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South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

South Dakota · Weekly summary · Mon, May 11

● As filed74 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2027

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 74 priced lines covering 15,031 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 15,728 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 798 head.

South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon May 11, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 15,728Last week 15,897Year ago 17,280

Slaughter CattleReceipts 798Last week 924Year ago 649

Compared to last week: Feeder steers unevenly steady, heifers 2.00 to 7.00 higher. Very good demand this week for steers and heifers, as cash fed cattle soared to 265.00 by midweek, yet volatility in the futures contracts made for concern. Turnout time has arrived and many auction markets on their summer schedules, outside of special feeder cattle sales, weekly offerings are declining rapidly. Cattle feeders that need to buy cattle are facing much competition as the strength of the current fat market is creating very active markets at the auction, but the back months of the Live Cattle futures aren't at profitable levels. Great demand for heifers that are big enough to make replacement heifers, drought in the southern half of the state is causing some producers to make changes already though. Widespread rain over the weekend brought some relief.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	715.00	715.00
32	400–450	422	602.50–670.00	620.42
76	450–500	485	540.00–579.00	564.59
124	500–550	523	495.00–555.00	535.27
128	550–600	569	472.50–502.50	487.98
256	600–650	617	435.00–494.00	475.61
267	650–700	679	408.00–450.00	436.56
297	700–750	713	390.00–439.00	423.83
171	750–800	777	385.00–416.00	399.21
380	800–850	828	374.00–383.50	377.73
708	850–900	880	353.50–377.75	365.25
1,147	900–950	931	339.00–361.50	352.61
1,485	950–1000	974	332.00–359.25	348.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
43	750–800	791	383.50	383.50
46	950–1000	979	324.00–336.50	327.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	1050–1100	1,063	312.00	312.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
44	550–600	569	525.00	525.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	500–550	522	465.00–490.00	479.34
17	550–600	560	465.00	465.00
90	600–650	628	422.00–445.00	426.69
52	650–700	686	385.00–424.00	405.94
102	700–750	723	373.00–405.00	382.27
116	750–800	791	377.00–380.00	378.05
112	800–850	829	344.00–365.00	355.05
24	850–900	889	339.00–357.00	353.28
6	900–950	919	328.00	328.00
10	950–1000	986	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1,769	1000–1050	1,020	329.00–344.50	340.02
337	1050–1100	1,077	318.00–328.00	320.07
134	1100–1150	1,115	312.50–314.00	313.74

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	477	545.00	545.00
64	600–650	619	460.00	460.00
16	700–750	741	399.00	399.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	480	505.00	505.00
76	550–600	588	451.00	451.00
20	700–750	735	367.00	367.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
92	550–600	590	443.00	443.00
74	600–650	648	404.00–414.00	410.92
37	700–750	730	343.00–361.00	347.24
99	750–800	790	333.00–346.00	343.33
48	800–850	830	314.00–333.00	323.32
129	850–900	883	316.00–324.00	320.59
247	900–950	945	310.00–314.00	310.79
77	950–1000	958	300.00–315.00	302.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	1050–1100	1,072	282.00	282.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	367	540.00	540.00
24	400–450	413	540.00–554.00	544.26
110	450–500	480	480.00–535.00	509.29
107	500–550	518	440.00–507.50	495.61
210	550–600	570	425.00–477.50	452.53
336	600–650	616	390.00–455.00	432.87
389	650–700	678	371.00–419.50	398.74
594	700–750	725	349.00–398.50	378.79
500	750–800	776	346.00–378.50	365.29
761	800–850	813	332.50–359.50	346.17
849	850–900	876	319.00–344.50	336.15
706	900–950	926	319.00–340.25	326.19
423	950–1000	970	325.75–331.50	329.55

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	544	442.50	442.50
33	550–600	586	406.00–420.00	416.32
22	650–700	696	347.50–370.00	364.91
108	750–800	770	340.00–345.00	341.82
38	800–850	816	328.00–338.50	335.11
29	850–900	868	321.00	321.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
260	1000–1050	1,014	299.00–329.85	318.10

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	650–700	689	410.00	410.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
151	800–850	838	381.00–385.50	382.95

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,664	258.00	258.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	1,636	254.00–263.00	259.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,566	260.00–261.00	260.29
16	—	1,802	251.00–252.00	251.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,539	261.00–265.00	263.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,335	265.00	265.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
128	—	1,447	256.00–264.00	260.94

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.