South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

South Dakota · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 1, 2025

26,859 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 5-weight M&L 1 steers $443.42/cwt +64.14 vs last sale · ≈ $2,559/hd at 577 lb · 2,600 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $414.30/cwt +66.80 vs last sale · ≈ $2,591/hd at 625 lb · 2,501 head

heavy 5-weight M&L 1 heifers $394.50/cwt +59.50 vs last sale · ≈ $2,261/hd at 573 lb · 2,047 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	26,859	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
291	291	4	575.00	$575.00	$1,673	—
304–348	329	30	547.50–592.50	$576.47	$1,897	+76.47
363–396	381	88	505.00–552.50	$531.20	$2,024	+51.20
401–445	420	262	480.00–572.50	$517.78	$2,175	+17.78
440	440	5	420.00	$420.00	$1,848	-80.00
478–479	478	11	427.50–455.00	$440.01	$2,103	+40.01
450–499	482	980	460.00–523.00	$498.05	$2,401	+98.05
508–527	516	68	435.00–450.00	$441.88	$2,280	+26.88
501–549	529	1,463	414.00–507.50	$466.31	$2,467	+51.31
550–598	577	2,558	382.00–481.00	$443.72	$2,560	+64.44
577–587	585	42	405.00–430.00	$425.30	$2,488	+46.02
600–648	625	2,438	365.00–440.00	$414.91	$2,593	+67.41
639	639	8	386.00	$386.00	$2,467	+38.50
636–643	640	55	389.00–394.00	$391.26	$2,504	+43.76
659	659	6	374.00	$374.00	$2,465	—
650–699	669	1,868	350.00–422.00	$396.01	$2,649	+71.01
668–690	676	30	345.00–371.00	$355.11	$2,401	+30.11
700–748	720	925	340.00–401.00	$379.82	$2,735	+59.82
722 unweaned	722	14	350.00	$350.00	$2,527	—
729–745	742	88	353.00–366.00	$363.23	$2,695	+43.23
750–796	774	345	327.50–381.50	$358.03	$2,771	+50.15
803–847	822	336	336.00–361.00	$348.86	$2,868	—
871–893	872	58	321.00–325.50	$325.26	$2,836	+33.26
851–899	887	242	300.00–343.75	$332.71	$2,951	+40.71
903–948	930	1,525	320.50–343.75	$335.01	$3,116	+53.01
927–944	934	193	327.50–329.50	$328.84	$3,071	+46.84
953–995	977	397	324.00–335.00	$328.99	$3,214	+44.34
983	983	5	284.00	$284.00	$2,792	-0.65

