Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-12-08
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-08

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves sold much higher on limited comparisons to last week's lighter test. Best test for calves/feeder steers was in the 550-650 lb range bringing 20.00-25.00 higher. Heifers 600-650 lbs sold 20.00 higher with other weights too lightly tested but a much firmer undertone noticed. Very good demand with active bidding in the seats and on the internet throughout a majority of the offerings. Sale offerings consisted of smaller strings with a handful of larger load lots from reputation ranches of attractive and uniform cattle. CME livestock complex down today but buyers' appear to be fueled still by the uptick in fundamental demand seen last week.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $446.54/cwt on 400 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −39.92 against this barn's trailing median of $486.46.

Average price

$446.54

400 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,457

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$405

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

$71.48/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.86

vs SD average

+15.91 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	551	454.04	2,500	358
Medium and Large 1-2	548	382.56	2,095	42

One grade step is worth $71.48/cwt here — about $405 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

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 sale400 hd

446.54

—

SD average8 barns · 4,723 hd

449.40

−2.86

National average179 barns · 20,601 hd

430.63

+15.91

This barn, trailing median28 sales

486.46

−39.92

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

56 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 1Fleshy	450–500	479	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,203	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	989	282.87/cwt	262.00–297.00	2,798	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	796	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,587	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	321.58/cwt	305.00–331.00	2,827	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	977	331.08/cwt	314.00–337.50	3,235	415
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	414.35/cwt	372.00–447.50	2,619	283
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	351.27/cwt	343.00–358.00	2,877	110
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	436.26/cwt	402.50–465.00	2,478	188
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	635	362.00/cwt	362.00–362.00	2,299	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	355.65/cwt	337.50–377.50	2,756	177
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	470.07/cwt	420.00–495.00	2,501	147
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	472	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	2,254	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	419	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,032	5
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,002	326.50/cwt	326.50–326.50	3,272	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	529.75/cwt	520.00–540.00	2,257	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	382.24/cwt	354.00–407.50	2,767	234
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	552.88/cwt	530.00–590.00	2,134	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	241	655.00/cwt	655.00–655.00	1,579	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	407.77/cwt	377.50–425.00	2,728	254
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	473	501.19/cwt	485.00–535.00	2,371	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	553	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	2,682	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	500	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,550	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	403	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,733	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	780	296.93/cwt	271.00–315.00	2,316	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	366	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,592	35
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,006	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,746	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	740	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,442	14
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,966	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	316.95/cwt	302.50–325.00	1,994	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	412.69/cwt	365.00–440.00	2,377	252
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	518	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,865	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	498.58/cwt	495.00–505.00	1,840	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	364.75/cwt	338.00–390.00	2,437	167
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	434.69/cwt	412.50–480.00	2,065	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	423.24/cwt	395.00–465.00	2,243	164
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	722	359.70/cwt	332.50–375.00	2,597	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	504.98/cwt	500.00–510.00	1,646	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	627	387.46/cwt	350.00–425.00	2,429	212
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	669	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,940	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	838	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,489	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	473.92/cwt	440.00–490.00	2,024	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	571	360.74/cwt	350.00–370.00	2,060	11
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,128	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	3,395	45
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,059	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	3,484	231
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	787	335.36/cwt	321.00–342.50	2,639	259
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	322.83/cwt	314.00–334.00	2,683	217
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	688	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,477	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	887	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	2,767	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	532	378.86/cwt	311.00–410.00	2,016	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	396	512.50/cwt	512.50–512.50	2,030	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	934	293.25/cwt	283.00–317.00	2,739	139
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	987	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,813	130
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	651	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,213	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	318.99/cwt	311.00–324.00	2,600	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	587	391.81/cwt	387.50–395.00	2,300	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	714	335.24/cwt	333.00–337.00	2,394	18

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	479	460.00	460.00
13	650–700	688	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	396	512.50	512.50
5	400–450	419	485.00	485.00
40	450–500	472	477.50	477.50
30	500–550	532	311.00–410.00	378.86
12	550–600	587	387.50–395.00	391.81
12	600–650	635	362.00	362.00
17	650–700	651	340.00	340.00
18	700–750	714	333.00–337.00	335.24
5	750–800	796	325.00	325.00
26	800–850	815	311.00–324.00	318.99
30	950–1000	989	262.00–297.00	282.87
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	200–250	241	655.00	655.00
10	350–400	386	530.00–590.00	552.88
43	400–450	426	520.00–540.00	529.75
63	450–500	473	485.00–535.00	501.19
147	500–550	532	420.00–495.00	470.07
188	550–600	568	402.50–465.00	436.26
283	600–650	632	372.00–447.50	414.35
254	650–700	669	377.50–425.00	407.77
234	700–750	724	354.00–407.50	382.24
177	750–800	775	337.50–377.50	355.65
110	800–850	819	343.00–358.00	351.27
71	850–900	879	305.00–331.00	321.58
415	950–1000	977	314.00–337.50	331.08
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
59	1000–1050	1,002	326.50	326.50
231	1050–1100	1,059	329.00	329.00
45	1100–1150	1,128	301.00	301.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	500	510.00	510.00
12	550–600	553	485.00	485.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
35	350–400	366	435.00	435.00
6	400–450	403	430.00	430.00
9	500–550	518	360.00	360.00
11	550–600	571	350.00–370.00	360.74
26	600–650	629	302.50–325.00	316.95
8	650–700	669	290.00	290.00
19	750–800	780	271.00–315.00	296.93
5	800–850	838	297.00	297.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1000–1050	1,006	273.00	273.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	700–750	740	330.00	330.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	326	500.00–510.00	504.98
14	350–400	369	495.00–505.00	498.58
99	400–450	427	440.00–490.00	473.92
131	450–500	475	412.50–480.00	434.69
164	500–550	530	395.00–465.00	423.24
252	550–600	576	365.00–440.00	412.69
212	600–650	627	350.00–425.00	387.46
167	650–700	668	338.00–390.00	364.75
91	700–750	722	332.50–375.00	359.70
259	750–800	787	321.00–342.50	335.36
217	800–850	831	314.00–334.00	322.83
9	850–900	887	312.00	312.00
139	900–950	934	283.00–317.00	293.25
130	950–1000	987	285.00	285.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	650–700	678	290.00	290.00

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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