Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-10-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder cattle lightly tested two weeks ago to offer a good comparison with this week's special anniversary BBQ sale. There was a very large offering of feeder cattle this week, higher undertones prevailed. Good demand for spring born calves, very good demand for yearlings. The calf market was active across all weights, as there were enough farmer feeders present ready to compete to get calves bought. The yearling market was active, in spite of the sharp declines seen in the CME cattle complex last Friday. Futures contracts stabilized and posted gains of nearly 2.00 for Live Cattle, helping to settle the nerves of cattle feeders. Many long strings of yearlings offered, flesh condition ranged from light fleshed to heavy. In spite of the volatility in the futures complex cattle feeders seemed to roll with it and it didn't have much effect on the market at the auction as they know how limited the supply of yearlings is.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $468.36/cwt on 135 head. That ranks 5 of 28 comparable sales and sits −18.10 against this barn's trailing median of $486.46.

Average price

$468.36

135 head · 544 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,548

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$434

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

$79.14/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−36.75

vs SD average

+10.22 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	544	483.02	2,628	110
Medium and Large 1-2	543	403.88	2,194	25

One grade step is worth $79.14/cwt here — about $434 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 sale135 hd

468.36

—

SD average7 barns · 7,107 hd

505.11

−36.75

National average182 barns · 38,495 hd

458.14

+10.22

This barn, trailing median28 sales

486.46

−18.10

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

70 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	Medium and Large 1	400–450	437	551.13/cwt	495.00–565.00	2,408	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	791	374.29/cwt	374.00–375.00	2,961	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	972	342.47/cwt	333.00–347.00	3,329	272
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	900–950	922	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	3,107	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	950–1000	954	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	3,506	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	850–900	863	376.50/cwt	376.50–376.50	3,249	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	365.16/cwt	349.00–371.00	3,210	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	431.62/cwt	425.00–440.00	2,706	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	470.19/cwt	440.00–480.00	2,741	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	544.86/cwt	515.00–555.00	2,534	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	387.83/cwt	372.50–391.00	2,823	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	319.28/cwt	315.00–320.50	2,928	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	440.18/cwt	415.00–450.00	2,034	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	881	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,810	122
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	926	313.97/cwt	304.00–319.00	2,907	369
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	960	311.85/cwt	309.50–314.00	2,994	199
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	676	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,366	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	604	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,114	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	391.47/cwt	385.00–402.50	2,282	45
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	377.59/cwt	360.00–392.50	2,383	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	971	306.99/cwt	304.50–308.50	2,981	244
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	350.59/cwt	330.00–364.50	2,763	371
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,388	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	740	359.75/cwt	352.00–370.00	2,662	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	868	328.41/cwt	324.00–335.00	2,851	355
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	397	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	2,054	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	519	412.17/cwt	405.00–420.00	2,139	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	493.40/cwt	490.00–495.00	2,062	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	840	321.78/cwt	321.00–327.50	2,703	59
Steers	Large 1-2Fleshy	1100–1150	1,140	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	2,839	53
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,090	305.80/cwt	302.50–325.00	3,333	127
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,029	328.83/cwt	323.50–347.00	3,384	485
Heifers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,160	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,970	48
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,024	317.07/cwt	309.00–319.00	3,247	238
Heifers	Large 1Fleshy	1250–1300	1,297	234.50/cwt	234.50–234.50	3,041	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	400–450	438	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,927	7
Steers	Medium 1	700–750	715	310.72/cwt	300.00–330.00	2,222	11
Heifers	Medium 1	700–750	746	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,238	5
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	648	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,300	6
Steers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,160	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	3,538	136
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,118	302.75/cwt	302.75–302.75	3,385	109
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	450–500	453	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,404	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	890	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	3,004	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	750–800	796	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	3,033	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	628	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,638	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	955	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	3,008	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	717	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,456	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	611	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,200	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	609	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,436	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	492	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,091	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	1,901	3
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	500–550	531	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	1,991	5
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	750–800	797	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,630	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	718	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	2,384	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	539	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,048	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	740	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,331	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	400	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,000	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	953	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	3,250	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	559	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,040	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	913	357.38/cwt	337.00–370.00	3,263	433
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	373.40/cwt	360.00–380.00	3,017	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	388	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,765	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	424.37/cwt	412.50–450.00	2,835	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Spayed	800–850	848	350.50/cwt	350.50–350.50	2,972	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	312	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,482	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	343.03/cwt	341.50–345.00	2,816	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	490.64/cwt	440.00–505.00	2,556	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	895	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,931	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	508	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,159	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	387.28/cwt	365.00–410.00	2,211	14

