Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-11-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-11-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Too few steer and heifer calves offered to make full price comparisons, much lower undertones noted. Yearling feeder steers and heifers 30.00 to 50.00 lower. Light to moderate demand for this limited offering of steer and heifer calves, light to moderate demand for yearlings as well. With the CME Live and Feeder Cattle futures opening limit lower, and staying that way through the session, the feeder cattle market was under immense pressure. Cattle feeders were left reeling after the announcement of a slaughter plant closure in Nebraska and with the board limit lower, now are unsure of what price feeder cattle need to be bought. There were several long strings of yearlings offered, flesh condition moderate to moderate plus, offered in full loads and multiple load lots and the quality was plenty attractive but cattle feeders are worried about the continued drop in the futures market.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $322.83/cwt on 18 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −107.52 against this barn's trailing median of $430.34.

Average price

$322.83

18 head · 575 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,856

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$106

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

$33.23/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−71.72

vs SD average

−26.54 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	339.44	1,907	9thin
Medium and Large 1-2	588	306.21	1,801	9thin

One grade step is worth $33.23/cwt here — about $106 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

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 sale18 hd

322.83

—

SD average8 barns · 2,743 hd

394.55

−71.72

National average34 barns · 3,821 hd

349.37

−26.54

This barn, trailing median28 sales

430.34

−107.52

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

42 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	1050–1100	1,082	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	2,705	13
Steers	Large 1	600–650	642	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,070	5
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,050	276.50/cwt	276.50–276.50	2,903	110
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,016	280.04/cwt	278.50–282.50	2,845	291
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,053	253.00/cwt	253.00–253.00	2,664	11
Steers	Large 1	500–550	538	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,883	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	278.43/cwt	271.00–281.00	2,447	283
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	320.35/cwt	315.00–330.00	1,989	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,189	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	365.63/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,737	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	711	296.88/cwt	295.00–297.50	2,111	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	837	278.00/cwt	278.00–278.00	2,327	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	916	268.42/cwt	263.00–272.00	2,459	156
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,552	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	990	284.65/cwt	281.00–285.50	2,818	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,829	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	1,580	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,085	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	698	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,269	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	499	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,996	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,245	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	713	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,282	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	509	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,112	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	307.88/cwt	300.00–322.00	2,334	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	946	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	2,668	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	379.28/cwt	370.00–385.00	2,207	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	836	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,383	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,824	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	918	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	2,226	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	409	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,738	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	303.25/cwt	290.00–330.00	1,716	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	606	337.92/cwt	330.00–350.00	2,048	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,311	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	446	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,360	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	499	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,472	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	306.21/cwt	295.00–320.00	1,801	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	866	283.64/cwt	282.50–285.00	2,456	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	392	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	1,627	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,825	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,970	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	691	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,073	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	977	255.21/cwt	248.00–259.00	2,493	281

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 Nov 24, 2025

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

Receipts 1,931Last week 3,910Year ago 1,788

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	1050–1100	1,082	250.00	250.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	538	350.00	350.00
5	600–650	642	322.50	322.50
291	1000–1050	1,016	278.50–282.50	280.04
110	1050–1100	1,050	276.50	276.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	316	500.00	500.00
4	350–400	381	480.00	480.00
5	400–450	417	500.00	500.00
8	450–500	499	400.00	400.00
13	500–550	509	415.00	415.00
37	550–600	582	370.00–385.00	379.28
9	600–650	646	347.50	347.50
5	650–700	698	325.00	325.00
9	700–750	713	320.00	320.00
17	750–800	758	300.00–322.00	307.88
40	850–900	874	292.00	292.00
24	900–950	946	282.00	282.00
57	950–1000	990	281.00–285.50	284.65
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	409	425.00	425.00
3	450–500	480	380.00	380.00
9	550–600	566	290.00–330.00	303.25
10	600–650	606	330.00–350.00	337.92
13	750–800	778	297.00	297.00
18	800–850	836	285.00	285.00
3	900–950	918	242.50	242.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	850–900	866	282.50–285.00	283.64
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	1050–1100	1,053	253.00	253.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	392	415.00	415.00
7	450–500	475	360.00–370.00	365.63
4	500–550	529	345.00	345.00
5	550–600	588	335.00	335.00
26	600–650	621	315.00–330.00	320.35
6	650–700	691	300.00	300.00
16	700–750	711	295.00–297.50	296.88
38	750–800	779	281.00	281.00
50	800–850	837	278.00	278.00
283	850–900	879	271.00–281.00	278.43
156	900–950	916	263.00–272.00	268.42
281	950–1000	977	248.00–259.00	255.21
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	446	305.00	305.00
7	450–500	499	295.00	295.00
9	550–600	588	295.00–320.00	306.21

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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