South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 80 priced lines covering 11,246 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 11,428 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 948 head.

Mon Jun 8, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 11,428Last week 20,445Year ago 11,428

Slaughter CattleReceipts 948Last week 1,110Year ago 728

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers unevenly steady. Very good demand for all weights of steers and heifers. The market remains very active for yearlings as outside of a special BBQ sale, offerings are getting rather limited. The market is incredibly active on the fall born calves as there is great demand for light cattle. CME Live and Feeder Cattle futures made some gains but still not able to keep up with the strong cash market.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	342	525.00	525.00
5	350–400	392	525.00	525.00
4	500–550	549	405.00	405.00
4	550–600	579	402.50	402.50
11	600–650	626	390.00–391.00	390.73
16	650–700	687	367.00	367.00
11	700–750	724	350.00	350.00
67	850–900	871	311.00	311.00
18	900–950	917	315.25	315.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	435	575.00	575.00
28	450–500	469	471.00–505.00	488.87
53	500–550	521	450.00–520.00	487.09
107	550–600	578	415.00–485.00	437.89
112	600–650	629	393.50–465.00	407.74
191	650–700	680	371.00–405.00	379.96
258	700–750	725	357.50–381.00	371.47
80	750–800	763	347.50–376.00	355.28
442	800–850	818	318.00–345.75	336.58
445	850–900	873	326.50–340.75	336.32
598	900–950	922	311.50–329.50	318.06
489	950–1000	972	302.00–313.25	307.88
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
107	1000–1050	1,016	281.50–282.50	281.79
62	1150–1200	1,186	272.25	272.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	800–850	809	321.00	321.00
37	900–950	930	295.00	295.00
12	950–1000	982	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
32	700–750	748	335.00	335.00
14	750–800	793	325.00	325.00
77	800–850	831	320.50–325.50	324.49
118	850–900	884	295.75–321.00	299.55
480	900–950	934	292.00–302.00	295.38
184	950–1000	971	287.00–291.00	288.91
49	1050–1100	1,085	279.00–280.00	279.84
28	1100–1150	1,135	267.00	267.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	500–550	502	474.00	474.00
19	1000–1050	1,029	292.50	292.50
94	1050–1100	1,064	283.00–287.00	284.98
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	800–850	842	314.00–316.00	314.79
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	1000–1050	1,041	286.50	286.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
686	1000–1050	1,021	320.35–337.25	328.26
1,135	1050–1100	1,065	310.25–328.75	318.94
160	1100–1150	1,124	304.00–311.50	306.11
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	750–800	784	355.00	355.00
20	800–850	818	335.00	335.00
18	900–950	940	317.00	317.00
45	950–1000	958	303.50	303.50
14	1000–1050	1,038	310.50	310.50
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
57	1100–1150	1,137	293.00–299.50	297.88
64	1250–1300	1,261	287.75	287.75
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	572	425.00	425.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	342	700.00	700.00
5	350–400	391	622.50	622.50
15	450–500	483	515.00–560.00	536.85
44	500–550	535	514.00–560.00	534.91
59	550–600	585	483.00–517.50	493.63
56	600–650	620	419.00–480.00	445.38
209	650–700	672	407.50–465.00	435.07
337	700–750	734	371.00–429.00	411.43
441	750–800	767	376.00–410.00	399.40
200	800–850	825	342.00–384.50	376.63
684	850–900	879	340.00–370.50	361.04
917	900–950	924	338.00–363.50	354.83
922	950–1000	976	329.00–350.75	341.67
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	650–700	680	402.50–404.00	403.21
14	700–750	735	399.00	399.00
116	850–900	879	343.00–346.00	343.89
13	900–950	933	335.00	335.00
80	950–1000	979	324.00–333.50	331.74
7	1050–1100	1,059	317.50	317.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,432	263.50	263.50
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
151	—	1,685	256.00–259.50	258.88
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,604	260.00–269.50	262.70
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,443	258.00	258.00
73	—	1,563	257.00–261.00	258.47
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,459	255.00–260.00	258.29
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,614	256.00–259.00	258.07
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,470	222.00–241.00	233.47
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,523	261.00–263.50	262.11
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
150	—	1,360	254.00–260.00	258.18
8	—	1,433	251.00	251.00

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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