Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-02-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers 3.00 to 5.00 lower, instances to 10.00 lower. Very good demand for this large offering of high quality, attractive steers and heifers. Many long strings, including 1 consignment of 600 head of backgrounded steers and heifers. Many loads lots, including multiple load lots, along with numerous smaller consignments. The market was active still, yet there was pressure on the market as the CME Live and Feeder Cattle contracts were lower. Flesh condition light to moderate plus. Cash fed cattle failed to reach the 250.00 mark, that many were hoping for, along with declines in the futures had cattle feeders feeling a little more cautious. Dry conditions made it easy for consignors to get cattle hauled to town.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $422.36/cwt on 485 head, up $17.88 from the prior sale. That ranks 10 of 28 comparable sales and sits −7.98 against this barn's trailing median of $430.34.

Average price

$422.36

▲ 17.88 vs prior sale

485 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,372

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$124

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

$18.11/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−17.56

vs SD average

−8.05 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	423.11	2,378	465
Medium and Large 1-2	557	405.00	2,254	20

One grade step is worth $18.11/cwt here — about $124 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

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $484.12, low $394.88, median $430.34 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 sale485 hd

422.36

—

SD average5 barns · 1,613 hd

439.93

−17.56

National average177 barns · 14,680 hd

430.41

−8.05

This barn, trailing median28 sales

430.34

−7.98

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
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	652	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	2,494	20
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	625	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,344	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	313.67/cwt	301.00–336.00	2,763	173
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	530	432.89/cwt	422.50–445.00	2,294	162
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	439	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,206	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	540	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,187	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	334.79/cwt	319.00–342.00	2,722	185
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	408.46/cwt	385.00–418.00	2,594	776
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	910	310.46/cwt	307.00–317.50	2,825	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	830	351.67/cwt	346.00–363.00	2,919	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,321	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	778	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,606	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	350.32/cwt	335.00–363.00	2,694	335
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	776	337.50/cwt	337.50–337.50	2,619	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	841	317.36/cwt	317.00–318.00	2,669	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	386	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,007	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	642	359.52/cwt	357.00–375.00	2,308	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	984	285.34/cwt	284.00–286.00	2,808	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	479	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,156	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	399.07/cwt	375.00–420.00	2,897	325
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	372	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,195	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	423	597.58/cwt	585.00–600.00	2,528	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	482	568.19/cwt	535.00–575.00	2,739	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	1,928	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	430.70/cwt	405.00–460.00	2,890	268
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	451.05/cwt	425.00–465.00	2,873	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	248	620.00/cwt	620.00–620.00	1,538	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	535	490.82/cwt	435.00–510.00	2,626	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	815	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,869	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	958	330.31/cwt	328.00–337.00	3,164	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	515	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,730	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	345.80/cwt	339.50–350.25	3,188	177
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	352.59/cwt	342.00–362.00	3,113	316
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	392	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	2,234	3
Steers	Medium 1	650–700	659	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,537	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	581	479.55/cwt	470.00–500.00	2,786	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	363.65/cwt	352.50–373.00	3,007	532
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	408	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,203	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	409.00/cwt	409.00–409.00	2,765	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	573	461.56/cwt	455.00–470.00	2,645	18
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,017	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	3,254	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	629	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,768	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	377.82/cwt	371.00–390.00	2,921	249
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	678	395.45/cwt	390.00–406.00	2,681	23
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,121	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	3,419	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	400–450	401	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,266	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	579	417.88/cwt	400.00–427.00	2,420	303
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	528	523.14/cwt	520.00–540.00	2,762	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	782	361.00/cwt	361.00–361.00	2,823	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	994	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	3,181	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	883	343.44/cwt	341.00–345.00	3,033	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	315	572.34/cwt	560.00–580.00	1,803	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	900–950	901	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,874	15
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,080	307.33/cwt	306.00–309.00	3,319	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	573	464.82/cwt	455.00–470.00	2,663	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	428	503.00/cwt	502.50–505.00	2,153	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	964	303.43/cwt	300.00–307.00	2,925	125
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	671	374.84/cwt	351.00–390.00	2,515	220
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	353.24/cwt	337.50–368.00	2,565	345
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	850–900	860	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	2,829	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	551	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	3,086	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	490	460.52/cwt	435.00–470.00	2,257	33

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 23, 2026

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

Receipts 5,689Last week 5,666Year ago 5,860

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	386	520.00	520.00
11	400–450	439	502.50	502.50
7	450–500	479	450.00	450.00
10	500–550	540	405.00	405.00
10	550–600	573	405.00	405.00
20	650–700	652	382.50	382.50
3	750–800	778	335.00	335.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	625	375.00	375.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	300–350	315	560.00–580.00	572.34
29	400–450	428	502.50–505.00	503.00
33	450–500	490	435.00–470.00	460.52
162	500–550	530	422.50–445.00	432.89
303	550–600	579	400.00–427.00	417.88
776	600–650	635	385.00–418.00	408.46
220	650–700	671	351.00–390.00	374.84
345	700–750	726	337.50–368.00	353.24
335	750–800	769	335.00–363.00	350.32
185	800–850	813	319.00–342.00	334.79
173	850–900	881	301.00–336.00	313.67
23	900–950	910	307.00–317.50	310.46
125	950–1000	964	300.00–307.00	303.43
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
32	800–850	830	346.00–363.00	351.67
5	850–900	860	329.00	329.00
15	900–950	901	319.00	319.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
55	600–650	642	357.00–375.00	359.52
10	750–800	776	337.50	337.50
31	800–850	841	317.00–318.00	317.36
82	950–1000	984	284.00–286.00	285.34
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	401	565.00	565.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	200–250	248	620.00	620.00
5	300–350	316	610.00	610.00
5	350–400	372	590.00	590.00
39	400–450	423	585.00–600.00	597.58
17	450–500	482	535.00–575.00	568.19
71	500–550	528	520.00–540.00	523.14
66	550–600	581	470.00–500.00	479.55
85	600–650	637	425.00–465.00	451.05
268	650–700	671	405.00–460.00	430.70
325	700–750	726	375.00–420.00	399.07
249	750–800	773	371.00–390.00	377.82
532	800–850	827	352.50–373.00	363.65
316	850–900	883	342.00–362.00	352.59
177	900–950	922	339.50–350.25	345.80
62	950–1000	958	328.00–337.00	330.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	392	570.00	570.00
7	400–450	408	540.00	540.00
70	500–550	535	435.00–510.00	490.82
24	550–600	573	455.00–470.00	464.82
6	600–650	629	440.00	440.00
9	650–700	676	409.00	409.00
9	750–800	782	361.00	361.00
5	800–850	815	352.00	352.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	500–550	515	530.00	530.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	659	385.00	385.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
18	550–600	573	455.00–470.00	461.56
23	650–700	678	390.00–406.00	395.45
13	850–900	883	341.00–345.00	343.44
29	950–1000	994	320.00	320.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
46	1000–1050	1,017	320.00	320.00
18	1050–1100	1,080	306.00–309.00	307.33
32	1100–1150	1,121	305.00	305.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	551	560.00	560.00

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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