SDCL § 5-5-6: Conduct, time, and place of leasing auction--Commissioner to conduct auction.

The lands designated shall be offered for lease at public auction to the highest bidder, at the courthouse of the county within which the lands are situated; or, if there be no courthouse, at the building in which the office of the county auditor is located. The auction shall be between the hours of ten a.m. and five p.m. The offering for lease shall be conducted by the commissioner, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, and such instructions as the commissioner may deem necessary.