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South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

South Dakota · Weekly summary · Mon, Sep 15

● As filed91 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2027

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 91 priced lines covering 13,469 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 12,851 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,092 head.

South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Sep 15, 2025

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 12,851Last week 11,843Year ago 18,664

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,092Last week 1,623Year ago 1,469

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 3.00 to 8.00 lower, except 900-1000 lbs 10.00 to 15.00 lower. Feeder heifers 2.00 to 8.00 lower. Good to very good demand for yearling steers and heifers, however there was some pressure on the market as the futures contracts have become very volatile. Cash fed cattle mostly at 237.00, also causing cattle feeders to pump the brakes and slow their roll in their pursuit of cattle to refill their empty pens. Silage harvest was ongoing but there were still enough buyers interested in the packages of spring born calves, the market was active for these light calves.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	359	460.00	460.00
18	400–450	447	480.00	480.00
24	500–550	511	450.00	450.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	297	510.00	510.00
4	450–500	460	415.00	415.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	300–350	316	485.00–510.00	501.81
91	400–450	422	442.50–490.00	463.34
25	450–500	479	446.00–450.00	446.77
48	500–550	513	402.00–439.00	428.49
105	600–650	614	374.00–412.50	387.31
42	650–700	673	391.00–405.00	400.81
328	700–750	736	350.00–375.00	367.85
597	750–800	767	335.00–370.00	351.87
756	800–850	828	317.00–357.50	338.11
1,410	850–900	880	307.00–343.50	333.86
757	900–950	920	315.00–340.25	331.13
722	950–1000	970	299.75–334.00	323.60
12	1050–1100	1,091	310.00–311.50	310.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	255	485.00	485.00
9	300–350	336	435.00–450.00	445.20
4	350–400	356	460.00	460.00
6	400–450	422	415.00	415.00
6	450–500	497	395.00	395.00
12	500–550	536	362.50	362.50
21	550–600	567	335.00–367.00	350.28
26	600–650	627	332.00–341.00	337.28
33	650–700	683	335.00–337.50	335.23
64	800–850	818	313.00–332.00	324.92
65	850–900	855	315.00–316.00	315.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	750–800	794	285.00	285.00
67	850–900	885	309.00–311.00	309.24
164	950–1000	972	299.00–299.50	299.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
42	1050–1100	1,094	271.00–288.00	276.27
4	1100–1150	1,132	235.00	235.00
28	1200–1250	1,203	257.00	257.00
20	1250–1300	1,261	248.00	248.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
196	1000–1050	1,019	288.00–313.00	296.28
24	1050–1100	1,089	297.00	297.00
35	1100–1150	1,104	269.00–303.00	295.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	1050–1100	1,052	283.00	283.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	474	327.50	327.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	350–400	374	495.00–555.00	530.21
85	450–500	467	410.00–505.00	480.72
36	500–550	541	435.00–465.00	438.67
8	550–600	588	409.00–415.00	411.98
34	600–650	618	388.00–446.00	436.68
69	650–700	674	377.00–441.00	415.33
108	700–750	737	377.00–414.00	397.74
201	750–800	780	365.00–390.00	377.83
508	800–850	825	335.00–380.00	364.33
731	850–900	883	331.00–376.00	362.55
701	900–950	927	320.00–365.50	347.31
2,168	950–1000	970	323.00–356.75	341.04
7	1150–1200	1,153	295.00	295.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
49	800–850	820	372.50	372.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	323	480.00–500.00	486.97
3	350–400	397	485.00	485.00
3	400–450	408	385.00	385.00
4	450–500	464	465.00	465.00
13	550–600	576	373.00	373.00
6	600–650	642	400.00	400.00
5	650–700	656	320.00	320.00
4	700–750	705	342.50	342.50
43	750–800	795	325.00–341.00	332.81
3	800–850	823	310.00	310.00
26	850–900	871	324.00–355.00	341.71
6	900–950	923	322.50	322.50
8	950–1000	958	335.00	335.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	1100–1150	1,114	268.00	268.00
58	1200–1250	1,223	259.50	259.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
45	1000–1050	1,045	309.00	309.00
21	1100–1150	1,123	300.00	300.00
3	1300–1350	1,313	241.00	241.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
359	1000–1050	1,016	314.00–354.25	345.02
367	1050–1100	1,077	294.00–339.00	322.22
453	1100–1150	1,123	295.75–330.00	309.00
115	1150–1200	1,162	300.00	300.00
43	1200–1250	1,218	282.50	282.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
99	1000–1050	1,003	342.50	342.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
118	950–1000	956	324.50–338.00	331.35

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,219	238.00	238.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
84	—	1,363	241.00–247.00	245.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
387	—	1,375	234.50–240.00	237.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,517	226.00	226.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,180	232.00	232.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
177	—	1,567	234.00–238.00	235.20
178	—	1,466	233.50–236.00	235.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,278	231.00–232.00	231.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,357	240.00–244.00	242.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	1,619	235.75	235.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	1,641	224.00–225.00	224.64

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.