Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-12-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 700 lbs 20.00 to 40.00 higher, over 700 lbs steady to 4.00 higher. Heifer calves under 600 lbs 20.00 to 40.00 higher, over 600 lbs 5.00 to 12.00 higher. Yearling feeder steers 3.00 to 7.00 higher, yearling heifers steady to 5.00 higher. Very good demand for steer and heifer calves, good demand for yearlings. Calf buyers were on the seats to buy cattle on this holiday shortened week, the market was extremely active as buyers were ready to compete heavily and battle it out to get these good calves bought. The losses that were seen in the calf market since it plummeted in mid October have now been erased as new all-time high prices were reached. Flesh condition on calves was light and attractive, overall as the weather has been tough up until this week. The yearling market was active and the quality and flesh was attractive for these long strings offered in full loads and multiple load lots.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $499.30/cwt on 253 head, up $27.98 from the prior sale. That ranks 23 of 28 comparable sales and sits +12.84 against this barn's trailing median of $486.46.

Average price

$499.30

▲ 27.98 vs prior sale

253 head · 550 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,747

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$97

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

$10.96/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+25.34

vs SD average

+29.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	520	510.00	2,652	6thin
Medium and Large 1	551	499.04	2,749	247

One grade step is worth $10.96/cwt here — about −$97 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale253 hd

499.30

—

SD average4 barns · 1,289 hd

473.96

+25.34

National average5 barns · 476 hd

470.12

+29.18

This barn, trailing median28 sales

486.46

+12.84

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	586	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,725	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	741	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,297	6
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,134	271.77/cwt	270.00–273.00	3,082	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	521	462.94/cwt	430.00–490.00	2,412	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	765	335.83/cwt	317.50–339.00	2,569	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	401.06/cwt	382.50–411.00	2,527	235
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	805	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,294	4
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	666	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,598	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	481	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,718	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	520	510.00/cwt	510.00–510.00	2,652	6
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	778	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,497	11
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	350–400	368	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,141	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	924	334.99/cwt	322.50–336.50	3,095	81
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	322	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	1,996	6
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	722	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,805	7
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	597	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,030	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	528.76/cwt	495.00–547.50	2,792	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	582	458.85/cwt	434.00–480.00	2,671	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	757	376.90/cwt	375.00–382.00	2,853	37
Steers	Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,001	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	3,173	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	819	343.07/cwt	342.00–347.50	2,810	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	560.94/cwt	535.00–585.00	2,395	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	391.77/cwt	362.00–402.50	2,868	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	460.01/cwt	420.00–487.50	2,857	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	950	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	3,012	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	235	625.00/cwt	625.00–625.00	1,469	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	382	605.43/cwt	600.00–615.00	2,313	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	416.38/cwt	386.00–460.00	2,815	193
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	680	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,584	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	386.19/cwt	380.00–395.00	2,607	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	877	308.56/cwt	305.00–309.00	2,706	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	940	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,726	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	766	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	2,344	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	428	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,712	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	431.58/cwt	410.00–455.00	2,486	70
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	402	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,251	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	929	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	2,945	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	355.19/cwt	342.00–371.00	2,572	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	729	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,464	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	997	282.74/cwt	282.00–283.50	2,819	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	808	324.50/cwt	324.50–324.50	2,622	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	335.29/cwt	330.00–340.00	2,622	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	337.20/cwt	330.00–350.00	2,934	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	472	485.48/cwt	440.00–500.00	2,291	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	496.40/cwt	470.00–540.00	2,095	48
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,024	330.39/cwt	327.25–336.00	3,383	456
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	950–1000	995	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,985	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	849	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,844	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	908	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,942	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	871	309.62/cwt	308.25–311.00	2,697	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	641	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,276	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	710	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,521	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	398	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,169	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	495.64/cwt	485.00–535.00	2,354	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	953	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	3,116	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	346	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,903	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	425	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,231	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	297	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	1,812	6

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 22, 2025

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	586	465.00	465.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	741	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	1100–1150	1,134	270.00–273.00	271.77
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
48	400–450	422	470.00–540.00	496.40
59	450–500	472	440.00–500.00	485.48
78	500–550	521	430.00–490.00	462.94
70	550–600	576	410.00–455.00	431.58
235	600–650	630	382.50–411.00	401.06
35	650–700	675	380.00–395.00	386.19
59	700–750	724	342.00–371.00	355.19
78	750–800	765	317.50–339.00	335.83
35	800–850	808	324.50	324.50
134	850–900	871	308.25–311.00	309.62
17	900–950	929	317.00	317.00
131	950–1000	997	282.00–283.50	282.74
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	428	400.00	400.00
4	600–650	641	355.00	355.00
5	700–750	729	338.00	338.00
8	750–800	766	306.00	306.00
53	850–900	877	305.00–309.00	308.56
4	900–950	940	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	402	560.00	560.00
8	950–1000	995	300.00	300.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	666	240.00	240.00
4	800–850	805	285.00	285.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	450–500	481	565.00	565.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	520	510.00	510.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	322	620.00	620.00
14	350–400	382	600.00–615.00	605.43
48	400–450	427	535.00–585.00	560.94
16	450–500	475	485.00–535.00	495.64
142	500–550	528	495.00–547.50	528.76
105	550–600	582	434.00–480.00	458.85
83	600–650	621	420.00–487.50	460.01
193	650–700	676	386.00–460.00	416.38
106	700–750	732	362.00–402.50	391.77
37	750–800	757	375.00–382.00	376.90
42	800–850	819	342.00–347.50	343.07
19	850–900	870	330.00–350.00	337.20
81	900–950	924	322.50–336.50	334.99
38	950–1000	953	327.00	327.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	1000–1050	1,001	317.00	317.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	235	625.00	625.00
6	250–300	297	610.00	610.00
4	300–350	346	550.00	550.00
3	350–400	398	545.00	545.00
3	400–450	425	525.00	525.00
26	650–700	680	380.00	380.00
5	700–750	710	355.00	355.00
20	750–800	782	330.00–340.00	335.29
9	800–850	849	335.00	335.00
13	900–950	908	324.00	324.00
11	950–1000	950	317.00	317.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
456	1000–1050	1,024	327.25–336.00	330.39
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	750–800	778	321.00	321.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	368	310.00	310.00
9	550–600	597	340.00	340.00
7	700–750	722	250.00	250.00

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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