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South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

South Dakota · Weekly summary · Mon, Apr 27

● As filed60 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2027

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 60 priced lines covering 8,881 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 8,881 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,142 head.

South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Apr 27, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 8,881Last week 19,379Year ago 8,866

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,142Last week 664Year ago 890

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers 5.00 to 15.00 higher. Very good demand for all weights of steers and heifers. As the CME Live and Feeder Cattle futures spiked higher, so did the enthusiasm of cattle feeders to get cattle bought now. Cash fed cattle reached new all-time historical high prices this week. The feeder cattle market grabbed another gear and launched higher as the outlook for the coming months in the fat cattle market improved to a level that looks to be profitable. With recent rains, and now some sunshine grass is green and growing and turnout time is upon us.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	395	535.00–575.00	557.78
23	450–500	472	500.00–593.00	550.01
42	500–550	526	480.00–545.00	522.22
70	550–600	589	440.00–528.00	490.83
81	600–650	623	410.00–487.00	452.52
126	650–700	666	395.00–465.00	446.71
97	700–750	734	370.00–439.00	412.08
109	750–800	763	404.00–422.00	418.37
226	800–850	818	365.00–395.00	387.92
1,173	850–900	877	353.00–378.75	370.60
1,594	900–950	925	336.00–370.00	356.82
666	950–1000	977	333.00–360.00	350.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	650–700	661	370.00–424.00	405.89
13	700–750	748	404.00	404.00
28	750–800	781	361.00–383.00	377.17
4	850–900	866	341.00	341.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	550–600	595	439.00	439.00
7	750–800	794	376.00	376.00
30	800–850	849	367.00	367.00
5	850–900	895	327.00	327.00
1,083	1000–1050	1,019	305.00–348.00	341.70
60	1050–1100	1,050	332.50	332.50
170	1100–1150	1,126	292.50–326.00	320.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	750–800	789	384.00	384.00
13	800–850	821	362.00	362.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	700–750	749	324.00	324.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	591	420.00	420.00
5	600–650	600	351.00	351.00
25	650–700	674	362.00–369.00	364.59
9	700–750	729	346.00	346.00
3	800–850	825	319.00	319.00
15	850–900	899	304.00	304.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
24	400–450	417	515.00–557.50	535.19
48	450–500	486	450.00–492.50	480.49
87	500–550	532	430.00–490.00	463.12
38	550–600	580	427.50–457.50	444.69
177	600–650	623	385.00–434.00	420.04
88	650–700	680	372.50–399.00	391.07
472	700–750	721	376.00–402.75	390.75
377	750–800	772	330.00–387.00	365.96
465	800–850	820	324.00–363.75	348.16
289	850–900	872	317.00–348.00	336.51
211	900–950	917	313.50–352.00	319.14
34	950–1000	981	294.00	294.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	1000–1050	1,011	283.00	283.00
16	1050–1100	1,066	282.00	282.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	529	447.50	447.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
60	800–850	832	2,990.00	2,990.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,425	234.00–238.00	235.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,272	268.00–278.00	269.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,543	267.00	267.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
154	—	1,647	253.00–260.00	255.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,665	264.00–268.50	266.63
7	—	1,509	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,441	250.00	250.00
67	—	1,579	256.00–257.00	256.71
122	—	1,755	251.00–253.00	252.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,141	267.00	267.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,416	260.25–267.50	264.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
228	—	1,475	249.00–258.50	256.69

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.