South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

South Dakota · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 10, 2022

39,744 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $168.81/cwt -1.87 vs last sale · ≈ $1,217/hd at 721 lb · 3,011 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $174.49/cwt -0.76 vs last sale · ≈ $1,179/hd at 676 lb · 2,944 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $182.78/cwt -0.69 vs last sale · ≈ $1,144/hd at 626 lb · 2,791 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	39,744	33,688	33,327
Feeder cattle	37,762	32,294	30,411
Slaughter cattle	1,982	1,394	2,916

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–347	329	14	227.50–240.00	$232.62	$765	+2.51
373–396	387	21	212.00–227.50	$217.84	$843	-0.95
412 thin fleshed	412	21	227.00	$227.00	$935	—
408–446	430	178	207.00–232.00	$217.97	$937	+0.32
435	435	4	215.00	$215.00	$935	-2.65
474	474	27	198.00	$198.00	$939	-12.09
450–498	475	418	192.00–223.00	$205.52	$976	-4.57
484	484	5	181.00	$181.00	$876	-19.00
507 thin fleshed	507	6	212.00	$212.00	$1,075	-12.00
500–548	527	793	186.00–214.50	$201.87	$1,064	+1.35
528	528	15	184.00	$184.00	$972	-16.52
537	537	25	183.00	$183.00	$983	+10.57
522–546 unweaned	539	25	184.50–187.00	$186.32	$1,004	—
552 thin fleshed	552	109	209.75	$209.75	$1,158	—
550–599	578	1,266	178.50–206.50	$193.79	$1,120	-0.20
580–589	585	63	179.00–182.00	$180.67	$1,057	-2.04
580–595	586	40	185.00–187.00	$186.39	$1,092	+3.68
595 unweaned	595	26	181.00	$181.00	$1,077	—
602 thin fleshed	602	102	200.25	$200.25	$1,206	-3.25
600–649	627	2,644	170.00–194.00	$182.26	$1,143	-0.83
609–643	632	45	172.50–174.50	$173.50	$1,097	-9.59
652 fancy	652	56	182.25	$182.25	$1,188	—
655–695	667	57	164.00–165.00	$164.44	$1,097	-1.65
650–699	675	2,582	164.00–184.50	$174.46	$1,178	-1.24
671–694 unweaned	678	68	155.00–164.50	$161.50	$1,095	-0.50
658–691	680	23	160.50–170.00	$163.70	$1,113	-12.00
696	696	158	183.00	$183.00	$1,274	+7.30
720	720	28	154.00	$154.00	$1,109	-4.56
700–749	721	2,932	160.00–179.00	$169.12	$1,219	+10.56
701–743	722	51	152.00–161.50	$159.33	$1,150	+0.77
760	760	4	150.00	$150.00	$1,140	-14.43
750–798	772	2,093	153.00–170.75	$162.21	$1,252	-2.22
757–781	773	218	177.00	$177.00	$1,368	+12.57
802	802	6	148.00	$148.00	$1,187	-14.95
808 unweaned	808	32	146.25	$146.25	$1,182	—
810–824	812	83	147.10–151.75	$147.67	$1,199	-15.28
800–848	824	1,613	149.25–167.00	$158.52	$1,306	-4.43
850–898	872	941	151.50–166.00	$158.66	$1,384	-2.39
893	893	3	147.00	$147.00	$1,313	-14.05
912–914	912	43	144.50–148.00	$145.32	$1,325	-12.90
900–944	928	757	146.00–165.00	$156.42	$1,452	-1.80
953–976	961	22	147.00–149.75	$148.73	$1,429	-7.45
952–997	972	859	151.00–158.00	$156.27	$1,519	+0.09

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
632	632	9	166.00	$166.00	$1,049	—
681	681	11	161.00	$161.00	$1,096	—
1005–1043	1023	615	150.00–159.60	$157.39	$1,610	-0.89
1050–1087	1065	470	145.00–157.50	$154.55	$1,646	-2.35
1109–1125	1120	132	140.50–149.75	$144.94	$1,623	-7.56

