South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 108 priced lines covering 20,159 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 20,445 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,110 head.

Mon Jun 1, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 20,445Last week 3,935Year ago 20,492

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,110Last week 574Year ago 991

Compared to last week: A much larger offering of feeder cattle this week, feeder steers steady to 5.00 higher, instances of 10.00 higher, heifers mostly steady in narrow comparisons. Very good for steers and heifers, as the CME Live and Feeder Cattle contracts rebounded this week, the market at the auction was very active. Cattle feeders were feeling better about the market this week and were willing to fight a little harder to get some cattle bought. Long strings of yearlings continue to come to town as backgrounders are wanting to capitalize on this market and get their stock moved. Rains have come to many areas that were in need, yet more is needed to ensure a full grazing season. Corn market continues to slide lower, yet hay has become a very valuable commodity that is raising the cost to feed cattle. Cash fat cattle up to 258.00 as market ready supplies are still not large enough to take away the leverage from the cattle feeders.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	326	640.00	640.00
5	350–400	381	620.00	620.00
31	400–450	427	622.50–640.00	625.96
32	450–500	481	505.00–562.50	541.59
196	500–550	527	505.00–577.00	558.13
303	550–600	579	485.00–520.00	503.44
360	600–650	622	440.00–505.00	483.19
906	650–700	669	407.50–478.00	456.02
520	700–750	724	397.00–441.00	419.64
971	750–800	782	381.00–425.00	401.10
563	800–850	828	350.00–394.00	379.12
334	850–900	867	341.00–374.50	367.08
1,639	900–950	928	332.00–365.00	346.86
2,384	950–1000	963	325.25–356.00	340.51
428	1000–1050	1,007	346.00	346.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	1000–1050	1,014	314.00	314.00
14	1050–1100	1,064	309.00	309.00
20	1100–1150	1,142	279.50	279.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
872	1000–1050	1,015	314.00–346.00	333.28
480	1050–1100	1,069	296.00–319.50	313.45
149	1100–1150	1,115	292.00–306.00	302.32
78	1150–1200	1,193	285.25	285.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	346	580.00–595.00	585.39
21	450–500	479	500.00–540.00	520.96
44	500–550	522	435.00–522.50	501.72
16	550–600	565	437.50–517.00	491.16
19	600–650	622	450.00–455.00	453.18
134	650–700	696	406.00–425.00	417.51
5	700–750	733	393.00	393.00
16	750–800	791	363.00–366.00	364.87
34	800–850	836	327.50–359.00	352.91
23	850–900	869	336.00–346.00	340.41
18	900–950	938	319.00–324.00	321.48
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
108	850–900	893	345.00–347.25	345.94
82	900–950	943	330.00–335.00	334.53
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
39	950–1000	991	303.00	303.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1200–1250	1,223	266.00	266.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
55	450–500	469	490.00	490.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	300–350	340	480.00	480.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · NHTC$ per cwt · actual wt
50	600–650	618	505.00	505.00
144	700–750	722	455.00	455.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	471	505.00	505.00
10	500–550	515	495.00	495.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	700–750	720	355.00	355.00
69	750–800	789	363.00	363.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
24	550–600	561	505.00	505.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
64	850–900	872	312.00	312.00
184	950–1000	964	299.50–303.00	301.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
29	800–850	829	328.00	328.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
77	600–650	624	480.00	480.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	1000–1050	1,014	299.00	299.00
174	1050–1100	1,058	285.50	285.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	663	375.00	375.00
36	700–750	736	350.00	350.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
122	1000–1050	1,014	290.50–296.00	293.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	338	570.00	570.00
5	350–400	381	550.00	550.00
21	400–450	432	510.00–580.00	548.16
5	450–500	471	537.50	537.50
52	500–550	536	385.00–455.00	416.16
44	550–600	584	400.00–429.00	418.82
58	600–650	603	335.00–407.50	363.00
10	650–700	694	350.00	350.00
87	750–800	789	338.00	338.00
19	800–850	824	312.50–337.00	323.89
12	900–950	937	298.00	298.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	400–450	434	500.00–520.00	505.90
108	450–500	489	450.00–552.50	524.01
189	500–550	520	410.00–512.00	488.30
323	550–600	576	431.00–475.00	458.59
571	600–650	621	375.00–440.00	414.82
862	650–700	678	371.50–424.00	402.50
386	700–750	734	359.00–408.00	390.02
657	750–800	778	333.00–370.00	354.53
647	800–850	824	333.00–342.00	339.60
438	850–900	872	314.00–347.00	331.12
1,170	900–950	922	307.00–328.50	315.17
462	950–1000	960	296.00–318.00	313.66
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
83	500–550	524	515.00	515.00
84	650–700	656	443.00	443.00
292	700–750	740	399.00–422.50	414.61
77	750–800	794	376.00	376.00
352	800–850	823	357.00–376.00	367.16
226	850–900	871	340.00–377.00	367.71
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
27	400–450	415	425.00	425.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	608	325.00	325.00
11	750–800	794	310.00	310.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	600–650	633	407.50	407.50
6	750–800	776	350.00	350.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	438	525.00	525.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,227	263.00	263.00
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,524	263.00	263.00
5	—	1,452	262.50	262.50
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
119	—	1,656	255.00–258.00	256.66
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,490	259.50	259.50
57	—	1,582	256.00–262.00	258.38
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,372	257.50	257.50
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
45	—	1,553	255.00–259.00	256.42
61	—	1,482	255.00–259.00	257.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	1,390	252.25	252.25
36	—	1,366	251.50–255.00	251.94
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
137	—	1,677	252.00–255.25	254.60
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,530	256.00	256.00
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,518	226.00–242.00	232.27
Heifers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,296	256.00–258.00	256.44
Heifers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,605	250.00	250.00
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,465	256.00–263.00	258.91
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
96	—	1,451	253.00–259.00	256.14

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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