Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-03-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 800 lbs 10.00 to 15.00 higher, instances to 20.00 higher, over 800 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 750 lbs 8.00 to 13.00 higher, over 750 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Very good demand for this nice offering of feeder cattle. Several large strings offered in full loads and multiple load lots, along with plenty of smaller consignments to put together and make full loads. The market was very active, especially on the lighter cattle as supply of this class is getting tighter with each passing week. The market was active on the finishing type cattle as the bullish attitude amongst cattle feeders continues to grow. Cash fed cattle up to 207.00 last week, another day of gains in the cattle futures with Apr Live Cattle nearly 205.00 and the key month of June, where new crop calf feds start to be marketed, now above 200.00. Feeder Cattle futures keep climbing as well. Flesh condition on the backgrounded cattle is starting to get a little heavier as the weather remains very mild, up to 70 degrees last week, even though there was some snow and rain over the weekend, cattle have had a very easy time gaining weight this year as the ground conditions haven't been wet and muddy like most years.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $313.46/cwt on 105 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −116.89 against this barn's trailing median of $430.34.

Average price

$313.46

105 head · 582 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,824

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−13.16

vs SD average

−1.12 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	582	313.46	1,824	105

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale105 hd

313.46

—

SD average5 barns · 1,384 hd

326.62

−13.16

National average174 barns · 12,680 hd

314.58

−1.12

This barn, trailing median28 sales

430.34

−116.89

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

37 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 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,036	239.00/cwt	239.00–239.00	2,476	5
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	1100–1150	1,102	223.50/cwt	223.50–223.50	2,463	21
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,016	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,581	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	627	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,176	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	826	237.88/cwt	237.00–240.00	1,965	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	938	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	2,411	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	537	320.73/cwt	317.50–327.50	1,722	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	723	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,887	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	862	271.71/cwt	271.00–273.50	2,342	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	806	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,120	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	988	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,391	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	694	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,124	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	755	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,205	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	971	254.68/cwt	247.00–258.00	2,473	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	681	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	1,859	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	304.79/cwt	300.00–316.00	2,173	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	690	290.80/cwt	277.00–298.00	2,007	362
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,594	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	818	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,053	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	591	311.95/cwt	305.00–321.00	1,844	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	786	294.54/cwt	278.00–302.50	2,315	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	246.96/cwt	245.00–251.00	2,161	223
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	774	266.62/cwt	257.50–274.00	2,064	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	717	279.52/cwt	270.00–294.00	2,004	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	262.25/cwt	247.00–270.00	2,127	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	636	347.57/cwt	336.00–358.00	2,211	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	303.48/cwt	293.00–333.00	1,891	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	455	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	1,711	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	374.38/cwt	360.00–395.00	2,160	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	270.89/cwt	265.00–272.00	2,476	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	841	281.58/cwt	278.00–287.00	2,368	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	787	249.15/cwt	241.00–251.00	1,961	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	930	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	2,209	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	683	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	1,871	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	989	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,235	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	276.24/cwt	273.00–280.00	2,428	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	332.73/cwt	330.00–334.00	2,273	34

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 Mar 17, 2025

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

Receipts 2,453Last week 2,499Year ago 5,116

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1000–1050	1,036	239.00	239.00
21	1100–1150	1,102	223.50	223.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
30	1000–1050	1,016	254.00	254.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
32	900–950	938	257.00	257.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	694	306.00	306.00
43	750–800	755	292.00	292.00
11	800–850	806	263.00	263.00
77	850–900	862	271.00–273.50	271.71
13	900–950	930	237.50	237.50
12	950–1000	988	242.00	242.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
43	550–600	577	360.00–395.00	374.38
42	600–650	636	336.00–358.00	347.57
34	650–700	683	330.00–334.00	332.73
68	700–750	713	300.00–316.00	304.79
127	750–800	786	278.00–302.50	294.54
135	800–850	841	278.00–287.00	281.58
77	850–900	879	273.00–280.00	276.24
81	900–950	914	265.00–272.00	270.89
58	950–1000	971	247.00–258.00	254.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	600–650	627	347.00	347.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	650–700	681	273.00	273.00
11	700–750	723	261.00	261.00
43	750–800	787	241.00–251.00	249.15
31	800–850	826	237.00–240.00	237.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	462	345.00	345.00
18	500–550	537	317.50–327.50	320.73
87	550–600	591	305.00–321.00	311.95
63	600–650	623	293.00–333.00	303.48
362	650–700	690	277.00–298.00	290.80
122	700–750	717	270.00–294.00	279.52
132	750–800	774	257.50–274.00	266.62
43	800–850	811	247.00–270.00	262.25
223	850–900	875	245.00–251.00	246.96
14	950–1000	989	226.00	226.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	650–700	683	274.00	274.00
38	800–850	818	251.00	251.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
113	450–500	455	376.00	376.00

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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