Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-03-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers 10.00 to 20.00 lower. Moderate to good demand for this lighter offering of high quality, light to moderate plus fleshed steers and heifers. Small packages of light cattle, still sold easily despite the weakness in the cattle futures complex, while the larger strings of feeding type cattle felt more of the pressure. Cattle feeders were able to sell fat cattle up to 241.00 las week, but with the futures down hard again today they are feeling uncertain about the path forward.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $462.90/cwt on 34 head, down $20.15 from the prior sale. That ranks 3 of 28 comparable sales and sits −23.56 against this barn's trailing median of $486.46.

Average price

$462.90

▼ 20.15 vs prior sale

34 head · 568 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,628

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−36.33

vs SD average

−9.30 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	568	462.90	2,628	34

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 sale34 hd

462.90

—

SD average6 barns · 831 hd

499.23

−36.33

National average178 barns · 10,669 hd

472.20

−9.30

This barn, trailing median28 sales

486.46

−23.56

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

35 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	950–1000	960	322.30/cwt	305.00–327.00	3,094	133
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	458.62/cwt	440.00–475.00	2,628	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	350.49/cwt	340.00–362.00	2,849	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	738	379.72/cwt	372.50–390.00	2,802	48
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,101	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	3,303	7
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,079	307.12/cwt	303.00–307.50	3,314	94
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,012	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,682	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	369	513.91/cwt	505.00–520.00	1,896	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	526	436.93/cwt	435.00–437.50	2,298	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	620	355.10/cwt	345.00–364.00	2,202	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	448	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,195	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	929	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,722	15
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	800–850	835	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,346	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	2,628	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	529	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	2,619	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	621	413.13/cwt	395.00–430.00	2,566	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	905	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,842	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	406.85/cwt	389.00–423.00	2,750	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,028	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,981	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	436	516.95/cwt	500.00–530.00	2,254	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	560.00/cwt	560.00–560.00	2,117	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	953	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,992	55
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	365.45/cwt	357.00–382.00	2,865	154
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	690	365.00/cwt	365.00–365.00	2,519	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	767	362.50/cwt	362.50–362.50	2,780	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	333.11/cwt	331.00–335.00	2,558	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	701	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	3,014	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,116	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	883	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,764	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	347.60/cwt	347.00–350.00	2,531	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	588	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	2,337	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	871	309.19/cwt	296.00–321.50	2,693	187
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	340.82/cwt	336.00–346.00	2,294	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	320.61/cwt	319.00–326.00	2,607	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	700–750	748	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,618	7

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 9, 2026

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

Receipts 1,407Last week 3,322Year ago 2,499

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	378	560.00	560.00
23	400–450	436	500.00–530.00	516.95
4	500–550	529	495.00	495.00
30	550–600	573	440.00–475.00	458.62
15	600–650	621	395.00–430.00	413.13
66	650–700	676	389.00–423.00	406.85
48	700–750	738	372.50–390.00	379.72
154	750–800	784	357.00–382.00	365.45
43	800–850	813	340.00–362.00	350.49
11	900–950	905	314.00	314.00
133	950–1000	960	305.00–327.00	322.30
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
94	1050–1100	1,079	303.00–307.50	307.12
7	1100–1150	1,101	300.00	300.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	700–750	735	357.50	357.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	850–900	883	313.00	313.00
4	1000–1050	1,028	290.00	290.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
4	700–750	701	430.00	430.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	1000–1050	1,012	265.00	265.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	350–400	369	505.00–520.00	513.91
4	400–450	448	490.00	490.00
9	450–500	455	465.00	465.00
22	500–550	526	435.00–437.50	436.93
17	550–600	588	397.50	397.50
24	600–650	620	345.00–364.00	355.10
27	650–700	673	336.00–346.00	340.82
69	700–750	728	347.00–350.00	347.60
21	750–800	768	331.00–335.00	333.11
36	800–850	813	319.00–326.00	320.61
187	850–900	871	296.00–321.50	309.19
15	900–950	929	293.00	293.00
55	950–1000	953	314.00	314.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
22	650–700	690	365.00	365.00
7	700–750	748	350.00	350.00
29	750–800	767	362.50	362.50
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	800–850	835	281.00	281.00

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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