Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-01-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 800 lbs 10.00 to 15.00 higher, over 800 lbs 2.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers 10.00 to 15.00 higher, instances to 20.00 higher on 550-700 lbs. Very good demand for a very large offering of high quality, attractive steers and heifers, ranging from small packages to consignments of 300 head. The market was incredibly active again this week, as the cash fed cattle market continues to make new all-time record highs, up to 205.00. The sale started early again, buyers were on the seats and ready to chase the market higher. The CME Live and Feeder Cattle contracts did not follow the cash markets, as they posted losses of 1.50, but cattle feeders paid no attention as they remain focused solely on the market fundamentals. Outgoing fed cattle are very profitable and cattle feeders want to refill their pens, as they have great hope this bull run continues.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $355.88/cwt on 666 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −130.58 against this barn's trailing median of $486.46.

Average price

$355.88

666 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,981

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$84

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

$37.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.67

vs SD average

+13.43 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	555	357.45	1,983	637
Medium 1	593	323.00	1,915	11thin
Medium and Large 1-2	593	320.34	1,900	18thin

One grade step is worth $37.11/cwt here — about $84 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale666 hd

355.88

—

SD average6 barns · 2,837 hd

356.54

−0.67

National average190 barns · 32,836 hd

342.45

+13.43

This barn, trailing median28 sales

486.46

−130.58

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

62 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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	931	246.25/cwt	245.50–247.00	2,293	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	407.85/cwt	400.00–415.00	1,501	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	758	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,827	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	371.21/cwt	350.00–390.00	1,563	99
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	291.72/cwt	281.00–310.00	2,264	375
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	952	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,390	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	534	340.10/cwt	335.00–345.00	1,816	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	527	306.58/cwt	295.00–317.50	1,616	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,547	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	634	310.10/cwt	306.00–315.00	1,966	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	861	251.50/cwt	251.50–251.50	2,165	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	884	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,298	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	787	275.38/cwt	269.00–278.00	2,167	91
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	320.34/cwt	319.00–322.00	1,900	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	826	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,131	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	569	292.50/cwt	292.50–292.50	1,664	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	741	278.16/cwt	276.50–282.00	2,061	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	917	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,329	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	593	287.50/cwt	287.50–287.50	1,705	7
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	950–1000	964	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	2,097	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,746	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	290.22/cwt	289.00–292.50	1,823	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,789	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	657	297.76/cwt	291.00–305.00	1,956	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,476	7
Steers	Medium 1	700–750	704	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,830	6
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	449	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	1,774	5
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	512	313.47/cwt	295.00–327.00	1,605	14
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	616	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,709	7
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,001	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,377	21
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,048	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,489	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	657	276.84/cwt	260.00–284.00	1,819	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	542	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,512	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	627	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,662	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	501	397.00/cwt	397.00–397.00	1,989	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	503	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,811	25
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	593	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	1,915	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	401.47/cwt	375.00–415.00	1,875	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	307.85/cwt	293.00–317.50	2,103	542
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	292.92/cwt	277.00–307.50	1,960	509
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	279.89/cwt	269.00–288.50	2,276	381
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	323.88/cwt	302.50–337.50	2,027	450
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	590	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	1,912	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	336.16/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,765	190
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	474	344.50/cwt	330.00–365.00	1,633	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	330	452.91/cwt	440.00–460.00	1,495	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,416	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	301.10/cwt	290.00–313.00	2,171	401
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	267.67/cwt	263.00–271.00	2,353	186
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	410.40/cwt	397.50–430.00	1,757	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	367.63/cwt	350.00–380.00	1,934	202
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	264.34/cwt	255.00–276.00	2,054	259
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	316.17/cwt	295.00–341.00	1,831	444
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	431.78/cwt	420.00–440.00	1,662	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	351.43/cwt	332.50–370.00	2,010	399
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	254.27/cwt	251.00–258.00	2,093	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	298.66/cwt	285.00–310.00	1,870	463
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	276.03/cwt	267.00–284.00	2,007	313
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	718	258.50/cwt	255.00–260.50	1,856	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	296	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,184	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	268.08/cwt	259.00–270.50	2,453	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	805	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,073	8

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.

South Dakota feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Sioux Falls Regional Cattle Auction - Worthing, SD

Mon Jan 13, 2025

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Receipts 7,167Last week 6,016Year ago 4,412

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	296	400.00	400.00
25	350–400	368	400.00–415.00	407.85
99	400–450	421	350.00–390.00	371.21
147	450–500	474	330.00–365.00	344.50
190	500–550	525	325.00–350.00	336.16
444	550–600	579	295.00–341.00	316.17
463	600–650	626	285.00–310.00	298.66
509	650–700	669	277.00–307.50	292.92
313	700–750	727	267.00–284.00	276.03
259	750–800	777	255.00–276.00	264.34
50	800–850	823	251.00–258.00	254.27
5	850–900	861	251.50	251.50
34	900–950	931	245.50–247.00	246.25
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	542	279.00	279.00
7	550–600	569	292.50	292.50
14	600–650	627	265.00	265.00
96	650–700	657	260.00–284.00	276.84
50	700–750	718	255.00–260.50	258.50
9	750–800	758	241.00	241.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	442	350.00	350.00
7	450–500	476	310.00	310.00
38	500–550	527	295.00–317.50	306.58
7	550–600	593	287.50	287.50
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	512	295.00–327.00	313.47
7	600–650	616	277.50	277.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	1000–1050	1,001	237.50	237.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	500–550	503	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	250–300	295	480.00	480.00
37	300–350	330	440.00–460.00	452.91
16	350–400	385	420.00–440.00	431.78
72	400–450	428	397.50–430.00	410.40
97	450–500	467	375.00–415.00	401.47
202	500–550	526	350.00–380.00	367.63
399	550–600	572	332.50–370.00	351.43
450	600–650	626	302.50–337.50	323.88
542	650–700	683	293.00–317.50	307.85
401	700–750	721	290.00–313.00	301.10
375	750–800	776	281.00–310.00	291.72
381	800–850	813	269.00–288.50	279.89
186	850–900	879	263.00–271.00	267.67
57	900–950	915	259.00–270.50	268.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	534	335.00–345.00	340.10
7	550–600	590	324.00	324.00
13	600–650	634	306.00–315.00	310.10
63	700–750	741	276.50–282.00	278.16
91	750–800	787	269.00–278.00	275.38
8	800–850	805	257.50	257.50
26	950–1000	952	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	442	395.00	395.00
12	450–500	477	375.00	375.00
18	550–600	593	319.00–322.00	320.34
14	600–650	628	289.00–292.50	290.22
39	650–700	657	291.00–305.00	297.76
9	800–850	826	258.00	258.00
9	850–900	884	260.00	260.00
24	900–950	917	254.00	254.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	449	395.00	395.00
11	550–600	593	323.00	323.00
6	700–750	704	260.00	260.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	1000–1050	1,048	237.50	237.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	500–550	501	397.00	397.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
18	950–1000	964	217.50	217.50

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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