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South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

South Dakota · Weekly summary · Mon, Aug 24

● As filed79 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2027

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 79 priced lines covering 9,649 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 9,900 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 1,320 head.

South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Aug 24, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 9,900Last week 5,663Year ago 7,906

Slaughter CattleReceipts 1,320Last week 799Year ago 1,240

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers unevenly steady. Moderate to good demand for yearling steers and heifers, demand much better for yearlings straight off grass in that highly desirable light flesh condition. Cattle feeders are very uncertain about the road ahead, as the cash fed cattle market fell below 220.00 by early week and the deferred months of the Live Cattle futures continue to slide lower. The severe drought is pushing yearlings off grass, some having to supplemental feed. Cattle feeders want to buy these yearlings while they can but are struggling to get them bought at prices that breakeven to where the futures contracts are at. Silage harvest underway already as corn is drying quickly as it stays hot and dry.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	200–250	242	650.00	650.00
8	350–400	351	525.00	525.00
11	450–500	461	445.00	445.00
8	500–550	505	410.00	410.00
16	550–600	576	395.00	395.00
36	600–650	613	342.00–362.50	353.82
19	650–700	672	352.50–367.50	358.95
104	700–750	728	317.50–357.00	349.44
444	750–800	777	296.00–350.00	319.75
325	800–850	841	301.00–314.50	304.02
1,178	850–900	869	287.00–329.00	312.90
948	900–950	925	285.00–328.00	303.10
787	950–1000	981	274.00–322.00	294.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	343	495.00	495.00
3	350–400	350	450.00	450.00
11	600–650	637	345.00	345.00
10	650–700	698	327.00	327.00
10	750–800	791	265.00	265.00
16	800–850	844	280.00	280.00
8	850–900	865	283.00	283.00
53	900–950	933	277.00–292.00	287.10
18	950–1000	950	306.00	306.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
256	1000–1050	1,018	267.00–312.00	294.59
15	1050–1100	1,071	278.00–298.00	291.46
40	1100–1150	1,131	282.00–288.00	284.98
22	1200–1250	1,216	214.00–269.00	244.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
69	750–800	764	265.00–303.00	299.11
5	850–900	877	270.00	270.00
131	950–1000	961	273.00	273.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	850–900	885	230.00	230.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
45	1100–1150	1,112	248.00	248.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
74	750–800	776	368.00	368.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	1000–1050	1,023	245.00	245.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	464	435.00	435.00
9	550–600	584	350.00	350.00
9	750–800	776	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	469	385.00	385.00
4	500–550	538	402.50	402.50
14	700–750	707	334.00	334.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	350–400	395	475.00	475.00
3	400–450	447	460.00	460.00
11	600–650	628	345.00–380.00	361.06
5	650–700	668	315.00	315.00
17	750–800	796	301.00–309.00	303.84
34	900–950	919	298.00–305.00	302.46
15	950–1000	989	290.50	290.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	1050–1100	1,068	275.00	275.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	297	595.00	595.00
16	300–350	318	585.00–612.50	602.09
10	350–400	365	550.00	550.00
31	400–450	403	530.00	530.00
19	450–500	465	470.00–485.00	477.04
5	500–550	534	425.00	425.00
25	600–650	640	365.00–391.00	378.48
8	650–700	698	370.00	370.00
34	700–750	725	348.00–383.00	362.51
84	750–800	758	339.00–362.00	353.33
191	800–850	819	320.00–354.00	344.82
225	850–900	864	323.00–334.00	328.36
977	900–950	925	302.00–335.50	328.24
703	950–1000	973	301.75–320.75	309.08
19	1050–1100	1,070	286.50	286.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1,103	1000–1050	1,027	293.75–317.00	300.00
289	1050–1100	1,072	284.00–294.75	291.04
39	1100–1150	1,115	276.00	276.00
21	1150–1200	1,176	263.25–269.50	266.53

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	704	315.00	315.00
5	800–850	811	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	700–750	730	327.00	327.00
13	850–900	852	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	850–900	855	302.00	302.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
203	—	1,395	214.50–219.00	216.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,442	215.50–217.00	216.60
261	—	1,577	214.00–219.00	216.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	1,357	215.00–216.00	215.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
369	—	1,631	215.00–219.00	217.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,433	217.00	217.00
17	—	1,485	203.00–212.00	208.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
37	—	1,546	215.00–217.50	216.33

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.