South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

South Dakota · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, January 5, 2026

30,844 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $405.93/cwt +28.38 vs last sale · ≈ $2,946/hd at 726 lb · 2,814 head

light 6-weight M&L 1 steers $448.67/cwt +9.75 vs last sale · ≈ $2,822/hd at 629 lb · 2,560 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1 steers $420.97/cwt -6.18 vs last sale · ≈ $2,830/hd at 672 lb · 2,513 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Head itemized in priced lots	30,844	—	—

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
323–349	341	27	600.00–680.00	$622.05	$2,121	+22.05
375–398	384	55	570.00–630.00	$605.13	$2,324	+28.90
400–449	428	67	530.00–605.00	$560.65	$2,400	+18.15
448	448	14	520.00	$520.00	$2,330	—
466–468 unweaned	467	16	500.00–530.00	$514.97	$2,405	—
450–495	468	372	518.00–596.00	$559.97	$2,621	+22.72
474	474	13	520.00	$520.00	$2,465	-17.25
500–549	528	731	475.00–567.50	$516.30	$2,726	+22.50
537 unweaned	537	21	505.00	$505.00	$2,712	—
536–542	539	25	452.50–460.00	$456.12	$2,458	-37.68
535–547	543	16	465.00–470.00	$468.46	$2,544	-25.34
553–566 fancy	559	191	516.00	$516.00	$2,884	—
570	570	8	465.00	$465.00	$2,650	-32.02
551–598	574	923	432.50–512.50	$477.63	$2,742	-19.39
574 unweaned	574	72	488.00	$488.00	$2,801	—
553–588	575	20	440.00–455.00	$447.18	$2,571	-49.84
622	622	10	424.00	$424.00	$2,637	-14.92
601–649	629	2,550	400.00–481.00	$448.77	$2,823	+9.85
668	668	5	394.00	$394.00	$2,632	-33.15
650–697	672	2,475	371.00–455.00	$421.40	$2,832	-5.75
693	693	33	393.00	$393.00	$2,723	—
700–749	724	2,531	374.00–419.00	$402.77	$2,916	+25.22
740 fancy	740	261	440.00	$440.00	$3,256	—
747–748	747	22	365.00–366.00	$365.64	$2,731	-11.91
751–799	779	2,281	343.00–396.00	$380.57	$2,965	+3.15
798	798	6	352.00	$352.00	$2,809	-25.42
811 thin fleshed	811	21	382.00	$382.00	$3,098	—
800–849	818	1,073	348.00–387.00	$369.36	$3,021	-4.49
829–844	834	99	349.00–355.00	$354.51	$2,957	-19.34
852–899	872	1,092	319.00–373.50	$355.12	$3,097	+6.69
895	895	59	339.25	$339.25	$3,036	-9.18
911	911	12	322.50	$322.50	$2,938	-17.50
903–941	920	318	322.00–350.00	$336.33	$3,094	-3.67
956–998	973	1,151	320.00–350.25	$337.91	$3,288	+6.16
993	993	3	317.00	$317.00	$3,148	-14.75
1025	1025	51	321.00	$321.00	$3,290	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1002–1044	1016	635	323.75–336.00	$332.96	$3,383	-4.53
1025	1025	9	323.00	$323.00	$3,311	-14.49
1060–1099	1071	191	299.00–324.50	$315.22	$3,376	-21.03
1111–1149	1119	193	288.00–309.50	$297.60	$3,330	—
1170	1170	79	289.75	$289.75	$3,390	—
1204–1218	1212	253	268.25–288.85	$276.50	$3,351	—
1258	1258	8	257.00	$257.00	$3,233	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
382–399	393	20	550.00–595.00	$568.19	$2,233	+63.19
420–427	423	14	550.00–575.00	$560.82	$2,372	—
465–497	486	68	482.50–535.00	$512.86	$2,492	+52.04
507–543	523	66	432.50–508.00	$483.47	$2,529	+12.22
558–588	572	32	410.00–440.00	$423.78	$2,424	-17.98
602–649	609	182	397.50–429.00	$423.59	$2,580	+36.59
624	624	17	387.50	$387.50	$2,418	+0.50
667–695	685	60	350.00–406.00	$383.04	$2,624	—
730	730	4	365.00	$365.00	$2,664	+21.00
771–798	779	23	331.00–351.00	$337.23	$2,627	—
817	817	7	340.00	$340.00	$2,778	—
841	841	8	348.00	$348.00	$2,927	—
874–881	875	35	338.00–340.00	$338.23	$2,960	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1278	1278	5	235.50	$235.50	$3,010	—
1368–1377	1372	11	228.50–231.00	$229.86	$3,154	—
1469–1485	1480	33	226.00–230.00	$228.80	$3,386	—
1530–1563	1532	80	242.00–244.00	$243.85	$3,736	—
1518–1576	1561	25	225.25–228.50	$226.69	$3,539	—
1505–1652	1574	123	225.00–229.50	$227.16	$3,575	—
1602–1738	1648	118	221.00–226.50	$224.46	$3,699	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
613	613	10	415.00	$415.00	$2,544	—
670	670	6	320.00	$320.00	$2,144	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
338–342	340	13	510.00–550.00	$537.77	$1,828	+33.15
351–380	362	58	510.00–560.00	$531.34	$1,923	+43.25
384 unweaned	384	5	535.00	$535.00	$2,054	—
402–444	427	233	468.00–570.00	$520.47	$2,222	+30.07
458	458	6	472.50	$472.50	$2,164	+28.81
450–498	476	423	430.00–532.50	$473.08	$2,252	+29.39
514	514	10	435.00	$435.00	$2,236	+9.60
514 unweaned	514	37	480.00	$480.00	$2,467	—
500–549	528	1,119	410.00–489.00	$457.00	$2,413	+31.60
544	544	12	392.00	$392.00	$2,132	-33.40
550–599	575	1,130	387.00–474.00	$429.26	$2,468	+9.52
558–594	589	34	352.50–372.50	$367.93	$2,167	-51.81
606–649	614	39	360.00–385.00	$376.87	$2,314	-12.25
600–647	623	1,393	370.00–434.00	$402.12	$2,505	+13.00
608–639	629	189	417.00–441.00	$432.03	$2,717	+42.91
656	656	75	429.00	$429.00	$2,814	+51.16
652–697	675	1,376	355.00–410.00	$383.55	$2,589	+5.71
693–698	695	41	327.50–357.00	$345.44	$2,401	-32.40
703–710	706	106	371.00–422.00	$395.18	$2,790	+32.41
708–713	709	33	337.50–352.50	$341.16	$2,419	-21.61
702–749	725	783	323.00–389.00	$367.36	$2,663	+4.59
751–799	774	782	321.00–363.00	$347.81	$2,692	—
800–844	819	781	327.00–362.00	$339.08	$2,777	+13.31
802–848	820	84	313.00–325.00	$323.11	$2,650	-2.66
871	871	17	310.00	$310.00	$2,700	-10.00
851–898	876	761	302.00–343.00	$319.53	$2,799	-0.47
907–945	915	15	280.00–293.00	$290.31	$2,656	-11.69
905–935	920	362	299.00–343.00	$319.30	$2,938	+17.30
950–982	969	475	284.00–321.00	$291.66	$2,826	—

