South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

South Dakota · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, December 15, 2025

18,313 head sold ·Official USDA report

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heavy 9-weight M&L 1 steers $334.04/cwt +7.79 vs last sale · ≈ $3,242/hd at 971 lb · 1,274 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $426.51/cwt -1.29 vs last sale · ≈ $2,678/hd at 628 lb · 1,191 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $389.22/cwt -5.85 vs last sale · ≈ $2,808/hd at 721 lb · 983 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	18,313	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305	305	5	530.00	$530.00	$1,616	—
332–341	337	10	550.00–615.00	$582.07	$1,962	—
351–393	373	66	517.50–640.00	$572.58	$2,136	+18.47
375 thin fleshed	375	31	580.00	$580.00	$2,175	—
404–449	433	138	487.50–580.00	$529.03	$2,291	+14.61
448 thin fleshed	448	42	570.00	$570.00	$2,554	—
450–494	470	451	480.00–542.50	$516.08	$2,426	+56.08
521 thin fleshed	521	120	525.00	$525.00	$2,735	+15.00
500–548	522	589	450.00–532.50	$495.76	$2,588	+52.87
550–597	574	696	425.00–477.00	$454.77	$2,610	+7.71
562–581	574	13	410.00–420.00	$413.77	$2,375	-33.29
580–584	583	37	437.50–438.00	$437.87	$2,553	-9.19
608 thin fleshed	608	60	461.00	$461.00	$2,803	—
613–641	627	34	370.00–402.50	$394.55	$2,474	-32.63
603–649	629	1,097	385.00–442.00	$425.61	$2,677	-1.57
650–696	667	706	370.00–437.50	$412.62	$2,752	+6.36
692	692	9	365.00	$365.00	$2,526	+5.00
708–736	712	61	354.00–370.00	$367.83	$2,619	-27.24
701–749	722	922	365.00–418.00	$390.63	$2,820	-4.44
752–799	778	354	358.00–395.00	$368.84	$2,870	+11.51
775–796	784	17	324.00–344.00	$332.37	$2,606	-31.63
808–839	827	301	350.00–374.00	$363.18	$3,003	-2.27
802–849	831	104	325.00–355.00	$338.71	$2,815	-26.74
881	881	43	327.00	$327.00	$2,881	+4.87
856–894	882	357	334.00–349.00	$339.91	$2,998	+17.78
923	923	3	321.00	$321.00	$2,963	-19.18
905–949	932	538	307.00–351.50	$341.72	$3,185	+1.54
951	951	26	312.50	$312.50	$2,972	+23.50
951–998	971	1,248	314.50–340.00	$334.49	$3,248	+7.36

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1010–1049	1026	1,060	310.00–336.75	$325.52	$3,340	+2.05
1039	1039	16	300.00	$300.00	$3,117	-23.47
1053–1090	1070	386	308.00–325.85	$321.20	$3,437	+2.57
1075	1075	19	321.00	$321.00	$3,451	+2.37
1102–1147	1118	532	312.00–317.00	$315.01	$3,522	+13.94
1152–1165	1155	183	252.00–311.75	$303.17	$3,502	+13.83
1258	1258	3	241.00	$241.00	$3,032	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1233	1233	4	240.00	$240.00	$2,959	—
1423–1494	1469	52	222.00–225.50	$224.43	$3,297	-0.94
1471	1471	7	218.00	$218.00	$3,207	-7.37
1423–1499	1473	106	217.00–228.50	$224.88	$3,312	-0.49
1501–1577	1535	54	219.00–223.00	$221.57	$3,401	-1.18
1513–1652	1563	222	220.50–226.75	$224.17	$3,504	+1.49
1601–1850	1709	391	220.00–225.00	$221.47	$3,785	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
404–445	422	45	425.00–487.50	$466.99	$1,971	-16.88
463	463	20	450.00	$450.00	$2,084	-32.19
461–494	476	15	455.00	$455.00	$2,166	-27.19
510–547	532	76	400.00–462.50	$441.22	$2,347	+21.24
550–597	582	77	370.00–422.50	$403.46	$2,348	+5.40
597	597	36	401.00	$401.00	$2,394	+2.94
625–648	638	32	341.00–395.00	$359.89	$2,296	-32.21
659–694	689	73	361.00–380.00	$377.68	$2,602	+27.76
754–782	773	22	326.00–337.00	$329.41	$2,546	+4.41
810–814	814	26	317.00–320.00	$319.66	$2,602	+0.67

