Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-02-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers mostly steady. Very good demand for this large offering of feeder cattle. The market was very active, in spite of -10 temps and more bitter cold on the way. Several very long strings of front end type, home raised steers and heifers, offered in load lots and multiple load lots, along with numerous part loads and packages. The quality was very attractive, flesh conditions were mostly moderate. Cash fed cattle in the country last week topped at 204.00. Lower CME Live and Feeder Cattle futures last week, and the cold weather, had no effect on the market at the auction as the bidding was fast and the competition was great as cattle feeders are eager to fill empty pens.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $354.40/cwt on 254 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −132.06 against this barn's trailing median of $486.46.

Average price

$354.40

254 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,967

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$57

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

$18.61/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−4.55

vs SD average

+13.19 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	513	372.50	1,911	7thin
Medium and Large 1	556	353.89	1,968	247

One grade step is worth $18.61/cwt here — about −$57 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 900–1000 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 sale254 hd

354.40

—

SD average8 barns · 1,488 hd

358.95

−4.55

National average106 barns · 4,665 hd

341.21

+13.19

This barn, trailing median28 sales

486.46

−132.06

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

43 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	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	636	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,188	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	542	343.74/cwt	337.50–355.00	1,863	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	582	315.50/cwt	310.00–322.50	1,836	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	974	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,240	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	253.51/cwt	250.00–255.50	2,228	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	763	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,938	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	912	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,171	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	732	279.51/cwt	277.00–285.00	2,046	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	272.56/cwt	265.00–278.50	1,995	195
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	338.59/cwt	325.00–346.00	1,602	58
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,064	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,607	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	1,911	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	822	263.43/cwt	260.00–267.00	2,165	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	830	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,971	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	643	296.00/cwt	296.00–296.00	1,903	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	331	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,423	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,194	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	1,589	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	264.70/cwt	245.00–289.00	1,527	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	276.77/cwt	273.00–281.00	1,755	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	319.77/cwt	310.00–326.00	1,656	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	874	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,063	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	665	295.53/cwt	273.00–300.50	1,965	359
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	315.19/cwt	297.00–331.00	1,803	171
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	338.61/cwt	327.50–365.00	1,476	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	409	449.69/cwt	435.00–455.00	1,839	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	256.92/cwt	254.00–262.00	2,084	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	765	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,127	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	796	283.54/cwt	271.00–285.00	2,257	354
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	388.70/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,454	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	384.60/cwt	370.00–392.00	1,838	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	271.49/cwt	267.00–274.00	2,357	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	387.08/cwt	380.00–393.00	1,970	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	918	270.75/cwt	270.75–270.75	2,485	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	309.63/cwt	290.00–323.00	2,099	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	279.68/cwt	272.00–282.75	2,333	171
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	343.18/cwt	331.00–351.00	1,977	155
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	263.85/cwt	252.50–270.00	2,058	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	292.44/cwt	284.00–302.50	1,837	117
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	954	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,442	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	323.17/cwt	305.00–332.50	2,013	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	298.53/cwt	283.00–304.00	2,149	436
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,662	3

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 17, 2025

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

Receipts 3,693Last week 5,606Year ago 5,881

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
17	600–650	636	344.00	344.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	542	337.50–355.00	343.74
11	550–600	582	310.00–322.50	315.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	300–350	331	430.00	430.00
7	500–550	513	372.50	372.50
7	600–650	643	296.00	296.00
20	700–750	732	277.00–285.00	279.51
46	800–850	822	260.00–267.00	263.43
13	900–950	912	238.00	238.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	1050–1100	1,064	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	382	435.00	435.00
27	400–450	409	435.00–455.00	449.69
36	450–500	478	370.00–392.00	384.60
67	500–550	509	380.00–393.00	387.08
155	550–600	576	331.00–351.00	343.18
104	600–650	623	305.00–332.50	323.17
88	650–700	678	290.00–323.00	309.63
436	700–750	720	283.00–304.00	298.53
354	750–800	796	271.00–285.00	283.54
171	800–850	834	272.00–282.75	279.68
97	850–900	868	267.00–274.00	271.49
85	900–950	918	270.75	270.75
43	950–1000	954	256.00	256.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	350–400	374	380.00–400.00	388.70
21	400–450	436	327.50–365.00	338.61
58	450–500	473	325.00–346.00	338.59
80	500–550	518	310.00–326.00	319.77
171	550–600	572	297.00–331.00	315.19
117	600–650	628	284.00–302.50	292.44
359	650–700	665	273.00–300.50	295.53
195	700–750	732	265.00–278.50	272.56
139	750–800	780	252.50–270.00	263.85
105	800–850	811	254.00–262.00	256.92
71	850–900	879	250.00–255.50	253.51
35	900–950	914	240.00	240.00
44	950–1000	974	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	464	342.50	342.50
28	550–600	577	245.00–289.00	264.70
34	600–650	634	273.00–281.00	276.77
29	750–800	763	254.00	254.00
11	800–850	830	237.50	237.50
14	850–900	874	236.00	236.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
16	750–800	765	278.00	278.00

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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