Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-08-03
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-03

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

First feeder cattle sale in three weeks, no recent price comparisons available. Moderate to good demand for this nice summertime offering of yearling steers and heifers, along with a few consignments of spring born calves. The market was fairly active after a tough week in the cattle business, due to the extreme heat. Higher futures, during the heart of the sale, helped to give a little confidence to cattle feeders. Many long strings of yearlings, in light to heavy flesh, offered in full loads and multiple load lots.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $448.45/cwt on 22 head, down $46.55 from the prior sale (only 16 head in that comparison). That ranks 2 of 28 comparable sales and sits −38.00 against this barn's trailing median of $486.46.

Average price

$448.45

▼ 46.55 vs prior sale

22 head · 531 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,379

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+14.88

vs SD average

+34.21 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	531	448.45	2,379	22

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

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 sale22 hd

448.45

—

SD average3 barns · 89 hd

433.58

+14.88

National average157 barns · 6,223 hd

414.24

+34.21

This barn, trailing median28 sales

486.46

−38.00

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	Large 1Fleshy	1200–1250	1,243	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	3,083	6
Heifers	Large 1Fleshy	1150–1200	1,192	267.50/cwt	267.50–267.50	3,189	10
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	1250–1300	1,278	259.50/cwt	259.50–259.50	3,316	45
Heifers	Large 1-2Fleshy	1150–1200	1,179	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,830	5
Heifers	Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,013	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	2,892	61
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,048	300.50/cwt	300.50–300.50	3,149	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	708	407.00/cwt	407.00–407.00	2,882	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	840	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,696	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	877	304.41/cwt	296.00–309.50	2,670	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	839	352.00/cwt	352.00–352.00	2,953	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	678	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,556	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	658	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,481	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	998	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	3,144	109
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	598	372.50/cwt	372.50–372.50	2,228	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	295	545.00/cwt	545.00–545.00	1,608	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	590	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,301	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	927	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,827	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	931	324.43/cwt	320.00–327.00	3,020	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	326	525.41/cwt	495.00–545.00	1,713	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	536	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,332	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	700–750	731	366.00/cwt	366.00–366.00	2,675	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	865	313.43/cwt	307.50–320.50	2,711	387
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	324	570.00/cwt	570.00–570.00	1,847	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	728	347.32/cwt	346.00–349.00	2,528	61
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	962	324.33/cwt	323.75–325.50	3,120	171
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	393.05/cwt	385.00–401.00	2,645	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	501	472.00/cwt	472.00–472.00	2,365	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	556	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,419	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	369.48/cwt	367.50–370.00	2,897	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	424.45/cwt	405.00–430.00	2,224	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	438.19/cwt	420.00–445.00	2,086	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	450	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	2,273	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	790	309.00/cwt	309.00–309.00	2,441	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	975	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	2,779	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,030	264.49/cwt	257.00–268.00	2,724	66
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	746	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,425	8
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	468	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,989	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,593	6
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	1100–1150	1,105	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	3,171	37
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	1050–1100	1,076	300.75/cwt	300.75–300.75	3,236	62
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,029	308.07/cwt	306.00–310.00	3,170	116
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,072	307.39/cwt	305.00–309.00	3,295	245
Steers	Medium 1	650–700	689	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,239	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	511	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	2,146	6

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 Aug 3, 2026

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

Receipts 2,252Last week 2,796Year ago 2,016

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
61	1000–1050	1,013	285.50	285.50
10	1150–1200	1,192	267.50	267.50
6	1200–1250	1,243	248.00	248.00
Heifers — Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1150–1200	1,179	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	295	545.00	545.00
10	300–350	326	495.00–545.00	525.41
27	450–500	476	420.00–445.00	438.19
14	500–550	524	405.00–430.00	424.45
15	550–600	590	390.00	390.00
9	650–700	678	377.00	377.00
61	700–750	728	346.00–349.00	347.32
50	800–850	840	321.00	321.00
387	850–900	865	307.50–320.50	313.43
7	900–950	927	305.00	305.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	511	420.00	420.00
22	750–800	790	309.00	309.00
97	850–900	877	296.00–309.50	304.41
61	950–1000	975	285.00	285.00
66	1000–1050	1,030	257.00–268.00	264.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	550–600	598	372.50	372.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	700–750	731	366.00	366.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
62	1000–1050	1,048	300.50	300.50
62	1050–1100	1,076	300.75	300.75
37	1100–1150	1,105	287.00	287.00
45	1250–1300	1,278	259.50	259.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	324	570.00	570.00
5	450–500	450	505.00	505.00
8	500–550	501	472.00	472.00
8	550–600	556	435.00	435.00
6	600–650	610	425.00	425.00
20	650–700	673	385.00–401.00	393.05
14	700–750	708	407.00	407.00
47	750–800	784	367.50–370.00	369.48
13	800–850	839	352.00	352.00
108	900–950	931	320.00–327.00	324.43
171	950–1000	962	323.75–325.50	324.33
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	650–700	658	377.00	377.00
109	950–1000	998	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	536	435.00	435.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	450–500	468	425.00	425.00
8	700–750	746	325.00	325.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
116	1000–1050	1,029	306.00–310.00	308.07
245	1050–1100	1,072	305.00–309.00	307.39
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	650–700	689	325.00	325.00

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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