South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 79 priced lines covering 18,711 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 19,381 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 928 head.

Mon Mar 9, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 19,381Last week 24,360Year ago 24,635

Slaughter CattleReceipts 928Last week 1,126Year ago 1,610

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers 5.00 to 10.00 lower, instances of 15.00 to 20.00 lower. Good demand yet for steers and heifers but there is a lot of uncertainty in the marketplace currently, and that led to a lower feeder cattle market. Cash fed cattle have slipped down to 235.00-237.00, which is the opposite direction cattle feeders were expecting this spring as they have historically seen the market make it's yearly high in the spring. With the outside market pressure as well, cattle feeders were determined to buy cattle lower.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	701	430.00	430.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	600–650	613	406.00–428.00	420.79
20	650–700	660	382.50–397.50	392.97
15	700–750	735	357.50	357.50
6	750–800	781	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
53	800–850	817	344.00	344.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	594	440.00	440.00
14	800–850	826	339.00	339.00
36	850–900	878	313.00–334.00	326.24
203	900–950	938	318.00–321.50	320.27
4	1000–1050	1,028	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	323	625.00	625.00
2	350–400	378	560.00	560.00
28	400–450	436	500.00–552.50	523.27
38	450–500	464	527.00–559.00	540.98
160	500–550	524	472.50–535.00	510.99
435	550–600	579	440.00–500.00	480.98
355	600–650	624	395.00–445.00	435.51
755	650–700	671	389.00–451.00	421.79
1,271	700–750	729	372.50–407.00	390.42
1,563	750–800	775	357.00–393.00	373.68
1,181	800–850	820	340.00–387.50	363.26
1,581	850–900	876	334.50–369.00	348.92
1,693	900–950	922	307.00–352.75	338.39
737	950–1000	963	305.00–333.50	326.20
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	750–800	781	349.00	349.00
408	1000–1050	1,026	301.50–319.75	311.75
209	1050–1100	1,085	300.00–307.50	303.18
248	1100–1150	1,120	291.50–300.00	294.93
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
61	650–700	679	365.00–431.00	406.82
171	700–750	741	350.00–422.00	409.88
177	750–800	767	362.50–397.00	380.35
454	800–850	809	349.00–362.50	353.51
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
116	750–800	782	302.50–330.00	328.43
30	800–850	833	311.00	311.00
13	850–900	891	311.00	311.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1100–1150	1,111	261.00	261.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	1000–1050	1,012	265.00	265.00
48	1100–1150	1,138	265.50	265.50
148	1150–1200	1,171	265.50	265.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	350–400	362	505.00–535.00	522.64
42	400–450	440	483.00–512.50	499.90
102	450–500	473	445.00–509.00	478.22
193	500–550	526	395.00–464.00	439.01
258	550–600	570	397.50–449.00	425.48
397	600–650	628	345.00–418.00	401.10
1,040	650–700	678	336.00–401.00	380.76
802	700–750	732	342.00–402.50	365.14
839	750–800	772	324.50–360.00	352.07
765	800–850	820	319.00–344.00	330.68
657	850–900	873	296.00–338.00	325.34
115	900–950	911	293.00–300.00	295.67
75	950–1000	963	271.50–314.00	302.33
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	600–650	633	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	500–550	530	355.00–412.50	402.27
40	550–600	599	393.00	393.00
65	600–650	629	367.50	367.50
26	650–700	670	345.00–357.50	347.89
87	700–750	743	333.00–344.00	341.59
3	750–800	798	270.00	270.00
47	800–850	830	280.00–301.00	296.93
23	850–900	886	287.00	287.00
Heifers — Small and Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	444	425.00	425.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	750–800	768	267.50	267.50
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	800–850	835	281.00	281.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	476	507.50	507.50
5	600–650	641	395.00	395.00
37	650–700	683	369.00–403.00	384.94
18	800–850	824	331.00	331.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,500	214.00	214.00
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,629	228.00–234.00	232.42
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,367	231.00–241.00	235.42
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
68	—	1,643	229.75–235.00	233.11
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
257	—	1,549	231.50–238.50	235.31
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,479	225.00–230.25	229.02
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,585	229.00	229.00
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
98	—	1,495	227.00–236.00	230.90
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,415	230.00–233.50	231.58
24	—	1,733	233.00	233.00

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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