South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

South Dakota · Weekly summary · Mon, Jul 13
● As filed43 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2027

The state in one line

Counts as USDA filed them
South Dakota reported 43 priced lines covering 3,162 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 2,796 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 795 head.

South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Jul 13, 2026
USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Sioux Falls, SD (LS-SF)
Feeder CattleReceipts 2,796Last week 4,965Year ago 7,306
Slaughter CattleReceipts 795Last week 1,264Year ago 680

Feeder cattle offerings too limited to make full, complete price comparisons, lower undertones prevailed. Moderate to good demand for yearlings this week as the CME Live and Feeder Cattle contracts took on a bearish tone. Cash fed cattle retreating as well, down to 230.00, is causing great concern amongst cattle feeders as most cattle need 250.00 to break even. Hot weather this week caused some auction markets to cancel their feeder cattle sales as the high heat index is too hard on the cattle.

Feeder Cattle

As reported
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
81850–900883310.00–312.50311.40
375900–950916295.50–306.50303.54
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15500–550522426.00426.00
16550–600572418.00418.00
5700–750703335.00335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8250–300268620.00620.00
4350–400378545.00545.00
21450–500477490.00490.00
4600–650626425.00425.00
35700–750718370.50–392.00378.91
23750–800760350.00350.00
210800–850812325.00–331.00328.98
70850–900866324.00–327.50324.45
310900–950926305.00–310.50308.10
14950–1000962311.00311.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
29550–600596445.00445.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6400–450448565.00565.00
4450–500450565.00565.00
16500–550530495.00495.00
15650–700667426.00426.00
21750–800773379.00–388.00383.32
66800–850835365.00365.00
37850–900889345.00345.00
73900–950920329.00–343.00341.22
106950–1000989338.50338.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5300–350338540.00540.00
4600–650610425.00425.00
10700–750743383.00383.00
49850–900851356.00356.00
63900–950926325.00325.00
5950–1000980290.00290.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
71000–10501,018285.00285.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4581000–10501,024324.75–334.50330.71
1001050–11001,093319.00319.00
3071100–11501,110311.00–318.00317.61

Slaughter Cattle

As reported
HeadWt rangeAvg wtPrice rangeAvg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3311,393234.50–238.00236.70
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
201,246240.50240.50
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
1461,558234.00–236.75235.51
301,495234.50–236.00235.75
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
81,377242.00242.00
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
51,357238.50238.50
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
211,599233.50–236.00234.77
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
291,407231.00–232.50231.28
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.