South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 96 priced lines covering 18,413 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 19,379 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 664 head.

Mon Apr 20, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 19,379Last week 17,340Year ago 19,137

Slaughter CattleReceipts 664Last week 1,190Year ago 527

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold 2.00 to 5.00 lower, instances to 10.00 lower, except those lighter cattle to background 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Very good demand remains for light cattle to grow into yearlings, either in a yard or on grass, demand was more moderate to good on those heavier cattle suitable for finishing. As the CME cattle futures complex hit some resistance this week, and cash fat cattle slipped down to 244.00-246.00 early in the week, cattle feeders were approaching the feeder market a little more warily. Breakeven costs are higher than the futures contracts which is causing great concern, however the competition to buy cattle is so great as auction receipts are beginning their usual decline. Drought concerns are becoming greater with each passing week as warm temps and high winds continue to suck moisture from the ground.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	611	460.00	460.00
22	850–900	860	348.50	348.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
103	500–550	522	522.00	522.00
29	700–750	741	2,700.00	2,700.00
123	750–800	789	2,820.00–3,000.00	2,936.23
58	750–800	769	362.00–389.00	370.95
419	800–850	812	363.00–406.00	375.28
116	800–850	810	2,900.00–3,000.00	2,964.13
167	850–900	872	2,850.00–3,250.00	3,095.67
385	850–900	880	340.00–358.00	344.97
78	900–950	904	3,240.00	3,240.00
116	900–950	917	473.00–475.00	473.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	530	420.00	420.00
16	600–650	631	386.00	386.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	492	465.00	465.00
34	700–750	731	345.00–355.00	348.50
66	750–800	795	310.00–337.00	328.77
14	800–850	823	328.00	328.00
3	850–900	893	302.50	302.50
196	900–950	916	294.00–308.50	303.10
128	950–1000	966	297.00	297.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	1000–1050	1,025	262.00	262.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	320	635.00	635.00
55	400–450	417	480.00–577.50	555.09
159	450–500	471	467.50–515.00	503.43
321	500–550	542	450.00–494.00	483.15
438	550–600	572	407.50–480.00	449.51
435	600–650	634	380.00–430.00	411.37
438	650–700	667	363.00–413.50	397.97
542	700–750	727	348.00–405.00	378.60
860	750–800	784	336.00–382.00	356.82
816	800–850	827	327.00–372.50	346.37
474	850–900	876	312.00–342.00	329.42
343	900–950	918	305.00–395.00	326.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	750–800	783	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	366	485.00	485.00
29	400–450	438	465.00–520.00	511.45
9	500–550	529	365.00	365.00
10	600–650	613	380.00	380.00
53	650–700	691	340.00–368.00	359.58
9	700–750	721	336.00–347.50	342.26
44	750–800	776	342.50–349.00	345.50
11	800–850	804	310.00	310.00
7	850–900	866	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	509	405.00	405.00
24	600–650	636	380.00	380.00
47	1000–1050	1,026	286.50–293.00	289.55
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
14	650–700	699	402.00	402.00
5	700–750	748	382.50	382.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
41	850–900	889	333.00–351.00	339.15
33	900–950	934	322.00–326.50	324.64
98	950–1000	991	310.00–317.00	312.30
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	1000–1050	1,007	302.00	302.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	1000–1050	1,024	316.00	316.00
4	1050–1100	1,081	298.00	298.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	484	520.00	520.00
82	500–550	546	462.50–515.00	468.17
10	600–650	630	412.50	412.50
86	650–700	679	315.00–417.50	352.98
22	750–800	775	345.00–356.00	352.01
29	850–900	854	340.00	340.00
50	900–950	933	329.00–329.25	329.16
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
744	1000–1050	1,017	305.00–338.25	325.77
356	1050–1100	1,071	296.50–329.00	307.82
46	1100–1150	1,113	294.25	294.25
5	1150–1200	1,185	293.00	293.00
16	1200–1250	1,224	281.50	281.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	374	600.00–625.00	616.62
34	400–450	430	580.00–610.00	594.49
104	450–500	485	545.00–592.00	579.10
130	500–550	528	507.50–545.00	534.69
601	550–600	576	472.50–522.00	506.86
560	600–650	633	434.00–499.00	475.23
844	650–700	671	413.00–476.50	457.86
370	700–750	734	388.00–439.00	409.93
1,220	750–800	778	363.00–415.00	402.89
1,422	800–850	833	357.00–389.50	380.85
1,145	850–900	878	348.00–384.25	364.49
1,332	900–950	926	330.00–364.75	351.98
1,153	950–1000	974	318.50–348.00	335.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	535	517.50	517.50
6	700–750	703	420.00	420.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
22	650–700	658	399.00	399.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	750–800	756	365.00	365.00
11	850–900	850	337.50	337.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,538	245.50	245.50
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,336	240.00	240.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,841	248.00	248.00
96	—	1,718	243.50–247.50	245.96
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,567	227.00–229.00	228.14
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,624	249.50–250.25	250.13
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,479	248.00–251.00	249.66
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,805	245.00	245.00
18	—	1,502	250.00–250.50	250.34
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,486	245.00–250.50	248.40
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
203	—	1,449	243.50–250.50	249.47

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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