Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-02-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers unevenly steady, except steers and heifers under 450 lbs 20.00 to 30.00 higher. Very good demand for this large offering of high quality feeder steers and heifers. The market was incredibly active on the light weight steers and heifers, active on the heavier weights. The bearishness seen in the CME cattle futures contracts had little effect on the market at the auction. Cattle feeders remain bullish, in spite of what the futures contracts do. Consignments ranged from large strings offered in loads lots to small packages, auctioneers had no trouble finding bids as there is great interest in feeding cattle. Cash fed cattle topped at 213.00 last week, helping to support the feeder cattle market.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $353.05/cwt on 291 head. That ranks 1 of 27 comparable sales and sits −133.60 against this barn's trailing median of $486.66.

Average price

$353.05

291 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,967

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$212

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

$47.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−11.09

vs SD average

+10.67 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	354.73	1,974	276
Medium 1	568	335.00	1,903	8thin
Medium and Large 1-2	573	307.50	1,762	7thin

One grade step is worth $47.23/cwt here — about $212 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

27 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $518.21, low $447.31, median $486.66 across 27 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 sale291 hd

353.05

—

SD average6 barns · 1,915 hd

364.15

−11.09

National average187 barns · 18,766 hd

342.38

+10.67

This barn, trailing median27 sales

486.66

−133.60

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

59 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	750–800	776	261.07/cwt	258.00–266.50	2,026	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	2,086	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	285.23/cwt	279.00–298.00	1,951	285
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	274.31/cwt	258.00–282.50	1,978	213
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	420	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,449	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	303.45/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,890	298
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	377	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,527	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	829	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	1,998	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	414	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,511	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	352	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,338	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,770	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	483	314.90/cwt	300.00–340.00	1,521	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	872	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	2,062	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,552	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	795	249.75/cwt	249.75–249.75	1,986	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	630	302.50/cwt	302.50–302.50	1,906	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	969	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,432	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	444	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,709	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	482	335.21/cwt	325.00–350.00	1,616	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	816	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,162	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	344	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,462	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	697	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,042	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,762	7
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	470	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,751	8
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	568	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,903	8
Heifers	Medium 1Fleshy	600–650	612	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,744	14
Steers	Medium 1Fleshy	850–900	895	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,121	21
Heifers	Medium 1Fleshy	800–850	803	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,831	5
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,051	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	2,386	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	532	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,702	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	858	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,308	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	392	432.77/cwt	430.00–435.00	1,696	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,048	240.50/cwt	240.50–240.50	2,520	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500–550	526	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,973	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	597	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,060	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	279.03/cwt	269.00–287.00	2,308	164
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	864	268.99/cwt	260.00–282.00	2,324	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	304.13/cwt	295.00–326.00	2,199	317
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	792	268.81/cwt	266.00–271.00	2,129	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	318.89/cwt	302.00–330.00	2,133	341
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	468.70/cwt	460.00–480.00	1,715	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	431.72/cwt	410.00–455.00	1,800	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	766	291.33/cwt	281.00–304.50	2,232	299
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	367.30/cwt	355.00–377.00	1,928	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	319	487.59/cwt	480.00–500.00	1,555	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	392.37/cwt	370.00–401.00	1,876	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	398.02/cwt	390.00–410.00	1,700	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	746	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,171	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	347.54/cwt	325.00–356.00	2,019	154
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	859	256.64/cwt	252.00–258.00	2,205	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	260.77/cwt	253.00–262.00	2,394	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	804	254.60/cwt	244.00–266.00	2,047	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	355.91/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,694	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	904	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	2,120	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	680	277.09/cwt	276.00–278.00	1,884	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	330.69/cwt	314.00–349.00	2,050	185
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	342.57/cwt	320.00–354.00	1,822	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	317.90/cwt	300.00–337.00	1,844	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	376	419.33/cwt	405.00–440.00	1,577	36

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 Feb 3, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Sioux Falls, SD (LS-SF)

Receipts 4,321Last week 6,547Year ago 5,720

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	350–400	376	405.00–440.00	419.33
24	400–450	427	390.00–410.00	398.02
30	450–500	476	350.00–360.00	355.91
128	500–550	532	320.00–354.00	342.57
99	550–600	580	300.00–337.00	317.90
298	600–650	623	290.00–320.00	303.45
285	650–700	684	279.00–298.00	285.23
213	700–750	721	258.00–282.50	274.31
190	750–800	776	258.00–266.50	261.07
50	800–850	804	244.00–266.00	254.60
62	850–900	859	252.00–258.00	256.64
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	420	345.00	345.00
20	650–700	680	276.00–278.00	277.09
6	800–850	829	241.00	241.00
17	900–950	904	234.50	234.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	352	380.00	380.00
10	400–450	414	365.00	365.00
30	450–500	483	300.00–340.00	314.90
9	500–550	535	290.00	290.00
35	550–600	595	297.50	297.50
71	750–800	795	249.75	249.75
9	850–900	872	236.50	236.50
Heifers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	600–650	612	285.00	285.00
5	800–850	803	228.00	228.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1050–1100	1,051	227.00	227.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	526	375.00	375.00
39	550–600	597	345.00	345.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
66	750–800	792	266.00–271.00	268.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	344	425.00	425.00
6	350–400	377	405.00	405.00
7	400–450	444	385.00	385.00
39	450–500	482	325.00–350.00	335.21
7	550–600	573	307.50	307.50
23	600–650	630	302.50	302.50
14	650–700	697	293.00	293.00
15	700–750	727	287.00	287.00
24	800–850	816	265.00	265.00
9	950–1000	969	251.00	251.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	470	372.50	372.50
8	550–600	568	335.00	335.00
Steers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	850–900	895	237.00	237.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	392	430.00–435.00	432.77
9	500–550	532	320.00	320.00
15	700–750	746	291.00	291.00
6	850–900	858	269.00	269.00
13	1000–1050	1,048	240.50	240.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	319	480.00–500.00	487.59
9	350–400	366	460.00–480.00	468.70
18	400–450	417	410.00–455.00	431.72
50	450–500	478	370.00–401.00	392.37
113	500–550	525	355.00–377.00	367.30
154	550–600	581	325.00–356.00	347.54
185	600–650	620	314.00–349.00	330.69
341	650–700	669	302.00–330.00	318.89
317	700–750	723	295.00–326.00	304.13
299	750–800	766	281.00–304.50	291.33
164	800–850	827	269.00–287.00	279.03
113	850–900	864	260.00–282.00	268.99
67	900–950	918	253.00–262.00	260.77

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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