South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 116 priced lines covering 26,725 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 27,685 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 867 head.

Mon Jan 19, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 27,685Last week 31,702Year ago 26,546

Slaughter CattleReceipts 867Last week 1,300Year ago 790

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 750 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 lower, over 750 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers steady to 5.00 higher. Very good demand for light weight steers and heifers, good demand for heavier weights suitable for finishing. The arctic blast that arrived at midweek caused some consignors to cancel, some auction locations did not host a feeder cattle auction because of the dangerous conditions. Large receipts at the auctions before the storm arrived as feeder cattle producers are wanting to capitalize on the market as it has come back from it's lows back when it fell in October. Better weather expected for next week as temps move back above zero.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	227	710.00	710.00
7	300–350	312	640.00–685.00	653.95
35	350–400	381	615.00–650.00	627.30
177	400–450	429	537.50–622.50	576.37
376	450–500	477	505.00–575.00	537.20
444	500–550	526	475.00–575.00	522.53
1,068	550–600	581	420.00–504.00	467.63
1,194	600–650	624	420.00–471.00	443.81
1,581	650–700	675	404.00–457.50	424.30
2,871	700–750	725	370.00–422.50	397.54
2,376	750–800	772	358.00–402.00	383.14
1,969	800–850	817	354.00–394.00	371.68
954	850–900	873	339.50–370.25	356.07
647	900–950	917	328.00–370.25	358.42
227	950–1000	967	324.75–339.50	333.84
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	369	580.00–592.50	582.84
30	400–450	443	480.00–570.00	518.49
34	450–500	475	495.00–512.50	501.79
51	500–550	535	447.00–515.00	466.78
118	550–600	572	400.00–472.50	429.64
106	600–650	628	375.00–422.50	402.01
51	650–700	669	382.50–408.00	400.99
78	700–750	726	355.00–385.00	375.91
61	750–800	771	349.00–370.00	355.03
7	800–850	826	315.00–351.00	330.55
17	850–900	880	337.50	337.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	750–800	759	351.00	351.00
7	1050–1100	1,057	277.00	277.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	539	382.50	382.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
38	600–650	635	412.50–425.00	419.70
7	700–750	728	379.00	379.00
15	750–800	777	362.50–366.00	363.87
6	900–950	918	330.00	330.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	507	502.50	502.50
41	650–700	674	395.00–402.00	397.04
7	750–800	793	362.50	362.50
27	800–850	846	363.00	363.00
58	1000–1050	1,005	313.50	313.50
313	1050–1100	1,087	309.25–325.00	319.56
57	1100–1150	1,118	312.00	312.00
4	1150–1200	1,180	289.00	289.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
33	500–550	526	455.00–480.00	463.41
26	600–650	621	416.00	416.00
27	700–750	742	363.00–368.00	365.95
49	750–800	791	341.00–354.50	351.54
90	800–850	829	348.00–350.00	349.62
48	850–900	874	325.00–339.00	337.57
19	900–950	910	315.00	315.00
5	950–1000	972	319.00	319.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
71	700–750	735	310.00–374.00	361.91
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	427	540.00	540.00
5	500–550	526	440.00	440.00
115	650–700	678	406.00–412.00	410.75
Steers — Medium 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	750–800	783	348.00	348.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
94	550–600	559	508.00–530.00	515.48
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
62	550–600	591	402.00	402.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	291	530.00	530.00
13	450–500	461	445.00	445.00
85	650–700	680	350.00–358.00	356.94
74	700–750	716	323.00–332.00	325.94
35	750–800	770	321.00–322.00	321.88
14	800–850	828	310.00	310.00
7	900–950	939	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	700–750	743	292.50	292.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	550–600	578	475.00	475.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
16	550–600	599	409.00	409.00
9	600–650	638	390.00	390.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	276	489.00	489.00
7	350–400	399	475.00	475.00
29	400–450	429	452.50–495.00	472.70
5	450–500	474	420.00	420.00
13	500–550	527	430.00	430.00
112	550–600	583	325.00–455.00	408.74
42	600–650	631	350.00–366.00	358.04
39	650–700	690	372.00	372.00
53	700–750	722	330.00–405.00	374.12
109	750–800	779	311.00–343.00	333.83
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	462	445.00	445.00
7	700–750	705	366.00	366.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	255	650.00	650.00
17	300–350	337	515.00–580.00	527.87
26	350–400	375	515.00–542.50	534.89
133	400–450	419	470.00–527.50	494.40
322	450–500	475	452.50–535.00	492.19
856	500–550	529	425.00–517.00	463.63
1,451	550–600	579	400.00–467.50	436.80
1,194	600–650	626	365.00–459.00	407.62
1,691	650–700	676	360.00–404.00	388.72
1,255	700–750	720	342.00–387.50	369.05
815	750–800	775	326.00–375.00	348.64
339	800–850	814	320.00–364.00	337.41
634	850–900	866	305.00–342.00	336.31
113	900–950	928	292.50–310.50	300.43
361	950–1000	965	284.00–324.00	301.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	438	410.00	410.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	600–650	643	395.00	395.00
4	1000–1050	1,029	278.00	278.00
58	1150–1200	1,164	274.00–279.00	277.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
159	600–650	614	425.00–447.50	435.74
137	650–700	661	399.00–415.00	408.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	512	490.00	490.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	700–750	730	357.00	357.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,421	225.00–227.00	225.69
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
86	—	1,680	224.00–228.00	225.48
36	—	1,933	213.00–219.00	213.53
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,495	234.00	234.00
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,497	226.00	226.00
152	—	1,581	234.00–242.00	238.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,347	231.00–239.00	234.03
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,706	229.50–230.00	229.76
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	1,556	231.00	231.00
5	—	1,437	228.00	228.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,513	205.00–208.00	206.85
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,175	243.00	243.00
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
74	—	1,376	233.00–244.00	238.57
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	1,442	230.00–232.00	230.74

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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