Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-08-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-08-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers under 1000 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 higher, over 1000 lbs 15.00 to 20.00 higher. Feeder heifers 12.00 to 20.00 higher in a narrow comparison. Very good demand for this nice, summertime offering of feeder cattle. A few consignments of spring born calves sold on an active market. Very good demand for the yearling offering, with one consignment of nearly 1,000 head of steers in a light to moderate flesh condition. Many full loads and multiple load lots of yearlings. The market was very active as the cash fed cattle last week was up to 245.00-246.00 and cattle feeders want to quickly refill their empty pens. CME Live and Feeder Cattle futures had another day of gains as they try to keep pace with the cash markets.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $439.60/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −46.86 against this barn's trailing median of $486.46.

Average price

$439.60

31 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,394

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$109

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

$37.21/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.74

vs SD average

+39.71 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	533	460.00	2,452	14thin
Medium and Large 1-2	554	422.79	2,343	17thin

One grade step is worth $37.21/cwt here — about $109 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

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 sale31 hd

439.60

—

SD average3 barns · 107 hd

441.33

−1.74

National average156 barns · 7,040 hd

399.89

+39.71

This barn, trailing median28 sales

486.46

−46.86

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	1000–1050	1,016	332.06/cwt	330.00–335.50	3,374	694
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,135	309.19/cwt	306.00–312.50	3,509	276
Steers	Medium 1Fleshy	700–750	737	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,506	5
Steers	Medium 1Fleshy	600–650	627	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,132	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	494	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,976	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	954	289.00/cwt	289.00–289.00	2,757	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,275	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	353	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,747	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	445.78/cwt	440.00–450.00	1,908	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	419.46/cwt	387.50–440.00	2,227	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	369.52/cwt	362.00–377.50	2,853	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	347.60/cwt	336.50–351.00	3,021	271
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	351.36/cwt	341.00–370.00	2,582	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	350.05/cwt	341.00–356.00	2,720	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	326.24/cwt	316.00–329.50	2,835	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,405	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	382.89/cwt	373.00–387.50	2,833	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	342.23/cwt	339.00–344.00	3,183	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,452	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	370.43/cwt	355.00–377.50	2,500	45
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	449	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,133	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	464	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	1,902	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	525	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,363	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	550–600	577	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	2,409	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	564	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,256	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	962	323.50/cwt	323.50–323.50	3,112	43
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	346	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,851	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	404	522.50/cwt	522.50–522.50	2,111	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	751	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	2,384	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	2,345	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,570	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	883	319.15/cwt	308.00–322.00	2,818	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,731	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	400–450	419	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,105	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	877	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,631	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	437.50/cwt	437.50–437.50	2,310	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	325.59/cwt	320.00–327.50	2,702	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	938	304.89/cwt	302.00–316.50	2,860	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	628	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,167	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,073	7

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 Aug 18, 2025

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

Receipts 2,492Last week 2,016Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
694	1000–1050	1,016	330.00–335.50	332.06
276	1100–1150	1,135	306.00–312.50	309.19
Steers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	600–650	627	340.00	340.00
5	700–750	737	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	450–500	494	400.00	400.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	500–550	533	460.00	460.00
16	600–650	623	412.50	412.50
18	650–700	676	404.00	404.00
74	700–750	740	373.00–387.50	382.89
25	750–800	772	362.00–377.50	369.52
271	850–900	869	336.50–351.00	347.60
11	900–950	930	339.00–344.00	342.23
43	950–1000	962	323.50	323.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	419	502.50	502.50
6	500–550	525	450.00	450.00
5	550–600	577	417.50	417.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	564	400.00	400.00
9	600–650	628	345.00	345.00
20	850–900	883	308.00–322.00	319.15
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	404	522.50	522.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	850–900	877	300.00	300.00
13	950–1000	954	289.00	289.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	353	495.00	495.00
12	400–450	428	440.00–450.00	445.78
5	450–500	464	410.00	410.00
21	500–550	531	387.50–440.00	419.46
8	550–600	576	395.00	395.00
21	600–650	633	380.00	380.00
45	650–700	675	355.00–377.50	370.43
105	700–750	735	341.00–370.00	351.36
130	750–800	777	341.00–356.00	350.05
38	800–850	830	320.00–327.50	325.59
70	850–900	869	316.00–329.50	326.24
135	900–950	938	302.00–316.50	304.89
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	584	355.00	355.00
13	650–700	668	351.00	351.00
9	750–800	751	317.50	317.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	346	535.00	535.00
5	400–450	449	475.00	475.00
13	500–550	528	437.50	437.50

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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