South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 94 priced lines covering 10,526 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 12,038 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 773 head.

Mon May 18, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 12,038Last week 15,728Year ago 11,264

Slaughter CattleReceipts 773Last week 798Year ago 771

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers 5.00 to 15.00 lower. Good to very good demand, however with the sharp losses in the CME cattle complex there was pressure on the cash market. Turnout time has arrived, keeping demand for grass type cattle, and replacement heifers red hot. Wide spread rains last week brought some relief to many areas. Cash fed cattle were lower, 258.00-261.00, as there was a great amount of uncertainty in the marketplace this week. There is still great interest in feeding cattle, after last year was so profitable, but cattle feeders are struggling with getting cattle bought that look to breakeven with a futures contract that continues to decline.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	348	550.00	550.00
3	350–400	357	565.00	565.00
123	450–500	465	402.50–565.00	549.35
12	500–550	535	495.00–500.00	497.88
24	600–650	612	425.00–440.00	433.62
4	650–700	679	417.50	417.50
4	700–750	720	391.00	391.00
73	750–800	799	377.00–378.00	377.21
27	800–850	816	348.00–358.00	353.11
28	900–950	940	324.00	324.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
682	1000–1050	1,032	311.00–333.75	327.31
581	1050–1100	1,077	294.50–328.00	314.80
93	1100–1150	1,141	292.25–312.00	304.02
53	1150–1200	1,175	305.75	305.75
8	1250–1300	1,258	274.00	274.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	370	600.00–610.00	605.55
18	450–500	471	530.00–537.50	534.60
121	500–550	524	498.00–537.50	518.18
117	550–600	572	477.00–491.00	481.90
102	600–650	621	451.00–473.00	464.93
276	650–700	673	417.00–449.00	434.29
403	700–750	729	389.00–449.00	413.55
129	750–800	789	364.00–401.00	386.79
542	800–850	827	378.00–394.50	383.24
613	850–900	865	351.00–379.00	368.87
239	900–950	929	338.00–367.25	349.30
454	950–1000	978	319.50–343.00	335.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	650–700	683	400.00–415.00	410.39
7	900–950	904	326.00	326.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	1050–1100	1,051	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	446	270.00	270.00
5	500–550	509	435.00	435.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1050–1100	1,071	280.00	280.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
44	950–1000	970	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
155	750–800	778	364.00–401.00	381.38
280	800–850	811	354.00	354.00
200	850–900	872	332.00–344.00	338.72
124	900–950	934	3,375.00	3,375.00
159	950–1000	960	317.00–340.00	330.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	317	555.00	555.00
9	450–500	481	480.00–490.00	486.81
96	500–550	530	395.00–455.00	424.42
9	600–650	609	395.00	395.00
4	650–700	675	347.50	347.50
22	700–750	731	320.00–355.00	340.60
15	750–800	779	326.00	326.00
7	850–900	898	304.00	304.00
9	900–950	914	250.00–296.00	280.26
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	442	520.00	520.00
19	450–500	475	492.50–520.00	512.05
123	500–550	530	455.00–495.00	482.91
87	550–600	579	442.50–480.00	454.52
159	600–650	629	393.00–439.00	419.25
582	650–700	681	371.00–408.00	393.42
262	700–750	729	358.50–398.50	374.48
561	750–800	772	335.00–378.00	354.64
524	800–850	819	330.00–358.00	347.25
255	850–900	863	317.00–339.00	328.50
369	900–950	922	302.25–331.00	319.73
71	950–1000	990	303.50–310.00	309.10
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	500–550	548	460.00	460.00
14	700–750	746	351.00	351.00
16	800–850	837	330.00	330.00
320	900–950	916	309.50–313.00	311.35
90	950–1000	959	290.00–310.00	307.69
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	1000–1050	1,046	276.00	276.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
261	1000–1050	1,023	299.00–320.25	317.46
56	1050–1100	1,055	317.25	317.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	381	502.50	502.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
13	700–750	748	351.00	351.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	407	535.00	535.00
6	450–500	499	440.00	440.00
3	650–700	652	355.00	355.00
3	700–750	707	355.00	355.00
3	750–800	755	330.00	330.00
4	800–850	826	322.50	322.50
14	900–950	907	301.00	301.00
5	1050–1100	1,074	230.00	230.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
83	550–600	564	507.00	507.00
82	650–700	685	441.00	441.00
5	800–850	844	347.50	347.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
113	—	1,437	255.00–261.00	259.03
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	1,557	258.00–262.00	260.16
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,578	255.00	255.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,265	258.00	258.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,427	252.00	252.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,737	260.00	260.00
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,669	262.00–268.00	264.12
23	—	1,436	261.00–264.00	262.43
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,572	259.00–261.00	260.65
4	—	1,439	261.00	261.00
Heifers — Select · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,514	264.50	264.50
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,398	260.50–262.00	261.22
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
110	—	1,366	257.00–262.50	260.11

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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