South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

South Dakota · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 15, 2021

25,885 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 7-weight M&L 1 steers $144.07/cwt +3.76 vs last sale · ≈ $1,109/hd at 770 lb · 2,311 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $148.65/cwt -0.18 vs last sale · ≈ $1,081/hd at 727 lb · 2,103 head

light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $139.01/cwt +0.48 vs last sale · ≈ $1,146/hd at 824 lb · 1,749 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	25,885	25,551	33,055
Feeder cattle	24,196	23,950	31,844
Slaughter cattle	1,689	1,601	1,211

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers steady to 4.00 higher. Good to very good demand for all weights of feeder cattle this week. Temps were dangerously cold at the start of the week, which caused some consignment cancellations, but by the end of the week much warmer weather moved into the area. CME Live Cattle futures didn’t lend any support to the market until Fri when triple digit gains were finally made, triple digit losses were seen Tues through Thurs. Spring is just around the corner and yearling operators, whether they grow the cattle in yards or on grass, are needing to get their cattle bought while they are still available. With each passing week the supply of these light cattle gets a little tighter as last year’s calf crop are now yearlings already. There are still large supplies of heavier cattle as many cattle producers hung onto their calves a little longer this year as the weather was mild. These operators were also hopeful the market would improve as well as have heavier calves to sell. Cash fed cattle market continues to disappoint as breakeven prices are closer to 120.00 and the market just hasn’t been able to climb that high. The southern winter storm last week caused packing houses in that area to shutdown or reduce their kill levels which kept a lid on the fat market in the north as well. Slaughter cows 4.00 to 7.00 higher, bulls steady to 1.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
303	303	3	208.00	$208.00	$630	—
381–390	382	69	188.00–200.00	$197.90	$756	+3.40
401–433	421	33	187.00–203.00	$196.39	$827	+6.58
450–499	478	354	176.00–202.50	$186.69	$892	+4.09
487	487	8	174.00	$174.00	$847	-8.60
506 thin fleshed	506	7	193.00	$193.00	$977	+7.25
514	514	10	165.00	$165.00	$848	-12.19
515–530 fancy	524	131	195.50–196.50	$196.10	$1,028	—
501–549	532	665	161.00–193.00	$178.84	$951	+1.65
569	569	5	153.00	$153.00	$871	-16.79
553–597	581	1,092	156.50–178.50	$169.35	$984	-0.44
572–594	584	36	154.00–155.00	$154.56	$903	-4.94
615–643	623	20	145.00–153.50	$150.87	$940	-7.97
630 thin fleshed	630	85	165.35	$165.35	$1,042	—
606–648	632	803	147.00–166.00	$160.30	$1,013	+1.46
627–638 fancy	632	151	170.00–171.50	$170.83	$1,080	—
650–698	671	1,674	142.25–163.50	$155.91	$1,046	-1.59
697	697	6	139.50	$139.50	$972	+2.94
709 thin fleshed	709	14	153.00	$153.00	$1,085	—
700–748	727	2,089	140.00–157.50	$148.62	$1,080	+0.95
750–791	768	128	130.00–137.75	$135.20	$1,038	-5.69
750–797	769	2,089	135.50–151.50	$144.73	$1,113	+3.84
768–769	769	34	134.00–135.00	$134.76	$1,036	-6.13
799 thin fleshed	799	60	145.10	$145.10	$1,159	—
807	807	3	136.00	$136.00	$1,098	+6.43
803–848	824	1,630	127.00–144.50	$138.72	$1,143	+2.71
831 fancy	831	116	143.10	$143.10	$1,189	—
852–898	871	1,174	128.00–141.50	$137.40	$1,197	+3.00
897	897	5	121.00	$121.00	$1,085	-13.40
901–945	919	725	125.25–138.50	$133.04	$1,223	+1.40
954–985	966	178	125.00–133.50	$130.47	$1,260	-0.96

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1319	1319	10	113.50	$113.50	$1,497	—
1370–1495	1457	171	112.00–114.00	$113.37	$1,652	+0.52
1497 value added	1497	43	117.50	$117.50	$1,759	—
1512–1594	1567	110	113.50–114.50	$114.07	$1,787	—
1560–1579 value added	1569	70	117.75	$117.75	$1,847	—
1563–1606	1587	9	116.00–118.00	$116.88	$1,855	—
1611–1674	1640	426	111.00–114.00	$112.81	$1,850	-0.58
1705–1723	1714	63	112.25–112.50	$112.38	$1,926	+0.72

