South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 91 priced lines covering 25,676 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 26,617 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,206 head.

Mon Mar 23, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 26,617Last week 10,396Year ago 26,878

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,206Last week 411Year ago 1,040

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers 2.00 to 7.00 higher, instances of 10.00 to 12.00 higher. Very good demand for all weights of steers and heifers. CME Feeder Cattle futures found some support this week and traded higher, which helped to propel the cash feeder cattle market higher. Cash fed cattle at 235.00 this week, leaving many outgoing fed cattle losing some money but in spite of this feeder cattle market still worked it's way higher.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
62	—	1,471	243.00–245.00	244.52
17	—	1,610	241.25	241.25
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,817	231.75–236.00	232.74
4	—	1,624	233.00	233.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,385	241.50–244.50	242.95
17	—	1,539	239.50–243.50	241.37
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,466	235.00–235.50	235.36
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,434	228.00–229.50	228.71
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,448	233.50–239.50	236.03
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,505	213.00	213.00
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,414	207.50	207.50
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,378	239.25–245.00	242.16
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
226	—	1,477	238.50–244.00	239.83
37	—	1,595	232.00	232.00
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
30	—	1,320	234.75–236.00	235.35

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
68	550–600	574	485.00	485.00
7	700–750	730	350.00	350.00
25	750–800	761	347.50	347.50
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	1200–1250	1,225	235.00	235.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	650–700	661	385.00	385.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	850–900	873	316.00	316.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	500–550	500	498.00	498.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	342	560.00	560.00
27	350–400	376	515.00–555.00	542.54
119	400–450	425	495.00–540.00	521.55
163	450–500	468	470.00–512.50	489.94
492	500–550	524	425.00–484.00	458.17
515	550–600	580	400.00–465.00	434.51
869	600–650	630	375.00–424.00	410.31
723	650–700	675	362.50–405.50	389.45
1,347	700–750	724	342.50–400.00	378.65
984	750–800	774	331.50–383.50	355.70
1,139	800–850	823	313.00–355.00	335.59
325	850–900	873	303.00–332.00	316.03
303	900–950	915	297.00–326.00	306.84
286	950–1000	953	291.00–312.50	303.70
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
153	1000–1050	1,016	277.00–290.00	288.99
12	1050–1100	1,056	268.00–271.00	269.50
8	1200–1250	1,229	238.50	238.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	376	485.00–502.50	494.97
17	400–450	429	460.00–505.00	468.19
42	450–500	478	460.00–520.00	468.70
15	500–550	525	380.00–432.00	415.35
34	550–600	566	402.50–430.00	411.96
38	600–650	630	339.00–387.00	362.10
10	650–700	665	335.00	335.00
10	700–750	735	310.00–327.00	320.34
21	750–800	786	329.00–331.00	330.35
9	800–850	816	305.00	305.00
8	850–900	855	292.00	292.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	850–900	881	276.00	276.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
330	700–750	738	2,900.00–3,150.00	3,077.16
147	700–750	715	393.50–400.00	396.28
445	750–800	786	364.00–416.00	401.55
127	750–800	780	2,875.00–2,975.00	2,950.03
616	800–850	824	340.25–384.00	366.60
288	850–900	866	349.50–386.00	367.58
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
143	1000–1050	1,025	311.00–320.50	314.38
348	1050–1100	1,068	266.00–325.00	310.64
107	1100–1150	1,107	285.00–302.75	299.96
123	1150–1200	1,186	280.00–286.25	285.80
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	326	580.00	580.00
14	350–400	383	590.00–601.00	596.72
60	400–450	422	550.00–602.50	578.82
324	450–500	479	505.00–588.00	556.93
278	500–550	532	470.00–560.00	520.49
614	550–600	582	450.00–515.00	488.48
838	600–650	625	424.00–488.00	459.03
779	650–700	674	408.00–453.50	433.04
1,813	700–750	726	384.00–427.00	409.84
2,302	750–800	783	358.00–400.00	386.96
1,972	800–850	829	345.00–388.25	371.25
2,298	850–900	873	342.00–367.50	356.23
1,528	900–950	926	329.00–358.00	345.75
928	950–1000	973	287.00–346.75	329.07
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	400–450	424	505.00–537.50	515.23
34	450–500	479	475.00–520.00	504.92
30	500–550	519	477.50–485.00	478.87
54	550–600	585	435.00–470.00	438.20
18	600–650	631	432.50–435.00	433.63
42	650–700	669	404.00–420.00	411.05
33	750–800	760	353.50–355.00	354.22
45	800–850	817	342.50–350.00	345.02
10	850–900	874	315.00–330.00	322.43
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
41	600–650	648	431.00	431.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	594	460.00	460.00
6	650–700	674	398.00	398.00
79	750–800	766	367.00–380.00	379.50
67	850–900	885	330.00–342.00	341.29
102	900–950	909	326.00–334.00	330.99
240	950–1000	960	310.00–320.50	313.68

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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