Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-09-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Much larger offering of feeder steers and heifers, steers not well compared to last week's limited offerings, heifers unevenly steady. Light to moderate demand for spring born calves as farmer feeders are busy with fall harvest, overall quality was uneven but a good quality, green calf with two rounds of shots still was pretty easy to sell. Good demand for this large offering of yearlings, many offered in full loads and multiple load lots with one consignment of 700 steers with 7 loads in the main cut. Flesh condition of yearlings was uneven as there were some light fleshed cattle right off grass, but there were many more carrying a moderate to even a heavy amount. With the down pressure in the Live Cattle contracts recently and the fat market lower, cattle feeders aren't as gung ho on chasing the feeder cattle market as they have been.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $424.15/cwt on 98 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −62.31 against this barn's trailing median of $486.46.

Average price

$424.15

98 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,364

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$285

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

$38.89/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−18.85

vs SD average

+1.50 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	428.89	2,395	71
Medium 1	559	419.25	2,345	20
Medium and Large 1-2	541	390.00	2,110	7thin

One grade step is worth $38.89/cwt here — about $285 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 sale98 hd

424.15

—

SD average3 barns · 280 hd

443.00

−18.85

National average177 barns · 15,324 hd

422.65

+1.50

This barn, trailing median28 sales

486.46

−62.31

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

53 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	1300–1350	1,326	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	3,249	5
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	1200–1250	1,249	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	3,222	24
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	1050–1100	1,077	291.50/cwt	288.00–300.00	3,139	27
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	1100–1150	1,101	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	3,094	48
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,022	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	3,117	87
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,022	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	3,076	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	473.90/cwt	470.00–475.00	1,995	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	327.77/cwt	321.00–345.00	2,868	218
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	514.68/cwt	480.00–530.00	1,966	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	911	319.60/cwt	306.00–325.00	2,912	374
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	965	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,905	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	882	349.87/cwt	345.00–351.00	3,086	205
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	731	351.01/cwt	346.00–365.00	2,566	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	335.59/cwt	330.00–339.00	2,728	143
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,045	260.49/cwt	255.00–274.00	2,722	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	837	349.08/cwt	340.00–353.00	2,922	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	464	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,462	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	484.33/cwt	460.00–505.00	2,339	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	447.06/cwt	420.00–460.00	2,150	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	960	313.50/cwt	313.50–313.50	3,010	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,484	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	425	519.11/cwt	490.00–550.00	2,206	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	789	331.00/cwt	331.00–331.00	2,612	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,323	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	537.38/cwt	505.00–545.00	2,042	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	744	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	2,809	19
Steers	Medium 1	400–450	429	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,016	7
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	523	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,014	9
Heifers	Medium 1	400–450	440	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,716	5
Heifers	Large 1-2Fleshy	1000–1050	1,032	263.00/cwt	263.00–263.00	2,714	13
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,054	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	3,404	57
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,020	325.56/cwt	321.00–328.00	3,321	173
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	626	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,160	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	711	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,524	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	484	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,105	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	571	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,999	5
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	512	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,330	9
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	598	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,332	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	984	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	3,168	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	955	340.42/cwt	321.00–343.00	3,251	458
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	620	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,046	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	970	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,910	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	280	600.00/cwt	600.00–600.00	1,680	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	344.74/cwt	337.00–351.00	2,692	222
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	355.69/cwt	322.50–373.00	2,429	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	849	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,717	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,471	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	627	392.67/cwt	380.00–410.00	2,462	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	541	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,110	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	418	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	1,965	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	407.39/cwt	400.00–415.00	2,090	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	425.95/cwt	405.00–440.00	2,407	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,903	30

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 Sep 29, 2025

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

Receipts 3,056Last week 1,319Year ago 2,052

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
87	1000–1050	1,022	305.00	305.00
27	1050–1100	1,077	288.00–300.00	291.50
48	1100–1150	1,101	281.00	281.00
24	1200–1250	1,249	258.00	258.00
5	1300–1350	1,326	245.00	245.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	350–400	380	505.00–545.00	537.38
15	400–450	425	490.00–550.00	519.11
51	450–500	483	460.00–505.00	484.33
12	500–550	523	475.00	475.00
54	550–600	565	405.00–440.00	425.95
19	700–750	744	377.50	377.50
30	750–800	764	380.00	380.00
60	800–850	837	340.00–353.00	349.08
205	850–900	882	345.00–351.00	349.87
458	950–1000	955	321.00–343.00	340.42
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	429	470.00	470.00
9	500–550	512	455.00	455.00
11	550–600	598	390.00	390.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
173	1000–1050	1,020	321.00–328.00	325.56
57	1050–1100	1,054	323.00	323.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	484	435.00	435.00
5	550–600	571	350.00	350.00
10	600–650	626	345.00	345.00
5	700–750	711	355.00	355.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	418	470.00	470.00
7	500–550	541	390.00	390.00
7	600–650	627	380.00–410.00	392.67
59	950–1000	984	322.00	322.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
25	1000–1050	1,022	301.00	301.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	250–300	280	600.00	600.00
32	350–400	382	480.00–530.00	514.68
14	400–450	421	470.00–475.00	473.90
26	450–500	481	420.00–460.00	447.06
10	500–550	513	400.00–415.00	407.39
13	550–600	588	395.00	395.00
57	650–700	683	322.50–373.00	355.69
41	700–750	731	346.00–365.00	351.01
222	750–800	781	337.00–351.00	344.74
143	800–850	813	330.00–339.00	335.59
218	850–900	875	321.00–345.00	327.77
374	900–950	911	306.00–325.00	319.60
17	950–1000	960	313.50	313.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	464	315.00	315.00
19	750–800	789	331.00	331.00
41	950–1000	965	301.00	301.00
24	1000–1050	1,045	255.00–274.00	260.49
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	440	390.00	390.00
9	500–550	523	385.00	385.00
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	1000–1050	1,032	263.00	263.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	382	385.00	385.00
6	600–650	620	330.00	330.00
20	800–850	849	320.00	320.00
12	950–1000	970	300.00	300.00

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