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USDA South Dakota Weekly Auction Summary


USDA South Dakota Weekly Auction Summary           03/23 08:05
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South Dakota Weekly Cattle Auction Summary
  
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Livestock Weighted Average Report for 03/16/2026 - Final
  
Summary                  This Week      Last Reported    Last Year
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Total Receipts:                                           
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SLAUGHTER CATTLE         411            928     1057      
FEEDER CATTLE            10396          19381   18793     
  
  
Compared to last week:  Feeder steers and heifers 5.00 to 10.00 higher, 
instances of 12.00 to 15.00 higher.  Very good demand for all weights of steers 
and heifers.  A much lighter offering as the winter marketing season comes to a 
close, sale offerings become more sporadic as cow/calf producers are beginning 
their spring calving season and have already marketed their calf crop from last 
year.  Cattle feeders were feeling better about the market as the boxed beef 
values rose above 400.00, giving them hope of higher fat cattle prices, which 
led to the feeder cattle market rising this week.  Last weekend's storm is long 
gone and very warm weather has replaced it.  Demand for a replacement quality 
heifers remains very high as spring turnout time is coming in another month.  
Drought continues to creep into the southern half of the state, as winter snows 
were very limited in this part.
  
  
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SLAUGHTER CATTLE
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BEEF/DAIRY HEIFERS  -  Choice 2-3 (Per Cwt/Actual)
Head   Wt Range       Avg Wt  Price Range    Avg Price Dressing
36     1492-1492      1492    245-245        245       Average  

BEEF/DAIRY HEIFERS  -  Choice 2-4 (Per Cwt/Actual)
Head   Wt Range       Avg Wt  Price Range    Avg Price Dressing
11     1664-1664      1664    236-236        236       Average  

BEEF/DAIRY STEERS  -  Choice 2-3 (Per Cwt/Actual)
Head   Wt Range       Avg Wt  Price Range    Avg Price Dressing
21     1432-1749      1591    233-244        237.17    Average  

HEIFERS  -  Choice 2-4 (Per Cwt/Actual)
Head   Wt Range       Avg Wt  Price Range    Avg Price Dressing
8      1339-1339      1339    244.5-244.5    244.5     Average  Certified Prgms 
17     1368-1502      1470    236-241        239.91    Average  

STEERS  -  Choice 2-3 (Per Cwt/Actual)
Head   Wt Range       Avg Wt  Price Range    Avg Price Dressing
8      1449-1449      1449    244-244        244       Average  Certified Prgms 

STEERS  -  Choice 3-4 (Per Cwt/Actual)
Head   Wt Range       Avg Wt  Price Range    Avg Price Dressing
40     1516-1516      1516    244-244        244       Average  
11     1566-1566      1566    246.5-246.5    246.5     Average  Certified Prgms 
32     1683-1683      1683    246-246        246       Average  Heavy Weight 

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FEEDER CATTLE
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BULLS  -  Medium and Large  2 (Per Cwt/Actual)
Head   Wt Range       Avg Wt  Price Range    Avg Price         
5      584-584        584     370-370        370                Thin Fleshed 

HEIFERS  -  Medium and Large  1 (Per Cwt/Actual)
Head   Wt Range       Avg Wt  Price Range    Avg Price         
17     366-370        367     515-550        523.3              
10     400-441        421     510-517.5      513.93             
86     462-499        494     445-500        487.57             
197    504-542        517     432.5-475      457.31             
155    558-599        576     416-458.5      437.66             
362    604-649        625     393-431        411.71             
275    662-695        677     353-403        386.28             
77     682-687        684     349-358        353.78             Fleshy 
513    701-747        725     352-386        370.07             
510    751-790        771     325.5-368      351.92             
129    800-827        809     321-340        326.06             
24     839-839        839     309-309        309                Fleshy 
180    856-888        869     309.5-327      318.71             
26     908-908        908     340-340        340                Replacement 
398    906-944        931     292-313        299.11             
109    946-949        949     286-299        287.19             Fleshy 
12     952-952        952     311-311        311                

HEIFERS  -  Medium and Large  1-2 (Per Cwt/Actual)
Head   Wt Range       Avg Wt  Price Range    Avg Price         
6      444-444        444     485-485        485                Thin Fleshed 
13     534-549        539     420-430        424.58             
3      560-560        560     402.5-402.5    402.5              
17     611-628        620     371-415        382.02             
28     713-719        715     344-373        349.22             
8      769-769        769     338-338        338                

STEERS  -  Large  1 (Per Cwt/Actual)
Head   Wt Range       Avg Wt  Price Range    Avg Price         
310    1003-1040      1023    305-333.5      317.36             
195    1098-1098      1098    294.5-294.5    294.5              

STEERS  -  Medium  1 (Per Cwt/Actual)
Head   Wt Range       Avg Wt  Price Range    Avg Price         
89     698-698        698     407-407        407                

STEERS  -  Medium and Large  1 (Per Cwt/Actual)
Head   Wt Range       Avg Wt  Price Range    Avg Price         
7      331-331        331     620-620        620                
13     375-391        387     600-610        607.77             
27     411-418        416     590-600        597.81             
53     457-494        479     510-542        531.18             
55     503-547        521     471-531        506.93             
221    554-596        567     470-504        490.4              
259    602-648        628     440-462.5      446.05             
13     649-649        649     401-401        401                Fleshy 
507    655-697        680     402.5-445      428.52             
6      682-682        682     365-365        365                Fleshy 
563    700-748        723     370-417.5      402.25             
25     748-748        748     369-369        369                Fleshy 
465    751-799        766     370-406.5      390.16             
46     798-798        798     361-361        361                Fleshy 
513    800-849        823     344-374.75     359.1              
1580   850-899        871     341-372.5      358.25             
626    908-948        927     328-352        342.75             
755    952-994        967     314-338.5      327.38             

STEERS  -  Medium and Large  1-2 (Per Cwt/Actual)
Head   Wt Range       Avg Wt  Price Range    Avg Price         
4      433-433        433     525-525        525                
9      519-525        522     490-492        490.89             
9      546-546        546     460-460        460                Thin Fleshed 
8      554-568        561     445-470        457.34             
9      615-615        615     439-439        439                
29     655-698        665     380-385        381.27             
50     724-738        735     374-395        378.55             
28     797-797        797     347.5-347.5    347.5
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