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South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

South Dakota · Weekly summary · Mon, Mar 30

● As filed67 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2027

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 67 priced lines covering 8,631 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 8,602 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,113 head.

South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Mar 30, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8,602Last week 26,617Year ago 4,496

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,113Last week 1,206Year ago 504

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers steady to firm in narrow comparisons. With the Easter week, and a winter storm at the end of the week, many auctions did not host a feeder cattle auction. Very good demand for all weights of steers and heifers. As the cattle futures contracts continued to rise, so did cattle producers optimism that the fat cattle market would improve. Rain and snow across the region bringing desperately needed moisture to many areas, but not all.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
44	750–800	789	2,885.00	2,885.00
76	800–850	807	2,875.00–2,950.00	2,888.29
195	850–900	859	2,925.00–3,300.00	3,195.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	341	545.00	545.00
7	350–400	380	525.00	525.00
13	400–450	431	480.00–570.00	542.53
50	450–500	466	485.00–510.00	496.99
77	500–550	521	425.00–475.00	459.00
151	550–600	578	410.00–465.00	426.09
214	600–650	621	382.50–425.00	399.06
270	650–700	668	365.00–408.00	388.59
435	700–750	727	340.00–386.00	367.45
308	750–800	774	340.00–375.50	353.77
166	800–850	827	310.00–354.00	331.19
284	850–900	876	315.00–333.00	327.13
330	900–950	937	307.00–314.75	309.48
7	950–1000	960	303.00	303.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	499	400.00	400.00
6	700–750	720	335.00	335.00
9	800–850	843	320.00	320.00
17	950–1000	977	281.00	281.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	400–450	425	447.50–465.00	460.33
12	500–550	545	425.00–426.00	425.50
10	550–600	560	375.00	375.00
53	600–650	630	350.00–384.00	359.47
6	650–700	679	354.00	354.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	333	475.00	475.00
4	400–450	418	450.00	450.00
7	500–550	509	417.50	417.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1050–1100	1,071	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	343	540.00	540.00
5	400–450	436	540.00	540.00
24	500–550	531	480.00–495.00	485.98
7	600–650	649	405.00	405.00
66	650–700	664	387.50–399.00	393.16
21	700–750	742	376.00	376.00
7	800–850	820	345.00	345.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	650–700	651	401.00	401.00
764	1000–1050	1,023	313.00–334.25	327.22
151	1050–1100	1,070	314.00	314.00
46	1100–1150	1,111	296.00–312.00	306.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	900–950	916	322.00–325.00	323.11
29	950–1000	984	310.00–318.50	314.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	332	585.00	585.00
33	400–450	419	590.00–625.00	601.55
59	450–500	485	515.00–570.00	558.03
92	500–550	518	515.00–550.00	532.55
40	550–600	572	450.00–507.50	492.05
238	600–650	630	422.50–470.00	447.34
302	650–700	679	407.00–446.00	423.48
289	700–750	722	392.50–424.00	409.51
513	750–800	778	366.00–398.00	384.19
228	800–850	819	355.00–389.00	376.09
554	850–900	875	340.50–367.50	358.15
679	900–950	925	335.00–356.25	343.81
902	950–1000	965	318.50–347.50	334.04

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	1250–1300	1,266	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	540	455.00	455.00
3	650–700	680	385.00	385.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	1,732	237.50–245.50	239.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	1,555	243.00–250.00	247.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,564	240.00–245.25	241.54
16	—	1,438	238.50–244.00	241.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	1,384	235.00–238.00	235.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,639	236.00–239.00	237.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	1,464	245.00–250.00	248.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
354	—	1,506	238.50–246.50	240.99

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.