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
551	551	9	360.00	$360.00	$1,984	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1031	1031	7	312.00	$312.00	$3,217	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–349	339	38	470.00–570.00	$503.30	$1,706	-1.68
361–399	384	93	480.00–530.00	$502.08	$1,928	+13.13
423	423	13	433.00	$433.00	$1,832	-46.62
400–447	431	263	443.00–500.00	$464.72	$2,003	-14.90
453–499	480	307	412.50–470.00	$451.87	$2,169	-2.61
501–548	519	497	402.50–462.50	$437.78	$2,272	-1.12
529	529	13	410.00	$410.00	$2,169	-28.90
551–599	581	803	365.00–437.50	$407.59	$2,368	+7.29
564–590	585	83	425.00–445.00	$439.96	$2,574	+39.66
600–645	618	441	362.00–415.00	$394.70	$2,439	-59.30
626	626	14	372.50	$372.50	$2,332	-9.13
651–696	674	471	357.00–397.50	$374.84	$2,526	+9.61
680–686	683	15	275.00–350.00	$310.16	$2,118	-55.07
716–717	717	11	324.00–332.00	$326.91	$2,344	-19.18
700–748	721	341	339.50–380.00	$354.97	$2,559	+8.88
754–798	773	190	328.00–356.00	$339.97	$2,628	+4.61
802–847	830	258	314.00–336.00	$321.74	$2,670	-0.79
876–893	881	88	304.00–320.00	$315.03	$2,775	-4.90
902–948	925	312	293.00–306.75	$302.47	$2,798	-2.12
979	979	130	279.00	$279.00	$2,731	-20.61
956–998	981	551	280.00–303.00	$293.70	$2,881	-5.91

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1002	1002	124	274.00	$274.00	$2,745	-8.98
1001–1045	1019	405	275.00–302.50	$289.44	$2,949	+12.24
1060–1084	1076	234	282.00–296.00	$294.14	$3,165	—
1103–1135	1119	66	271.00–285.00	$276.59	$3,095	+10.01

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1124–1591	1407	211	217.00–228.00	$222.40	$3,129	+0.04
1260–1581	1428	398	218.00–228.00	$222.99	$3,184	+1.51

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
313	313	6	480.00	$480.00	$1,502	—
355–368	359	9	425.00–450.00	$433.53	$1,556	-10.24
426–441	434	9	422.50–430.00	$425.77	$1,848	-14.77
511–548	535	40	377.50–412.50	$396.25	$2,120	+5.66
579–582	581	14	355.00–365.00	$359.27	$2,087	+0.95
600–631	617	26	307.50–344.00	$321.79	$1,985	-0.98
672–681	679	17	315.00–336.00	$332.33	$2,257	+42.33
706–731	720	18	325.00–340.00	$333.46	$2,401	—
751–761	754	18	304.00–318.00	$308.71	$2,328	+11.25

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1188	1188	4	236.00	$236.00	$2,804	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
437	437	3	350.00	$350.00	$1,530	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
596	596	6	380.00	$380.00	$2,265	—
638	638	3	342.50	$342.50	$2,185	-66.50

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Beef/Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1387–1629	1531	56	211.50–223.25	$219.02	$3,353	—

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Beef/Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1548–1707	1647	145	216.50–221.00	$218.45	$3,598	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
731	731	4	305.00	$305.00	$2,230	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1501–1659	1571	14	203.00–208.00	$205.58	$3,230	—

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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.