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1005–1048	1023	729	320.00–331.10	$326.51	$3,340	+46.47
1051–1081	1063	687	283.25–326.00	$322.06	$3,423	+45.56
1088	1088	55	279.00	$279.00	$3,036	+29.00
1107	1107	52	307.25	$307.25	$3,401	—
1112–1148	1132	455	265.00–279.00	$274.08	$3,103	—
1151	1151	14	279.00	$279.00	$3,211	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338–346	342	15	475.00–502.50	$489.51	$1,674	—
373	373	4	500.00	$500.00	$1,865	—
417–439	426	58	430.00–480.00	$465.29	$1,982	+40.29
464–498	489	150	412.50–485.00	$444.16	$2,172	+64.16
504–547	529	131	400.00–445.00	$419.05	$2,217	—
568–599	585	150	385.00–423.00	$402.21	$2,353	+98.96
603–646	623	145	351.00–395.00	$372.95	$2,323	+35.03
691–692	691	13	352.00–366.00	$358.47	$2,477	—
706–730	725	57	329.00–354.00	$349.38	$2,533	—
892	892	33	327.00	$327.00	$2,917	—
987	987	9	295.00	$295.00	$2,912	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1146	1146	7	221.00	$221.00	$2,533	—
1160	1160	11	244.50	$244.50	$2,836	—
1333	1333	6	219.50	$219.50	$2,926	—
1459	1459	5	214.00	$214.00	$3,122	—
1450–1490	1465	30	213.50–214.00	$213.87	$3,133	—
1534–1549	1543	19	213.00–216.00	$214.90	$3,316	—
1501–1642	1552	146	213.00–226.00	$222.10	$3,447	—
1639–1802	1697	191	210.75–214.00	$212.73	$3,610	—
1729	1729	9	204.00	$204.00	$3,527	—
1900	1900	14	200.00	$200.00	$3,800	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
421	421	5	421.00	$421.00	$1,772	—
574–592	583	23	355.00–389.00	$371.00	$2,163	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1228	1228	13	246.00	$246.00	$3,021	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–344	323	42	500.00–520.00	$508.70	$1,643	—
356–399	380	115	402.50–492.50	$465.56	$1,769	+50.56
402–448	425	336	409.00–507.50	$461.18	$1,960	—
429–435	433	16	380.00–395.00	$384.64	$1,665	—
449	449	7	365.00	$365.00	$1,639	—
452–494	467	437	385.00–473.00	$431.07	$2,013	+65.44
490	490	124	477.50	$477.50	$2,340	+111.87
497	497	31	372.50	$372.50	$1,851	+6.87
500 thin fleshed	500	12	419.00	$419.00	$2,095	—
500–548	523	1,259	350.00–442.00	$406.94	$2,128	+61.94
517–537	532	136	442.00–469.00	$462.64	$2,461	+117.64
544	544	45	367.50	$367.50	$1,999	+22.50
563–572	566	10	307.50–366.00	$348.25	$1,971	+13.25
550–596	571	1,398	353.00–425.00	$385.32	$2,200	+50.32
559–596	578	617	410.00–432.00	$417.36	$2,412	+82.36
566–586	581	22	354.00–371.00	$357.76	$2,079	+22.76
605–648	621	290	382.00–464.00	$421.40	$2,617	+101.05
621	621	9	340.00	$340.00	$2,111	+19.65
602–647	624	1,196	340.00–399.00	$374.29	$2,336	+53.94
628	628	8	325.00	$325.00	$2,041	+4.65
653–695	675	534	320.00–370.00	$353.96	$2,389	+53.96
706–749	722	233	315.00–365.00	$341.14	$2,463	+44.26
731	731	7	303.00	$303.00	$2,215	+6.12
763	763	6	296.00	$296.00	$2,258	+15.00
759–796	770	195	304.00–342.25	$336.10	$2,588	+55.10
808–814	810	63	302.00–306.00	$304.79	$2,469	+26.79
819	819	18	330.00	$330.00	$2,703	+52.00
826	826	140	357.00	$357.00	$2,949	+79.00
839	839	13	255.00	$255.00	$2,139	-23.00
857–867	864	47	307.00–339.00	$321.86	$2,781	+43.43
851–889	884	565	352.25–360.00	$353.19	$3,122	+74.76
913	913	66	336.00	$336.00	$3,068	+67.58
913–926	922	182	300.00–348.00	$329.48	$3,038	+61.06
959–996	978	143	284.75–297.60	$289.55	$2,832	+34.34

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
287	287	6	520.00	$520.00	$1,492	—
328	328	6	440.00	$440.00	$1,443	—
371–399	383	33	380.00–420.00	$401.40	$1,537	—
410–415	413	14	422.50–445.00	$431.02	$1,780	+126.02
457–499	475	164	371.00–414.00	$399.17	$1,896	+104.17
510–545	527	57	355.00–380.00	$367.28	$1,936	—
551–598	576	73	315.00–359.00	$338.21	$1,948	+32.00
621–645	627	77	320.00–344.00	$329.80	$2,068	—
719	719	7	287.50	$287.50	$2,067	—
829	829	5	278.00	$278.00	$2,305	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1089	1089	8	222.00	$222.00	$2,418	—
1286–1504	1419	126	212.00–220.00	$215.56	$3,059	—
1277–1483	1443	228	210.00–216.00	$213.40	$3,079	—
1452	1452	5	210.00	$210.00	$3,049	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1006–1043	1027	222	263.00–311.00	$294.21	$3,022	—
1099	1099	14	291.00	$291.00	$3,198	—
1135	1135	38	289.50	$289.50	$3,286	—
1164	1164	10	270.00	$270.00	$3,143	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1154	1154	15	231.00	$231.00	$2,666	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
521	521	14	350.00	$350.00	$1,824	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
684–691	687	13	347.50–367.50	$355.24	$2,440	—

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Beef/Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1194–1674	1464	36	208.00–214.50	$210.86	$3,087	—

Medium and Large 2-3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
500	500	5	285.00	$285.00	$1,425	—

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Beef/Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1437–1703	1580	63	210.00–214.00	$212.44	$3,357	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1398–1668	1594	18	202.00–205.00	$203.95	$3,251	—

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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.