Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-04-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-04-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: The only good comparison for feeder steers were those over 850 lbs 1.00 to 2.00 higher, other weights too lightly tested. Feeder heifers 700-800 lbs 7.00 to 10.00 higher, 850-900 lbs 4.00 higher, other weights not well compared. The market was very active on the light steers and heifers offered, the offering was limited but there were ample buyers competing heavily for this class of cattle, quality was uneven and flesh condition was as well. A nice offering of strings of yearlings offered in load lots and multiple load lots, the market was active as cash fat cattle climbed back up to 215.00 and cattle feeders are eager to refill their empty pens. A beautiful spring day allowing farmers to get in the field with some welcomed rain in the forecast for later in the week, yet there were still plenty of buyers on the seats.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $331.73/cwt on 15 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −98.61 against this barn's trailing median of $430.34.

Average price

$331.73

15 head · 578 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,918

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−4.35

vs SD average

+1.78 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	578	331.73	1,918	15thin

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 sale15 hd

331.73

—

SD average4 barns · 447 hd

336.09

−4.35

National average175 barns · 11,256 hd

329.95

+1.78

This barn, trailing median28 sales

430.34

−98.61

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

35 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 1	750–800	797	262.00/cwt	262.00–262.00	2,088	6
Steers	Medium 1	650–700	692	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,993	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	618	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,891	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	698	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	1,996	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	733	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,133	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	603	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,035	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,161	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	499	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,672	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	656	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,204	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	577	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	1,890	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,976	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	950–1000	994	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	2,415	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	950–1000	979	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,203	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	839	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,332	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	477	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,932	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	442	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,768	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	784	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,109	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	746	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,216	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	697	316.83/cwt	312.50–319.00	2,208	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	555	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,067	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	588	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	1,893	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	957	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,469	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	850–900	864	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	2,125	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	584	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,050	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	689	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,260	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	294.50/cwt	294.00–295.00	2,120	156
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	276.19/cwt	272.50–280.00	2,149	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	986	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	2,406	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	257.55/cwt	249.00–259.00	2,344	141
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	515	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,034	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	296.97/cwt	292.00–305.00	1,999	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,996	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	789	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,296	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	856	253.85/cwt	252.00–263.00	2,173	285
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	895	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,533	67

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 21, 2025

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	750–800	797	262.00	262.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	588	322.00	322.00
22	600–650	618	306.00	306.00
26	650–700	698	286.00	286.00
29	700–750	733	291.00	291.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	499	335.00	335.00
15	750–800	784	269.00	269.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	442	400.00	400.00
6	450–500	482	410.00	410.00
2	500–550	515	395.00	395.00
18	650–700	673	292.00–305.00	296.97
156	700–750	720	294.00–295.00	294.50
104	750–800	778	272.50–280.00	276.19
285	850–900	856	252.00–263.00	253.85
141	900–950	910	249.00–259.00	257.55
5	950–1000	986	244.00	244.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	950–1000	979	225.00	225.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	650–700	692	288.00	288.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	550–600	584	351.00	351.00
50	600–650	603	337.50	337.50
27	650–700	697	312.50–319.00	316.83
22	700–750	746	297.00	297.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	450–500	477	405.00	405.00
5	550–600	577	327.50	327.50
4	650–700	656	336.00	336.00
8	700–750	740	292.00	292.00
12	800–850	839	278.00	278.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	850–900	864	246.00	246.00
13	950–1000	994	243.00	243.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	481	415.00	415.00
9	550–600	555	372.50	372.50
22	650–700	689	328.00	328.00
12	750–800	789	291.00	291.00
67	850–900	895	283.00	283.00
14	950–1000	957	258.00	258.00

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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