Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-04-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 3.00 to 5.00 higher, heifers 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Very good demand for all weights of steers and heifers this week. Another day of gains in the CME cattle futures had cattle feeders feeling more positive and ready to compete heavily to get the cattle bought that they need. The market is incredibly active on the lighter cattle as the supply remains limited and there are ample buyers for this class. Increased market activity on the nice offering of backgrounded steers and heifers, there were long strings offered in full loads and multiple load lots and buyers were quick to take all loads when given the chance. The quality of these cattle was very high and the flesh was light to moderate plus, they had a lot of eye appeal and buyers were eager to bid on them.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $380.07/cwt on 106 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −106.39 against this barn's trailing median of $486.46.

Average price

$380.07

106 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,018

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$9

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

$13.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.26

vs SD average

+15.31 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	528	382.06	2,016	90
Medium and Large 1-2	549	368.88	2,025	16thin

One grade step is worth $13.18/cwt here — about −$9 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

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 sale106 hd

380.07

—

SD average7 barns · 946 hd

382.33

−2.26

National average169 barns · 11,281 hd

364.76

+15.31

This barn, trailing median28 sales

486.46

−106.39

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

33 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 1	1000–1050	1,044	262.75/cwt	262.75–262.75	2,743	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	941	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	2,287	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	396	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,584	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	611	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,970	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	559	343.82/cwt	332.50–350.00	1,922	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	545	350.51/cwt	340.00–367.50	1,910	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	800–850	800	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	2,168	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	504.22/cwt	500.00–535.00	1,689	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	431	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,940	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	937	278.62/cwt	273.00–279.75	2,611	267
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	269.82/cwt	268.50–273.00	2,115	156
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	445.58/cwt	435.00–505.00	1,475	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	385	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,425	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	880	241.00/cwt	241.00–241.00	2,121	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	470	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,833	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	362.39/cwt	355.00–385.00	2,087	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	251.84/cwt	249.00–259.00	2,214	439
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	294.60/cwt	282.00–307.00	1,994	75
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	404	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,818	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,004	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,032	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	280.76/cwt	274.00–282.10	2,479	264
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	259.42/cwt	256.00–269.50	2,156	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	664	353.09/cwt	350.00–360.00	2,345	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	332.31/cwt	327.50–365.00	2,070	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	783	294.88/cwt	283.00–310.00	2,309	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	976	260.86/cwt	257.00–263.00	2,546	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	382.75/cwt	371.00–395.00	1,860	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	432	396.92/cwt	390.00–400.00	1,715	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	281.16/cwt	273.00–285.00	2,052	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	282.85/cwt	281.00–284.00	2,334	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	319.75/cwt	313.00–323.00	2,309	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	389.62/cwt	380.00–400.00	1,983	65

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 Apr 14, 2025

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

Receipts 2,809Last week 2,703Year ago 3,047

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
61	1000–1050	1,044	262.75	262.75
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
15	300–350	335	500.00–535.00	504.22
28	400–450	431	450.00	450.00
65	500–550	509	380.00–400.00	389.62
25	550–600	576	355.00–385.00	362.39
96	600–650	623	327.50–365.00	332.31
16	650–700	664	350.00–360.00	353.09
57	700–750	722	313.00–323.00	319.75
123	750–800	783	283.00–310.00	294.88
47	800–850	825	281.00–284.00	282.85
264	850–900	883	274.00–282.10	280.76
267	900–950	937	273.00–279.75	278.62
128	950–1000	976	257.00–263.00	260.86
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	400–450	404	450.00	450.00
10	450–500	470	390.00	390.00
11	500–550	539	377.00	377.00
5	550–600	571	351.00	351.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
63	900–950	941	243.00	243.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	300–350	331	435.00–505.00	445.58
4	350–400	396	400.00	400.00
33	400–450	432	390.00–400.00	396.92
67	450–500	486	371.00–395.00	382.75
53	500–550	545	340.00–367.50	350.51
41	550–600	559	332.50–350.00	343.82
4	600–650	611	322.50	322.50
75	650–700	677	282.00–307.00	294.60
34	700–750	730	273.00–285.00	281.16
156	750–800	784	268.50–273.00	269.82
100	800–850	831	256.00–269.50	259.42
439	850–900	879	249.00–259.00	251.84
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	800–850	800	271.00	271.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	385	370.00	370.00
18	850–900	880	241.00	241.00

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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