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 Oct 20, 2025

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

Receipts 5,717Last week 893Year ago 4,382

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	400–450	437	495.00–565.00	551.13
35	450–500	465	515.00–555.00	544.86
69	500–550	521	440.00–505.00	490.64
41	550–600	583	440.00–480.00	470.19
65	600–650	627	425.00–440.00	431.62
37	650–700	668	412.50–450.00	424.37
39	700–750	728	372.50–391.00	387.83
70	750–800	791	374.00–375.00	374.29
74	800–850	808	360.00–380.00	373.40
172	850–900	879	349.00–371.00	365.16
433	900–950	913	337.00–370.00	357.38
272	950–1000	972	333.00–347.00	342.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
50	750–800	796	381.00	381.00
52	850–900	863	376.50	376.50
41	950–1000	954	367.50	367.50
Steers — Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
53	1100–1150	1,140	249.00	249.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
485	1000–1050	1,029	323.50–347.00	328.83
127	1050–1100	1,090	302.50–325.00	305.80
109	1100–1150	1,118	302.75	302.75
136	1150–1200	1,160	305.00	305.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
238	1000–1050	1,024	309.00–319.00	317.07
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	648	355.00	355.00
11	700–750	715	300.00–330.00	310.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	600–650	628	420.00	420.00
5	850–900	890	337.50	337.50
5	950–1000	955	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	388	490.00	490.00
4	400–450	400	500.00	500.00
10	450–500	492	425.00	425.00
11	500–550	508	425.00	425.00
14	550–600	571	365.00–410.00	387.28
10	600–650	609	400.00	400.00
9	850–900	895	327.50	327.50
14	950–1000	953	341.00	341.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
73	800–850	848	350.50	350.50
66	900–950	922	337.00	337.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	350–400	397	517.50	517.50
13	400–450	418	490.00–495.00	493.40
69	450–500	462	415.00–450.00	440.18
21	500–550	519	405.00–420.00	412.17
45	550–600	583	385.00–402.50	391.47
61	600–650	631	360.00–392.50	377.59
10	650–700	668	357.50	357.50
50	700–750	740	352.00–370.00	359.75
371	750–800	788	330.00–364.50	350.59
135	800–850	821	341.50–345.00	343.03
355	850–900	868	324.00–335.00	328.41
79	900–950	917	315.00–320.50	319.28
199	950–1000	960	309.50–314.00	311.85
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	400–450	438	440.00	440.00
6	600–650	604	350.00	350.00
7	650–700	676	350.00	350.00
6	700–750	717	342.50	342.50
59	800–850	840	321.00–327.50	321.78
122	850–900	881	319.00	319.00
369	900–950	926	304.00–319.00	313.97
244	950–1000	971	304.50–308.50	306.99
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
48	1150–1200	1,160	256.00	256.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
51	1250–1300	1,297	234.50	234.50
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	746	300.00	300.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	312	475.00	475.00
5	350–400	388	455.00	455.00
5	500–550	539	380.00	380.00
19	550–600	559	365.00	365.00
11	600–650	611	360.00	360.00
8	700–750	718	332.00	332.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	700–750	740	315.00	315.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	453	310.00	310.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	531	375.00	375.00
7	750–800	797	330.00	330.00

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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