Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-02-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-16

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 5.00 higher, instances to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers unevenly steady. Very good demand again this week for all weights of steers and heifers. With reports of fat cattle up to 246.00 in the north, and up to 249.00 in the south, there was more fuel added to fire under the feeder cattle market. Flesh condition mostly moderate to moderate plus, as the weather has been in the 50s and 60s cattle have been able to easily gain weight and put on a little extra condition. Many long strings of these good home raised steers and heifers, along with long strings of full loads, and multiple load lots of backgrounded steers and heifers. Quality was attractive throughout the sale and the market was very active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $500.21/cwt on 350 head, up $10.44 from the prior sale. That ranks 25 of 28 comparable sales and sits +13.75 against this barn's trailing median of $486.46.

Average price

$500.21

▲ 10.44 vs prior sale

350 head · 551 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,756

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$5

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

$28.12/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.96

vs SD average

+12.86 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	502.38	2,755	323
Medium and Large 1-2	582	474.26	2,760	27

One grade step is worth $28.12/cwt here — about −$5 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 sale350 hd

500.21

—

SD average8 barns · 1,613 hd

501.18

−0.96

National average178 barns · 13,390 hd

487.35

+12.86

This barn, trailing median28 sales

486.46

+13.75

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

62 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	450–500	485	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	2,425	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	375.19/cwt	357.00–383.50	3,103	508
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	468.43/cwt	450.00–482.50	2,881	350
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,011	320.24/cwt	319.00–323.00	3,238	55
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,068	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	3,289	21
Steers	Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,088	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	3,057	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	405.86/cwt	393.00–431.00	2,947	567
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	466	553.33/cwt	530.00–565.00	2,579	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	568.48/cwt	510.00–585.00	2,479	41
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	582	474.26/cwt	467.50–490.00	2,760	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	920	333.00/cwt	333.00–333.00	3,064	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	584.59/cwt	570.00–610.00	2,251	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	668	436.91/cwt	415.00–451.00	2,919	237
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	850–900	866	274.59/cwt	265.00–306.00	2,378	21
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	605	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,420	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	679	397.58/cwt	375.00–417.50	2,700	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	525	517.28/cwt	505.00–550.00	2,716	185
Steers	Medium 1	700–750	745	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,868	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	355.40/cwt	347.00–359.00	3,124	193
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	541	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,029	4
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	550–600	555	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,804	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	607.50/cwt	607.50–607.50	2,017	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	973	330.45/cwt	328.00–334.00	3,215	33
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	900–950	921	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,671	22
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	650–700	676	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,724	14
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	491	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,915	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	720	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,484	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	681	358.24/cwt	357.00–362.50	2,440	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	817	332.53/cwt	322.50–339.00	2,717	68
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	332	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,892	7
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	2,174	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	250–300	278	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	1,446	3
Heifers	Medium 1	850–900	880	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	2,666	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	567	421.30/cwt	405.00–430.00	2,389	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	363.65/cwt	350.00–382.00	2,629	178
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	632	385.61/cwt	367.50–395.00	2,437	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	714	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,392	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	956	312.94/cwt	305.00–320.00	2,992	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	485	406.31/cwt	382.50–412.50	1,971	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	677	384.63/cwt	374.00–394.50	2,604	379
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	399.93/cwt	387.50–422.50	2,504	215
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	385.30/cwt	365.00–400.00	2,011	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,398	7
Heifers	Medium 1	700–750	709	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,404	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	933	313.11/cwt	312.50–313.25	2,921	165
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	909	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	3,045	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	333.69/cwt	332.00–345.00	2,746	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	542.57/cwt	505.00–560.00	2,246	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	589	388.60/cwt	375.00–400.00	2,289	78
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	878	326.61/cwt	323.00–330.00	2,868	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	380	558.38/cwt	520.00–580.00	2,122	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	777	381.84/cwt	365.00–392.00	2,967	401
Steers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,178	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	3,240	7
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	595	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	2,097	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	346.61/cwt	335.00–367.50	2,672	204
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	880	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	3,054	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	546	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,457	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	483.63/cwt	470.00–507.50	2,810	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	914	354.17/cwt	342.00–361.00	3,237	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	425.69/cwt	417.50–465.00	2,282	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	457.04/cwt	450.00–480.00	2,180	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	882	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	3,043	9

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 Feb 16, 2026

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

Receipts 5,666Last week 5,198Year ago 3,693

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	450–500	485	500.00	500.00
27	550–600	582	467.50–490.00	474.26
15	650–700	679	375.00–417.50	397.58
9	850–900	882	345.00	345.00
13	900–950	920	333.00	333.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	332	607.50	607.50
11	350–400	385	570.00–610.00	584.59
41	400–450	436	510.00–585.00	568.48
58	450–500	466	530.00–565.00	553.33
185	500–550	525	505.00–550.00	517.28
133	550–600	581	470.00–507.50	483.63
350	600–650	615	450.00–482.50	468.43
237	650–700	668	415.00–451.00	436.91
567	700–750	726	393.00–431.00	405.86
401	750–800	777	365.00–392.00	381.84
508	800–850	827	357.00–383.50	375.19
193	850–900	879	347.00–359.00	355.40
99	900–950	914	342.00–361.00	354.17
33	950–1000	973	328.00–334.00	330.45
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
55	1000–1050	1,011	319.00–323.00	320.24
21	1050–1100	1,068	308.00	308.00
7	1150–1200	1,178	275.00	275.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	1050–1100	1,088	281.00	281.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	700–750	745	385.00	385.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	546	450.00	450.00
13	850–900	880	347.00	347.00
23	900–950	909	335.00	335.00
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
7	550–600	555	325.00	325.00
21	850–900	866	265.00–306.00	274.59
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	541	375.00	375.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	605	400.00	400.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
14	650–700	676	255.00	255.00
22	900–950	921	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	491	390.00	390.00
30	550–600	595	352.50	352.50
60	700–750	709	339.00	339.00
8	850–900	880	303.00	303.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
34	650–700	681	357.00–362.50	358.24
32	700–750	720	345.00	345.00
68	800–850	817	322.50–339.00	332.53
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	250–300	278	520.00	520.00
72	450–500	485	382.50–412.50	406.31
16	500–550	522	365.00–400.00	385.30
78	550–600	589	375.00–400.00	388.60
26	600–650	632	367.50–395.00	385.61
7	650–700	666	360.00	360.00
5	700–750	714	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	380	520.00–580.00	558.38
18	400–450	414	505.00–560.00	542.57
50	450–500	477	450.00–480.00	457.04
83	500–550	536	417.50–465.00	425.69
80	550–600	567	405.00–430.00	421.30
215	600–650	626	387.50–422.50	399.93
379	650–700	677	374.00–394.50	384.63
178	700–750	723	350.00–382.00	363.65
204	750–800	771	335.00–367.50	346.61
134	800–850	823	332.00–345.00	333.69
37	850–900	878	323.00–330.00	326.61
165	900–950	933	312.50–313.25	313.11
48	950–1000	956	305.00–320.00	312.94
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	332	570.00	570.00
7	400–450	414	525.00	525.00

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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