South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 100 priced lines covering 23,625 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 24,360 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,126 head.

Mon Mar 2, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 24,360Last week 32,846Year ago 24,266

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,126Last week 906Year ago 460

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers 2.00 to 7.00 lower. Good demand for all weights of steers and heifers this week, however with the cattle futures contracts under pressure, that pressure carried into the feeder cattle market at the auctions. Cash fed cattle up to 241.00, but there is much uncertainty about where the spring high will be. Cattle feeders are back to feeling defensive about the market and are needing to buy cattle cheaper.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
76	—	1,551	245.50–249.00	246.15
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
226	—	1,581	241.00–245.50	242.68
26	—	1,461	242.00	242.00
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,663	240.00	240.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,369	240.50	240.50
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,614	243.00–244.25	243.70
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,414	239.00–240.00	239.77
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	1,492	243.00–246.50	244.04
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,494	239.00–240.00	239.60
70	—	1,506	242.75–249.00	245.03
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,654	236.00–242.00	240.38
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,473	205.00	205.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,609	208.00–211.00	209.70

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	330	530.00–580.00	554.47
43	350–400	383	560.00–615.00	589.11
117	400–450	441	495.00–530.00	519.15
118	450–500	470	440.00–512.50	487.21
387	500–550	522	415.00–491.00	466.64
346	550–600	573	375.00–449.00	436.20
1,043	600–650	620	366.00–430.00	409.41
1,785	650–700	677	348.00–411.00	382.87
850	700–750	723	340.00–396.00	370.85
1,028	750–800	777	326.00–377.00	351.08
672	800–850	818	302.50–349.50	333.55
505	850–900	870	303.00–328.00	312.63
184	900–950	927	306.00–321.75	315.71
110	950–1000	968	285.75–322.00	302.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	690	366.00	366.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
148	600–650	626	368.00–386.00	371.48
42	700–750	730	352.00–364.00	356.00
50	750–800	781	324.00–338.00	332.84
12	800–850	823	323.00–324.00	323.67
94	900–950	940	289.50–293.50	290.16
82	950–1000	975	275.50–284.50	282.90
7	1000–1050	1,006	272.00	272.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	340	480.00	480.00
17	350–400	393	535.00–550.00	541.94
8	450–500	469	427.50–460.00	439.33
117	500–550	532	402.50–450.00	426.80
32	550–600	570	385.00–411.00	399.34
20	600–650	622	365.00–386.00	378.49
24	650–700	678	335.00–357.50	350.05
47	700–750	730	310.00–342.50	333.58
10	750–800	787	324.00	324.00
47	800–850	813	314.00–319.00	317.69
3	850–900	883	301.00	301.00
16	900–950	916	304.00	304.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
48	1000–1050	1,022	276.00	276.00
8	1100–1150	1,123	291.00	291.00
5	1150–1200	1,173	258.00	258.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	601	470.00	470.00
183	650–700	673	397.00–432.50	418.20
484	700–750	730	375.00–480.00	416.66
638	750–800	772	382.50–458.00	419.87
86	750–800	761	3,050.00–3,230.00	3,189.09
35	800–850	806	3,350.00	3,350.00
477	800–850	819	344.00–383.00	372.31
222	850–900	865	372.00–397.00	392.27
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	597	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	1000–1050	1,021	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
44	450–500	480	500.00–510.00	503.49
42	550–600	586	455.00	455.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1000–1050	1,019	269.00	269.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	550–600	570	462.00–465.00	463.41
7	600–650	605	435.00	435.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
452	1000–1050	1,018	311.00–336.50	328.80
9	1050–1100	1,056	306.00	306.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	350–400	382	560.00–680.00	596.79
76	400–450	416	515.00–635.00	597.05
171	450–500	484	541.00–572.50	549.27
412	500–550	525	445.00–552.50	516.53
438	550–600	575	445.00–516.00	491.58
1,002	600–650	623	425.00–490.00	458.65
901	650–700	672	397.00–441.00	429.23
1,068	700–750	723	376.00–420.00	402.60
2,169	750–800	775	355.00–409.00	384.24
1,603	800–850	825	339.00–383.50	363.71
2,265	850–900	873	331.00–370.00	355.54
932	900–950	924	315.00–354.25	342.44
673	950–1000	981	317.00–349.50	334.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	450–500	496	510.00	510.00
30	550–600	584	447.50–452.50	448.52
8	600–650	636	419.50	419.50
15	650–700	674	387.50–400.00	393.95
26	700–750	737	375.00	375.00
11	750–800	769	335.00	335.00
7	850–900	855	334.00	334.00
76	950–1000	996	313.00–317.00	316.37
15	1000–1050	1,028	309.00	309.00
12	1050–1100	1,092	286.00	286.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	248	610.00	610.00
35	450–500	482	420.00–527.50	485.34
8	500–550	514	350.00–400.00	374.88
61	550–600	584	425.00–467.50	458.95
44	600–650	641	427.50–437.00	433.51
11	650–700	651	405.00	405.00
11	750–800	788	356.00	356.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	1050–1100	1,075	275.00	275.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	700–750	712	422.50	422.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	559	435.00	435.00

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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