The Morning Wire / South Dakota / Fri Oct 23, 2026

South Dakota cattle market

The trading day in one page — Fri, Oct 23

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The market in a line

Fri, Oct 23

Choice cutout closed $3.68 lower at $365.79. 3 South Dakota barns reported 113 priced lots.

Feeder steers

South Dakota, week of Oct 19 USDA

Weighted across every reported lot, by weight class. Weekly rather than daily — one day's barns are too thin a base for a state figure. Watch the barn count: a weight class carried by one or two barns is a thin figure, not a market.

Weight	Price	vs prior week	Head	Barns
300-399 lb	605.30/cwt	$6.35 lower	784	7
400-499 lb	519.73/cwt	$1.27 higher	4,564	8
500-599 lb	464.42/cwt	$9.70 higher	10,658	7
600-699 lb	430.77/cwt	$9.23 higher	4,170	8
700-799 lb	368.61/cwt	$12.50 lower	434	7
800-899 lb	347.33/cwt	$12.33 lower	862	6

Barn by barn, 500–599 lb steers

Same day, same class USDA

Every barn that sold at least 20 head of this class on Fri, Oct 23, weighted by head. Spread of $9.21 between the top and bottom of 2 barns. An average moves with the cattle that showed up as much as with the buyers in the seats — a yard with better grade will average higher on the same demand. This is where the money landed, not a verdict on the barn.

Barn	State	Average	Head
Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction	SD	467.43/cwt	2,836
St. Onge Livestock	SD	458.22/cwt	1,418

Boxed beef

National · PM close · Oct 23 USDA

Choice $365.79, $3.68 lower. Select $352.69, $2.28 higher. The Choice–Select spread stands at $13.10. 124 loads traded.

Fed cattle

National · Negotiated cash, week to date USDA

391 head traded Oct 17–Oct 23.

Region	Basis	Price	Head
Iowa-Minnesota	Dressed Delivered	354.50	152
Iowa-Minnesota	Live FOB	225.66	239

At the South Dakota barns

USDA market reporters, as filed USDA

Compared to last week, yearling steers from 900 lbs to 949 lbs were 8.00 to 10.00 higher, no comparisons on yearling heifers. Most yearlings were light to moderate flesh and coming off pasture.
Ft. Pierre Livestock Auction · South Dakota

Compared to last week: Steer calves 350-400 lbs, sharply higher on a light test, 400-550 lbs, 15.00-20.00 higher, 550-600 lbs steady to 2.00 higher, 600-650 lbs 20.00 higher.
St. Onge Livestock · South Dakota

Compared to last week: yearling steers 850 to 949 lbs mostly steady, 1000 to 1049 lbs 6.00 to 10.00 higher, all on a narrow comparison. Best test on heifers 850 to 899 lbs 6.00 to 10.00 higher, 900 to 949 lbs mostly steady. No price trend available on calves. Good to very good demand for yearlings.
Herreid Livestock Market · South Dakota

Cows and bulls

National direct, dressed USDA

Class	Price	Direction	Head
Breaker (75% lean)	245.91/cwt	$3.73 lower	713
Boner (85% lean)	251.29/cwt	$2.18 lower	1,774
Cutter (90% lean)	255.58/cwt	$0.92 lower	3,588
Premium White	264.73/cwt	$3.97 lower	1,323
Bull (92% lean)	318.75/cwt	$0.22 higher	333

What published

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Every USDA report carried this date is listed in the archive.

Source: USDA AMS. Feeder prices and barn comment are South Dakota only; boxed beef, fed cattle and the cow market are national, because those markets are. Every figure is USDA's as filed, and the direction words — higher, lower, steady— follow the arithmetic rather than an opinion. Quoted comment is the work of USDA market reporters, credited to the sale it came from. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of USDA data, not a copy of USDA's document and not endorsed by USDA.