South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 119 priced lines covering 21,663 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 22,276 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,055 head.

Mon Feb 16, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 22,276Last week 35,648Year ago 17,497

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,055Last week 1,170Year ago 471

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers unevenly steady. Very good demand for all weights of steers and heifers. Very large auction receipts again this week as feeder cattle producers continue their winter marketing. A winter storm in the northern part of the state, but the rest of the state had good weather to get cattle shipped to town. Cattle feeders were able to sell fats around the 247.00 mark. The feeder cattle market is very active in the auctions as there is great competition to get cattle bought. Cattle feeders are needing to buy cattle but are becoming concerned with profitability at these price levels.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	332	607.50	607.50
20	350–400	382	570.00–610.00	582.55
85	400–450	429	510.00–607.00	584.33
139	450–500	470	508.00–585.00	557.50
563	500–550	529	499.00–550.00	523.46
583	550–600	576	462.00–530.00	491.86
1,234	600–650	623	441.00–488.00	463.54
1,602	650–700	674	399.00–451.00	429.39
1,809	700–750	726	381.00–437.00	407.91
2,220	750–800	776	365.00–411.00	388.34
1,799	800–850	823	353.00–399.00	379.51
570	850–900	876	347.00–377.75	358.61
1,000	900–950	921	336.00–366.50	350.50
197	950–1000	985	319.00–339.00	334.93
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	301	605.00	605.00
4	350–400	366	550.00	550.00
18	400–450	416	492.50–560.00	538.68
86	450–500	481	463.00–550.00	511.56
5	500–550	549	485.00	485.00
73	550–600	582	446.00–490.00	460.97
82	600–650	634	416.00–441.00	425.57
25	650–700	683	356.00–417.50	387.01
6	800–850	820	357.00	357.00
9	850–900	882	345.00	345.00
21	900–950	919	331.00–333.00	332.24
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	1050–1100	1,081	271.00–281.00	278.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	546	450.00	450.00
10	600–650	648	433.00	433.00
16	700–750	742	376.00–387.50	381.80
136	750–800	789	366.00–369.25	368.73
36	800–850	830	346.00–359.00	352.43
76	850–900	886	333.00–347.00	341.10
63	900–950	923	335.00–339.00	336.44
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
76	1000–1050	1,013	307.00–323.00	317.66
121	1050–1100	1,072	308.00–315.00	313.79
31	1100–1150	1,112	303.00	303.00
7	1150–1200	1,178	275.00	275.00
9	1200–1250	1,202	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
85	650–700	676	463.00	463.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	700–750	736	385.00–408.00	390.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	327	595.00	595.00
25	350–400	377	520.00–580.00	559.15
98	400–450	415	445.00–560.00	503.80
192	450–500	480	447.50–533.00	481.80
434	500–550	533	417.50–481.00	451.68
617	550–600	569	405.00–455.00	436.18
629	600–650	629	377.00–447.50	409.36
967	650–700	672	360.00–428.00	395.45
641	700–750	725	340.00–406.00	376.48
445	750–800	767	335.00–367.50	349.74
256	800–850	825	317.50–345.00	335.58
165	850–900	874	295.00–330.00	325.57
168	900–950	933	312.50–319.00	313.21
134	950–1000	966	305.00–325.00	320.72
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	491	390.00	390.00
30	550–600	595	352.50	352.50
60	700–750	709	339.00	339.00
8	850–900	880	303.00	303.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
65	550–600	565	475.00	475.00
85	600–650	612	463.00	463.00
558	650–700	669	400.00–447.50	427.08
1,085	700–750	725	384.00–467.50	428.39
221	750–800	777	375.00–380.00	378.33
199	800–850	813	375.00–412.00	390.13
10	850–900	888	400.00	400.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
89	550–600	565	470.00	470.00
21	600–650	603	462.50	462.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	633	369.00	369.00
99	650–700	683	357.00–380.00	359.36
36	700–750	719	342.50–345.00	344.72
10	750–800	772	319.00–327.00	324.58
74	800–850	818	322.50–339.00	332.24
4	850–900	881	315.00	315.00
14	950–1000	988	288.00	288.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	1100–1150	1,145	242.00	242.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	278	520.00	520.00
4	300–350	338	580.00	580.00
6	350–400	360	460.00	460.00
28	400–450	446	475.00	475.00
109	450–500	482	382.50–447.50	419.03
60	500–550	525	365.00–470.00	421.66
120	550–600	588	375.00–412.00	392.71
26	600–650	632	367.50–395.00	385.61
42	650–700	690	343.00–360.00	348.53
5	700–750	714	335.00	335.00
3	750–800	757	340.00	340.00
9	800–850	817	317.00	317.00
3	850–900	877	310.00	310.00
3	950–1000	968	303.00	303.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1100–1150	1,103	246.00	246.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	1000–1050	1,019	282.50–321.00	305.64
19	1050–1100	1,070	297.50–305.00	300.63
6	1100–1150	1,107	297.50	297.50
41	1200–1250	1,231	291.50–294.00	292.73
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	555	325.00	325.00
21	850–900	866	265.00–306.00	274.59
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	541	375.00	375.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	650–700	676	255.00	255.00
22	900–950	921	290.00	290.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	605	400.00	400.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	332	570.00	570.00
7	400–450	414	525.00	525.00
59	900–950	906	275.00	275.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,303	259.00–262.00	259.62
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	1,580	243.00–248.75	247.08
6	—	1,438	249.00–250.00	249.34
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,556	240.00	240.00
138	—	1,495	243.00	243.00
58	—	1,568	244.50–246.75	245.16
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,658	243.00–244.50	244.29
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,490	241.00–242.00	241.58
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,448	241.00–245.50	243.89
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,538	240.00–243.50	242.47
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,504	206.50–214.00	211.89
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,160	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,398	245.00–249.00	247.10
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,344	237.00	237.00
140	—	1,436	241.00–246.75	243.92
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,347	240.00	240.00

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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