Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-03-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 10.00 to 15.00 lower, except 600-700 lbs steady to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers 10.00 to 15.00 lower, except 500-600 lbs up to 10.00 higher. Very good demand for light steers and heifers, and those to make replacement heifers of, demand moderate to good for those cattle bound for finishing yards. With cash fed cattle last week trading down to 239.00, and a lower futures trade throughout the majority of the sale, cattle feeders are concerned that outgoing fed cattle this Spring might not reach breakeven prices. Plenty of long strings of attractive, high quality home raised steers and heifers, along with numerous smaller consignments to put together. Many long strings of yearlings, flesh moderate to moderate plus, offered in full loads and multiple load lots. The market was still very active on the light cattle, but only moderate on the feeding type cattle.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $483.05/cwt on 152 head, down $12.81 from the prior sale. That ranks 11 of 28 comparable sales and sits −3.41 against this barn's trailing median of $486.46.

Average price

$483.05

▼ 12.81 vs prior sale

152 head · 536 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,590

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−14.37

vs SD average

+7.49 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	536	483.05	2,590	152

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

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 sale152 hd

483.05

—

SD average7 barns · 1,037 hd

497.42

−14.37

National average177 barns · 11,580 hd

475.56

+7.49

This barn, trailing median28 sales

486.46

−3.41

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

55 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	750–800	788	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	2,805	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	664	401.17/cwt	397.00–407.00	2,664	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	385	580.82/cwt	560.00–595.00	2,236	20
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,023	319.25/cwt	319.00–320.00	3,266	28
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,056	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	3,231	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1050–1100	1,092	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	3,123	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	458	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,519	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	430.96/cwt	420.00–437.50	2,887	94
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	984	327.00/cwt	317.00–333.00	3,218	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	388.54/cwt	376.00–413.00	2,817	121
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	935	334.31/cwt	315.00–337.50	3,126	333
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	200–250	248	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	1,513	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	590.00/cwt	590.00–590.00	2,567	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	447.95/cwt	425.00–460.00	2,782	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	828	352.87/cwt	339.00–359.75	2,922	271
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	886	334.29/cwt	331.00–339.00	2,962	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	492.42/cwt	445.00–520.00	2,570	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	568	462.11/cwt	445.00–482.50	2,625	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	712	422.50/cwt	422.50–422.50	3,008	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	471	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,143	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	367.04/cwt	355.00–392.00	2,867	237
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	843	323.32/cwt	319.00–325.00	2,726	46
Heifers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,173	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	3,026	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	976	283.82/cwt	280.00–284.50	2,770	73
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,006	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	2,736	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	550–600	570	463.41/cwt	462.00–465.00	2,641	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	600–650	605	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,632	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	622	378.49/cwt	365.00–386.00	2,354	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	510	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,193	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	796	324.00/cwt	324.00–324.00	2,579	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	805	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	2,568	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	389.52/cwt	366.00–415.00	2,446	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	709	322.50/cwt	322.50–322.50	2,287	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	359.09/cwt	340.00–366.00	2,603	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	977	285.75/cwt	285.75–285.75	2,792	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	559	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,152	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	916	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	2,785	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	388.77/cwt	375.00–395.00	2,235	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	305.59/cwt	303.00–311.00	2,649	302
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	358.04/cwt	348.00–380.00	2,449	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	513	443.09/cwt	415.00–470.00	2,273	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	427	502.04/cwt	495.00–515.00	2,144	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	471.03/cwt	460.00–480.00	2,219	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	712	377.87/cwt	375.00–378.00	2,690	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	340	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	1,632	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	800–850	811	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	2,790	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	600–650	601	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,825	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	337	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	1,786	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	340.64/cwt	326.00–356.00	2,602	115
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	651	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,637	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	550–600	586	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,666	42
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	653	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	2,612	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,028	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	3,177	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	991	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	3,102	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	450–500	480	503.49/cwt	500.00–510.00	2,417	44

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 Mar 2, 2026

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

Receipts 3,322Last week 5,689Year ago 3,418

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	248	610.00	610.00
9	450–500	471	455.00	455.00
11	650–700	651	405.00	405.00
11	750–800	788	356.00	356.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
20	350–400	385	560.00–595.00	580.82
4	400–450	435	590.00	590.00
9	450–500	458	550.00	550.00
105	500–550	522	445.00–520.00	492.42
47	550–600	568	445.00–482.50	462.11
120	600–650	621	425.00–460.00	447.95
94	650–700	670	420.00–437.50	430.96
121	700–750	725	376.00–413.00	388.54
237	750–800	781	355.00–392.00	367.04
271	800–850	828	339.00–359.75	352.87
151	850–900	886	331.00–339.00	334.29
333	900–950	935	315.00–337.50	334.31
187	950–1000	984	317.00–333.00	327.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
28	1000–1050	1,023	319.00–320.00	319.25
9	1050–1100	1,056	306.00	306.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	650–700	653	400.00	400.00
12	950–1000	991	313.00	313.00
15	1000–1050	1,028	309.00	309.00
12	1050–1100	1,092	286.00	286.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	700–750	712	422.50	422.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
7	600–650	601	470.00	470.00
55	650–700	664	397.00–407.00	401.17
71	700–750	712	375.00–378.00	377.87
12	800–850	811	344.00	344.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	337	530.00	530.00
20	400–450	427	495.00–515.00	502.04
14	450–500	471	460.00–480.00	471.03
27	500–550	513	415.00–470.00	443.09
33	550–600	575	375.00–395.00	388.77
105	600–650	628	366.00–415.00	389.52
56	650–700	684	348.00–380.00	358.04
60	700–750	725	340.00–366.00	359.09
115	750–800	764	326.00–356.00	340.64
46	800–850	843	319.00–325.00	323.32
302	850–900	867	303.00–311.00	305.59
59	950–1000	977	285.75	285.75
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1150–1200	1,173	258.00	258.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
73	950–1000	976	280.00–284.50	283.82
7	1000–1050	1,006	272.00	272.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	550–600	570	462.00–465.00	463.41
7	600–650	605	435.00	435.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	340	480.00	480.00
11	500–550	510	430.00	430.00
8	550–600	559	385.00	385.00
20	600–650	622	365.00–386.00	378.49
4	700–750	709	322.50	322.50
7	750–800	796	324.00	324.00
35	800–850	805	319.00	319.00
16	900–950	916	304.00	304.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
44	450–500	480	500.00–510.00	503.49
42	550–600	586	455.00	455.00

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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