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South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

South Dakota · Weekly summary · Mon, Oct 5

● As filed116 lines reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2027

State summary

Counts as USDA filed them

South Dakota reported 116 priced lines covering 25,399 head across feeder cattle, slaughter cattle. USDA puts feeder cattle receipts at 26,787 head. slaughter cattle receipts at 894 head.

South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

Mon Oct 5, 2026

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 26,787Last week 19,239Year ago 20,616

Slaughter CattleReceipts 894Last week 1,319Year ago 966

Compared to last week: Yearling feeder steers 2.00 to 7.00 higher, instances of 10.00 higher, except over 1000 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Yearling feeder heifers steady to 5.00 higher. Spring born steer calves 10.00 to 20.00 higher, except 550-600 lbs steady to 2.00 higher. Heifer calves 10.00 to 20.00 higher, except 400-500 lbs mostly steady. Good to very good demand for yearling steers and heifers, especially by late week when the cattle futures complex rallied and corn futures fell sharply. Cash fed cattle were sluggish in the north all week, with early sales below 220.00 but late week some cattle traded 221.00-222.00. The calf market was substantially more active this week as more buyers were ready to enter the market and take on this good ranch-raised calves. With the Feeder Cattle futures gaining 8.00 and corn losing 20.00, cattle producers got the glimmer of hope they have been waiting for that this recent downturn will turn friendly again. Farmer feeders made great progress with soybean harvest, and starting to combine corn now, giving them a little time to devote to starting newly arrived bawling calves on feed. Larger auction receipts expected in central and western South Dakota next week as the calf marketing season kicks into high gear. Strings of yearlings remain hard to find, which is keeping competition for buying yearlings very high.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	1000–1050	1,022	235.00	235.00
10	1050–1100	1,097	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	267	530.00	530.00
133	300–350	340	525.00–670.00	623.66
326	350–400	381	495.00–642.50	602.87
823	400–450	423	525.00–601.00	566.26
2,291	450–500	477	477.00–550.00	513.10
3,206	500–550	526	440.00–510.00	480.52
2,156	550–600	573	410.00–465.00	447.59
1,151	600–650	619	391.00–445.00	430.18
217	650–700	682	372.00–414.00	402.91
347	700–750	714	378.00–405.00	402.39
25	750–800	766	348.00–350.00	348.95
474	800–850	811	362.00–364.00	363.17
396	850–900	881	320.00–359.00	347.73
292	900–950	910	325.00–350.00	342.69
707	950–1000	975	301.00–339.50	334.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	486	480.00	480.00
53	500–550	534	454.00	454.00
94	550–600	594	411.00	411.00
16	600–650	627	401.00	401.00
613	1000–1050	1,029	284.50–322.50	314.27
602	1050–1100	1,067	274.50–320.00	303.66
395	1100–1150	1,130	261.00–297.50	278.58
369	1150–1200	1,161	268.50–292.00	278.43
265	1200–1250	1,238	268.50–270.25	269.15
52	1250–1300	1,266	264.00	264.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	598	380.00	380.00
39	900–950	910	320.50	320.50
58	950–1000	997	316.00	316.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	543	450.00	450.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	334	540.00	540.00
10	350–400	385	565.00	565.00
65	400–450	423	475.00–535.00	520.58
41	450–500	475	455.00–475.00	463.06
139	500–550	518	415.00–483.00	462.42
74	550–600	572	370.00–440.00	398.82
10	650–700	676	357.50	357.50
11	700–750	745	347.00	347.00
28	750–800	767	343.00–355.00	345.10
39	800–850	840	301.00–355.50	344.74
61	850–900	886	315.00–319.00	316.31
38	900–950	938	240.00–255.00	241.90
12	950–1000	999	303.00	303.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
20	950–1000	957	288.00	288.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1300–1350	1,329	222.50	222.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
136	850–900	878	354.00–363.00	359.82
48	950–1000	990	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
45	800–850	809	353.00	353.00
45	900–950	904	331.00–336.00	334.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
32	550–600	560	327.00	327.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
167	400–450	433	505.00–512.00	509.87
58	450–500	478	500.00	500.00
83	500–550	544	545.00	545.00
186	550–600	577	440.00–447.00	443.80
86	600–650	601	471.00	471.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
83	700–750	711	373.00	373.00
77	750–800	791	355.50	355.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	450–500	465	490.00	490.00
213	550–600	580	452.50–454.00	452.88
60	650–700	674	435.00	435.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	283	590.00	590.00
21	300–350	342	555.00–556.00	555.58
55	350–400	389	472.50–482.50	478.44
76	400–450	438	407.50–487.50	444.49
117	450–500	483	352.50–440.00	413.90
37	500–550	539	370.00–397.50	384.53
26	550–600	563	329.00–372.00	358.12
21	650–700	674	330.00–340.00	335.21
37	700–750	731	315.00–324.00	321.70
7	750–800	755	324.00	324.00
20	800–850	815	297.50	297.50
10	900–950	941	289.00	289.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
71	850–900	866	301.00	301.00
66	950–1000	954	286.00	286.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	269	420.00	420.00
141	300–350	336	515.00–620.00	561.93
248	350–400	378	410.00–562.50	514.74
720	400–450	432	450.00–527.50	481.80
1,428	450–500	477	423.00–475.00	444.42
1,569	500–550	522	344.00–442.00	421.93
360	550–600	573	370.00–424.00	396.96
181	600–650	612	348.00–390.00	366.71
27	650–700	670	331.00–357.50	340.49
88	700–750	747	350.75–369.00	353.81
208	750–800	780	321.00–363.00	344.79
100	800–850	824	310.00–344.00	324.95
597	850–900	881	296.00–330.00	314.00
90	900–950	930	290.00–316.00	306.57
569	950–1000	978	294.50–316.00	310.00
8	1000–1050	1,017	285.00	285.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	450–500	489	437.00	437.00
12	600–650	610	367.50	367.50
424	1000–1050	1,018	273.00–302.50	284.34
39	1050–1100	1,071	279.00–290.00	282.88
66	1100–1150	1,116	275.00–281.00	276.03
6	1200–1250	1,244	230.50	230.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	450–500	489	430.00	430.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
13	700–750	708	330.00	330.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	361	600.00	600.00
6	400–450	433	539.00	539.00
9	450–500	450	480.00	480.00
23	500–550	515	380.00–441.00	420.90
18	550–600	593	385.00	385.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	630	250.00	250.00
12	850–900	884	302.50	302.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
299	—	1,651	216.00–221.00	217.82

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,556	220.00–224.00	222.79

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,427	217.25–226.00	221.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,538	224.00	224.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,379	223.00–226.00	224.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
78	—	1,570	218.75–222.50	220.15

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,513	213.00–214.50	214.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,557	212.50–215.00	213.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,655	203.50–208.00	205.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
172	—	1,406	215.50–218.50	216.98

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.