South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 59 priced lines covering 7,523 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 7,226 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,002 head.

Mon Jul 27, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 7,226Last week 3,276Year ago 6,977

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,002Last week 740Year ago 728

Compared to last week: Higher undertones for feeder steers and heifers. Only 1 reported feeder cattle auction as the dangerous heat this week made livestock movement hazardous. Good demand for yearling steers and heifers off grass, albeit at lower price levels. Cattle feeders are faced with much adversity currently as the futures contracts have eroded to unexpected low levels, heat indexes of 120 plus resulting in loss of feedyard cattle, reduced performance and lower fat cattle trade. However, packers did have to raise bids to 235.00 by Friday to get cattle bought. Grass is becoming very short, crops have been severely stressed, making for a long summer.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
42	550–600	599	437.50	437.50
68	700–750	744	349.00	349.00
105	950–1000	980	293.00	293.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	572	462.50	462.50
62	650–700	679	397.00–415.00	401.01
15	700–750	747	370.00–385.00	377.00
439	750–800	789	373.00–381.00	374.48
554	850–900	880	344.00–374.00	362.19
255	900–950	925	322.00–341.00	336.22
1,114	950–1000	983	310.00–342.00	330.64
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
18	800–850	809	335.00–347.00	343.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
64	950–1000	987	311.00	311.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
40	1050–1100	1,059	302.00	302.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
972	1000–1050	1,016	302.00–332.50	327.05
84	1050–1100	1,079	296.50–300.00	298.92
31	1100–1150	1,138	271.50	271.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	512	397.50	397.50
10	550–600	578	380.00	380.00
5	650–700	681	352.50	352.50
28	900–950	913	321.00–322.00	321.53
Steers — Medium 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	465	235.00	235.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
9	750–800	756	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	521	420.00–445.00	428.76
43	600–650	634	392.50–398.00	395.52
124	650–700	681	366.00–372.00	370.14
86	700–750	702	369.00	369.00
183	750–800	763	335.00–345.00	342.32
644	800–850	831	314.00–330.00	324.06
81	850–900	879	309.50–312.50	309.99
553	900–950	935	294.00–320.00	305.77
485	950–1000	956	289.00–316.00	306.05
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	1000–1050	1,018	282.50–311.00	299.17
33	1050–1100	1,053	279.00–280.00	279.09
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
31	550–600	550	393.00	393.00
11	600–650	622	330.00	330.00
50	650–700	671	368.00	368.00
18	700–750	717	331.00	331.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	900–950	927	289.00	289.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1200–1250	1,205	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
67	600–650	602	427.00	427.00
72	650–700	696	414.00	414.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
29	700–750	707	357.50	357.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
45	550–600	582	407.50	407.50
10	600–650	637	355.00	355.00
118	850–900	879	294.00–299.00	296.45
Heifers — Medium 2$ per cwt · actual wt
138	700–750	714	347.00	347.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	700–750	735	380.00	380.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
142	—	1,485	231.00–235.50	233.56
5	—	1,482	225.00	225.00
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,089	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,438	243.00	243.00
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
174	—	1,572	230.00–233.25	231.43
173	—	1,476	231.00–236.00	233.10
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,616	243.00	243.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,633	234.50	234.50
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,245	227.50–228.00	227.68
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,428	216.00–226.00	221.89
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,422	227.00–232.00	228.81
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,318	228.00	228.00

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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