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South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

South Dakota · Weekly summary · Mon, May 25

● As filed37 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2027

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 37 priced lines covering 4,086 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 3,935 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 574 head.

South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon May 25, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,935Last week 12,038Year ago 3,974

Slaughter CattleReceipts 574Last week 773Year ago 590

Compared to last week: A much lighter offering of feeder cattle, steers and heifers unevenly steady. Very good demand remains for all weights of steers and heifers. Turnout time has arrived, keeping demand for grass cattle very high. Cattle feeders had to take lower money to sell fat cattle this week, 255.00-258.00. There is much uncertainty in the market currently, as the basis is 10.00 over the futures and the back months are at a level that is not profitable for cattle bought at current market prices.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	452	505.00	505.00
45	500–550	540	465.00	465.00
33	550–600	580	432.00–439.00	437.55
33	600–650	610	420.00–432.00	423.39
221	650–700	670	375.00–411.00	402.29
58	700–750	706	389.50–391.00	390.61
18	750–800	797	347.00	347.00
181	800–850	819	341.00–349.00	344.39
111	850–900	863	326.50–346.00	340.58
66	950–1000	968	330.50	330.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	1000–1050	1,032	291.00	291.00
52	1150–1200	1,181	247.50	247.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per head · actual wt
57	900–950	942	2,975.00–3,075.00	3,027.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	450	522.50	522.50
63	550–600	584	479.00	479.00
56	600–650	617	440.00–467.50	460.27
16	650–700	698	422.00	422.00
169	700–750	723	412.00–430.00	419.14
70	750–800	769	397.00–423.00	413.66
137	800–850	843	376.50–381.50	379.09
208	850–900	869	365.00–377.00	369.24
180	900–950	936	346.00–354.50	348.77
998	950–1000	976	327.00–352.00	338.39

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
290	1000–1050	1,016	319.75–330.00	326.91
530	1050–1100	1,074	310.50–329.75	318.61
165	1100–1150	1,115	302.00–309.00	304.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	650–700	669	397.50	397.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
117	—	1,384	260.00–263.00	260.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,428	260.00–264.00	262.17

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,561	260.00–263.00	262.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,780	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,470	266.00–267.00	266.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,641	253.00–261.00	258.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,369	263.00	263.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,354	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,568	220.00–248.00	236.83
2	—	1,770	254.00	254.00

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.