South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

South Dakota · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, October 27, 2025

42,592 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $447.05/cwt -15.81 vs last sale · ≈ $2,564/hd at 573 lb · 5,915 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $422.41/cwt -25.52 vs last sale · ≈ $2,643/hd at 626 lb · 4,671 head

light 5-weight M&L 1 steers $478.22/cwt -22.83 vs last sale · ≈ $2,527/hd at 528 lb · 4,460 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	42,592	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
284	284	13	700.00	$700.00	$1,988	-13.82
304–349	325	85	545.00–680.00	$621.87	$2,021	-18.42
352–395	374	359	520.00–625.00	$584.85	$2,187	-24.85
375	375	6	515.00	$515.00	$1,931	-94.70
400–448	424	924	480.00–595.00	$544.76	$2,310	-37.60
451–499	474	2,207	470.00–564.00	$518.10	$2,456	-21.62
498	498	25	447.50	$447.50	$2,229	-42.08
501–504 fancy	502	71	501.00–535.00	$514.46	$2,583	-26.39
505	505	5	385.00	$385.00	$1,944	-113.42
510–533	522	40	390.00–470.00	$434.34	$2,267	-64.08
500–549	529	4,344	422.50–520.00	$478.14	$2,529	-20.28
550–598	573	5,795	407.00–482.50	$446.55	$2,559	-15.57
568–595	577	9	355.00–400.00	$384.53	$2,219	-77.59
596	596	8	428.00	$428.00	$2,551	+34.00
598 fancy	598	103	482.00	$482.00	$2,882	—
609	609	16	402.50	$402.50	$2,451	-45.52
609 fancy	609	103	482.00	$482.00	$2,935	—
600–647	626	4,536	362.00–470.00	$421.33	$2,638	+1.33
623–647	631	16	345.00–373.00	$364.02	$2,297	-55.98
650–699	668	1,631	360.00–444.50	$393.16	$2,626	-37.96
680	680	5	285.00	$285.00	$1,938	-52.50
689–693 fancy	691	174	430.75	$430.75	$2,976	—
702–743	714	444	322.50–407.00	$384.60	$2,746	-10.50
708–719	718	77	312.50–335.00	$332.69	$2,389	-62.41
727 unweaned	727	77	377.00	$377.00	$2,741	-17.00
772	772	5	340.00	$340.00	$2,625	-36.22
760–778	776	106	360.00–371.50	$363.26	$2,819	-12.96
776	776	17	327.50	$327.50	$2,541	-48.72
815–842	825	673	376.00–381.00	$379.95	$3,135	+0.94
861–898	887	586	333.00–370.50	$360.12	$3,194	+22.62
896	896	61	315.00	$315.00	$2,822	-22.50
903–934	915	536	305.00–370.50	$352.11	$3,222	-9.02
926	926	60	313.25	$313.25	$2,901	-47.88
968–990	976	168	306.25–310.00	$308.73	$3,013	-39.71
953–998	987	951	302.50–354.50	$330.46	$3,262	+20.57
1086	1086	19	315.00	$315.00	$3,421	—
1128	1128	6	273.00	$273.00	$3,079	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
263	263	5	635.00	$635.00	$1,670	+20.00
313–331	319	18	530.00–617.50	$587.24	$1,873	-40.55
365–398	386	105	472.50–580.00	$540.47	$2,086	-35.07
403–449	425	145	475.00–545.00	$511.18	$2,173	-19.38
466–496	480	269	425.00–510.00	$468.76	$2,250	-4.21
504–548	527	191	387.50–465.00	$434.36	$2,289	-5.89
551–597	580	441	387.50–425.00	$410.43	$2,380	-28.97
617–643	632	116	358.00–395.00	$372.18	$2,352	-56.00
656–658	656	25	350.00–373.00	$368.39	$2,417	-29.05
759	759	5	322.50	$322.50	$2,448	—
905	905	3	305.00	$305.00	$2,760	-21.93
996	996	4	288.00	$288.00	$2,868	-45.21

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
578	578	13	390.00	$390.00	$2,254	-57.50
637	637	8	353.00	$353.00	$2,249	—
694	694	8	348.00	$348.00	$2,415	-72.00
1003–1036	1018	522	298.00–348.75	$338.28	$3,444	+21.21
1070–1092	1081	105	316.00	$316.00	$3,416	+2.22
1157	1157	48	285.50	$285.50	$3,303	-19.50
1266	1266	27	268.00	$268.00	$3,393	—
1322	1322	4	239.50	$239.50	$3,166	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1375–1393	1379	66	235.00–241.00	$239.81	$3,307	-6.19
1419	1419	33	233.75	$233.75	$3,317	—
1363–1500	1478	244	232.00–234.50	$233.66	$3,453	-5.98
1474–1497	1481	38	233.00	$233.00	$3,451	-6.64
1500–1597	1549	151	232.00–234.00	$233.21	$3,612	-8.71
1529–1732	1577	37	230.00–231.00	$230.66	$3,638	-9.28
1603–1720	1655	95	232.50–233.50	$233.20	$3,859	-7.30

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
318	318	9	555.00	$555.00	$1,765	—
471–487	480	11	457.50–458.00	$457.78	$2,197	—
551	551	18	410.00	$410.00	$2,259	—
616	616	6	321.00	$321.00	$1,977	-34.00

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
587	587	17	312.50	$312.50	$1,834	—
650	650	12	340.00	$340.00	$2,210	—
1002	1002	13	280.00	$280.00	$2,806	-39.89

