Special Feeder Cattle Sale
NO WEIGH UPS 2500 HEAD
About Us
Burke Livestock Auction is a family owned livestock marketing center in Burke, South Dakota. We are located in the South Central part of the state, along Highway 18. Cattle sales are held weekly on Saturdays. The business was started by Herris Lambley and family in 1967, in the small town of Burke - with today's population peaking at around 800 (on a good day). We pride ourselves in supporting local businesses in our community, which have been growing and expanding for the past 50 years.
In the fall of 2014, Herris sold the auction facility to his son, Donivan, and two grandsons, Chisum and Dillon. Today, the business is operated by the three Lambley men, along with their families and employees. Approximately 35,000 of south central South Dakota and north central Nebraska's finest feeder and breeding cattle are marketed through the Burke Livestock barn annually. Our regular sale day is Saturday. Every one of our sales are managed with pride on the foundation of honesty and hard work. We look forward to working WITH YOU or FOR YOU in the future! Thanks for your business!
Upcoming Events
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18Apr2026
April 18, 2026
Special Feeder Cattle Sale
NO WEIGH UPS 2500 HEAD
- 11:00 AM
Feeder Cattle
Early Consignments:
Chuck Davis 25 blk 450-600
Randy Martin 14 blk & blk wf 400-550 FC
Roger Loock 6 blk 500-600
Shawn Hagberg 30 blk 350-550 W FC
Stukel Angus 25 blk strs 700 & 25 blk hfrs 600
Ryan Lambley 10 blk 500-600
Les Richardson 80 red & blk 450-650 Hay Fed
Donn & Nick Reber 40 char x 450-675
Peterson & Schubauer 40 F1 blk wf & blk 600-700
Lyn Forgey 50 blk hfrs & 15 blk strs 500-750
KD & Dan Jons 80 blk & blk wf 675-800
Jason Rutar Family 200 blk wf & blk strs 600-850
Small Butte Land & Cattle 170 blk blk wf strs 650-750
Biggins Cattle Co 60 blk & blk wf 550-750
Ed Sinclair 40 blk wf & blk 600-850
Steve Libolt 30 blk 600-750
L Arrow 210 blk hfrs 750-800 Spayed
2C Cattle Co 70 blk hfrs 750-800 Spayed
Beck/Gunnink/Lambley 200 char x hfrs 700-850 Spayed
2C Cattle Co 65 char x hfrs 775-850 Spayed
Leonard & Dan Ohri 210 char x 700-950
Lavern Higgins Family 95 char x strs 900-950
Lavern Higgins Family 15 blk strs 900
Lavern Higgins Family 100 char x hfrs 850-900
VanderPol Ranch 160 char x inc 120 strs & 40 hfrs 750-875
Duane, Shannon & Bob Lunne 40 F1 blk wf & blk hfrs 600-750
Carl Novotny 30 blk & red hfrs 650-800
Steve Bruckner 10 blk hfrs 750-800
2C Cattle Co 75 blk strs 800-850
Kehn Ranch 180 blk strs 975-1025
Bob & Bart Diekmann 55 blk wf & blk strs 1050-1100
Lambley & Gunnink 110 blk strs & 20 char x strs 900-950
Donivan Lambley 50 blk wf & blk strs 875-925
TikaMar Ranch 35 char & red x 600-800
Richard & Jake Tietgen 35 red x mostly hfrs 800-950
Krier Inc 20 char x 700-850
Rolling Hills 8 char x 750-900
Ann Harding 2 british white strs 1blk wf str 500-700
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25Apr2026
April 25, 2026
Special Bred Heifer Bred Cow and Pair Sale
Along with weigh ups
- 9:30 AM
Weigh Ups
12:30 PM
Pairs and Bred Females
Early Consignments:
Rudy Hambek 35 black angus pairs inc 6 2 year olds 1 3 year old 10 4 year olds 14 5-9 year olds 3 10 year olds. Real good black home raised cows with march and April Calves at side. A few of the cows could be close up springers, marjority will be pairs. Calves have all had 7 way shot and bull calves have been banded.
Donivan Lambley 20 F1 blk wf 2 year olds with char x calves at side. Really nice quiet heifers and calved on their own with early March born 3 way x calves at side. Calves have all had birth-time shots and have been running out.
Steve Bruckner 18 black angus homeraised 8 years and up cows with black calves at side. A powerful set of big cows that always wean off 6 weight calves. Good honest set of cows with some years left in them.
David & Jolene VanMetre 5 hereford 2 year olds with F1 blk wf calves at side. Really gentle set of homeraised hereford heifers with nice March calves at side. Dispostion plus!
Darren McCarthy 10 blk angus running age cows with black angus calves at side. Good set of angus aged cows that have nice calves at side. Also 10 blk May calving running age cows.
Graesser Angus 8 blk angus May calving running age cows bred to black bulls. Selling late calvers.
Lavern Higgins 15 blk 2 years to running age cows bred to char bulls to calve in July-August. A package of these will be homeraised first calf heifers bred to LBW char bulls.
L Arrow 50 blk & red 3-5 year old cows bred to black and red bulls. These cows will be sorted for color and calving period. Green Tags May-June. Purple tags July-September. Red tags short bred.
More consignments pending of pairs and late breds!
Big run of weigh ups will sell at 9:30 AM, please bring in on Friday if possible.
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2May2026
May 2, 2026
Regular Cattle Sale
Selling all classes
- 9:30 AM
Weigh Ups
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9May2026
May 9, 2026
NO CATTLE SALE
Congrats Graduates
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16May2026
May 16, 2026
Special Feeder Cattle Sale
NO WEIGH UPS 2000 Head
- 11:00 AM
Feeder Cattle
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18May2026
May 18, 2026
Regular Cattle Sale
MONDAY
- 9:30 AM
Weigh Ups
12:00 NOON
Baby Calves




