South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

South Dakota · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, July 5, 2021

16,807 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1 heifers $142.71/cwt +8.42 vs last sale · ≈ $1,188/hd at 832 lb · 1,266 head

light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $150.26/cwt +7.70 vs last sale · ≈ $1,394/hd at 928 lb · 1,196 head

heavy 7-weight M&L 1 heifers $147.95/cwt +8.85 vs last sale · ≈ $1,132/hd at 765 lb · 1,032 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	16,807	4,945	9,236
Feeder cattle	15,523	3,506	7,984
Slaughter cattle	1,284	1,439	1,252

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: A much larger offering this week, feeder steers and heifers 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Very good demand for yearling steers and heifers, the market was very active as cattle feeders are feeling fairly optimistic about the fed cattle market. Cash fat cattle sales in the north remained at 126.00, again selling at a good premium to the southern plains. The basis to the CME Live Cattle futures is almost 7.00 over the board, this fact is really lending support to the feeder cattle market. Old crop corn futures have fallen back to below 6.50 and new crop at 5.20 is helping to ease concern that prices could move higher yet. There has been some rain across the state but more will be needed to prevent cattle from having to be pulled off grass early. Producers in the central part of the state have had it the worst and continue to sell cattle to meet their available forage supplies. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 higher, bulls 3.00 higher.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
407–418	411	15	186.00–196.00	$189.39	$778	—
468–485	473	27	182.50–193.00	$185.51	$877	-4.19
502–528	512	132	180.00–200.00	$193.33	$990	+10.33
532	532	6	171.00	$171.00	$910	-12.00
551–598	578	76	171.00–183.00	$179.38	$1,037	+12.38
611–639	632	73	167.00–185.00	$178.24	$1,126	+26.44
655–695	678	271	157.50–174.00	$166.90	$1,132	—
710–746	731	118	153.50–173.00	$164.53	$1,203	+5.41
752–796	774	476	150.00–169.00	$163.77	$1,268	+13.91
789	789	8	154.00	$154.00	$1,215	+4.14
794	794	8	145.00	$145.00	$1,151	-4.86
803 thin fleshed	803	248	168.75	$168.75	$1,355	—
805–849	821	772	148.50–167.25	$157.99	$1,297	+8.52
850–893	874	531	141.00–159.50	$149.71	$1,308	+5.69
902–945	928	1,196	137.00–155.00	$150.26	$1,394	+7.70
951–993	978	876	132.25–148.50	$144.56	$1,414	+9.42

