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South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

South Dakota · Weekly summary · Mon, Aug 18

● As filed58 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2027

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 58 priced lines covering 7,113 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 6,752 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,137 head.

South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Aug 18, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 6,752Last week 6,998Year ago 2,973

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,137Last week 1,028Year ago 1,387

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 5.00 to 10.00 higher, heifers mostly steady. Very good demand for yearling steers and heifers. Cattle feeders are eager to buy these high quality yearlings as they become available. The feeder cattle market continues to advance and set new historical high prices as the competition at the auction is fierce. Cash fed cattle up to 246.00, and the CME Live and Feeder Cattle futures moving higher as well, is fanning the flames under the feeder cattle market. Fed cost are much cheaper than last year, which is helping to support the feeder cattle market as well.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	496	485.00	485.00
14	500–550	533	460.00	460.00
4	550–600	575	445.00	445.00
22	600–650	617	412.50–437.50	419.14
55	650–700	667	404.00–424.00	413.60
90	700–750	736	373.00–388.00	383.65
136	750–800	769	360.00–381.00	367.98
37	800–850	814	356.00–373.00	365.20
703	850–900	880	336.50–370.50	359.51
729	900–950	932	332.50–360.25	351.26
936	950–1000	976	323.50–357.75	347.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	550–600	579	400.00–428.00	417.77
9	600–650	628	345.00	345.00
13	700–750	714	350.00–357.50	352.88
20	850–900	883	308.00–322.00	319.15
18	900–950	919	336.00	336.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	419	502.50	502.50
6	500–550	525	450.00	450.00
5	550–600	577	417.50	417.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	404	522.50	522.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	627	340.00	340.00
5	700–750	737	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1,460	1000–1050	1,020	330.00–340.25	334.87
276	1100–1150	1,135	306.00–312.50	309.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	494	400.00	400.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	353	495.00	495.00
12	400–450	428	440.00–450.00	445.78
5	450–500	464	410.00	410.00
45	500–550	531	387.50–450.00	435.75
34	550–600	568	395.00–420.00	406.89
43	600–650	631	375.00–394.00	381.25
68	650–700	683	355.00–377.50	370.28
115	700–750	736	341.00–370.00	351.42
317	750–800	787	339.00–356.00	343.47
107	800–850	820	320.00–370.00	354.03
70	850–900	869	316.00–329.50	326.24
304	900–950	929	302.00–335.00	319.26
135	950–1000	957	310.50–324.00	312.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	1000–1050	1,041	316.00–330.00	323.78
8	1100–1150	1,144	292.00	292.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	850–900	877	300.00	300.00
13	950–1000	954	289.00	289.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	587	355.00–383.00	367.99
13	650–700	668	351.00	351.00
17	750–800	767	317.50–323.00	320.15
43	800–850	839	317.00–332.00	326.44
47	850–900	866	321.00–340.00	330.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
153	750–800	779	388.00	388.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	346	535.00	535.00
5	400–450	449	475.00	475.00
13	500–550	528	437.50	437.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
249	—	1,395	244.00–249.00	246.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
98	—	1,293	248.00–253.50	251.40

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,311	244.00–250.50	248.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
358	—	1,581	243.50–247.00	245.16
10	—	1,431	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
98	—	1,343	238.00–244.00	241.98

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,437	238.00–243.00	241.26

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.