Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-01-05
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-05

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Steer calves under 800 lbs steady to firm, 800 lbs and heavier 5.00 to 20.00 higher. Heifer calves under 700 lbs generally steady, instances of 10.00 to 15.00 higher on 600-650 lbs, over 700 lbs 5.00 to 20.00 higher. Yearling feeder steers steady to firm, yearling feeder heifers 2.00 higher. Very good demand for this very large offering of spring born calves, many buyers were on the seats bidding and wiling to compete heavily to buy these good calves. Many attractive calves offered, flesh condition light to moderate. The yearling market was active as strings of yearlings are hard to find. Yearlings were attractive, as flesh condition moderate, and offered in full load lots and multiple load lots. As the cash fed cattle market continues it's advance, and the cattle futures complex sees continued gains, cattle feeders are once again feeling optimistic about the fat cattle market.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $486.26/cwt on 275 head, down $13.04 from the prior sale. That ranks 14 of 28 comparable sales and sits −0.20 against this barn's trailing median of $486.46.

Average price

$486.26

▼ 13.04 vs prior sale

275 head · 555 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,699

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$273

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

$21.36/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.34

vs SD average

+19.93 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	558	488.05	2,723	252
Medium and Large 1-2	525	466.69	2,450	23

One grade step is worth $21.36/cwt here — about $273 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale275 hd

486.26

—

SD average2 barns · 631 hd

485.92

+0.34

National average195 barns · 28,890 hd

466.33

+19.93

This barn, trailing median28 sales

486.46

−0.20

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

53 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 1	1000–1050	1,013	332.51/cwt	332.00–333.00	3,368	226
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	911	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,938	12
Steers	Medium 1	650–700	670	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,144	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	373.56/cwt	352.50–386.00	2,895	308
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	800–850	817	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	2,778	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	577	478.01/cwt	455.00–510.00	2,758	127
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	362.69/cwt	348.00–381.00	2,963	230
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	382	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	2,273	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	525	466.69/cwt	455.00–470.00	2,450	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	341.09/cwt	337.00–350.00	3,145	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,476	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	334	646.81/cwt	630.00–680.00	2,160	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	520.88/cwt	512.50–532.50	2,766	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	446.09/cwt	400.00–477.00	2,801	517
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	393.48/cwt	375.00–411.00	2,861	362
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	618.14/cwt	600.00–630.00	2,386	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	478	539.79/cwt	527.50–565.00	2,580	68
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	869	361.63/cwt	342.00–373.50	3,143	302
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	975	336.09/cwt	320.00–350.25	3,277	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	424	562.07/cwt	530.00–605.00	2,383	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	709	341.16/cwt	337.50–352.50	2,419	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	544	392.00/cwt	392.00–392.00	2,132	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	633	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,279	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	589	367.93/cwt	352.50–372.50	2,167	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	698	327.50/cwt	327.50–327.50	2,286	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	805	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,616	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	418.55/cwt	380.00–455.00	2,808	416
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	374	518.86/cwt	510.00–535.00	1,941	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,310	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	539	456.12/cwt	452.50–460.00	2,458	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	798	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,809	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	748	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,730	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	577	445.25/cwt	440.00–447.50	2,569	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	487	418.50/cwt	405.00–440.00	2,038	10
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	613	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,544	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	516.43/cwt	490.00–542.50	2,174	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	310.52/cwt	302.00–330.00	2,723	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	348.85/cwt	332.00–359.00	2,679	199
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	440.12/cwt	410.00–465.00	2,297	191
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	909	337.22/cwt	327.50–343.00	3,065	64
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	411.13/cwt	398.00–440.00	2,385	182
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	457.52/cwt	430.00–485.00	2,201	136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	375.60/cwt	355.00–388.00	2,532	270
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	364.05/cwt	347.00–377.00	2,647	292
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	562	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,164	9
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,006	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,917	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	965	286.82/cwt	284.00–291.00	2,768	325
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	552	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,125	8
Heifers	Medium 1	650–700	659	337.00/cwt	337.00–337.00	2,221	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	825	348.78/cwt	332.00–362.00	2,877	218
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	546	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,129	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	394	471.54/cwt	465.00–500.00	1,858	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	625	393.47/cwt	370.00–425.00	2,459	425

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 Jan 5, 2026

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Receipts 6,215Last week 3,205Year ago 6,016

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
226	1000–1050	1,013	332.00–333.00	332.51
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
25	500–550	539	452.50–460.00	456.12
16	550–600	577	440.00–447.50	445.25
8	700–750	748	365.00	365.00
6	750–800	798	352.00	352.00
12	900–950	911	322.50	322.50
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	613	415.00	415.00
6	650–700	670	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	300–350	334	630.00–680.00	646.81
17	350–400	386	600.00–630.00	618.14
44	400–450	424	530.00–605.00	562.07
68	450–500	478	527.50–565.00	539.79
84	500–550	531	512.50–532.50	520.88
127	550–600	577	455.00–510.00	478.01
517	600–650	628	400.00–477.00	446.09
416	650–700	671	380.00–455.00	418.55
362	700–750	727	375.00–411.00	393.48
308	750–800	775	352.50–386.00	373.56
230	800–850	817	348.00–381.00	362.69
302	850–900	869	342.00–373.50	361.63
63	900–950	922	337.00–350.00	341.09
142	950–1000	975	320.00–350.25	336.09
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	800–850	817	340.00	340.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	382	595.00	595.00
8	400–450	420	550.00	550.00
23	500–550	525	455.00–470.00	466.69
6	600–650	623	397.50	397.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	544	392.00	392.00
34	550–600	589	352.50–372.50	367.93
10	600–650	633	360.00	360.00
16	650–700	698	327.50	327.50
33	700–750	709	337.50–352.50	341.16
48	800–850	805	325.00	325.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	374	510.00–535.00	518.86
33	400–450	421	490.00–542.50	516.43
136	450–500	481	430.00–485.00	457.52
191	500–550	522	410.00–465.00	440.12
182	550–600	580	398.00–440.00	411.13
425	600–650	625	370.00–425.00	393.47
270	650–700	674	355.00–388.00	375.60
292	700–750	727	347.00–377.00	364.05
199	750–800	768	332.00–359.00	348.85
218	800–850	825	332.00–362.00	348.78
123	850–900	877	302.00–330.00	310.52
64	900–950	909	327.50–343.00	337.22
325	950–1000	965	284.00–291.00	286.82
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	350–400	394	465.00–500.00	471.54
10	450–500	487	405.00–440.00	418.50
4	500–550	546	390.00	390.00
9	550–600	562	385.00	385.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1000–1050	1,006	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	552	385.00	385.00
18	650–700	659	337.00	337.00

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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