South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

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Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 109 priced lines covering 17,746 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 19,239 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,319 head.

Mon Sep 28, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 19,239Last week 20,898Year ago 16,772

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,319Last week 1,734Year ago 934

Compared to last week: Yearling feeder steers and heifers unevenly steady. Steer calves mostly 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Heifer calves mostly 13.00 to 16.00 lower. Good to very good demand for yearling steers and heifers as cattle feeders want to refill their empty pens with yearlings straight off grass while they are available. Calf demand more moderate as farmer feeders have turned their full attention to fall harvest after being rain delayed for 3 weeks. There continues to be pressure on the feeder market as the cattle feeders are still struggling to get their cattle sold above 220.00, reports of 217.00 and 218.00 throughout the week in Iowa. Feed yard pen conditions have been a problem after the rainy month of September, making cattle yield poorer and cattle feeders now needing to get pens in better shape before they bring calves in. Large calf runs in the western and central auctions as the fall calf run is in full swing.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	250–300	290	548.00–590.00	572.46
3	300–350	300	430.00	430.00
86	350–400	387	380.00–505.00	490.22
59	400–450	440	433.00–457.50	438.65
17	450–500	471	430.00	430.00
115	500–550	532	355.00–399.00	381.38
7	650–700	699	329.00	329.00
7	700–750	709	337.50	337.50
12	750–800	762	317.50–320.00	318.74
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
126	1000–1050	1,010	287.00–301.00	296.60
66	1050–1100	1,071	275.00–296.50	285.86
21	1100–1150	1,136	260.00–274.00	270.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	230	495.00	495.00
80	300–350	307	460.00–557.50	503.27
267	350–400	385	470.00–559.00	498.61
364	400–450	421	450.00–525.00	486.60
466	450–500	463	431.00–475.00	454.40
445	500–550	530	372.00–440.00	412.66
130	550–600	566	330.00–424.00	401.97
60	600–650	644	357.00–367.50	358.16
68	650–700	662	371.00	371.00
140	700–750	740	341.00–360.00	351.69
81	750–800	776	324.00–358.00	344.96
375	800–850	820	314.00–340.50	333.89
469	850–900	878	293.00–333.00	314.67
1,157	900–950	926	285.00–317.50	307.34
1,351	950–1000	967	290.00–311.00	305.56
9	1000–1050	1,001	298.00	298.00
15	1050–1100	1,087	281.00–284.00	282.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
65	700–750	714	361.50	361.50
57	850–900	893	325.50	325.50
140	900–950	903	325.50	325.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	496	400.00	400.00
7	800–850	847	305.00	305.00
47	900–950	907	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	685	340.00	340.00
8	700–750	738	328.00	328.00
27	800–850	821	303.00–309.00	306.94
24	950–1000	958	279.00	279.00
8	1000–1050	1,003	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
9	700–750	708	313.00	313.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
110	1000–1050	1,010	254.00–269.50	262.77
20	1050–1100	1,060	257.00	257.00
8	1100–1150	1,123	239.00	239.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
183	1000–1050	1,010	310.00	310.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	650–700	699	338.00	338.00
195	900–950	929	309.00–316.00	313.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	284	520.00	520.00
35	400–450	426	483.00–525.00	503.36
27	450–500	484	410.00–478.00	456.89
30	500–550	528	412.50–438.00	428.90
5	550–600	585	350.00	350.00
9	700–750	734	364.00	364.00
8	750–800	798	345.00	345.00
13	800–850	808	345.00–355.00	348.88
26	850–900	893	290.00–326.00	306.61
11	900–950	910	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	651	382.00	382.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
101	300–350	310	575.00–640.00	634.46
299	350–400	380	525.00–615.00	567.15
306	400–450	433	489.00–572.50	534.90
878	450–500	476	455.00–537.50	505.84
650	500–550	522	392.50–484.00	464.84
1,300	550–600	570	415.00–462.50	446.05
203	600–650	618	352.50–425.00	407.78
50	650–700	675	376.00–387.50	384.40
85	700–750	723	339.75–365.00	355.97
26	750–800	763	363.00–367.00	365.29
703	800–850	825	345.00–364.50	354.27
565	850–900	887	333.50–359.00	344.80
657	900–950	913	308.00–348.00	340.17
1,460	950–1000	975	295.50–345.25	328.55
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
831	1000–1050	1,022	299.00–330.00	317.84
560	1050–1100	1,075	288.50–318.00	305.24
272	1100–1150	1,114	281.50–302.25	297.17
96	1150–1200	1,167	238.00–296.00	291.04
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	548	367.50	367.50
7	550–600	579	345.00	345.00
11	600–650	617	340.00	340.00
23	800–850	803	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	440	512.50	512.50
11	450–500	495	447.50	447.50
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	1000–1050	1,016	281.00–297.00	289.45
351	1050–1100	1,068	281.00–287.00	284.14
98	1100–1150	1,122	276.50	276.50
17	1150–1200	1,184	253.00	253.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	443	330.00	330.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	250–300	266	675.00	675.00
54	300–350	343	445.00–595.00	562.80
Bulls — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	200–250	234	625.00	625.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	450–500	485	452.50	452.50
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	750–800	777	325.00	325.00
5	850–900	865	305.00	305.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,319	214.50–215.00	214.83
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,345	216.00–220.50	218.36
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,307	218.75–219.00	218.85
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,467	224.50	224.50
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
80	—	1,558	218.00–221.25	219.39
3	—	1,473	220.00	220.00
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
434	—	1,659	216.25–221.75	218.31
72	—	1,725	213.00	213.00
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,448	222.50–224.50	223.73
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,586	226.50	226.50
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,305	226.00	226.00
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,493	221.00	221.00
13	—	1,543	219.50–220.00	219.77
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,478	210.00	210.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,634	210.00–217.00	214.66
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,484	213.50–217.00	215.15

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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