Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-02-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-02-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers steady to 5.00 higher. Very good demand for this very large offering of high quality, long time weaned steers and heifers. Many long strings, including full load lots and multiple load lots, along with plenty of smaller strings and packages that allowed buyers to make full loads of. The market was very active as the CME Feeder Cattle futures gained over 4.50 today. Cash fed cattle were lower at 198.00-201.00, but it was difficult to tell at the auction, as cattle feeders stepped right back into the market and competed heavily to get their needs secured. Flesh conditions moderate overall. The temps this week are more than 60 degrees warmer than it was last Monday, as daytime highs reached nearly 60 degrees, and forecast to stay mild like the rest of the week. Corn futures were lower, helping to support feeder cattle prices.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $306.78/cwt on 432 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −123.57 against this barn's trailing median of $430.34.

Average price

$306.78

432 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,708

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$115

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

$29.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.15

vs SD average

−0.23 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	308.62	1,715	405
Medium and Large 1-2	573	279.10	1,600	27

One grade step is worth $29.53/cwt here — about $115 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

28 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $484.12, low $394.88, median $430.34 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 sale432 hd

306.78

—

SD average5 barns · 1,182 hd

316.93

−10.15

National average189 barns · 18,586 hd

307.01

−0.23

This barn, trailing median28 sales

430.34

−123.57

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

56 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	550–600	589	309.48/cwt	292.00–327.50	1,823	178
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	469	333.32/cwt	317.50–347.50	1,563	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	829	244.57/cwt	244.00–245.00	2,027	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	366	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,464	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	516	347.03/cwt	345.00–350.00	1,791	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	878	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,265	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	314.63/cwt	292.50–334.00	1,633	178
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	938	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,373	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	712	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,022	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	750–800	769	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,899	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	974	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	2,406	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	270.03/cwt	245.00–280.00	1,590	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	582	280.42/cwt	275.00–285.00	1,632	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	674	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,833	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	481	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,467	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	776	271.67/cwt	270.00–272.00	2,108	30
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	577	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,529	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	295.27/cwt	290.00–301.00	2,005	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	1,769	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	529	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,613	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	692	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	1,737	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	923	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,391	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	746	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,858	8
Steers	Medium 1	650–700	682	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,944	6
Steers	Medium 1	350–400	384	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,555	5
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	568	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	1,869	8
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	1050–1100	1,063	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,445	11
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,016	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	2,372	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	377.87/cwt	375.00–380.00	1,787	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	520	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,534	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	798	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,147	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	912	257.50/cwt	257.50–257.50	2,348	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	879	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	2,241	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	855	236.00/cwt	236.00–236.00	2,018	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	281.14/cwt	274.00–286.00	2,300	517
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	672	317.67/cwt	296.00–329.00	2,135	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	362.41/cwt	352.50–371.00	1,924	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	924	268.66/cwt	263.00–271.50	2,482	367
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	339.48/cwt	326.00–352.50	1,976	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	963	259.98/cwt	257.50–264.00	2,504	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	289.52/cwt	275.00–302.00	1,920	560
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	729	273.73/cwt	260.00–281.00	1,995	473
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	274.01/cwt	265.00–279.25	2,381	303
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	862	250.53/cwt	246.50–252.00	2,160	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	391	424.63/cwt	420.00–430.00	1,660	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	392.31/cwt	390.00–395.00	1,734	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	264.49/cwt	248.00–279.00	2,039	469
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	253.75/cwt	247.50–264.00	2,093	188
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	284.65/cwt	278.00–290.00	2,215	161
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	291.23/cwt	285.00–307.50	1,820	203
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	334.84/cwt	312.00–348.00	2,073	132
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	299.66/cwt	282.00–306.00	2,173	432
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	594	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,853	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,742	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	936	236.50/cwt	236.50–236.50	2,214	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	351.87/cwt	340.00–360.00	1,499	18

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 24, 2025

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

Receipts 5,860Last week 3,693Year ago 5,975

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	366	400.00	400.00
18	400–450	426	340.00–360.00	351.87
50	450–500	469	317.50–347.50	333.32
178	500–550	519	292.50–334.00	314.63
178	550–600	589	292.00–327.50	309.48
203	600–650	625	285.00–307.50	291.23
560	650–700	663	275.00–302.00	289.52
473	700–750	729	260.00–281.00	273.73
469	750–800	771	248.00–279.00	264.49
188	800–850	825	247.50–264.00	253.75
127	850–900	862	246.50–252.00	250.53
7	900–950	938	253.00	253.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	520	295.00	295.00
38	550–600	582	275.00–285.00	280.42
5	650–700	674	272.00	272.00
8	700–750	746	249.00	249.00
39	800–850	829	244.00–245.00	244.57
9	850–900	855	236.00	236.00
10	900–950	936	236.50	236.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	450–500	481	305.00	305.00
7	500–550	529	305.00	305.00
20	550–600	589	245.00–280.00	270.03
8	650–700	692	251.00	251.00
5	700–750	740	239.00	239.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	516	345.00–350.00	347.03
23	650–700	679	290.00–301.00	295.27
7	700–750	712	284.00	284.00
30	750–800	776	270.00–272.00	271.67
7	850–900	878	258.00	258.00
34	900–950	923	259.00	259.00
17	950–1000	974	247.00	247.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	750–800	769	247.00	247.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	550–600	577	265.00	265.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	384	405.00	405.00
8	550–600	568	329.00	329.00
6	650–700	682	285.00	285.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1000–1050	1,016	233.50	233.50
11	1050–1100	1,063	230.00	230.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	391	420.00–430.00	424.63
13	400–450	442	390.00–395.00	392.31
24	450–500	473	375.00–380.00	377.87
56	500–550	531	352.50–371.00	362.41
142	550–600	582	326.00–352.50	339.48
132	600–650	619	312.00–348.00	334.84
179	650–700	672	296.00–329.00	317.67
432	700–750	725	282.00–306.00	299.66
161	750–800	778	278.00–290.00	284.65
517	800–850	818	274.00–286.00	281.14
303	850–900	869	265.00–279.25	274.01
367	900–950	924	263.00–271.50	268.66
58	950–1000	963	257.50–264.00	259.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	750–800	798	269.00	269.00
6	850–900	879	255.00	255.00
15	900–950	912	257.50	257.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	484	360.00	360.00
5	550–600	594	312.00	312.00

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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