South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 100 priced lines covering 15,057 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 15,897 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 924 head.

Mon May 4, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 15,897Last week 8,881Year ago 18,452

Slaughter CattleReceipts 924Last week 1,142Year ago 736

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers unevenly steady. Very good demand across all weights and classes this week, especially so as cash fed cattle reached a new historic high price of 260.00, yet the futures contracts went the opposite direction for the last two days of the week, leaving cattle feeders feeling a little uneasy. Drought conditions are a major concern as spring rains have been limited, some heifers that were being held back for breeding are having to come to town as ranchers are looking to conserve grass. Corn planting is winding down quickly as dry weather made for much progress, rain is needed in those areas as well.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	200–250	243	810.00	810.00
9	300–350	307	710.00	710.00
3	350–400	365	640.00	640.00
61	450–500	467	524.00–598.00	563.89
239	500–550	536	465.00–535.00	515.63
259	550–600	572	480.00–531.00	509.42
373	600–650	627	430.00–500.00	460.10
121	650–700	674	423.00–469.00	439.57
405	700–750	728	385.00–437.00	426.05
646	750–800	770	373.00–420.00	398.42
1,014	800–850	833	372.50–400.00	380.48
773	850–900	886	343.00–382.50	362.44
890	900–950	925	343.00–366.50	358.10
1,924	950–1000	971	321.00–360.50	345.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	350–400	396	512.50–590.00	551.10
34	500–550	529	490.00–510.00	500.25
18	550–600	561	475.00–480.00	476.39
28	650–700	699	418.00	418.00
42	700–750	734	375.00–398.00	393.31
104	750–800	791	362.00–378.00	368.18
25	800–850	836	353.00–361.00	355.92
48	850–900	882	353.00	353.00
8	900–950	925	336.00	336.00
12	950–1000	969	325.00	325.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	671	432.00	432.00
23	750–800	787	364.00–372.00	367.09
72	800–850	843	360.50–364.00	362.64
19	850–900	896	349.00	349.00
90	900–950	948	336.00	336.00
16	1050–1100	1,070	299.50	299.50
13	1250–1300	1,263	271.00	271.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	1000–1050	1,035	319.50	319.50
49	1050–1100	1,084	312.50	312.50
116	1100–1150	1,112	297.00–310.25	308.50
12	1300–1350	1,317	264.50	264.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
520	1000–1050	1,024	321.50–342.50	333.31
273	1050–1100	1,072	313.50–326.75	319.19
176	1100–1150	1,131	305.50–312.35	310.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
37	450–500	499	515.00	515.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
46	400–450	416	660.00	660.00
61	850–900	850	382.00	382.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	700–750	701	370.00	370.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	605	443.00	443.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
25	650–700	650	441.00	441.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
128	700–750	717	393.00–400.00	395.72
296	750–800	781	361.00–397.00	377.68
76	750–800	758	2,950.00	2,950.00
127	800–850	831	2,885.00–3,140.00	3,023.51
381	800–850	823	355.00–384.00	369.75
52	850–900	880	370.00	370.00
137	850–900	883	2,970.00–3,230.00	3,050.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	200–250	224	760.00	760.00
9	250–300	296	620.00	620.00
62	350–400	390	545.00–595.00	552.63
23	400–450	426	475.00–555.00	526.52
23	450–500	475	455.00–530.00	500.48
212	500–550	529	390.00–511.00	480.39
404	550–600	584	423.00–486.00	452.36
239	600–650	624	391.00–451.00	431.33
410	650–700	683	375.00–414.00	389.85
525	700–750	720	350.00–393.00	377.19
304	750–800	782	345.00–373.00	360.48
935	800–850	816	326.00–367.00	354.04
112	850–900	885	321.00–350.00	325.72
414	900–950	917	308.00–324.00	320.51
60	950–1000	977	324.50	324.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	625	377.00	377.00
65	650–700	693	395.00	395.00
10	700–750	747	350.00	350.00
37	750–800	793	355.00	355.00
31	800–850	817	338.00	338.00
65	900–950	946	313.00	313.00
153	950–1000	956	297.00–305.00	300.43
20	1000–1050	1,004	293.00	293.00
200	1050–1100	1,085	261.00–271.75	270.69
Heifers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	950–1000	961	257.50	257.50
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1150–1200	1,177	262.00	262.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	564	500.00	500.00
10	600–650	600	470.00	470.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	364	505.00	505.00
11	450–500	477	435.00	435.00
42	500–550	535	421.00–430.00	427.27
73	550–600	581	405.00–406.00	405.79
23	600–650	645	380.00–387.00	384.87
13	650–700	670	362.50–367.50	364.78
8	700–750	729	336.00	336.00
5	850–900	868	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	650–700	684	426.00	426.00
10	750–800	790	367.50	367.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
124	—	1,642	255.50–258.00	257.67
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,633	256.00–260.00	258.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,434	257.00–260.25	259.03
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,464	256.00	256.00
8	—	1,563	257.00	257.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,446	250.00–256.00	252.27
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,610	251.00–256.00	253.85
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,401	257.00	257.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	1,576	224.00–233.00	228.02
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,434	258.50–259.00	258.90
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
280	—	1,421	254.50–262.00	257.92

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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