Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-03-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-03-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Too lightly tested last week for an accurate comparison with exception to 900-950 lb heifers steady to 1.00 higher. A full variety on offer today for all types of buyers with several packages of lightweight, green calves and multiple strings and loads of heavier feeders that have been backgrounded and will continue to gain. Demand good to very good with active bidding indicating buyers were focused on taking advantage of the quality and volume to fill up pens and inventory. A few packages of cattle showed mud and flesh, but the majority were sleek and clean appearing.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $434.55/cwt on 103 head, up $2.81 from the prior sale (only 19 head in that comparison). That ranks 19 of 28 comparable sales and sits +4.21 against this barn's trailing median of $430.34.

Average price

$434.55

▲ 2.81 vs prior sale

103 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,399

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−10.70

vs SD average

+9.36 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	434.55	2,399	103

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

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 sale103 hd

434.55

—

SD average5 barns · 452 hd

445.25

−10.70

National average176 barns · 15,314 hd

425.19

+9.36

This barn, trailing median28 sales

430.34

+4.21

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

37 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	Large 1	1000–1050	1,014	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,890	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	323.19/cwt	313.00–333.00	2,653	206
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	952	291.29/cwt	291.00–292.00	2,773	94
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	371.22/cwt	342.50–389.00	2,691	123
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	544.63/cwt	544.50–545.00	2,647	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,321	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	730	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,555	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	850–900	881	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,432	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	422.96/cwt	408.00–437.50	2,851	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	486.25/cwt	470.00–502.50	2,582	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	966	327.10/cwt	287.00–332.50	3,160	386
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	762	386.81/cwt	364.00–396.00	2,947	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	352.62/cwt	345.00–362.00	3,100	332
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	874	322.43/cwt	315.00–330.00	2,818	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	406.62/cwt	392.00–420.00	2,932	169
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	470.54/cwt	455.00–482.50	2,720	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,493	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	924	341.49/cwt	329.00–343.00	3,155	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	630	446.39/cwt	424.00–459.00	2,812	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	488	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,318	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	370.86/cwt	367.00–383.00	3,045	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	816	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,489	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	446.53/cwt	445.00–460.00	2,384	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	917	300.37/cwt	297.00–306.50	2,754	162
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,013	312.75/cwt	311.00–320.50	3,168	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	855	292.00/cwt	292.00–292.00	2,497	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	806	342.90/cwt	342.50–345.00	2,764	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	633	339.00/cwt	339.00–339.00	2,146	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	618	406.70/cwt	375.00–424.00	2,513	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	873	311.02/cwt	306.00–314.00	2,715	202
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	735	320.34/cwt	310.00–327.00	2,354	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	423.25/cwt	400.00–442.50	2,408	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	356	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,727	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	679	392.08/cwt	372.50–399.00	2,662	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	665	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	2,228	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	769	350.27/cwt	334.00–383.50	2,694	343
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	523.08/cwt	510.00–531.00	2,228	16

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 23, 2026

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

Receipts 3,577Last week 786Year ago 3,370

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	1000–1050	1,014	285.00	285.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	400–450	426	510.00–531.00	523.08
10	450–500	488	475.00	475.00
50	500–550	534	445.00–460.00	446.53
53	550–600	569	400.00–442.50	423.25
111	600–650	618	375.00–424.00	406.70
133	650–700	679	372.50–399.00	392.08
123	700–750	725	342.50–389.00	371.22
343	750–800	769	334.00–383.50	350.27
206	800–850	821	313.00–333.00	323.19
202	850–900	873	306.00–314.00	311.02
162	900–950	917	297.00–306.50	300.37
94	950–1000	952	291.00–292.00	291.29
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	850–900	881	276.00	276.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	356	485.00	485.00
11	600–650	633	339.00	339.00
10	650–700	665	335.00	335.00
10	700–750	735	310.00–327.00	320.34
9	800–850	816	305.00	305.00
8	850–900	855	292.00	292.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	400–450	422	550.00	550.00
25	450–500	486	544.50–545.00	544.63
12	500–550	531	470.00–502.50	486.25
43	550–600	578	455.00–482.50	470.54
150	600–650	630	424.00–459.00	446.39
61	650–700	674	408.00–437.50	422.96
169	700–750	721	392.00–420.00	406.62
38	750–800	762	364.00–396.00	386.81
114	800–850	821	367.00–383.00	370.86
332	850–900	879	345.00–362.00	352.62
100	900–950	924	329.00–343.00	341.49
386	950–1000	966	287.00–332.50	327.10
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	484	515.00	515.00
32	800–850	806	342.50–345.00	342.90
10	850–900	874	315.00–330.00	322.43
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
74	1000–1050	1,013	311.00–320.50	312.75
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	700–750	730	350.00	350.00

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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