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1002–1038	1021	286	290.00–310.25	$303.66	$3,100	—
1042	1042	11	282.00	$282.00	$2,938	—
1058–1076	1071	221	278.75–300.00	$281.95	$3,020	—
1108–1132	1118	59	249.00–274.50	$268.72	$3,004	—
1127	1127	9	275.00	$275.00	$3,099	—
1198	1198	23	257.50	$257.50	$3,085	—
1212–1216	1215	9	241.00–255.00	$245.66	$2,985	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
274	274	5	470.00	$470.00	$1,288	—
344	344	6	445.00	$445.00	$1,531	—
388–394	393	43	400.00–500.00	$471.10	$1,851	—
433	433	3	425.00	$425.00	$1,840	-25.00
470–499	492	34	405.00–440.00	$421.94	$2,076	—
518–549	541	54	390.00–435.00	$421.93	$2,283	—
562–591	576	46	362.50–420.00	$393.35	$2,266	—
603–649	621	53	320.00–366.00	$344.68	$2,140	—
680–697	686	39	356.00–356.50	$356.33	$2,444	+30.33
703	703	20	334.00	$334.00	$2,348	—
751–774	762	48	312.00–335.00	$322.95	$2,461	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1429	1429	21	233.00	$233.00	$3,330	—
1209–1591	1451	161	223.00–238.00	$229.09	$3,324	—
1218–1609	1455	136	223.00–226.50	$225.42	$3,280	—

Medium 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
552	552	8	385.00	$385.00	$2,125	—
659	659	18	337.00	$337.00	$2,221	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
310	310	8	600.00	$600.00	$1,860	—
597	597	5	427.50	$427.50	$2,552	—
702–733	723	9	370.00–373.00	$372.03	$2,690	—

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Beef/Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1570	1570	15	224.50	$224.50	$3,525	—

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Beef/Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1458–1491	1480	23	216.00–218.00	$217.31	$3,216	—
1530–1711	1630	114	220.00–226.75	$223.38	$3,641	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1472–1566	1516	26	207.00–210.00	$207.93	$3,152	—

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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.