South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

South Dakota · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, May 5, 2025

17,663 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $313.73/cwt +6.92 vs last sale · ≈ $2,588/hd at 825 lb · 1,822 head

heavy 9-weight M&L 1 steers $274.65/cwt +2.40 vs last sale · ≈ $2,681/hd at 976 lb · 1,464 head

light 9-weight M&L 1 steers $286.04/cwt +2.44 vs last sale · ≈ $2,634/hd at 921 lb · 1,254 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	17,663	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310–348	333	49	498.00–527.00	$514.98	$1,715	+27.48
353–398	387	23	490.00–520.00	$504.36	$1,952	+19.36
417–447	439	127	455.00–510.00	$484.04	$2,125	+16.06
451–487	480	111	415.00–463.00	$445.17	$2,137	+21.81
515–544 unweaned	529	42	410.00–447.50	$429.13	$2,270	—
501–547	534	384	399.00–455.00	$444.04	$2,371	+65.06
552–599	576	177	375.00–415.00	$397.11	$2,287	+20.10
588–593 unweaned	592	85	397.50–418.00	$415.37	$2,459	—
608 unweaned	608	13	382.50	$382.50	$2,326	—
613	613	5	340.00	$340.00	$2,084	-20.19
603–646	622	473	344.00–417.00	$382.38	$2,378	+22.19
653–666	658	18	346.00–347.00	$346.61	$2,281	+17.61
654–697	672	812	347.00–405.00	$379.17	$2,548	+50.17
700–735	721	402	321.00–344.50	$338.58	$2,441	+38.58
751–790	769	685	305.00–350.00	$330.16	$2,539	+24.50
784–792	789	13	293.00–301.00	$297.94	$2,351	-7.72
795	795	12	310.00	$310.00	$2,464	+4.34
801–849	825	1,822	294.00–322.50	$313.73	$2,588	+6.92
850	850	3	276.50	$276.50	$2,350	-15.63
854–896	883	1,203	281.00–310.25	$300.27	$2,651	+8.14
904	904	7	276.00	$276.00	$2,495	-7.60
900–949	921	1,247	276.75–292.75	$286.10	$2,635	+2.50
950–996	976	1,439	267.00–286.50	$274.90	$2,683	+12.90
994	994	25	260.50	$260.50	$2,589	-1.50

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1006–1040	1023	459	265.00–274.75	$268.00	$2,742	-3.49
1055–1087	1066	440	246.00–273.25	$268.03	$2,857	+15.80
1104–1120	1115	84	251.50–258.25	$256.26	$2,857	+23.76
1147	1147	34	244.00	$244.00	$2,799	—
1274	1274	11	221.00	$221.00	$2,816	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
224–238	232	17	540.00–570.00	$551.91	$1,280	—
302–337	313	10	480.00–510.00	$489.71	$1,533	—
373–393	383	6	480.00–490.00	$484.87	$1,857	—
444–447	445	19	430.00–460.00	$437.93	$1,949	—
470	470	4	367.50	$367.50	$1,727	—
506	506	10	428.00	$428.00	$2,166	—
570–599	577	69	330.00–357.00	$338.00	$1,950	-2.00
609–646	632	62	320.00–358.00	$343.29	$2,170	+21.97
654–680	667	19	322.50–355.00	$337.99	$2,254	+5.49
710	710	17	280.00	$280.00	$1,988	—
760	760	14	327.00	$327.00	$2,485	+38.37
807–829	821	13	285.00–297.00	$292.46	$2,401	—
875–882	881	59	282.50–286.00	$283.09	$2,494	—
910–936	926	23	276.00–279.00	$277.15	$2,566	—
983	983	6	269.00	$269.00	$2,644	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1413	1413	4	227.00	$227.00	$3,208	+4.50
1473	1473	10	230.50	$230.50	$3,395	—
1539–1595	1546	30	226.00–230.00	$229.45	$3,547	—
1635–1652	1648	51	221.00–228.00	$222.77	$3,671	+6.69
1517–1767	1665	42	230.00–232.00	$230.95	$3,845	+11.45

