South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 106 priced lines covering 34,352 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 35,648 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,170 head.

Mon Feb 9, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 35,648Last week 17,524Year ago 28,239

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,170Last week 1,199Year ago 774

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 750 lbs 5.00 to 6.00 higher, over 750 lbs unevenly steady. Feeder heifers unevenly steady. Very good demand for all weights of steers and heifers. Optimism is running very high amongst feeder cattle producers and cattle feeders. Packers had to give more money to get cattle bought, which sparked the feeder cattle market again. Very good demand for replacement quality heifers. Very dry and abnormally warm temps is making for very easy gaining conditions for cattle. Auction markets continue to host very large feeder cattle auctions as feeder cattle producers are quick to get their cattle consigned and sold as the market returns to it's level before the crash last October.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	300–350	322	540.00	540.00
20	350–400	373	565.00–580.00	571.43
29	400–450	439	545.00–555.00	547.80
32	450–500	476	490.00–550.00	522.95
13	500–550	520	452.50–540.00	486.80
39	550–600	577	435.00–477.50	454.38
122	600–650	625	355.00–446.00	411.81
16	650–700	676	402.00–402.50	402.31
6	700–750	740	372.50	372.50
78	750–800	789	330.00–359.00	354.81
75	850–900	865	359.00	359.00
30	900–950	938	338.50	338.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	626	420.00	420.00
60	650–700	695	397.50–406.00	402.88
8	700–750	729	376.00	376.00
10	750–800	779	361.00	361.00
53	800–850	802	370.00	370.00
35	850–900	876	333.00–337.50	334.38
18	900–950	919	333.00	333.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	626	430.00	430.00
280	1000–1050	1,009	298.00–337.50	331.27
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
14	750–800	784	332.00	332.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	344	580.00–720.00	626.49
36	350–400	382	590.00–650.00	616.97
115	400–450	429	555.00–602.50	578.53
252	450–500	476	520.00–595.00	560.33
565	500–550	526	472.50–562.50	519.00
911	550–600	575	455.00–532.50	489.11
1,691	600–650	624	432.50–487.50	458.78
2,178	650–700	676	395.00–465.00	429.19
3,643	700–750	728	389.00–448.00	410.75
2,086	750–800	774	360.00–397.50	384.15
3,959	800–850	821	335.00–396.00	376.30
2,325	850–900	870	346.00–377.00	363.28
1,803	900–950	917	334.50–362.00	351.84
691	950–1000	975	319.00–344.00	338.85
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1050–1100	1,064	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
215	700–750	715	438.00–444.00	439.97
162	750–800	762	422.00	422.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
94	600–650	644	452.00	452.00
638	650–700	671	418.00–492.50	447.85
850	700–750	715	401.00–470.00	431.86
538	750–800	763	367.50–437.50	422.78
431	800–850	812	401.00–461.00	440.98
7	850–900	852	367.00	367.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	407	555.00	555.00
8	550–600	564	480.00	480.00
87	600–650	602	467.00	467.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	300–350	338	560.00–610.00	574.24
31	350–400	372	500.00–580.00	537.65
173	400–450	432	480.00–545.00	513.34
225	450–500	468	470.00–540.00	501.14
855	500–550	530	420.00–507.50	460.17
829	550–600	577	395.00–461.00	437.70
1,312	600–650	623	357.50–441.00	421.63
1,341	650–700	672	355.00–435.00	394.50
1,107	700–750	722	335.00–402.50	370.62
762	750–800	781	324.00–369.50	349.31
897	800–850	818	315.00–361.50	341.94
224	850–900	878	318.50–343.00	327.78
575	900–950	924	306.00–335.00	324.90
99	950–1000	955	288.00–323.00	313.60
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	650–700	684	372.00	372.00
32	1000–1050	1,034	290.00–294.00	291.52
7	1050–1100	1,074	281.00	281.00
15	1100–1150	1,137	277.00–278.00	277.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
47	650–700	688	392.50–407.50	398.32
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	602	452.50	452.50
92	650–700	672	450.00–455.00	453.27
23	700–750	732	402.50–431.00	421.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	643	380.00	380.00
8	650–700	693	355.00	355.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	618	305.00	305.00
60	650–700	693	355.00–367.00	362.87
11	700–750	722	359.00	359.00
34	750–800	773	325.00–339.00	335.97
18	800–850	829	319.00–326.00	323.35
7	850–900	874	298.00	298.00
62	900–950	941	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	300–350	324	525.00	525.00
4	350–400	390	460.00	460.00
34	400–450	425	462.50	462.50
14	450–500	493	455.00–460.00	458.20
24	500–550	518	360.00–445.00	417.26
107	550–600	590	399.00–437.50	411.58
43	600–650	631	351.00–387.00	374.94
56	650–700	691	345.00–376.00	358.30
14	700–750	721	325.00–352.50	339.05
87	750–800	775	320.00–341.00	333.72
19	800–850	805	319.00	319.00
5	850–900	884	300.00	300.00
5	900–950	927	280.00	280.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	650–700	668	375.00	375.00
10	800–850	828	321.00	321.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,716	246.00	246.00
106	—	1,618	243.00–249.50	244.85
14	—	1,419	251.00	251.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,225	250.00	250.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,716	238.00–240.00	239.53
115	—	1,643	236.00–241.00	239.79
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,385	238.00	238.00
17	—	1,565	239.00–240.00	239.41
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,525	231.00	231.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,551	212.00	212.00
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
92	—	1,489	236.00–247.50	243.05
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
278	—	1,443	237.00–243.00	239.96

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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