Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-04-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 800-1000 lbs 2.00 to 8.00 higher, feeder heifers over 700 lbs steady to 5.00 higher. Good to very good demand for this large offering of steers heifers, many long strings including 1 string of 845 steers and heifers. Many full loads, including multiple load lots throughout the sale. Quality was a little uneven this week, flesh condition was mostly moderate to heavy at times. Fleshy cattle are becoming harder to sell as breakeven prices have become very high. The market was active as cattle feeders want to get their empty pens full, when they have a chance to buy full loads. Cattle futures closed lower, after being higher for most of the sale.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $514.69/cwt on 46 head, up $44.48 from the prior sale. That ranks 27 of 28 comparable sales and sits +28.23 against this barn's trailing median of $486.46.

Average price

$514.69

▲ 44.48 vs prior sale

46 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,807

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$126

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

$21.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+12.90

vs SD average

+35.66 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	546	520.16	2,840	34
Medium and Large 1-2	544	499.17	2,714	12thin

One grade step is worth $21.00/cwt here — about $126 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

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 sale46 hd

514.69

—

SD average4 barns · 425 hd

501.79

+12.90

National average158 barns · 12,009 hd

479.03

+35.66

This barn, trailing median28 sales

486.46

+28.23

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

44 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	800–850	823	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,699	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	492	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,288	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	966	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,869	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	907	307.76/cwt	300.00–308.50	2,791	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	804	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	2,492	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	740	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,627	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	793	384.40/cwt	383.50–386.00	3,048	134
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	920	352.44/cwt	345.00–358.00	3,242	345
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	565	495.04/cwt	482.50–510.00	2,797	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	399.35/cwt	387.50–406.00	2,740	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	500–550	535	517.50/cwt	517.50–517.50	2,769	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	540.00/cwt	540.00–540.00	2,867	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	862	365.98/cwt	354.00–374.00	3,155	205
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	940	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	3,093	17
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,056	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	3,474	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	408.00/cwt	408.00–408.00	2,893	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	626	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	2,974	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	700–750	703	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,953	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	400	610.00/cwt	610.00–610.00	2,440	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	481	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	2,621	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	927	322.00/cwt	322.00–322.00	2,985	11
Steers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,185	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	3,472	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	484	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,517	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	980	339.99/cwt	323.00–348.00	3,332	184
Steers	Large 1	1200–1250	1,224	281.50/cwt	281.50–281.50	3,446	16
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,022	327.36/cwt	325.00–328.00	3,346	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	850–900	860	348.50/cwt	348.50–348.50	2,997	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	2,748	71
Steers	Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,024	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	3,236	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	548	490.00/cwt	490.00–490.00	2,685	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	871	335.66/cwt	324.00–338.00	2,924	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	878	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	3,082	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	776	345.50/cwt	342.50–349.00	2,681	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	788	364.58/cwt	357.00–365.00	2,873	242
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	683	433.85/cwt	427.50–435.00	2,963	64
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	373.94/cwt	364.00–387.00	3,107	463
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	388.97/cwt	387.50–400.00	2,567	56
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	611	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,811	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	440.92/cwt	420.00–455.00	2,487	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	415.00/cwt	415.00–415.00	2,556	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	742	380.50/cwt	379.00–383.50	2,823	210
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	934	314.90/cwt	314.00–316.00	2,941	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	492.50/cwt	492.50–492.50	2,300	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	694	366.96/cwt	366.00–368.00	2,547	25

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 20, 2026

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

Receipts 3,237Last week 5,597Year ago 1,321

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	492	465.00	465.00
10	700–750	740	355.00	355.00
14	800–850	823	328.00	328.00
131	900–950	907	300.00–308.50	307.76
128	950–1000	966	297.00	297.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
25	650–700	694	366.00–368.00	366.96
44	750–800	776	342.50–349.00	345.50
11	800–850	804	310.00	310.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	600–650	611	460.00	460.00
22	850–900	860	348.50	348.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	467	492.50	492.50
39	550–600	564	420.00–455.00	440.92
13	600–650	616	415.00	415.00
56	650–700	660	387.50–400.00	388.97
210	700–750	742	379.00–383.50	380.50
242	750–800	788	357.00–365.00	364.58
71	800–850	818	336.00	336.00
179	850–900	871	324.00–338.00	335.66
22	900–950	934	314.00–316.00	314.90
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	400	610.00	610.00
6	450–500	481	545.00	545.00
19	500–550	531	540.00	540.00
15	550–600	565	482.50–510.00	495.04
8	600–650	626	475.00	475.00
64	650–700	683	427.50–435.00	433.85
8	700–750	709	408.00	408.00
134	750–800	793	383.50–386.00	384.40
463	800–850	831	364.00–387.00	373.94
205	850–900	862	354.00–374.00	365.98
345	900–950	920	345.00–358.00	352.44
184	950–1000	980	323.00–348.00	339.99
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	450–500	484	520.00	520.00
8	500–550	548	490.00	490.00
17	650–700	686	387.50–406.00	399.35
17	900–950	940	329.00	329.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	500–550	535	517.50	517.50
6	700–750	703	420.00	420.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
42	1000–1050	1,022	325.00–328.00	327.36
50	1050–1100	1,056	329.00	329.00
5	1150–1200	1,185	293.00	293.00
16	1200–1250	1,224	281.50	281.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	850–900	878	351.00	351.00
11	900–950	927	322.00	322.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	1000–1050	1,024	316.00	316.00

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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