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South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

South Dakota · Weekly summary · Mon, Sep 7

● As filed49 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2027

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 49 priced lines covering 8,750 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 9,402 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 626 head.

South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Sep 7, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 9,402Last week 6,100Year ago 11,843

Slaughter CattleReceipts 626Last week 710Year ago 1,623

Compared to last week: Yearling feeder steers and heifers 10.00 to 20.00 higher, instances to 30.00 higher on 900-950 lbs steers. Very good demand for yearling steers and heifers, especially by late week as the futures contracts rallied and reports of cash fed cattle at 225.00. Cattle feeders are ready to take on these good, light fleshed yearlings right off grass, and know they will have to compete heavily as the yearling supply is tight this year. However, with outgoing fed cattle losing money and the futures not supporting the cash markets as breakeven prices are much higher than the level the futures are at. Few strings of spring born calves coming to town already, as the drought has been severe and grass is very short. Moderate demand for those calves as most cattle feeders aren't ready to take on a bawling calf yet.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	300–350	305	505.00–555.00	536.87
155	350–400	374	500.00–590.00	536.61
165	400–450	424	490.00–577.50	560.71
123	450–500	466	450.00–484.00	454.44
92	500–550	516	438.00–449.00	446.35
88	550–600	585	431.00	431.00
23	600–650	645	410.00	410.00
24	650–700	667	376.00–380.00	378.16
536	800–850	831	356.00–372.75	369.60
463	850–900	879	333.00–371.75	360.71
642	900–950	941	313.00–350.50	343.29
574	950–1000	965	299.00–342.25	331.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	850–900	869	330.00	330.00
111	950–1000	981	289.00–303.50	295.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
61	1000–1050	1,016	287.25	287.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
210	1000–1050	1,028	302.00–312.00	310.99
320	1050–1100	1,062	292.00–309.50	305.66
102	1100–1150	1,147	272.25	272.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	479	450.00	450.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	800–850	845	324.00	324.00
63	850–900	881	327.00	327.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	271	450.00	450.00
4	300–350	334	475.00	475.00
198	350–400	373	444.00–580.00	526.31
104	400–450	426	427.00	427.00
101	450–500	468	401.00–414.00	404.42
10	500–550	547	359.00	359.00
28	600–650	626	392.50	392.50
28	650–700	684	359.00	359.00
40	700–750	708	334.00–344.00	339.11
228	750–800	770	320.00–354.00	341.17
570	800–850	843	310.00–330.00	326.43
869	850–900	870	297.00–329.00	321.37
1,084	900–950	918	293.00–319.50	312.62
613	950–1000	972	278.00–314.00	302.25

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
371	1000–1050	1,024	278.00–307.00	292.13
59	1050–1100	1,067	280.00	280.00
39	1100–1150	1,113	264.00–284.00	270.35

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	1000–1050	1,003	298.00	298.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	377	500.00	500.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	800–850	841	300.00	300.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	850–900	864	310.00	310.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
182	—	1,398	216.00–221.75	219.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,220	218.00–225.00	220.19

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,302	222.00	222.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,440	215.25–216.50	216.06
66	—	1,565	216.00–217.50	217.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
236	—	1,631	215.75–217.50	216.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,174	200.00	200.00

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.