194.26
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,738	210.00–225.00	218.08
57	—	1,657	229.00–237.50	233.79
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
146	—	1,562	232.50–236.50	235.20
31	—	1,423	229.00–236.50	233.25
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,246	244.00	244.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,443	230.00	230.00
99	—	1,543	228.00–235.75	233.26
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,467	215.50–223.00	220.67
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,634	225.00–226.00	225.49
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,380	231.00	231.00
124	—	1,438	230.00–236.50	234.86
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
136	—	1,394	228.50–235.50	232.55

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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