Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-05-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers 2.00 to 5.00 higher, 15.00 to 20.00 higher on a very attractive long string of steers 1000-1050 lbs. Very good demand for this large offering of steers and heifers. Many full loads and multiple loads, including a string of 910 steers with one cut of 13 full loads. The market was incredibly active on the light cattle as there were many buyers present, and on the internet competing heavily, a good active market on the backgrounded cattle. Many buyers present and ready to fill their yards with these good, long strings of yearlings. Flesh condition ranged from moderate to heavy. Cash fed cattle reached 260.00 this week, but cattle futures suffered another day of triple digit losses on the back months, causing concern.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $498.22/cwt on 145 head, up $14.00 from the prior sale. That ranks 22 of 28 comparable sales and sits +11.76 against this barn's trailing median of $486.46.

Average price

$498.22

▲ 14.00 vs prior sale

145 head · 548 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,732

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$249

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

$34.27/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−10.59

vs SD average

+24.52 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	507.20	2,798	107
Medium and Large 1-2	539	472.92	2,549	38

One grade step is worth $34.27/cwt here — about $249 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale145 hd

498.22

—

SD average4 barns · 672 hd

508.80

−10.59

National average167 barns · 12,191 hd

473.70

+24.52

This barn, trailing median28 sales

486.46

+11.76

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

51 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 1Fleshy	1050–1100	1,072	282.00/cwt	282.00–282.00	3,023	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	958	302.60/cwt	300.00–315.00	2,899	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	790	343.33/cwt	333.00–346.00	2,712	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	883	320.59/cwt	316.00–324.00	2,831	129
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	945	310.79/cwt	310.00–314.00	2,937	247
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,014	300.18/cwt	299.00–301.00	3,044	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	919	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	3,014	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	986	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	3,254	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	418	658.55/cwt	640.00–670.00	2,753	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	522	479.34/cwt	465.00–490.00	2,502	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	979	340.12/cwt	332.00–343.75	3,330	281
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	487.38/cwt	472.50–502.50	2,802	49
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	411.94/cwt	390.00–439.00	2,987	67
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	477	543.12/cwt	540.00–555.00	2,591	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	435.42/cwt	422.00–450.00	2,965	140
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	348.87/cwt	339.00–352.50	3,234	344
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	779	393.27/cwt	385.00–402.50	3,064	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	686	405.94/cwt	385.00–424.00	2,785	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	884	357.79/cwt	355.00–358.25	3,163	187
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	560	465.00/cwt	465.00–465.00	2,604	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	532	523.94/cwt	495.00–555.00	2,787	58
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,127	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	3,522	23
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,074	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	3,523	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	979	327.76/cwt	324.00–336.50	3,209	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	829	355.05/cwt	344.00–365.00	2,943	112
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	889	353.28/cwt	339.00–357.00	3,141	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	721	380.06/cwt	373.00–405.00	2,740	92
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	696	364.91/cwt	347.50–370.00	2,540	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	623	422.97/cwt	402.50–445.00	2,635	85
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	868	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,786	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	715.00/cwt	715.00–715.00	2,646	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	835	374.90/cwt	374.00–381.00	3,130	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	785	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,983	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	367.73/cwt	349.00–395.00	2,648	212
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	523	481.29/cwt	440.00–507.50	2,517	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	770	341.82/cwt	340.00–345.00	2,632	108
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	427.99/cwt	422.50–445.00	2,666	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	455.38/cwt	435.00–492.50	2,842	98
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,017	343.18/cwt	329.00–343.75	3,490	737
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	578	445.32/cwt	425.00–475.00	2,574	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	682	391.12/cwt	371.00–415.00	2,667	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	926	322.35/cwt	319.00–327.00	2,985	463
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	650–700	689	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,825	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	344.96/cwt	332.50–349.00	2,798	411
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	1050–1100	1,063	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	3,317	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	730	347.24/cwt	343.00–361.00	2,535	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	830	323.32/cwt	314.00–333.00	2,684	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	484	505.60/cwt	480.00–535.00	2,447	77
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	358.99/cwt	350.50–370.00	2,768	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	876	327.41/cwt	324.00–335.00	2,868	177
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	834	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,736	12

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 May 11, 2026

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

Receipts 5,675Last week 1,893Year ago 4,881

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	1050–1100	1,072	282.00	282.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
37	700–750	730	343.00–361.00	347.24
99	750–800	790	333.00–346.00	343.33
48	800–850	830	314.00–333.00	323.32
129	850–900	883	316.00–324.00	320.59
247	900–950	945	310.00–314.00	310.79
77	950–1000	958	300.00–315.00	302.60
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
34	1000–1050	1,014	299.00–301.00	300.18
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
22	650–700	696	347.50–370.00	364.91
108	750–800	770	340.00–345.00	341.82
12	800–850	834	328.00	328.00
29	850–900	868	321.00	321.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
77	450–500	484	480.00–535.00	505.60
42	500–550	523	440.00–507.50	481.29
91	550–600	578	425.00–475.00	445.32
85	600–650	623	402.50–445.00	422.97
142	650–700	682	371.00–415.00	391.12
212	700–750	720	349.00–395.00	367.73
83	750–800	771	350.50–370.00	358.99
411	800–850	811	332.50–349.00	344.96
177	850–900	876	324.00–335.00	327.41
463	900–950	926	319.00–327.00	322.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
26	650–700	689	410.00	410.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
21	500–550	522	465.00–490.00	479.34
17	550–600	560	465.00	465.00
71	600–650	623	422.50–445.00	427.99
52	650–700	686	385.00–424.00	405.94
92	700–750	721	373.00–405.00	380.06
41	750–800	785	380.00	380.00
112	800–850	829	344.00–365.00	355.05
24	850–900	889	339.00–357.00	353.28
6	900–950	919	328.00	328.00
10	950–1000	986	330.00	330.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	370	715.00	715.00
8	400–450	418	640.00–670.00	658.55
31	450–500	477	540.00–555.00	543.12
58	500–550	532	495.00–555.00	523.94
49	550–600	575	472.50–502.50	487.38
98	600–650	624	435.00–492.50	455.38
140	650–700	681	422.00–450.00	435.42
67	700–750	725	390.00–439.00	411.94
48	750–800	779	385.00–402.50	393.27
120	800–850	835	374.00–381.00	374.90
187	850–900	884	355.00–358.25	357.79
344	900–950	927	339.00–352.50	348.87
281	950–1000	979	332.00–343.75	340.12
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
737	1000–1050	1,017	329.00–343.75	343.18
58	1050–1100	1,074	328.00	328.00
23	1100–1150	1,127	312.50	312.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
46	950–1000	979	324.00–336.50	327.76
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	1050–1100	1,063	312.00	312.00

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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