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South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

South Dakota · Weekly summary · Mon, Apr 13

● As filed85 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2027

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 85 priced lines covering 16,424 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 17,340 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,190 head.

South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Apr 13, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 17,340Last week 27,114Year ago 12,795

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,190Last week 0Year ago 556

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers unevenly steady. Very good demand for all weights of steers and heifers, but by the end of the week enthusiasm to buy cattle had softened as the futures contracts moved lower. With last week's spike to 250.00 in the cash fat cattle market, the feeder cattle market started the week higher but as the week progressed and the futures turned lower, cattle feeders became a little more wary. Auction sales are becoming more sporadic as we enter the spring marketing season, as many auction markets are selling on an every other week basis. The competition to own feeder cattle is very high, and a biweekly sale schedule creates more even more urgency to buy cattle when they are presented to you. The market was extremely active as there is great hope that the 250.00 level can be maintained.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	1000–1050	1,046	287.00	287.00
50	1100–1150	1,127	285.50	285.50
150	1150–1200	1,157	285.50	285.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	602	410.00	410.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
100	650–700	670	423.50–432.50	425.31
63	700–750	747	3,120.00	3,120.00
159	700–750	732	400.00–436.00	417.75
12	750–800	768	2,950.00	2,950.00
268	750–800	767	375.00–401.00	390.86
37	800–850	816	3,000.00	3,000.00
14	800–850	802	391.00	391.00
33	850–900	851	394.00	394.00
61	900–950	919	3,320.00	3,320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
42	550–600	583	405.00–427.50	423.18
26	650–700	682	350.00–363.00	357.94
249	700–750	731	356.00–364.00	359.38
55	800–850	836	330.00	330.00
12	850–900	880	311.00	311.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	442	445.00–470.00	455.36
20	450–500	464	452.50	452.50
18	500–550	535	435.00–440.00	438.11
34	550–600	588	375.00–420.00	398.30
7	600–650	624	395.00	395.00
42	650–700	699	357.00	357.00
39	700–750	705	354.00–362.50	355.08
27	750–800	787	333.00–335.00	333.97
11	800–850	800	327.00	327.00
15	850–900	881	313.00	313.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	400–450	422	490.00–575.00	545.53
81	450–500	474	475.00–505.00	485.07
146	500–550	523	445.00–499.00	466.67
296	550–600	577	402.50–454.00	446.44
466	600–650	636	395.00–427.50	414.79
755	650–700	673	365.00–425.00	395.55
600	700–750	722	355.00–395.00	378.95
398	750–800	771	347.00–379.00	367.07
1,093	800–850	829	331.00–360.50	340.44
294	850–900	874	315.00–344.50	333.53
436	900–950	918	313.00–343.50	322.07
99	950–1000	962	300.00–319.00	314.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	430	510.00–520.00	515.41
7	450–500	497	502.50	502.50
3	500–550	530	515.00	515.00
18	550–600	581	437.00–447.00	441.91
50	600–650	619	425.00–448.00	439.11
16	650–700	687	412.50–415.00	414.07
66	700–750	741	387.50–423.00	404.06
11	850–900	878	351.00	351.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
61	450–500	480	520.00–550.00	535.71
201	500–550	532	450.00–545.00	502.40
214	550–600	574	460.00–522.50	494.19
590	600–650	629	426.00–490.00	471.76
461	650–700	683	415.00–465.00	440.84
1,041	700–750	724	404.00–451.50	424.22
863	750–800	775	383.00–417.00	397.75
688	800–850	832	350.00–389.00	372.95
860	850–900	873	353.00–376.50	366.81
1,678	900–950	925	334.00–368.75	353.60
733	950–1000	979	324.00–347.75	338.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	650–700	693	412.50–415.00	414.34
13	750–800	794	376.00	376.00
17	800–850	826	346.00–357.00	352.54
30	850–900	885	340.00	340.00
20	900–950	909	332.50–335.00	334.25
27	950–1000	993	315.00–320.00	316.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	1000–1050	1,031	305.00–314.00	307.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1,377	1000–1050	1,015	322.00–342.50	336.49
150	1050–1100	1,076	317.00–319.75	318.42
23	1100–1150	1,115	309.00	309.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	600–650	603	500.00	500.00
47	850–900	865	382.50	382.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
213	—	1,686	250.50–252.50	250.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,654	249.00–252.00	250.39
11	—	1,473	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,463	263.00	263.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,312	268.50	268.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,816	247.00	247.00
87	—	1,539	248.50–255.50	252.81
5	—	1,405	249.50	249.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
26	—	1,454	246.00–248.00	247.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,891	243.00	243.00
47	—	1,560	247.00–251.50	249.89

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,528	216.00–226.00	222.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,519	248.00–251.00	249.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
262	—	1,452	248.00–252.00	249.20

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.