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
350–391	373	54	192.00–220.00	$205.46	$766	+0.24
383 unweaned	383	7	190.00	$190.00	$728	—
383	383	4	183.00	$183.00	$701	-22.22
403–443	426	54	184.00–206.00	$199.08	$848	+5.10
458–498	484	81	172.00–195.00	$185.34	$897	+6.90
494 unweaned	494	5	174.00	$174.00	$860	-12.00
514–549	536	205	170.00–189.50	$182.29	$977	-1.46
556–599	580	207	162.00–188.00	$175.68	$1,019	-4.22
602–644	621	126	157.00–173.00	$167.02	$1,037	+1.45
655–685	675	50	152.00–164.00	$157.19	$1,061	-3.39
727–745	742	117	154.00–165.00	$156.12	$1,158	-1.31
753–796	774	17	139.00–153.00	$146.40	$1,133	-3.89
808–844	829	12	149.00–150.50	$149.89	$1,243	+2.39
863–880	874	26	145.00–150.50	$146.88	$1,284	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1141–1386	1264	8	136.00–138.00	$136.90	$1,730	+1.90
1238–1320	1265	12	139.50–141.00	$140.02	$1,771	+5.02
1406–1466	1436	84	138.00–140.00	$138.96	$1,995	+0.46
1447–1455	1448	130	137.00–139.00	$138.84	$2,010	+0.34
1518–1595	1563	391	134.25–139.25	$136.45	$2,133	-2.06
1373–1666	1586	134	138.00–142.00	$139.92	$2,219	+1.41
1578–1642	1618	16	136.50–141.00	$139.35	$2,255	+1.55
1627–1643	1632	161	135.50–138.25	$136.52	$2,228	-1.28

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
246	246	7	170.00	$170.00	$418	—
350	350	8	170.00	$170.00	$595	—
429–449	435	18	165.00–168.00	$165.86	$721	—
511–545	531	19	161.00–180.00	$169.45	$900	—
700	700	6	130.00	$130.00	$910	-16.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
621	621	11	161.00	$161.00	$1,000	—
1033	1033	12	146.50	$146.50	$1,513	—
1090	1090	4	142.50	$142.50	$1,553	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
588	588	6	145.00	$145.00	$853	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
302–329	316	8	191.00–250.00	$219.24	$693	+20.79
360–390	373	50	195.00–207.50	$201.38	$751	+8.27
400–447	419	165	172.00–202.00	$184.27	$772	+1.99
423	423	18	170.00	$170.00	$719	-12.28
448 thin fleshed	448	129	197.00	$197.00	$883	—
474 unweaned	474	14	163.00	$163.00	$773	—
457–499	480	919	168.00–194.50	$181.10	$869	-1.22
508	508	24	158.00	$158.00	$803	-18.03
512	512	38	161.50	$161.50	$827	-14.53
520–524 unweaned	523	40	158.00	$158.00	$826	-5.00
500–549	527	1,170	159.00–186.00	$174.11	$918	+19.11
561–588	570	54	148.00–160.50	$152.96	$872	-16.97
579	579	17	157.00–161.00	$159.35	$923	-10.58
550–599	581	2,003	159.00–177.00	$167.38	$972	-2.55
618 fancy	618	68	178.50	$178.50	$1,103	—
604–640	623	195	173.00–190.00	$182.24	$1,135	+17.94
600–649	624	2,197	153.50–171.00	$162.43	$1,014	-1.87
601–649	628	53	142.00–152.00	$150.16	$943	-14.14
649	649	17	146.50	$146.50	$951	-8.72
652–681	662	20	146.00–147.50	$146.54	$970	+2.11
650–699	671	1,887	147.50–169.00	$157.48	$1,057	-2.46
677	677	9	143.00	$143.00	$968	-16.94
679	679	38	174.00	$174.00	$1,181	+14.06
696 unweaned	696	24	139.00	$139.00	$967	-6.50
700–749	722	1,381	141.00–156.00	$150.27	$1,085	-4.20
747–749	748	126	157.00–162.50	$160.54	$1,201	+6.07
751–799	771	726	136.00–152.50	$148.19	$1,143	-1.55
778 unweaned	778	18	134.00	$134.00	$1,043	—
788–797	790	11	142.50–143.00	$142.86	$1,129	-5.64
802–817	809	21	131.50–136.50	$134.10	$1,085	-15.55
800–845	820	402	138.50–151.00	$146.88	$1,204	-2.77
852–893	881	643	135.00–147.75	$145.58	$1,283	-2.96
901–944	907	211	141.50–150.50	$145.90	$1,323	-1.36
946	946	13	142.50	$142.50	$1,348	-4.76
961–981	974	55	130.00–143.50	$133.76	$1,303	-11.56

