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South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

South Dakota · Weekly summary · Mon, May 26

● As filed42 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2027

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 42 priced lines covering 3,698 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,974 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 590 head.

South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon May 26, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,974Last week 11,264Year ago 6,890

Slaughter CattleReceipts 590Last week 771Year ago 505

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 4.00 higher, heifers 3.00 to 8.00 higher, instances to 10.00 higher. Very good demand for all weights of steers and heifers. A lighter offering of feeder cattle as turnout time has arrived and yearlings are on grass. Feedyard backgrounded yearlings are the majority of offerings now, flesh conditions are very important as cattle feeders try to buy cattle that will gain the most efficiently. Cash fed cattle set another new record, historical high price this week topping at 237.00. Good rains have come to the state, this was desperately needed by cattle producers or they would have had to send cow/calf pairs to town. Corn is planted and growing and looking good.

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,441	229.00–231.00	229.64
11	—	1,626	234.00	234.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,720	228.00	228.00
31	—	1,399	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,410	234.50	234.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,408	230.50–231.00	230.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,551	229.50–231.00	230.41
16	—	1,509	229.50–232.00	231.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,618	231.50–234.00	232.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,476	233.50–234.00	233.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,504	232.00	232.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,539	189.00	189.00

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	550–600	565	380.00–383.00	382.28
40	600–650	615	350.00–374.00	367.53
18	650–700	667	350.00–356.00	353.02
161	700–750	722	327.00–349.00	341.71
356	750–800	769	320.00–339.00	330.49
223	800–850	832	297.00–314.00	303.44
393	850–900	889	292.75–303.00	298.14
138	900–950	926	289.00–293.75	291.04
575	950–1000	972	273.75–288.75	279.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	490	360.00	360.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	650–700	693	325.50	325.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
88	1000–1050	1,014	265.50–272.50	270.32
72	1050–1100	1,086	249.00–260.50	254.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	617	340.00	340.00
6	700–750	735	309.00	309.00
29	750–800	780	307.00–308.00	307.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	449	400.00	400.00
15	450–500	478	373.00	373.00
22	500–550	546	336.00–343.00	339.88
59	550–600	576	340.00–349.00	344.08
143	600–650	618	318.00–335.00	324.25
51	650–700	687	310.00–319.00	316.00
61	700–750	733	303.00–316.00	307.81
128	750–800	772	283.00–304.00	292.70
338	800–850	831	281.00–297.50	290.88
214	850–900	891	275.50–291.50	288.81
186	900–950	924	257.00–287.00	275.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
96	800–850	819	300.00–300.50	300.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	436	347.50	347.50
4	500–550	540	335.00	335.00

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.