South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 93 priced lines covering 21,531 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 22,453 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 877 head.

Mon Jan 26, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 22,453Last week 27,685Year ago 26,224

Slaughter CattleReceipts 877Last week 867Year ago 1,499

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 8.00 higher, heifers steady to 3.00 higher. Very good demand for all weights of steers and heifers. Cash cattle were higher again, up to 241.00 by late week, which helped to build more support for the feeder cattle market this week. The arctic weather moved out and warmed up greatly, which allowed for feeder cattle producers to get their stock shipped to town and were met by eager buyers.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
40	550–600	588	422.50–450.00	439.92
7	600–650	639	407.00	407.00
96	750–800	790	355.00–375.00	360.75
20	800–850	835	345.00–349.00	346.40
55	850–900	884	337.00–344.00	341.60
31	900–950	929	328.00	328.00
35	950–1000	987	313.00–315.00	314.33
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1000–1050	1,001	305.00	305.00
20	1050–1100	1,070	309.00–320.00	316.09
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1000–1050	1,041	324.50	324.50
25	1050–1100	1,056	321.75	321.75
64	1100–1150	1,122	306.50	306.50
9	1200–1250	1,211	281.00	281.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	318	520.00–566.00	538.27
54	350–400	369	550.00–650.00	636.01
9	400–450	437	440.00–540.00	483.60
13	450–500	496	495.00–507.50	499.81
58	500–550	532	462.50–492.00	471.59
54	550–600	577	410.00–460.00	441.82
100	600–650	625	410.00–437.00	428.17
80	650–700	684	370.00–421.00	397.74
22	700–750	719	347.50–377.50	360.93
10	900–950	932	333.00	333.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	348	620.00	620.00
42	350–400	374	595.00–650.00	623.64
145	400–450	426	555.00–625.00	588.49
157	450–500	464	530.00–575.00	554.91
385	500–550	531	482.50–540.00	507.65
853	550–600	568	442.50–519.00	488.02
1,173	600–650	629	415.00–468.00	445.49
2,217	650–700	678	399.00–452.00	424.75
1,802	700–750	723	380.00–425.00	405.91
1,803	750–800	770	362.00–412.00	391.16
1,453	800–850	821	350.00–387.50	372.48
904	850–900	876	342.00–376.50	362.80
1,004	900–950	919	333.00–370.75	346.47
208	950–1000	975	319.00–343.00	331.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	1100–1150	1,103	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	491	420.00	420.00
21	650–700	650	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	600–650	638	420.00	420.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
63	1000–1050	1,021	285.75	285.75
51	1050–1100	1,058	298.00	298.00
41	1100–1150	1,146	292.00	292.00
6	1150–1200	1,150	288.00	288.00
9	1200–1250	1,212	281.00	281.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
258	700–750	724	391.00–421.00	403.67
257	750–800	760	374.00–435.00	390.37
66	800–850	808	399.00	399.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	428	460.00	460.00
8	500–550	508	430.00	430.00
62	550–600	596	375.00–415.00	402.64
49	600–650	635	370.00–377.00	371.86
27	650–700	658	358.00–378.00	371.18
61	700–750	741	341.00	341.00
36	750–800	791	324.00–332.00	326.80
36	900–950	945	279.50–281.00	279.62
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	326	595.00–620.00	606.07
61	350–400	388	505.00–580.00	542.83
167	400–450	432	465.00–557.50	518.34
195	450–500	481	475.00–525.00	491.96
631	500–550	531	447.50–500.00	466.31
568	550–600	578	400.00–472.50	439.21
1,147	600–650	626	379.00–445.00	407.85
1,143	650–700	672	351.00–424.00	391.41
1,093	700–750	727	335.50–387.00	364.46
721	750–800	771	328.50–385.00	357.92
192	800–850	820	325.50–350.00	333.26
260	850–900	866	310.50–346.00	325.71
189	900–950	905	293.00–321.00	303.04
271	950–1000	988	298.00–301.00	300.37
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	284	580.00	580.00
26	300–350	313	535.00–580.00	572.40
4	400–450	401	512.50	512.50
9	450–500	473	450.00–470.00	463.33
28	500–550	542	410.00–439.00	424.30
81	550–600	576	330.00–415.00	392.36
23	600–650	629	382.00–422.50	391.44
14	650–700	690	367.00	367.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	589	355.00	355.00
16	600–650	640	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	477	385.00	385.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,459	239.00	239.00
68	—	1,620	236.00–242.00	239.62
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,644	235.50–236.00	235.75
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,451	235.00	235.00
36	—	1,551	235.00–236.00	235.60
52	—	1,781	221.00–230.50	228.93
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,373	233.00	233.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,507	231.00–232.00	231.48
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,694	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
188	—	1,427	235.00–244.50	239.52
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
177	—	1,487	234.00–236.00	235.36

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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