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1002–1035	1028	102	123.50–129.50	$128.36	$1,320	+3.03
1059–1094	1078	109	125.00–128.25	$127.75	$1,377	-0.47
1203	1203	21	122.00	$122.00	$1,468	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
348	348	6	200.00	$200.00	$696	—
372	372	7	187.50	$187.50	$698	+3.67
413–438	426	24	162.50–175.00	$167.73	$715	-8.12
452–490	479	29	161.00–174.00	$170.30	$816	+4.30
513–543	526	33	141.00–172.00	$159.20	$837	-1.59
546 thin fleshed	546	5	175.00	$175.00	$956	—
573–599	590	21	153.50–158.00	$155.33	$916	+1.13
620–624	622	11	136.00–146.00	$140.56	$874	-5.05
662 thin fleshed	662	22	149.50	$149.50	$990	—
703	703	9	136.75	$136.75	$961	-1.27
750	750	16	133.00	$133.00	$998	-1.95
841	841	4	130.00	$130.00	$1,093	-1.00

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
651	651	6	135.00	$135.00	$879	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
384–396	386	72	176.00–181.00	$177.00	$683	+11.30
405–436	426	93	155.00–174.00	$167.66	$714	+3.21
451–498	482	492	149.00–170.50	$163.23	$787	+1.72
500–548	525	930	144.50–167.00	$159.70	$838	+3.59
552	552	6	160.00	$160.00	$883	+9.73
564–587	576	61	123.00–139.00	$135.87	$783	-14.40
550–599	577	1,035	135.50–160.00	$152.48	$880	+2.21
591–599	597	45	144.00–147.00	$146.34	$874	+13.71
611	611	10	153.00	$153.00	$935	+5.11
600–649	623	1,330	132.00–158.50	$146.02	$910	-1.87
624–647	633	39	125.00–144.00	$136.04	$861	-0.46
652–695	665	419	145.00–167.00	$154.50	$1,027	+3.44
650–699	678	1,017	129.75–151.50	$138.46	$939	+1.28
718–722	719	26	116.00–123.50	$117.16	$842	-33.53
700–745	721	1,271	125.50–147.00	$136.30	$983	-14.39
704–746	727	324	135.50–163.00	$156.00	$1,134	+24.87
750–796	779	781	122.50–134.50	$129.70	$1,010	-2.30
778–797	786	40	135.25–137.00	$136.00	$1,069	+4.00
807–849	832	197	121.00–129.00	$125.18	$1,041	-0.71
820–833	832	41	118.00	$118.00	$982	-7.89
851–899	879	162	123.50–126.25	$124.92	$1,098	+1.45
906–936	924	34	117.50–123.00	$119.72	$1,106	-1.32
949	949	4	114.00	$114.00	$1,082	-7.04
995	995	21	120.00	$120.00	$1,194	+4.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
373–385	383	23	154.00–168.50	$161.75	$620	-4.38
447	447	9	156.00	$156.00	$697	+1.46
450–496	470	35	131.00–145.00	$137.86	$648	-12.85
500–547	523	71	122.00–152.00	$144.23	$754	+5.36
568–580	572	18	132.50–139.50	$137.09	$784	+2.32
619–648	641	32	121.00–143.00	$136.87	$877	+6.00
650–656	655	34	143.00–150.00	$143.82	$942	+18.53
666–690	673	38	127.50–134.50	$131.17	$883	+5.88
834	834	4	111.50	$111.50	$930	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1322	1322	3	115.00	$115.00	$1,520	—
1296–1469 value added	1421	140	115.00–115.25	$115.11	$1,636	—
1323–1476	1429	69	110.00–114.25	$110.73	$1,582	—
1621	1621	38	110.00	$110.00	$1,783	±0.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1003–1013	1005	43	112.50–120.00	$118.24	$1,188	+1.74

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
696	696	8	118.50	$118.50	$825	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
583	583	8	142.00	$142.00	$828	—

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Slaughter Cows

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1020–1953	1419	75-80%	222	67.50–75.50	$71.37	$1,013	—
1225–1875	1596	75-80%	17	64.00–68.50	$67.60	$1,079	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1030–1573	1338	80-85%	44	65.00–70.00	$67.46	$903	+5.09
1300–1610	1455	80-85%	2	61.00–64.50	$62.94	$916	—
1243–1656	1513	80-85%	19	69.00–71.50	$70.41	$1,065	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
989–1705	1292	85-90%	41	61.00–66.00	$64.19	$829	—
1303	1303	85-90%	3	69.50	$69.50	$906	—
1145–1585	1358	85-90%	4	48.00–58.00	$53.54	$727	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1295–1915	1605	2	72.00–85.00	$79.76	$1,280	—
1175–2020	1766	12	87.00–93.50	$90.59	$1,600	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1327	1327	21	98.50	$98.50	$1,307	—
1409–1608	1495	21	99.25–100.50	$99.85	$1,493	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.