Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-12-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 700 lbs 6.00 to 10.00 higher, instances to 15.00 to 20.00 higher on 500-550 lbs, over 700 lbs steady to 3.00 higher. Heifer calves steady to 5.00 higher, instances to 10.00 higher on 450-500 lbs. Yearling feeder steers 5.00 to 10.00 higher, yearling heifers not well compared. Very good demand for this large offering of steer and heifer calves, many buyers on the seats actively bidding, determined to get cattle bought. Quality varied, but it didn't matter as there were plenty of buyers for all kinds and flesh conditions, all calves sold easily. Very good demand for this large offering of yearlings, including 1 long string of 1,100 steers that were in a moderate to moderate plus flesh condition and really attractive for kind. As cash fed cattle topped at 196.00 cattle feeders paid no attention to the lower cattle futures contracts.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $343.45/cwt on 551 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −143.01 against this barn's trailing median of $486.46.

Average price

$343.45

551 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,911

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$158

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$17.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.62

vs SD average

+16.82 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	345.31	1,932	482
Medium 1	524	333.67	1,748	33
Medium and Large 1-2	542	327.52	1,775	36

One grade step is worth $17.79/cwt here — about $158 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

28 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $518.21, low $447.31, median $486.46 across 28 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale551 hd

343.45

—

SD average7 barns · 3,928 hd

341.83

+1.62

National average173 barns · 17,754 hd

326.63

+16.82

This barn, trailing median28 sales

486.46

−143.01

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

67 lots · USDA AMS · Sioux Falls Regional Cattle Auction - Worthing, SD

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,030	249.89/cwt	241.00–251.75	2,574	192
Steers	Medium 1Fleshy	650–700	659	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,615	7
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	442	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,481	13
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	358	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,253	5
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	530	301.25/cwt	280.00–306.00	1,597	39
Heifers	Medium 1	650–700	670	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,541	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	333.54/cwt	322.50–345.00	1,724	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	283	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,047	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	893	247.50/cwt	247.50–247.50	2,210	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	330	369.82/cwt	355.00–385.00	1,220	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	360	347.79/cwt	335.00–370.00	1,252	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	491	347.97/cwt	345.00–355.00	1,709	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	615	305.40/cwt	282.00–312.50	1,878	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	776	244.22/cwt	242.00–248.00	1,895	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,834	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	1,411	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	585	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,615	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,512	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	747	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,961	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	951	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,254	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	281	386.54/cwt	380.00–395.00	1,086	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	566	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,811	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	321.75/cwt	307.50–345.00	1,551	167
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	686	256.02/cwt	255.00–257.50	1,756	49
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	249.97/cwt	247.00–252.25	1,935	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	329	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,448	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	640	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,728	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	629	272.18/cwt	252.50–282.50	1,712	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	540	286.59/cwt	265.00–295.00	1,548	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	291.36/cwt	275.00–315.00	1,806	308
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	312.34/cwt	302.50–327.50	1,624	245
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	376.45/cwt	360.00–395.00	1,781	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	294.28/cwt	277.50–315.00	1,686	153
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	581	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,598	7
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	551	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,736	5
Heifers	Medium 1	250–300	268	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	965	11
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	463	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,644	6
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	649	297.20/cwt	290.00–302.00	1,929	15
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	519	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	1,749	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	823	251.94/cwt	251.00–253.00	2,073	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	776	265.63/cwt	264.00–268.00	2,061	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	638	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,895	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	728	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,987	9
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	649	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,694	7
Steers	Medium 1	650–700	677	265.53/cwt	260.00–271.00	1,798	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	520	361.29/cwt	340.00–382.50	1,879	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	341.20/cwt	325.00–361.00	1,955	349
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	284.78/cwt	270.00–289.00	2,030	228
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	261.31/cwt	255.00–265.00	2,302	173
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	526	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,696	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	492	352.85/cwt	350.00–355.00	1,736	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	318.02/cwt	307.50–325.00	1,956	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	802	267.37/cwt	266.00–270.00	2,144	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	468.89/cwt	465.00–480.00	1,726	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	568	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,869	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	236	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	1,097	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	300.40/cwt	281.00–324.00	2,034	310
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,089	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	983	259.53/cwt	257.00–260.10	2,551	645
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	371.86/cwt	365.00–380.00	1,391	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	407.05/cwt	402.50–410.00	1,714	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	260.99/cwt	252.25–277.00	1,887	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	928	251.62/cwt	244.00–254.25	2,335	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	433	335.16/cwt	321.00–357.50	1,451	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	272.96/cwt	265.00–279.00	1,832	176
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,175	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	716	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,790	82

How this sale compares

South Dakota weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every South Dakota auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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Sioux Falls Regional Cattle Auction - Worthing, SD

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
192	1000–1050	1,030	241.00–251.75	249.89
Steers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	659	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	250–300	281	380.00–395.00	386.54
12	300–350	330	355.00–385.00	369.82
40	450–500	491	345.00–355.00	347.97
20	500–550	517	322.50–345.00	333.54
16	550–600	573	320.00	320.00
73	600–650	615	282.00–312.50	305.40
6	700–750	747	262.50	262.50
34	850–900	893	247.50	247.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	450–500	492	350.00–355.00	352.85
5	500–550	526	322.50	322.50
12	550–600	566	320.00	320.00
18	600–650	638	297.00	297.00
9	700–750	728	273.00	273.00
19	750–800	776	264.00–268.00	265.63
21	800–850	823	251.00–253.00	251.94
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	236	465.00	465.00
4	300–350	329	440.00	440.00
12	350–400	368	465.00–480.00	468.89
29	400–450	421	402.50–410.00	407.05
111	450–500	473	360.00–395.00	376.45
116	500–550	520	340.00–382.50	361.29
349	550–600	573	325.00–361.00	341.20
116	600–650	615	307.50–325.00	318.02
310	650–700	677	281.00–324.00	300.40
228	700–750	713	270.00–289.00	284.78
55	750–800	757	276.00	276.00
76	800–850	802	266.00–270.00	267.37
173	850–900	881	255.00–265.00	261.31
143	900–950	928	244.00–254.25	251.62
645	950–1000	983	257.00–260.10	259.53
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	463	355.00	355.00
28	500–550	519	337.00	337.00
5	550–600	551	315.00	315.00
15	600–650	649	290.00–302.00	297.20
12	650–700	677	260.00–271.00	265.53
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	250–300	268	360.00	360.00
5	350–400	358	350.00	350.00
13	400–450	442	335.00	335.00
39	500–550	530	280.00–306.00	301.25
7	550–600	581	275.00	275.00
7	600–650	649	261.00	261.00
5	650–700	670	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	283	370.00	370.00
38	350–400	360	335.00–370.00	347.79
31	400–450	418	337.50	337.50
7	500–550	516	293.00	293.00
50	550–600	585	276.00	276.00
19	600–650	640	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
39	500–550	540	265.00–295.00	286.59
92	600–650	629	252.50–282.50	272.18
49	650–700	686	255.00–257.50	256.02
82	700–750	716	250.00	250.00
31	750–800	776	242.00–248.00	244.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	322	365.00	365.00
14	350–400	374	365.00–380.00	371.86
71	400–450	433	321.00–357.50	335.16
167	450–500	482	307.50–345.00	321.75
245	500–550	520	302.50–327.50	312.34
153	550–600	573	277.50–315.00	294.28
308	600–650	620	275.00–315.00	291.36
176	650–700	671	265.00–279.00	272.96
125	700–750	723	252.25–277.00	260.99
182	750–800	774	247.00–252.25	249.97
17	950–1000	951	237.00	237.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	568	329.00	329.00

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