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
510	510	3	297.50	$297.50	$1,517	—
627	627	10	170.00	$170.00	$1,066	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
309–349	332	93	460.00–560.00	$514.40	$1,708	-99.20
366	366	4	440.00	$440.00	$1,610	-106.33
351–398	377	361	437.00–550.00	$503.83	$1,899	-42.50
385	385	5	415.00	$415.00	$1,598	-131.33
400–449	425	953	435.00–533.00	$486.81	$2,069	-10.85
450–499	480	2,187	390.00–506.00	$465.62	$2,235	-59.23
468–499	480	28	335.00–410.00	$383.30	$1,840	-141.55
478–494	490	105	390.00–452.50	$433.88	$2,126	-23.25
501–535	516	846	453.00–560.00	$489.77	$2,527	-1.23
515–526	520	20	335.00–395.00	$367.69	$1,912	-123.31
500–547	521	2,257	385.00–467.50	$432.86	$2,255	-58.14
519–549	541	61	340.00–416.00	$407.83	$2,206	-34.45
550–599	567	2,451	335.00–448.50	$416.86	$2,364	-94.56
554–596	570	547	431.00–512.00	$460.91	$2,627	+50.25
589	589	5	320.00	$320.00	$1,885	-50.44
607–620	612	280	398.00–512.00	$454.67	$2,783	+10.61
602–640	616	32	322.50–338.00	$330.94	$2,039	-52.34
600–647	622	498	344.00–416.00	$365.45	$2,273	-17.83
666	666	39	347.00	$347.00	$2,311	-16.14
660–685	670	348	317.50–400.00	$367.17	$2,460	+4.03
729 unweaned	729	27	316.00	$316.00	$2,304	—
706–743	737	260	315.00–366.00	$346.70	$2,555	-14.08
745	745	7	310.00	$310.00	$2,310	-50.78
795–796	795	84	280.00–326.00	$323.26	$2,570	-28.82
802–845	830	521	307.00–350.00	$330.49	$2,743	-18.91
863–894	884	96	326.00–334.75	$331.90	$2,934	-11.28
882–898	895	44	290.00–311.00	$307.24	$2,750	-35.94
901	901	68	284.00	$284.00	$2,559	-53.00
902–944	924	345	294.00–335.75	$316.60	$2,925	+4.40
959–965	965	71	272.00–295.00	$273.61	$2,640	-45.80
951–994	977	374	297.50–332.00	$325.26	$3,178	+17.93
1000–1030	1009	32	294.50–302.00	$297.68	$3,004	—
1080	1080	10	291.50	$291.50	$3,148	+7.50

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
285	285	4	550.00	$550.00	$1,568	-95.00
308–348	332	26	405.00–522.50	$474.79	$1,576	-103.40
361–396	375	44	385.00–525.00	$468.61	$1,757	-64.40
401–449	429	195	405.00–477.50	$446.65	$1,916	-14.81
457–497	479	266	385.00–460.00	$425.15	$2,036	-11.71
500–531	517	282	362.50–402.50	$389.89	$2,016	+0.69
550–593	573	98	355.00–406.00	$387.26	$2,219	+9.54
601–634	612	33	315.50–335.00	$324.15	$1,984	-31.30
650–662	652	34	339.00–345.00	$339.90	$2,216	-14.44
736	736	20	312.50	$312.50	$2,300	-28.96
798	798	3	305.00	$305.00	$2,434	—
895	895	21	307.00	$307.00	$2,748	+7.00
951	951	13	279.00	$279.00	$2,653	-12.00

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
384	384	5	405.00	$405.00	$1,555	—
415	415	60	436.00	$436.00	$1,809	—
536	536	7	387.50	$387.50	$2,077	—
644	644	6	337.50	$337.50	$2,174	-37.50
1010–1026	1015	230	317.50–330.50	$320.63	$3,254	+31.72
1020–1040	1024	84	297.25–299.50	$297.74	$3,049	-9.67
1056–1059	1058	122	294.00–299.50	$299.14	$3,165	+19.39
1064	1064	51	259.00	$259.00	$2,756	-20.75
1229	1229	35	245.50	$245.50	$3,017	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1245–1470	1346	219	229.50–234.50	$232.72	$3,132	—
1319–1444	1395	191	231.50–233.50	$232.83	$3,248	-7.71

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
354	354	9	420.00	$420.00	$1,487	—
541	541	7	320.00	$320.00	$1,731	—
567	567	13	317.50	$317.50	$1,800	—
1037	1037	3	287.00	$287.00	$2,976	—
1074	1074	57	273.00	$273.00	$2,932	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
593	593	10	317.50	$317.50	$1,883	-37.50
748	748	6	295.00	$295.00	$2,207	-5.00

Medium and Large 3-4 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
474	474	11	250.00	$250.00	$1,185	—

Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
394	394	6	345.00	$345.00	$1,359	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
431	431	6	330.00	$330.00	$1,422	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323–341	331	14	482.50–565.00	$518.96	$1,718	-36.04
436	436	14	495.00	$495.00	$2,158	-5.00
455–467	461	29	425.00–445.00	$434.60	$2,004	—
535	535	7	425.00	$425.00	$2,274	—
611–613	612	20	330.00–337.50	$335.24	$2,052	—
652	652	14	347.50	$347.50	$2,266	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
408	408	4	500.00	$500.00	$2,040	—
494	494	7	400.00	$400.00	$1,976	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1055	1055	3	216.00	$216.00	$2,279	—

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Beef/Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1386	1386	4	230.50	$230.50	$3,195	—

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Beef/Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1398–1405	1398	135	228.50–230.50	$228.54	$3,195	—
1773	1773	11	233.00	$233.00	$4,131	-3.50

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1579	1579	8	201.00	$201.00	$3,174	—

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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.