South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 124 priced lines covering 32,872 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 32,846 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 906 head.

Mon Feb 23, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 32,846Last week 22,276Year ago 35,719

Slaughter CattleReceipts 906Last week 1,055Year ago 1,941

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers unevenly steady. Good demand for steers and heifers this week but at midweek when the futures turned lower that pressure carried into the market at the auctions. Cash fed cattle turned lower, which fed the level of uncertainty amongst cattle feeders causing them to step off the gas in their pursuit of feeders. A winter storm across the northern tier of the state but the rest of the state saw mild temps and dry conditions, keeping conditions just right for cattle to gain weight efficiently.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	392	570.00	570.00
7	400–450	408	540.00	540.00
11	450–500	486	500.00–515.00	506.60
78	500–550	535	435.00–510.00	488.14
59	550–600	579	405.00–470.00	450.49
81	600–650	632	405.00–446.00	440.34
19	650–700	673	375.00–409.00	399.22
3	700–750	740	360.00	360.00
14	750–800	775	351.00–361.00	357.49
18	800–850	814	347.00–352.00	348.39
10	900–950	926	336.00	336.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	248	620.00	620.00
5	300–350	316	610.00	610.00
39	350–400	383	570.00–700.00	618.22
55	400–450	428	565.00–600.00	592.01
134	450–500	468	495.00–585.00	552.55
348	500–550	523	465.00–551.00	522.27
572	550–600	573	465.00–517.50	490.73
999	600–650	625	425.00–481.00	456.53
1,605	650–700	670	405.00–464.00	436.47
2,112	700–750	724	375.00–428.00	405.23
1,976	750–800	776	367.00–405.00	384.00
2,542	800–850	831	352.50–379.25	366.57
2,110	850–900	873	338.00–372.00	358.06
1,265	900–950	924	310.00–355.00	342.79
1,217	950–1000	970	306.00–355.50	333.96
Steers — Medium and Large 3-4$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	453	465.00	465.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
533	1000–1050	1,016	315.00–335.50	322.19
687	1050–1100	1,083	304.50–309.00	306.53
32	1100–1150	1,121	305.00	305.00
116	1150–1200	1,169	290.00	290.00
30	1200–1250	1,214	268.00	268.00
Steers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	548	380.00	380.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	1000–1050	1,025	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	550–600	573	455.00–470.00	461.56
17	600–650	631	441.00	441.00
123	650–700	688	390.00–409.00	406.02
85	700–750	744	383.00–385.00	383.14
5	750–800	790	364.00	364.00
36	800–850	849	342.50–350.00	343.75
67	850–900	865	333.00–347.00	342.31
131	900–950	925	315.50–318.00	315.71
29	950–1000	994	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	551	560.00	560.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	477	500.00	500.00
Steers — Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1000–1050	1,031	255.00	255.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	650–700	657	385.00–397.50	394.92
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	515	530.00	530.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	640	382.50	382.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	455	552.50	552.50
54	500–550	544	511.00	511.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	401	565.00	565.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
22	600–650	605	446.00	446.00
170	650–700	670	391.00–480.00	430.72
19	650–700	681	3,325.00	3,325.00
800	700–750	720	379.50–472.00	438.75
68	700–750	742	3,550.00	3,550.00
939	750–800	774	370.00–445.00	408.33
205	750–800	777	3,060.00–3,450.00	3,229.91
176	800–850	822	2,785.00–3,600.00	3,221.72
287	800–850	818	346.00–429.00	383.48
98	850–900	877	329.00–386.00	351.09
57	850–900	874	3,600.00	3,600.00
15	900–950	901	319.00	319.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	595	402.50	402.50
115	1000–1050	1,031	265.00–286.00	267.33
10	1050–1100	1,062	288.00	288.00
39	1150–1200	1,185	251.50–276.00	255.78
5	1200–1250	1,248	251.00	251.00
6	1250–1300	1,278	231.50	231.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
109	600–650	641	352.50–394.00	373.14
41	650–700	687	351.00–375.00	364.36
60	700–750	717	335.00–337.00	335.99
116	750–800	788	320.50–341.00	332.14
54	800–850	832	317.00–324.00	320.14
48	850–900	869	295.00–308.00	306.64
82	950–1000	984	284.00–286.00	285.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
66	700–750	749	448.00	448.00
31	750–800	750	448.00	448.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	315	560.00–580.00	572.34
32	350–400	383	525.00–597.50	557.02
154	400–450	432	502.50–545.00	524.16
117	450–500	477	435.00–507.00	484.85
529	500–550	528	422.50–501.00	458.84
1,192	550–600	574	400.00–455.00	436.23
2,215	600–650	628	385.00–448.00	414.48
1,251	650–700	674	351.00–412.50	387.05
1,815	700–750	724	337.50–412.00	368.95
1,053	750–800	768	327.00–380.00	355.91
873	800–850	817	319.00–380.00	340.15
719	850–900	874	301.00–340.00	324.84
212	900–950	911	307.00–328.00	320.97
262	950–1000	962	295.00–309.00	304.80
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	540	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	382	520.00–537.50	529.63
14	400–450	438	440.00–502.50	489.20
25	450–500	484	450.00–487.50	468.49
227	500–550	533	345.00–450.00	394.20
102	550–600	569	375.00–405.00	391.72
19	600–650	632	390.00–394.00	392.97
45	650–700	671	280.00–382.50	347.90
27	700–750	722	340.00–358.00	349.12
42	750–800	785	325.50–336.00	332.79
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	627	355.00	355.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
72	600–650	625	377.00	377.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	600–650	622	375.00	375.00
Heifers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	485	320.00	320.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1000–1050	1,045	278.00	278.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	900–950	919	320.50	320.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	500–550	506	507.50	507.50
89	600–650	619	453.00	453.00
81	700–750	717	399.00	399.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,317	257.00–259.00	257.66
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,570	246.00–248.00	246.50
3	—	1,450	247.00	247.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,444	242.00–245.00	242.87
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,566	244.00–245.50	244.27
5	—	1,863	242.00	242.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,442	235.50–243.50	240.20
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	1,681	242.00–244.50	244.08
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,426	250.00	250.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,529	212.00–214.00	213.18
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,400	243.00–250.50	248.08
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
235	—	1,480	243.00–246.50	244.29

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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