Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-04-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers 5.00 to 15.00 higher. A very large offering of feeder steers and heifers sold on a very active market. As the cattle futures complex makes new highs, and cash fed cattle reaching the 250.00 mark, there was a lot of optimism on display at the auction. The competition is fierce, as this is the time of year where auction receipts start to decline. Many long strings of backgrounded yearling steers and heifers, offered in full loads and multiple load lots. Flesh condition ranged from light at times, to mostly moderate to moderate plus.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $433.04/cwt on 111 head, up $18.47 from the prior sale. That ranks 17 of 28 comparable sales and sits +2.70 against this barn's trailing median of $430.34.

Average price

$433.04

▲ 18.47 vs prior sale

111 head · 561 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,430

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$118

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

$41.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.14

vs SD average

+5.65 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	550	449.78	2,475	66
Medium and Large 1-2	577	408.49	2,357	45

One grade step is worth $41.29/cwt here — about $118 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale111 hd

433.04

—

SD average6 barns · 629 hd

443.18

−10.14

National average182 barns · 12,591 hd

427.39

+5.65

This barn, trailing median28 sales

430.34

+2.70

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

56 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	750–800	785	357.88/cwt	347.00–367.50	2,809	115
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	829	338.68/cwt	332.00–353.00	2,808	822
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	874	363.35/cwt	353.00–373.00	3,176	316
Steers	Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,031	307.99/cwt	305.00–314.00	3,175	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	453.70/cwt	426.00–470.00	2,840	98
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	530	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,730	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	681	412.50/cwt	412.50–412.50	2,809	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	613	435.53/cwt	425.00–442.50	2,670	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	834	369.28/cwt	357.00–380.00	3,080	228
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	971	338.47/cwt	326.00–344.00	3,287	240
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,614	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	741	404.06/cwt	387.50–423.00	2,994	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	937	339.99/cwt	334.00–351.50	3,186	456
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	497	502.50/cwt	502.50–502.50	2,497	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	417.00/cwt	406.00–428.00	3,023	189
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	440.47/cwt	415.00–460.00	3,000	118
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	850–900	865	382.50/cwt	382.50–382.50	3,309	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	475.07/cwt	460.00–490.00	2,732	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	687	414.07/cwt	412.50–415.00	2,845	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	878	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	3,082	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	511	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	2,632	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	781	400.21/cwt	383.00–416.00	3,126	233
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	705	355.08/cwt	354.00–362.50	2,503	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	880	311.00/cwt	311.00–311.00	2,737	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	729	359.35/cwt	356.00–359.50	2,620	181
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	836	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,759	55
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	691	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,419	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	588	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,381	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	881	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,758	15
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,046	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	3,002	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	800	327.00/cwt	327.00–327.00	2,616	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	543	440.00/cwt	440.00–440.00	2,389	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	699	357.00/cwt	357.00–357.00	2,495	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	588	398.30/cwt	375.00–420.00	2,342	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	787	333.97/cwt	333.00–335.00	2,628	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	455.36/cwt	445.00–470.00	2,013	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	676	382.01/cwt	365.00–405.00	2,582	301
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	965	307.78/cwt	300.00–314.00	2,970	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	922	318.21/cwt	313.00–325.00	2,934	368
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	573	424.43/cwt	402.50–445.00	2,432	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	882	327.87/cwt	315.00–337.00	2,892	133
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	632	410.71/cwt	396.00–420.00	2,596	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	909	334.25/cwt	332.50–335.00	3,038	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	508	497.58/cwt	495.00–499.00	2,528	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	491.65/cwt	487.50–505.00	2,355	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	624	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,465	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	724	364.38/cwt	355.00–378.00	2,638	173
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	600–650	602	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,468	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	993	316.30/cwt	315.00–320.00	3,141	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	826	352.54/cwt	346.00–357.00	2,912	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	750–800	761	380.25/cwt	375.00–400.00	2,894	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	414	549.11/cwt	490.00–575.00	2,273	10
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,115	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	3,445	23
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,013	332.50/cwt	327.00–339.00	3,368	231
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	581	441.91/cwt	437.00–447.00	2,567	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	430	515.41/cwt	510.00–520.00	2,216	9

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 13, 2026

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

Receipts 5,597Last week 2,609Year ago 2,809

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	414	490.00–575.00	549.11
20	450–500	479	487.50–505.00	491.65
25	500–550	508	495.00–499.00	497.58
33	550–600	573	402.50–445.00	424.43
90	600–650	632	396.00–420.00	410.71
301	650–700	676	365.00–405.00	382.01
173	700–750	724	355.00–378.00	364.38
115	750–800	785	347.00–367.50	357.88
822	800–850	829	332.00–353.00	338.68
133	850–900	882	315.00–337.00	327.87
368	900–950	922	313.00–325.00	318.21
39	950–1000	965	300.00–314.00	307.78
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	400–450	442	445.00–470.00	455.36
11	500–550	543	440.00	440.00
34	550–600	588	375.00–420.00	398.30
7	600–650	624	395.00	395.00
42	650–700	699	357.00	357.00
39	700–750	705	354.00–362.50	355.08
27	750–800	787	333.00–335.00	333.97
11	800–850	800	327.00	327.00
15	850–900	881	313.00	313.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	550–600	588	405.00	405.00
10	650–700	691	350.00	350.00
181	700–750	729	356.00–359.50	359.35
55	800–850	836	330.00	330.00
12	850–900	880	311.00	311.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	1000–1050	1,046	287.00	287.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	600–650	602	410.00	410.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
59	750–800	761	375.00–400.00	380.25
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	450–500	484	540.00	540.00
5	500–550	511	515.00	515.00
31	550–600	575	460.00–490.00	475.07
98	600–650	626	426.00–470.00	453.70
118	650–700	681	415.00–460.00	440.47
189	700–750	725	406.00–428.00	417.00
233	750–800	781	383.00–416.00	400.21
228	800–850	834	357.00–380.00	369.28
316	850–900	874	353.00–373.00	363.35
456	900–950	937	334.00–351.50	339.99
240	950–1000	971	326.00–344.00	338.47
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	1000–1050	1,031	305.00–314.00	307.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	430	510.00–520.00	515.41
7	450–500	497	502.50	502.50
3	500–550	530	515.00	515.00
18	550–600	581	437.00–447.00	441.91
36	600–650	613	425.00–442.50	435.53
16	650–700	687	412.50–415.00	414.07
66	700–750	741	387.50–423.00	404.06
11	850–900	878	351.00	351.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	650–700	681	412.50	412.50
17	800–850	826	346.00–357.00	352.54
20	900–950	909	332.50–335.00	334.25
27	950–1000	993	315.00–320.00	316.30
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
47	850–900	865	382.50	382.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
231	1000–1050	1,013	327.00–339.00	332.50
23	1100–1150	1,115	309.00	309.00

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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