Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-05-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers steady to 5.00 higher. Very good demand for this seasonal run of feeder cattle. The market was very active for all weights of steers and heifers after last week saw the cash fed cattle market make another new, all-time historical high price up to 224.00. A light offering of light weight cattle suitable for backgrounding, a good offering of backgrounded yearlings offered in long strings, many full loads and multiple load lots. Flesh condition of yearlings moderate to moderate plus.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $398.42/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −88.04 against this barn's trailing median of $486.46.

Average price

$398.42

22 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,121

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+9.45

vs SD average

+19.63 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	532	398.42	2,121	22

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

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 sale22 hd

398.42

—

SD average3 barns · 109 hd

388.97

+9.45

National average168 barns · 13,508 hd

378.79

+19.63

This barn, trailing median28 sales

486.46

−88.04

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

40 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	1050–1100	1,063	273.25/cwt	273.25–273.25	2,905	165
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,032	268.50/cwt	268.50–268.50	2,771	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	748	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	2,113	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	870	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	2,245	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	784	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,297	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	563	340.43/cwt	338.00–347.50	1,917	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	815	270.33/cwt	270.00–276.00	2,203	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	389.11/cwt	385.00–390.00	1,697	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	259.30/cwt	256.00–262.00	2,378	246
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	303.84/cwt	297.00–305.00	2,531	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	889	266.50/cwt	266.50–266.50	2,369	65
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	376.86/cwt	365.00–380.00	1,918	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,317	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	402.12/cwt	399.00–405.00	2,115	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	933	282.63/cwt	279.00–286.25	2,637	176
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	1,653	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	500.01/cwt	490.00–520.00	1,865	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	829	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,462	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	393	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,886	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	760	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,485	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	986	273.70/cwt	271.00–276.00	2,699	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	289.25/cwt	289.00–289.75	2,543	186
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	788	265.73/cwt	260.00–277.00	2,094	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	983	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,644	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	549	334.00/cwt	334.00–334.00	1,834	12
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	698	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,269	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	425.30/cwt	415.00–452.50	2,029	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	301.79/cwt	296.00–310.00	2,025	60
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	691	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,087	8
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	892	268.00/cwt	268.00–268.00	2,391	10
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	615	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,060	9
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	900–950	934	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,643	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	926	277.15/cwt	276.00–279.00	2,566	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	417.02/cwt	410.00–420.00	1,518	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	988	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	2,510	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	761	324.50/cwt	305.00–327.00	2,469	73
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	881	283.09/cwt	282.50–286.00	2,494	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	873	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,209	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	572	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,145	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,821	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 May 5, 2025

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

Receipts 1,996Last week 3,500Year ago 2,909

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	1000–1050	1,032	268.50	268.50
165	1050–1100	1,063	273.25	273.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	750–800	784	293.00	293.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	373	490.00–520.00	500.01
32	450–500	477	415.00–452.50	425.30
19	500–550	526	399.00–405.00	402.12
3	550–600	572	375.00	375.00
9	700–750	713	325.00	325.00
73	750–800	761	305.00–327.00	324.50
138	800–850	833	297.00–305.00	303.84
186	850–900	879	289.00–289.75	289.25
176	900–950	933	279.00–286.25	282.63
71	950–1000	986	271.00–276.00	273.70
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	393	480.00	480.00
14	750–800	760	327.00	327.00
8	800–850	829	297.00	297.00
59	850–900	881	282.50–286.00	283.09
23	900–950	926	276.00–279.00	277.15
6	950–1000	983	269.00	269.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	748	282.50	282.50
11	850–900	870	258.00	258.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	364	410.00–420.00	417.02
17	400–450	436	385.00–390.00	389.11
4	450–500	453	365.00	365.00
15	500–550	509	365.00–380.00	376.86
23	550–600	563	338.00–347.50	340.43
60	650–700	671	296.00–310.00	301.79
71	800–850	815	270.00–276.00	270.33
65	850–900	889	266.50	266.50
246	900–950	917	256.00–262.00	259.30
39	950–1000	988	254.00	254.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	549	334.00	334.00
3	550–600	578	315.00	315.00
38	750–800	788	260.00–277.00	265.73
22	850–900	873	253.00	253.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	650–700	698	325.00	325.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	615	335.00	335.00
18	900–950	934	283.00	283.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	691	302.00	302.00
10	850–900	892	268.00	268.00

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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