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1048	1033	928	132.75–141.25	$137.94	$1,425	+6.77
1088	1088	58	134.10	$134.10	$1,459	+11.21
1108–1142	1126	312	132.00–134.50	$132.80	$1,495	+8.46
1168	1168	58	129.50	$129.50	$1,513	+5.25
1302	1302	88	123.70	$123.70	$1,611	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1193	1193	12	120.00	$120.00	$1,432	—
1270	1270	11	126.00	$126.00	$1,600	—
1279	1279	5	129.00	$129.00	$1,650	—
1331–1392	1382	127	121.75–124.00	$122.87	$1,698	+3.30
1309–1487	1453	190	125.00–127.00	$126.27	$1,835	+2.32
1462	1462	3	132.00	$132.00	$1,930	+8.05
1537–1588	1555	177	125.00–128.00	$127.20	$1,978	—
1566	1566	7	121.00	$121.00	$1,895	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–337	326	18	189.00–190.00	$189.60	$618	—
535	535	6	183.00	$183.00	$979	—
569	569	16	163.00	$163.00	$927	—
621–631	625	18	141.00–155.00	$148.72	$930	+10.17
652–669	667	77	142.00–154.00	$152.63	$1,018	—
709–716	711	35	126.00–167.50	$155.56	$1,106	+17.81
759–774	772	58	120.00–149.50	$145.00	$1,119	+9.64
802–811	809	23	138.00–146.00	$139.72	$1,130	+7.22
891	891	5	135.50	$135.50	$1,207	—
906–916	910	10	125.00–129.50	$127.69	$1,162	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382	382	5	185.00	$185.00	$707	—
457–492	478	29	165.00–178.00	$173.01	$827	—
527–549	539	210	157.00–173.50	$166.48	$897	+8.83
551	551	24	161.00	$161.00	$887	+10.43
605–644	625	351	155.25–166.25	$161.65	$1,010	+19.48
632	632	39	165.00	$165.00	$1,043	+22.83
651–697	683	178	142.00–155.00	$147.66	$1,009	+8.87
692	692	9	139.50	$139.50	$965	+0.71
692	692	25	157.00	$157.00	$1,086	+18.21
700–748	723	444	141.00–156.00	$147.54	$1,067	+10.00
732	732	9	144.00	$144.00	$1,054	+6.46
746–748	747	144	153.00–153.50	$153.24	$1,145	+15.70
752–770	754	630	146.50–156.00	$152.35	$1,149	+13.25
753–797	782	402	133.00–145.10	$141.06	$1,103	+1.96
816–846	829	568	133.50–147.00	$139.87	$1,160	+5.58
819–849	835	698	144.25–145.50	$145.02	$1,211	+10.73
851–898	884	1,031	132.25–144.00	$135.83	$1,201	+2.98
910–945	924	655	130.50–139.10	$136.76	$1,264	+10.56
950–993	968	365	126.50–136.00	$132.41	$1,282	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1008–1048	1028	323	118.00–131.00	$129.11	$1,327	+10.46
1058–1061	1059	176	128.00–128.75	$128.34	$1,359	+13.40
1102	1102	15	126.00	$126.00	$1,389	+9.00

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
345	345	3	183.00	$183.00	$631	—
361–383	371	17	172.00–174.00	$172.97	$642	+38.97
437–439	437	26	155.00–163.50	$161.86	$707	+13.86
478	478	6	164.00	$164.00	$784	—
509–523	522	40	155.50–157.00	$155.65	$812	+21.61
592–595	594	10	147.00–152.00	$148.49	$882	—
600–647	634	25	133.00–149.50	$139.20	$883	+7.19
671	671	90	144.75	$144.75	$971	—
702–746	736	78	101.00–148.00	$126.76	$933	—
777–786	780	19	128.50–132.00	$129.61	$1,011	—
829	829	29	131.00	$131.00	$1,086	+10.00

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1172	1172	5	122.25	$122.25	$1,433	—
1224–1416	1299	145	125.00–128.00	$126.98	$1,649	—
1392	1392	3	133.00	$133.00	$1,851	—

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Feeder Bulls

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1046	1046	8	114.50	$114.50	$1,198	—

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1000–1648	1324	80-85%	159	63.00–69.50	$66.36	$879	-4.68
1293–1433	1372	80-85%	20	70.00–74.00	$70.73	$970	—
1180–1620	1411	80-85%	12	57.00–62.00	$59.31	$837	-5.89
1970	1970	80-85%	1	55.00	$55.00	$1,084	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1142	1142	85-90%	13	63.50	$63.50	$725	—
860–1515	1154	85-90%	32	50.50–55.50	$53.16	$613	-5.73
965–1700	1245	85-90%	95	56.00–62.00	$59.40	$740	—
1055–1613	1285	85-90%	13	42.00–49.00	$46.52	$598	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1135–1753	1466	75-80%	9	62.00–69.00	$67.14	$984	+1.41
1160–1845	1522	75-80%	79	70.00–79.50	$75.13	$1,143	+2.42
1350–1683	1640	75-80%	19	80.00–85.00	$80.59	$1,322	-2.11

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1435	1435	1	113.00	$113.00	$1,622	—
1355–2530	1749	13	85.00–96.00	$91.35	$1,598	—
1340–2155	1854	9	97.50–105.00	$100.09	$1,856	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225	1225	4	81.00	$81.00	$992	-4.00
1364–1387	1370	12	105.00–108.00	$106.58	$1,460	—
1396–1503	1431	15	112.50–113.50	$113.29	$1,621	—

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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.