South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary

South Dakota · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Monday, February 9, 2026

36,818 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 8-weight M&L 1 steers $376.22/cwt +2.43 vs last sale · ≈ $3,088/hd at 821 lb · 4,012 head

light 7-weight M&L 1 steers $412.30/cwt +8.19 vs last sale · ≈ $2,999/hd at 727 lb · 3,866 head

heavy 8-weight M&L 1 steers $362.85/cwt -1.12 vs last sale · ≈ $3,157/hd at 870 lb · 2,360 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	36,818	18,723	29,013
Feeder cattle	35,648	17,524	28,239
Slaughter cattle	1,170	1,199	774

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 750 lbs 5.00 to 6.00 higher, over 750 lbs unevenly steady. Feeder heifers unevenly steady. Very good demand for all weights of steers and heifers. Optimism is running very high amongst feeder cattle producers and cattle feeders. Packers had to give more money to get cattle bought, which sparked the feeder cattle market again. Very good demand for replacement quality heifers. Very dry and abnormally warm temps is making for very easy gaining conditions for cattle. Auction markets continue to host very large feeder cattle auctions as feeder cattle producers are quick to get their cattle consigned and sold as the market returns to it's level before the crash last October.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
343–345	344	9	580.00–720.00	$626.49	$2,155	+26.49
360–394	382	36	590.00–650.00	$616.97	$2,357	+3.32
400–447	429	115	555.00–602.50	$578.53	$2,482	-1.17
450–499	476	252	520.00–595.00	$560.33	$2,667	+5.46
501–548	526	565	472.50–562.50	$519.00	$2,730	-1.11
550–598	575	911	455.00–532.50	$489.11	$2,812	+5.99
601–646	624	1,691	432.50–487.50	$458.78	$2,863	+6.28
626	626	7	420.00	$420.00	$2,629	-32.50
650–699	676	2,178	395.00–465.00	$429.19	$2,901	+4.21
694–697	695	60	397.50–406.00	$402.88	$2,800	-22.10
700–722	715	215	438.00–444.00	$439.97	$3,146	+35.69
700–749	728	3,643	389.00–448.00	$410.75	$2,990	+6.47
729	729	8	376.00	$376.00	$2,741	-28.28
762	762	162	422.00	$422.00	$3,216	+56.95
750–799	774	2,086	360.00–397.50	$384.15	$2,973	+19.10
779	779	10	361.00	$361.00	$2,812	-27.75
784	784	14	332.00	$332.00	$2,603	-56.75
802	802	53	370.00	$370.00	$2,967	+18.31
802–849	821	3,959	335.00–396.00	$376.30	$3,089	+2.12
850–899	870	2,325	346.00–377.00	$363.28	$3,161	-0.82
856–885	876	35	333.00–337.50	$334.38	$2,929	-29.72
900–947	917	1,803	334.50–362.00	$351.84	$3,226	+20.79
919	919	18	333.00	$333.00	$3,060	+1.95
955–995	975	691	319.00–344.00	$338.85	$3,304	+3.20

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
322	322	25	540.00	$540.00	$1,739	—
364–391	373	20	565.00–580.00	$571.43	$2,131	+54.15
425–446	439	29	545.00–555.00	$547.80	$2,405	+2.80
461–485	476	32	490.00–550.00	$522.95	$2,489	—
508–526	520	13	452.50–540.00	$486.80	$2,531	-9.92
550–596	577	39	435.00–477.50	$454.38	$2,622	+4.42
602–649	625	122	355.00–446.00	$411.81	$2,574	-11.37
666–692	676	16	402.00–402.50	$402.31	$2,720	-2.69
740	740	6	372.50	$372.50	$2,756	+17.50
766–793	789	78	330.00–359.00	$354.81	$2,799	-7.19
865	865	75	359.00	$359.00	$3,105	+20.58
938	938	30	338.50	$338.50	$3,175	+5.50

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
626	626	7	430.00	$430.00	$2,692	—
1003–1039	1009	280	298.00–337.50	$331.27	$3,343	-0.92

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1225	1225	4	250.00	$250.00	$3,062	—
1385	1385	4	238.00	$238.00	$3,296	—
1419	1419	14	251.00	$251.00	$3,562	—
1545–1597	1565	17	239.00–240.00	$239.41	$3,747	-4.19
1560–1668	1618	106	243.00–249.50	$244.85	$3,962	—
1608–1683	1643	115	236.00–241.00	$239.79	$3,940	—
1715–1720	1716	17	238.00–240.00	$239.53	$4,110	—
1716	1716	5	246.00	$246.00	$4,221	—

Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1064	1064	4	270.00	$270.00	$2,873	—

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
332–343	338	19	560.00–610.00	$574.24	$1,941	-45.76
352–399	372	31	500.00–580.00	$537.65	$2,000	-42.69
407 thin fleshed	407	5	555.00	$555.00	$2,259	+5.00
403–449	432	173	480.00–545.00	$513.34	$2,218	+1.14
452–495	468	225	470.00–540.00	$501.14	$2,345	+6.88
509–548	530	855	420.00–507.50	$460.17	$2,439	-2.82
564 thin fleshed	564	8	480.00	$480.00	$2,707	—
552–598	577	829	395.00–461.00	$437.70	$2,526	+2.15
602 thin fleshed	602	87	467.00	$467.00	$2,811	—
602 fancy	602	12	452.50	$452.50	$2,724	—
618	618	12	305.00	$305.00	$1,885	-80.09
600–647	623	1,312	357.50–441.00	$421.63	$2,627	+5.05
643	643	5	380.00	$380.00	$2,443	-36.58
644	644	94	452.00	$452.00	$2,911	+35.42
655–689	671	638	418.00–492.50	$447.85	$3,005	+59.40
650–695	672	1,341	355.00–435.00	$394.50	$2,651	+6.05
667–674 fancy	672	92	450.00–455.00	$453.27	$3,046	—
686–698	693	60	355.00–367.00	$362.87	$2,515	+3.63
693	693	8	355.00	$355.00	$2,460	-4.24
700–742	715	850	401.00–470.00	$431.86	$3,088	+62.26
700–749	722	1,107	335.00–402.50	$370.62	$2,676	+1.02
722	722	11	359.00	$359.00	$2,592	-10.60
722–737 fancy	732	23	402.50–431.00	$421.22	$3,083	—
752–795	763	538	367.50–437.50	$422.78	$3,226	+80.28
751–794	773	34	325.00–339.00	$335.97	$2,597	-18.45
750–799	781	762	324.00–369.50	$349.31	$2,728	-5.11
801–834	812	431	401.00–461.00	$440.98	$3,581	+94.66
801–838	818	897	315.00–361.50	$341.94	$2,797	-4.38
819–833	829	18	319.00–326.00	$323.35	$2,681	-22.97
852	852	7	367.00	$367.00	$3,127	+9.39
874	874	7	298.00	$298.00	$2,605	-21.00
853–893	878	224	318.50–343.00	$327.78	$2,878	+8.78
901–947	924	575	306.00–335.00	$324.90	$3,002	-4.03
941	941	62	300.00	$300.00	$2,823	-28.93
950–985	955	99	288.00–323.00	$313.60	$2,995	+20.89

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
324	324	35	525.00	$525.00	$1,701	—
390	390	4	460.00	$460.00	$1,794	-44.65
425	425	34	462.50	$462.50	$1,966	—
491–497	493	14	455.00–460.00	$458.20	$2,259	+21.23
502–540	518	24	360.00–445.00	$417.26	$2,161	-9.45
556–599	590	107	399.00–437.50	$411.58	$2,428	+11.58
626–637	631	43	351.00–387.00	$374.94	$2,366	-4.06
683–697 fancy	688	47	392.50–407.50	$398.32	$2,740	—
683–695	691	56	345.00–376.00	$358.30	$2,476	—
705–736	721	14	325.00–352.50	$339.05	$2,445	—
767–789	775	87	320.00–341.00	$333.72	$2,586	+3.72
805	805	19	319.00	$319.00	$2,568	-1.00
884	884	5	300.00	$300.00	$2,652	—
927	927	5	280.00	$280.00	$2,596	—

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1350–1609	1443	278	237.00–243.00	$239.96	$3,463	—
1361–1647	1489	92	236.00–247.50	$243.05	$3,619	+2.01

Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
684	684	27	372.00	$372.00	$2,544	—
1033–1040	1034	32	290.00–294.00	$291.52	$3,014	—
1074	1074	7	281.00	$281.00	$3,018	—
1125–1147	1137	15	277.00–278.00	$277.54	$3,156	—

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
668	668	16	375.00	$375.00	$2,505	—
828	828	10	321.00	$321.00	$2,658	—

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Beef/Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1525	1525	5	231.00	$231.00	$3,523	—

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1551	1551	21	212.00	$212.00	$3,288	—

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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.