Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-01-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-01-26

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 5.00 higher, except 550-600 lbs 10.00 to 25.00 higher. Feeder heifers mostly steady, except 500-550 lbs and 950-1000 lbs 5.00 to 8.00 higher. Very good demand for this very large offering of high quality steers and heifers. Many long strings of home raised steers and heifers, including 1 consignment of 950 head of steers and heifers. Many full loads and multiple load lots. Flesh condition moderate to heavy at times, cattle have been able to easily gain weight as the winter was mild until this last week where temps fell to -20 and wind chills of -40. Farmer feeders remain very active bidders. The market was very active throughout the sale as optimism is building as the cash fed cattle market moves to 236.00 and Cattle On Feed reports continue to show fewer cattle on feed, and fewer placed on feed compared to last year.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $485.59/cwt on 360 head, up $14.23 from the prior sale. That ranks 13 of 28 comparable sales and sits −0.87 against this barn's trailing median of $486.46.

Average price

$485.59

▲ 14.23 vs prior sale

360 head · 558 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,711

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$154

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

$52.79/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.30

vs SD average

+1.49 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	487.79	2,717	345
Medium and Large 1-2	589	435.00	2,562	15thin

One grade step is worth $52.79/cwt here — about $154 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

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 sale360 hd

485.59

—

SD average6 barns · 1,701 hd

484.29

+1.30

National average63 barns · 7,974 hd

484.10

+1.49

This barn, trailing median28 sales

486.46

−0.87

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

47 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 1Fleshy	400–450	428	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,969	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	790	328.59/cwt	327.00–332.00	2,596	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	580	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,175	5
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,058	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	3,153	51
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	589	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,091	7
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	640	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,368	16
Steers	Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,061	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	3,395	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	351	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	1,931	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	438.17/cwt	415.00–460.00	2,769	176
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	340.59/cwt	333.00–356.25	3,123	515
Steers	Medium 1	650–700	650	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,438	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	481.75/cwt	468.00–510.00	2,732	224
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	535.59/cwt	530.00–550.00	2,501	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	680	417.08/cwt	400.00–450.00	2,836	414
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	395.00/cwt	380.00–413.00	2,868	185
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	615.87/cwt	610.00–650.00	2,365	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	585.02/cwt	555.00–610.00	2,445	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	932	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	3,104	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	444	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,954	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	667	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,468	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	778	379.50/cwt	371.00–389.00	2,953	216
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	987	314.33/cwt	313.00–315.00	3,102	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	371.87/cwt	354.00–378.50	3,042	290
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	349.29/cwt	342.00–367.00	3,088	223
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	507.38/cwt	495.00–531.00	2,699	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,562	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	728	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	2,530	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	805	333.07/cwt	331.00–334.00	2,681	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	595	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	2,514	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	858	331.62/cwt	324.50–346.00	2,845	165
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	369.75/cwt	351.00–396.00	2,522	193
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	1100–1150	1,103	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	3,199	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	853	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,909	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	344.65/cwt	338.00–352.00	2,654	172
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	491	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,062	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	735	352.84/cwt	346.00–359.00	2,593	361
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	396.45/cwt	379.00–410.00	2,470	342
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	466.00/cwt	447.50–480.00	2,465	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	419	484.30/cwt	465.00–505.00	2,029	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	558	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,841	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	430.01/cwt	400.00–450.00	2,490	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	987	300.46/cwt	300.00–301.00	2,966	261
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	473	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,223	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	488.02/cwt	475.00–505.00	2,352	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	284	580.00/cwt	580.00–580.00	1,647	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	904	296.65/cwt	293.00–321.00	2,682	97
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	2,089	3

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 26, 2026

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

Receipts 4,923Last week 6,156Year ago 6,547

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	428	460.00	460.00
5	550–600	580	375.00	375.00
22	750–800	790	327.00–332.00	328.59
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
51	1050–1100	1,058	298.00	298.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	589	355.00	355.00
16	600–650	640	370.00	370.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	337	620.00	620.00
22	400–450	419	465.00–505.00	484.30
73	450–500	482	475.00–505.00	488.02
125	500–550	529	447.50–480.00	466.00
92	550–600	579	400.00–450.00	430.01
342	600–650	623	379.00–410.00	396.45
193	650–700	682	351.00–396.00	369.75
361	700–750	735	346.00–359.00	352.84
172	750–800	770	338.00–352.00	344.65
29	800–850	805	331.00–334.00	333.07
165	850–900	858	324.50–346.00	331.62
97	900–950	904	293.00–321.00	296.65
261	950–1000	987	300.00–301.00	300.46
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	250–300	284	580.00	580.00
6	450–500	473	470.00	470.00
7	550–600	558	330.00	330.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	1050–1100	1,061	320.00	320.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	351	550.00	550.00
5	400–450	444	440.00	440.00
15	550–600	589	435.00	435.00
7	650–700	667	370.00	370.00
12	700–750	728	347.50	347.50
10	900–950	932	333.00	333.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
19	350–400	384	610.00–650.00	615.87
47	400–450	418	555.00–610.00	585.02
33	450–500	467	530.00–550.00	535.59
109	500–550	532	495.00–531.00	507.38
224	550–600	567	468.00–510.00	481.75
176	600–650	632	415.00–460.00	438.17
414	650–700	680	400.00–450.00	417.08
185	700–750	726	380.00–413.00	395.00
216	750–800	778	371.00–389.00	379.50
290	800–850	818	354.00–378.50	371.87
223	850–900	884	342.00–367.00	349.29
515	900–950	917	333.00–356.25	340.59
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	491	420.00	420.00
21	650–700	650	375.00	375.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	550–600	595	422.50	422.50
8	850–900	853	341.00	341.00
35	950–1000	987	313.00–315.00	314.33
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	1100–1150	1,103	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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