Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-04-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers mostly 10.00 higher, except 850-1000 lbs steady. Feeder heifers steady to 5.00 higher, except 700-750 lbs and 800-850 lbs 10.00 higher. Very good demand for all weights of steers and heifers as the cash fed cattle market spiked to 245.00 in the north last week. Another day of higher Live Cattle futures helped to add to the optimistic attitudes of cattle feeders. Large strings of yearlings, including one consignment of nearly 500 head, offered in full loads and multiple load lots which allowed buyers to make uniform pens of cattle from a single source. Flesh condition mostly moderate to moderate plus, yet there were light fleshed cattle offered as well. The market was very active after many auction markets not hosting a feeder cattle auction last week and cattle feeders are looking to fill their empty pens as quickly as they can.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $414.58/cwt on 45 head, down $10.23 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 28 comparable sales and sits −15.77 against this barn's trailing median of $430.34.

Average price

$414.58

▼ 10.23 vs prior sale

45 head · 584 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,420

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−21.10

vs SD average

−13.78 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	584	414.58	2,420	45

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 sale45 hd

414.58

—

SD average2 barns · 170 hd

435.67

−21.10

National average175 barns · 10,626 hd

428.36

−13.78

This barn, trailing median28 sales

430.34

−15.77

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

36 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 1Fleshy	600–650	625	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	2,313	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	947	299.50/cwt	299.50–299.50	2,836	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	451	470.00/cwt	470.00–470.00	2,120	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	517	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,223	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	592	412.65/cwt	402.50–414.00	2,443	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	376.00/cwt	376.00–376.00	2,504	59
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	509	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,418	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	590	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,596	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	418.03/cwt	412.50–419.00	3,035	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	391.22/cwt	390.00–393.00	2,985	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	562	477.50/cwt	477.50–477.50	2,684	35
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	400–450	448	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	1,971	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	428.94/cwt	414.00–435.00	2,938	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,826	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	883	349.58/cwt	346.00–353.00	3,087	226
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	506	530.00/cwt	530.00–530.00	2,682	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	480	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,472	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	621	434.14/cwt	420.00–450.00	2,696	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	979	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	3,143	68
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,023	323.52/cwt	322.00–324.00	3,310	78
Steers	Medium 1	850–900	885	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,788	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	813	372.78/cwt	359.00–375.00	3,031	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	987	326.00/cwt	326.00–326.00	3,218	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	909	342.29/cwt	339.00–343.00	3,111	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	919	315.66/cwt	309.00–318.25	2,901	491
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,025	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	667	397.16/cwt	387.50–407.50	2,649	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	646	383.00/cwt	383.00–383.00	2,474	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	525	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,494	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	837	358.00/cwt	358.00–358.00	2,996	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	642	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,440	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	963	301.82/cwt	300.50–303.00	2,907	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	880	317.86/cwt	314.25–333.50	2,797	197
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	827	335.31/cwt	326.00–341.50	2,773	212
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	380.64/cwt	364.00–385.50	2,760	310
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	763	355.63/cwt	341.00–362.00	2,713	57

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 Apr 6, 2026

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

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	600–650	625	370.00	370.00
37	900–950	947	299.50	299.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	451	470.00	470.00
5	500–550	517	430.00	430.00
40	550–600	592	402.50–414.00	412.65
3	600–650	642	380.00	380.00
59	650–700	666	376.00	376.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	350–400	375	540.00	540.00
25	600–650	646	383.00	383.00
17	650–700	667	387.50–407.50	397.16
310	700–750	725	364.00–385.50	380.64
57	750–800	763	341.00–362.00	355.63
212	800–850	827	326.00–341.50	335.31
197	850–900	880	314.25–333.50	317.86
491	900–950	919	309.00–318.25	315.66
82	950–1000	963	300.50–303.00	301.82
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	450–500	480	515.00	515.00
6	500–550	509	475.00	475.00
10	550–600	590	440.00	440.00
16	600–650	621	420.00–450.00	434.14
11	650–700	676	418.00	418.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	506	530.00	530.00
35	550–600	562	477.50	477.50
102	650–700	685	414.00–435.00	428.94
39	700–750	726	412.50–419.00	418.03
104	750–800	763	390.00–393.00	391.22
44	800–850	813	359.00–375.00	372.78
226	850–900	883	346.00–353.00	349.58
79	900–950	909	339.00–343.00	342.29
60	950–1000	987	326.00	326.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	500–550	525	475.00	475.00
25	800–850	837	358.00	358.00
68	950–1000	979	321.00	321.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
78	1000–1050	1,023	322.00–324.00	323.52
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	850–900	885	315.00	315.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	448	440.00	440.00

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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