Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-10-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-10-27

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves not well compared to last week's larger offering, sharply lower undertones. Yearling feeder steers and heifers 25.00 to 30.00 lower. Moderate demand for the limited offering of steer and heifer calves, the flesh condition of this week's calves was heavier and not as attractive. Moderate demand for yearling steers and heifers. CME Feeder Cattle futures limit lower today, Live Cattle 5.00 to 10.00 lower, set a negative tone for the feeder cattle market today. Cattle feeders are now facing much uncertainty over how low futures contracts will continue to go. This had a huge effect on the market at the auction today. There were big strings of yearling offered in full loads and multiple load lots, flesh condition ranged from moderate to heavy, the fleshy cattle were hard to sell. The market was active on the attractive fleshed cattle but buyers are very approaching the market very cautiously.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $348.92/cwt on 62 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −81.42 against this barn's trailing median of $430.34.

Average price

$348.92

62 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,912

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$31

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$37.47/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−93.76

vs SD average

−25.97 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	539	354.97	1,914	52
Medium 1	593	317.50	1,883	10thin

One grade step is worth $37.47/cwt here — about $31 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

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 sale62 hd

348.92

—

SD average9 barns · 6,300 hd

442.68

−93.76

National average184 barns · 21,753 hd

374.89

−25.97

This barn, trailing median28 sales

430.34

−81.42

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

44 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	Large 1Fleshy	1050–1100	1,064	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,756	51
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,027	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	3,060	40
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	616	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	1,977	6
Heifers	Medium 1	700–750	748	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,207	6
Steers	Medium 1	300–350	318	555.00/cwt	555.00–555.00	1,765	9
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	593	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,883	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	965	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,625	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	605	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	1,951	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	350–400	366	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,610	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	796	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,229	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	901	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	2,559	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	772	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,625	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	318.28/cwt	315.00–327.50	2,308	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	589	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,885	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	320.86/cwt	317.50–322.50	2,179	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	941	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,767	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	480	383.30/cwt	335.00–410.00	1,840	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	500–550	519	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,765	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	830	307.00/cwt	307.00–307.00	2,548	180
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,181	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	570	338.17/cwt	335.00–340.00	1,928	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	391	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,857	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	514	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,005	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,825	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	745	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,310	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	882	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,558	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	494	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,976	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,374	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	655	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,358	12
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	612	335.24/cwt	330.00–337.50	2,052	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,979	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	401	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,065	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	387.50/cwt	387.50–387.50	2,034	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	736	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,300	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	634	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,124	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	305.65/cwt	305.00–306.00	2,830	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	990	303.69/cwt	302.50–305.50	3,007	275
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	408	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,040	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	680	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,938	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	708	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,213	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	577	384.53/cwt	355.00–400.00	2,219	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	631	364.02/cwt	345.00–373.00	2,297	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	515	409.74/cwt	390.00–425.00	2,110	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	520	367.69/cwt	335.00–395.00	1,912	20

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 27, 2025

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

Receipts 1,709Last week 5,717Year ago 3,947

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
51	1050–1100	1,064	259.00	259.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	593	317.50	317.50
6	700–750	748	295.00	295.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	366	440.00	440.00
28	450–500	480	335.00–410.00	383.30
20	500–550	520	335.00–395.00	367.69
5	550–600	589	320.00	320.00
11	600–650	605	322.50	322.50
7	700–750	745	310.00	310.00
8	850–900	882	290.00	290.00
68	900–950	901	284.00	284.00
66	950–1000	965	272.00	272.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	450–500	468	390.00	390.00
7	500–550	514	390.00	390.00
14	550–600	570	335.00–340.00	338.17
9	600–650	616	354.00	354.00
30	650–700	679	317.50–322.50	320.86
26	700–750	725	315.00–327.50	318.28
5	750–800	796	280.00	280.00
180	800–850	830	307.00	307.00
112	900–950	941	294.00	294.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	519	340.00	340.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	391	475.00	475.00
9	600–650	634	335.00	335.00
20	700–750	736	312.50	312.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
40	1000–1050	1,027	298.00	298.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	318	555.00	555.00
6	600–650	616	321.00	321.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
24	500–550	515	390.00–425.00	409.74
9	550–600	577	355.00–400.00	384.53
16	600–650	631	345.00–373.00	364.02
5	650–700	680	285.00	285.00
8	700–750	708	312.50	312.50
5	750–800	772	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	401	515.00	515.00
12	650–700	655	360.00	360.00
12	700–750	736	322.50	322.50
54	900–950	926	305.00–306.00	305.65
275	950–1000	990	302.50–305.50	303.69
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	500–550	525	387.50	387.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	408	500.00	500.00
7	450–500	494	400.00	400.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	455	435.00	435.00
20	600–650	612	330.00–337.50	335.24

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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