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
281–299	291	14	150.00–190.00	$173.46	$505	—
330	330	7	193.50	$193.50	$639	+5.70
361–397	385	64	162.50–192.00	$179.48	$691	+5.01
401–443	422	102	161.00–185.00	$167.73	$708	+2.98
460–493	482	113	150.00–177.00	$165.40	$797	-6.95
501–545	523	129	142.00–168.00	$159.99	$837	-3.91
551–599	570	157	134.00–158.50	$147.75	$842	-8.02
600–649	622	162	132.00–153.50	$148.01	$921	-1.35
651–699	681	347	140.50–149.75	$147.13	$1,002	-1.13
708–735	722	32	126.00–145.00	$136.41	$985	-11.28
772–796	787	13	137.00–138.00	$137.62	$1,083	-7.84
857	857	6	132.00	$132.00	$1,131	—
911–930	922	20	122.00–132.50	$127.37	$1,174	—
980	980	13	126.00	$126.00	$1,235	-10.50

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1205–1509	1333	250	135.00–140.00	$137.24	$1,829	-5.76
1243–1421	1353	154	132.00–140.50	$137.26	$1,857	-2.44
1364	1364	15	130.00	$130.00	$1,773	-9.70

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
695	695	10	146.50	$146.50	$1,018	—
1051–1062	1053	64	139.50–141.50	$139.82	$1,472	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
540	540	11	135.00	$135.00	$729	—
714	714	7	110.00	$110.00	$785	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
574	574	5	149.00	$149.00	$855	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
598	598	30	143.50	$143.50	$858	—
605	605	6	122.00	$122.00	$738	—
706	706	19	138.50	$138.50	$978	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
409	409	6	167.50	$167.50	$685	—

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Slaughter Cows

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
845–1495	1182	85-90%	29	10.00–37.00	$25.82	$305	-1.08
720–1510	1234	85-90%	42	31.00–53.50	$46.34	$572	-1.46
1144–1570	1344	85-90%	53	52.00–60.00	$56.91	$765	—
1240–1835	1395	85-90%	6	61.00–62.50	$61.38	$856	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1150–1280	1202	80-85%	5	65.00–74.00	$69.41	$834	—
1243–1596	1397	80-85%	21	54.00–60.50	$58.75	$821	—
955–1575	1427	80-85%	87	61.00–66.50	$62.99	$899	—
1330–1545	1436	80-85%	6	12.50–48.00	$40.83	$586	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1274–1784	1484	75-80%	40	67.00–75.00	$70.45	$1,045	—
1065–1800	1557	75-80%	23	72.00–85.00	$77.23	$1,202	+16.02
1225–1860	1644	75-80%	13	56.00–66.00	$63.39	$1,042	-11.61

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1120–2325	1718	16	46.00–89.00	$76.75	$1,319	—
1890–1965	1925	3	98.00–104.00	$100.68	$1,938	+6.23
1775–2250	2052	9	85.50–97.00	$93.19	$1,912	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1354	1354	5	101.00	$101.00	$1,368	—
1371–1399	1386	50	108.00–112.00	$109.45	$1,517	—
1480–1609	1537	26	113.00–120.00	$117.05	$1,799	—
1551	1551	21	112.00	$112.00	$1,737	—

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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.