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South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

South Dakota · Weekly summary · Mon, May 12

● As filed88 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2027

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 88 priced lines covering 16,673 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 17,280 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 649 head.

South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon May 12, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 17,280Last week 18,452Year ago 12,760

Slaughter CattleReceipts 649Last week 736Year ago 417

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 750 lbs 5.00 to 7.00 higher, over 750 lbs unevenly steady. Feeder heifers 3.00 to 7.00 higher. Very good demand for all weights of steers and heifers as the cash fat cattle market sets another new, all-time high price of 231.00. Cattle producers are feeling very optimistic about the market for the remainder of the year and want to make sure they have cattle in their pens. Much needed moisture has finally come to the area giving a good start to the growing season.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	316	500.00	500.00
16	350–400	351	477.50	477.50
51	400–450	425	420.00–435.00	430.22
186	450–500	478	362.50–405.00	388.86
148	500–550	517	359.00–393.50	379.51
296	550–600	586	336.00–372.50	363.13
831	600–650	634	306.00–351.00	335.15
990	650–700	680	293.50–341.00	320.04
1,515	700–750	734	289.00–320.00	307.15
785	750–800	765	273.00–306.75	298.94
650	800–850	824	264.00–299.00	285.73
819	850–900	866	269.00–288.50	278.93
462	900–950	913	260.75–280.50	268.69
431	950–1000	966	243.00–271.50	254.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
42	700–750	737	327.00	327.00
132	800–850	830	307.00–313.00	309.89
142	850–900	878	294.00–305.50	299.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	660	346.00	346.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	346	435.00	435.00
18	350–400	384	405.00–440.00	433.78
7	400–450	444	325.00	325.00
53	450–500	479	340.00–385.00	377.51
49	500–550	522	332.50–360.00	347.97
79	550–600	582	315.00–341.00	327.36
57	600–650	646	310.00–312.50	311.02
37	650–700	670	291.00–303.00	295.82
21	700–750	721	277.00–286.00	282.60
36	750–800	785	262.00–284.00	276.79
5	800–850	805	251.00	251.00
79	850–900	893	254.00–255.00	254.20
49	900–950	916	251.00–259.50	254.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	700–750	745	265.00	265.00
103	750–800	786	266.00–287.00	284.15
84	800–850	831	276.00–281.00	277.49
189	850–900	884	264.00–266.50	265.21
86	900–950	921	245.00–262.00	253.99
90	950–1000	973	245.50	245.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	900–950	938	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
33	1000–1050	1,002	261.50	261.50
6	1050–1100	1,065	238.00	238.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	750–800	797	185.00	185.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	341	515.00	515.00
18	350–400	388	492.50	492.50
28	400–450	440	465.00–485.00	472.09
96	450–500	483	430.00–480.00	444.68
157	500–550	512	412.50–455.00	440.81
285	550–600	573	372.50–425.00	402.21
427	600–650	624	358.00–391.00	378.04
498	650–700	680	339.00–379.00	353.23
379	700–750	719	327.00–358.50	346.09
244	750–800	775	308.00–327.00	320.23
468	800–850	823	284.00–324.00	308.55
582	850–900	872	283.00–308.00	298.59
771	900–950	926	271.00–300.00	286.29
1,487	950–1000	980	269.00–286.50	277.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	329	500.00	500.00
18	350–400	376	472.50	472.50
36	450–500	470	405.00–427.50	422.75
67	500–550	514	382.50–405.00	393.82
19	550–600	573	335.00–397.50	353.35
85	600–650	621	353.00–366.00	365.21
28	650–700	672	327.00–360.00	344.49
88	700–750	739	313.00–324.00	321.72
12	750–800	755	275.00–328.00	310.49
16	800–850	822	291.75	291.75
9	850–900	852	278.00	278.00
11	900–950	917	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
811	1000–1050	1,022	267.25–278.75	272.34
963	1050–1100	1,082	261.50–267.75	263.60
54	1100–1150	1,119	254.75	254.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	750–800	783	310.00	310.00
24	850–900	893	286.00	286.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	445	440.00	440.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	574	320.00–325.00	323.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	629	350.00	350.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,500	232.00	232.00
34	—	1,416	219.00–230.00	224.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,605	223.00–231.00	228.12
22	—	1,436	217.00–224.00	220.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,440	228.00–230.00	229.72
23	—	1,544	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,429	231.00	231.00
15	—	1,578	230.00–231.00	230.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,655	225.00–228.00	227.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,322	226.00–229.00	228.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,656	231.00	231.00
21	—	1,364	228.00–238.00	231.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,488	189.00	189.00

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.