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South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

South Dakota · Weekly summary · Mon, Mar 16

● As filed62 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2027

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 62 priced lines covering 9,818 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 10,396 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 411 head.

South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Mar 16, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 10,396Last week 19,381Year ago 18,793

Slaughter CattleReceipts 411Last week 928Year ago 1,057

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers 5.00 to 10.00 higher, instances of 12.00 to 15.00 higher. Very good demand for all weights of steers and heifers. A much lighter offering as the winter marketing season comes to a close, sale offerings become more sporadic as cow/calf producers are beginning their spring calving season and have already marketed their calf crop from last year. Cattle feeders were feeling better about the market as the boxed beef values rose above 400.00, giving them hope of higher fat cattle prices, which led to the feeder cattle market rising this week. Last weekend's storm is long gone and very warm weather has replaced it. Demand for a replacement quality heifers remains very high as spring turnout time is coming in another month. Drought continues to creep into the southern half of the state, as winter snows were very limited in this part.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	433	525.00	525.00
9	500–550	522	490.00–492.00	490.89
8	550–600	561	445.00–470.00	457.34
9	600–650	615	439.00	439.00
29	650–700	665	380.00–385.00	381.27
50	700–750	735	374.00–395.00	378.55
28	750–800	797	347.50	347.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	331	620.00	620.00
13	350–400	387	600.00–610.00	607.77
27	400–450	416	590.00–600.00	597.81
53	450–500	479	510.00–542.00	531.18
55	500–550	521	471.00–531.00	506.93
221	550–600	567	470.00–504.00	490.40
259	600–650	628	440.00–462.50	446.05
507	650–700	680	402.50–445.00	428.52
563	700–750	723	370.00–417.50	402.25
465	750–800	766	370.00–406.50	390.16
513	800–850	823	344.00–374.75	359.10
1,580	850–900	871	341.00–372.50	358.25
626	900–950	927	328.00–352.00	342.75
755	950–1000	967	314.00–338.50	327.38

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
89	650–700	698	407.00	407.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
310	1000–1050	1,023	305.00–333.50	317.36
195	1050–1100	1,098	294.50	294.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	500–550	546	460.00	460.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	600–650	649	401.00	401.00
6	650–700	682	365.00	365.00
25	700–750	748	369.00	369.00
46	750–800	798	361.00	361.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	350–400	367	515.00–550.00	523.30
10	400–450	421	510.00–517.50	513.93
86	450–500	494	445.00–500.00	487.57
197	500–550	517	432.50–475.00	457.31
155	550–600	576	416.00–458.50	437.66
362	600–650	625	393.00–431.00	411.71
275	650–700	677	353.00–403.00	386.28
513	700–750	725	352.00–386.00	370.07
510	750–800	771	325.50–368.00	351.92
129	800–850	809	321.00–340.00	326.06
180	850–900	869	309.50–327.00	318.71
398	900–950	931	292.00–313.00	299.11
12	950–1000	952	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	500–550	539	420.00–430.00	424.58
3	550–600	560	402.50	402.50
17	600–650	620	371.00–415.00	382.02
28	700–750	715	344.00–373.00	349.22
8	750–800	769	338.00	338.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
77	650–700	684	349.00–358.00	353.78
24	800–850	839	309.00	309.00
109	900–950	949	286.00–299.00	287.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	444	485.00	485.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
26	900–950	908	340.00	340.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	550–600	584	370.00	370.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,683	246.00	246.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,566	246.50	246.50
8	—	1,449	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,516	244.00	244.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,664	236.00	236.00
36	—	1,492	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,591	233.00–244.00	237.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,339	244.50	244.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,470	236.00–241.00	239.91

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.