Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-12-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves 10.00 to 20.00 higher, instances to 30.00 higher on weights under 550 lbs, heifer calves 10.00 to 20.00 higher. Yearling steers steady to 3.00 higher, yearling heifers unevenly steady. Very good demand for this very large offering of spring born steer and heifer calves, good demand for the strings of yearling steers and heifers. After last week's advance in the cattle futures contracts, and reports of 232.00 cash fat cattle top in Iowa last week, cattle feeders were much more optimistic than they have been in recent months. Plenty of buyers on the seats, ready to battle it out, to buy these good home raised calves and backgrounded yearlings. Flesh condition of calves was rather attractive as the weather has been cold, and the weekly storms have kept calves from getting too fleshy as it's been tough to keep cattle dry. Flesh condition of yearlings moderate plus to heavy. The market was extremely active on calves, the calf market has just about fully recovered and returned to the levels before it crashed in the middle of October. The yearling market was active as there were some long strings offered in multiple load lots that allowed buyers to make uniform pens.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $471.32/cwt on 617 head. That ranks 6 of 28 comparable sales and sits −15.14 against this barn's trailing median of $486.46.

Average price

$471.32

617 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,600

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$643

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$117.94/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.95

vs SD average

+27.22 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	477.94	2,626	574
Medium and Large 1-2	586	389.01	2,280	34
Medium 1	551	360.00	1,984	9thin

One grade step is worth $117.94/cwt here — about $643 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 sale617 hd

471.32

—

SD average5 barns · 2,263 hd

465.37

+5.95

National average163 barns · 16,063 hd

444.10

+27.22

This barn, trailing median28 sales

486.46

−15.14

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

58 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 1-2	550–600	586	389.01/cwt	375.00–410.00	2,280	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	338.84/cwt	334.00–349.00	2,995	304
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	690	378.88/cwt	370.00–380.00	2,614	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	833	329.58/cwt	325.00–339.00	2,745	53
Steers	Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,031	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	3,217	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	416.11/cwt	376.00–437.50	2,784	390
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	975	334.23/cwt	324.00–339.00	3,259	287
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	518.32/cwt	480.00–542.50	2,426	197
Steers	Medium 1	550–600	551	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,984	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	625	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,469	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	494.55/cwt	465.00–520.00	2,601	196
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	445.00/cwt	425.00–466.00	2,585	245
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	940	345.15/cwt	339.00–346.00	3,244	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	500–550	521	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,735	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	608	461.00/cwt	461.00–461.00	2,803	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	373.64/cwt	368.00–395.00	2,911	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	387.09/cwt	365.00–418.00	2,833	297
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	425.00/cwt	385.00–440.00	2,690	266
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	430	540.33/cwt	520.00–580.00	2,323	29
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,022	326.83/cwt	314.00–329.00	3,340	275
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	590.34/cwt	565.00–640.00	2,243	28
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	731	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,230	4
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,079	325.85/cwt	325.85–325.85	3,516	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	979	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	2,731	130
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	358.49/cwt	343.00–380.00	2,592	248
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,064	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	3,043	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	717	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,323	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	683	310.16/cwt	275.00–350.00	2,118	15
Heifers	Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,002	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	2,745	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	330.25/cwt	320.00–336.00	2,715	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	780	334.58/cwt	328.00–356.00	2,610	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	517	438.51/cwt	405.00–457.50	2,267	172
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	981	288.08/cwt	280.00–295.00	2,826	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	394.32/cwt	368.00–407.50	2,437	170
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,044	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,881	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	583	408.23/cwt	365.00–437.50	2,380	396
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	372.15/cwt	358.00–383.00	2,519	290
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,109	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	3,005	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	720	333.46/cwt	325.00–340.00	2,401	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	336	524.64/cwt	500.00–570.00	1,763	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	481.52/cwt	445.00–500.00	2,061	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	692	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,526	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	951	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,972	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	579	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,113	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	893	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,715	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	948	294.00/cwt	294.00–294.00	2,787	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	550–600	583	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,478	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,166	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	775	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,511	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	387	509.75/cwt	495.00–525.00	1,973	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	455.44/cwt	435.00–470.00	2,177	186
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,982	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	574	413.77/cwt	410.00–420.00	2,375	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	615.00/cwt	615.00–615.00	2,042	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	754	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,541	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	641	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,372	7
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	1050–1100	1,075	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	3,451	19
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,123	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	3,515	12

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 Dec 15, 2025

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

Receipts 6,062Last week 5,232Year ago 5,565

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	450–500	476	455.00	455.00
34	550–600	586	375.00–410.00	389.01
6	600–650	625	395.00	395.00
68	650–700	690	370.00–380.00	378.88
7	750–800	754	337.00	337.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	332	615.00	615.00
28	350–400	380	565.00–640.00	590.34
29	400–450	430	520.00–580.00	540.33
197	450–500	468	480.00–542.50	518.32
196	500–550	526	465.00–520.00	494.55
245	550–600	581	425.00–466.00	445.00
266	600–650	633	385.00–440.00	425.00
390	650–700	669	376.00–437.50	416.11
297	700–750	732	365.00–418.00	387.09
166	750–800	779	368.00–395.00	373.64
47	800–850	833	358.00	358.00
304	850–900	884	334.00–349.00	338.84
65	900–950	940	339.00–346.00	345.15
287	950–1000	975	324.00–339.00	334.23
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	550–600	574	410.00–420.00	413.77
7	600–650	641	370.00	370.00
9	650–700	692	365.00	365.00
10	750–800	775	324.00	324.00
53	800–850	833	325.00–339.00	329.58
26	950–1000	951	312.50	312.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1000–1050	1,031	312.00	312.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	551	360.00	360.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
120	500–550	521	525.00	525.00
60	600–650	608	461.00	461.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
275	1000–1050	1,022	314.00–329.00	326.83
92	1050–1100	1,079	325.85	325.85
12	1100–1150	1,123	313.00	313.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
19	1050–1100	1,075	321.00	321.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	731	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	650–700	683	275.00–350.00	310.16
7	700–750	717	324.00	324.00
130	950–1000	979	279.00	279.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	336	500.00–570.00	524.64
30	350–400	387	495.00–525.00	509.75
62	400–450	428	445.00–500.00	481.52
186	450–500	478	435.00–470.00	455.44
172	500–550	517	405.00–457.50	438.51
396	550–600	583	365.00–437.50	408.23
170	600–650	618	368.00–407.50	394.32
290	650–700	677	358.00–383.00	372.15
248	700–750	723	343.00–380.00	358.49
108	750–800	780	328.00–356.00	334.58
53	800–850	822	320.00–336.00	330.25
27	850–900	893	304.00	304.00
6	900–950	948	294.00	294.00
24	950–1000	981	280.00–295.00	288.08
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
70	1000–1050	1,044	276.00	276.00
16	1050–1100	1,064	286.00	286.00
40	1100–1150	1,109	271.00	271.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
124	1000–1050	1,002	274.00	274.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	579	365.00	365.00
18	700–750	720	325.00–340.00	333.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
21	550–600	583	425.00	425.00

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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