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South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

South Dakota · Weekly summary · Mon, Aug 10

● As filed32 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2027

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 32 priced lines covering 5,324 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 4,481 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,585 head.

South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Aug 10, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,481Last week 8,037Year ago 6,998

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,585Last week 909Year ago 1,028

Compared to last week: Few comparable sales of feeder steers 6.00 to 8.00 lower, heifers not well compared. Moderate demand for yearling steers and heifers this week as the CME cattle complex moved lower again. Cash fed cattle were drug down by the bearish tone of the futures, down to 228.00. Cattle feeders are back to playing defense as they struggle with a fat cattle market that keeps getting hit with unfriendly news. The feeder market is under pressure as cattle feeders are left reeling trying to find cattle that can breakeven with these projected fat cattle prices on the board.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
44	750–800	787	323.00	323.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	530	400.00	400.00
74	700–750	714	377.50	377.50
228	800–850	825	334.00–347.00	342.88
52	850–900	869	317.00–336.00	327.29
78	900–950	911	302.00–316.00	313.64
44	950–1000	950	305.00–317.00	307.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
147	1000–1050	1,017	290.50–301.00	294.93
29	1050–1100	1,075	290.00–296.00	291.22
111	1100–1150	1,126	277.50–282.50	280.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
716	1000–1050	1,024	309.25–329.25	318.15
117	1050–1100	1,052	313.00	313.00
328	1100–1150	1,123	300.00–304.00	302.08
56	1150–1200	1,152	302.25	302.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	700–750	722	392.50–393.00	392.75
136	750–800	784	385.00–393.00	386.80
245	800–850	841	340.00–346.00	344.75
234	850–900	883	329.00–357.00	335.11
809	900–950	918	314.00–345.00	332.76
582	950–1000	976	310.50–343.25	324.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	680	371.00	371.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
165	—	1,379	237.00–242.00	240.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
67	—	1,213	238.00–242.00	240.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
58	—	1,476	237.00–238.50	237.39
353	—	1,574	237.00–241.00	240.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
395	—	1,629	238.00–240.50	239.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	1,299	255.50–256.00	255.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,348	237.00–239.00	237.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,545	225.00–230.50	226.84
2	—	1,670	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,581	234.00–235.00	234.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,449	234.00–236.00	234.98

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.