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1177	1177	13	225.00	$225.00	$2,648	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
583	583	3	255.00	$255.00	$1,487	—
697	697	7	270.00	$270.00	$1,882	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
277	277	16	470.00	$470.00	$1,302	+15.00
347	347	13	460.00	$460.00	$1,596	+6.23
351–397	364	11	410.00–420.00	$417.02	$1,518	-29.31
419–442	430	102	385.00–425.00	$414.14	$1,781	-15.86
432 unweaned	432	9	387.50	$387.50	$1,674	—
452–498	479	232	365.00–425.00	$403.34	$1,932	+22.86
487 unweaned	487	16	387.50	$387.50	$1,887	—
500 unweaned	500	17	400.00	$400.00	$2,000	—
503–545	531	287	362.00–385.00	$372.09	$1,976	+15.67
572 unweaned	572	25	367.50	$367.50	$2,102	—
551–591	575	329	338.00–380.00	$357.25	$2,054	+13.72
600–645	618	550	315.00–350.00	$335.97	$2,076	+7.47
616–633	621	16	305.00–328.00	$320.68	$1,991	-7.82
653–697	677	507	296.00–331.00	$315.56	$2,136	+7.40
705–746	731	789	292.50–320.00	$308.03	$2,252	+16.61
748	748	6	282.50	$282.50	$2,113	-8.92
750–789	767	543	284.00–315.00	$305.26	$2,341	+12.63
761–791	778	124	318.00–322.00	$321.12	$2,498	+28.49
786–797	793	15	277.00–285.50	$282.69	$2,242	-9.94
800–848	816	370	270.00–288.00	$278.88	$2,276	+3.29
810–844	820	366	286.00–299.00	$295.36	$2,422	+19.77
870	870	11	258.00	$258.00	$2,245	+23.00
851–889	872	238	266.50–280.75	$273.65	$2,386	+2.79
866–899	884	327	268.00–280.50	$274.14	$2,423	+3.28
901–945	904	74	252.00–267.50	$266.41	$2,408	+6.87
903–948	922	903	256.00–277.00	$263.15	$2,426	+3.61
965–991	983	237	246.50–257.25	$251.79	$2,475	+21.79

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270–292	278	19	500.00–515.00	$505.80	$1,406	—
328–340	333	8	425.00–450.00	$440.41	$1,467	—
463–488	473	77	345.00–380.00	$371.55	$1,757	+9.05
516–549	537	96	270.00–353.00	$323.22	$1,736	-4.28
578–593	586	26	310.00–338.00	$324.75	$1,903	—
645	645	32	308.00	$308.00	$1,987	—
694	694	6	285.00	$285.00	$1,978	-16.00
723–731	728	12	259.00–280.00	$267.69	$1,949	—
777–794	788	38	260.00–277.00	$265.73	$2,094	-21.27
873	873	22	253.00	$253.00	$2,209	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1352–1363	1357	27	229.00–231.00	$230.03	$3,122	—
1249–1520	1399	128	226.25–231.50	$227.26	$3,179	—
1645	1645	14	224.50	$224.50	$3,693	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1009–1031	1013	76	246.50–257.50	$248.42	$2,516	—
1095–1098	1096	36	255.50–259.00	$256.77	$2,814	—

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Feeder Bulls

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1247	1247	44	209.00	$209.00	$2,606	—

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Beef/Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1292	1292	8	209.00	$209.00	$2,700	—
1483–1503	1495	12	218.00–219.00	$218.59	$3,268	+7.59

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
691	691	8	302.00	$302.00	$2,087	—
892	892	10	268.00	$268.00	$2,391	—

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Beef/Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1503	1503	3	212.00	$212.00	$3,186	-4.42
1423–1670	1545	50	221.00–223.00	$221.84	$3,427	—
1705	1705	5	223.00	$223.00	$3,802	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
615	615	9	335.00	$335.00	$2,060	—
934	934	18	283.00	$283.00	$2,643	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
698	698	11	325.00	$325.00	$2,268	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1393–1770	1480	22	188.00–191.00	$189.46	$2,804	—

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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.