Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-08-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers over 900 lbs and heavier 5.00 to 10.00 lower, feeder heifers 10.00 to 20.00 lower. Moderate demand for yearling steers and heifers after the sharp downturn of the futures contracts and cash fed cattle markets. Many long strings of yearlings on offer, flesh ranged from light to heavy, heavier fleshed cattle found few bidders. The market was still pretty active, in spite of a rash of unfriendly news last weeks. Cattle feeders are approaching the feeder market very cautiously, as the cattle they placed earlier are facing negative closeouts if things don't improve.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $394.88/cwt on 56 head, down $5.95 from the prior sale. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −35.47 against this barn's trailing median of $430.34.

Average price

$394.88

▼ 5.95 vs prior sale

56 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,218

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$29

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

$8.07/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.42

vs SD average

+43.70 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	558	401.36	2,241	11thin
Medium and Large 1	563	393.29	2,213	45

One grade step is worth $8.07/cwt here — about $29 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale56 hd

394.88

—

SD average2 barns · 61 hd

395.30

−0.42

National average122 barns · 3,757 hd

351.18

+43.70

This barn, trailing median28 sales

430.34

−35.47

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

52 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	833	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,416	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	929	276.16/cwt	276.00–279.00	2,566	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	775	293.78/cwt	290.00–300.00	2,277	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	819	298.87/cwt	298.00–301.00	2,448	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	544	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,067	7
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,055	298.35/cwt	296.00–303.00	3,148	179
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	965	316.03/cwt	309.00–318.00	3,050	268
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	782	315.74/cwt	302.00–321.00	2,469	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	904	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,875	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	736	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	2,598	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	346.64/cwt	332.00–350.00	2,811	85
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	845	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,662	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	888	291.56/cwt	287.75–298.75	2,589	341
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	942	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,760	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	600–650	616	418.00/cwt	418.00–418.00	2,575	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	833	307.48/cwt	304.00–310.00	2,561	326
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	923	284.22/cwt	280.00–289.00	2,623	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	681	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,588	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	549	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	2,223	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	575	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,271	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	386	515.00/cwt	515.00–515.00	1,988	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	375	485.00/cwt	485.00–485.00	1,819	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	705	347.00/cwt	347.00–347.00	2,446	37
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	616	386.93/cwt	385.00–400.00	2,383	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	647	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,523	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	866	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,797	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	789	342.50/cwt	342.50–342.50	2,702	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	566	395.74/cwt	393.00–410.00	2,240	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,501	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	421	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	1,810	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	678	338.03/cwt	330.00–347.50	2,292	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	938	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,655	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	524	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	1,860	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	879	326.76/cwt	305.00–332.00	2,872	217
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	642	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	2,337	127
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	970	277.67/cwt	270.00–286.50	2,693	239
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	930	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	2,762	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	566	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	2,547	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	666	367.96/cwt	363.00–375.00	2,451	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	804	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,452	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	327	535.00/cwt	535.00–535.00	1,749	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	995	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,895	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	650–700	664	404.00/cwt	404.00–404.00	2,683	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	550–600	581	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,673	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	350–400	383	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,819	6
Beef/Dairy Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	700–750	748	332.50/cwt	332.50–332.50	2,487	6
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,028	303.09/cwt	303.00–303.50	3,116	72
Steers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,165	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	3,146	23
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,144	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	3,032	6
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,031	291.50/cwt	291.50–291.50	3,005	121
Steers	Large 1-2	1150–1200	1,163	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	3,094	13
Heifers	Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,016	266.50/cwt	266.50–266.50	2,708	162

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 17, 2026

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

Receipts 3,173Last week 2,252Year ago 2,492

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
26	750–800	789	342.50	342.50
6	800–850	833	290.00	290.00
5	900–950	942	293.00	293.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
72	1000–1050	1,028	303.00–303.50	303.09
179	1050–1100	1,055	296.00–303.00	298.35
6	1100–1150	1,144	265.00	265.00
23	1150–1200	1,165	270.00	270.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	350–400	386	515.00	515.00
3	600–650	610	410.00	410.00
13	700–750	736	353.00	353.00
85	800–850	811	332.00–350.00	346.64
217	850–900	879	305.00–332.00	326.76
58	900–950	904	318.00	318.00
268	950–1000	965	309.00–318.00	316.03
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	566	450.00	450.00
6	600–650	647	390.00	390.00
22	650–700	666	363.00–375.00	367.96
4	800–850	845	315.00	315.00
7	850–900	866	323.00	323.00
13	900–950	930	297.00	297.00
7	950–1000	995	291.00	291.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	581	460.00	460.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
121	1000–1050	1,031	291.50	291.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	1150–1200	1,163	266.00	266.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	544	380.00	380.00
127	600–650	642	364.00	364.00
18	750–800	775	290.00–300.00	293.78
17	800–850	819	298.00–301.00	298.87
106	900–950	929	276.00–279.00	276.16
239	950–1000	970	270.00–286.50	277.67
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	350–400	375	485.00	485.00
4	400–450	421	430.00	430.00
38	550–600	566	393.00–410.00	395.74
38	600–650	616	385.00–400.00	386.93
15	650–700	681	380.00	380.00
37	700–750	705	347.00	347.00
104	750–800	782	302.00–321.00	315.74
326	800–850	833	304.00–310.00	307.48
341	850–900	888	287.75–298.75	291.56
23	900–950	923	280.00–289.00	284.22
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
10	600–650	616	418.00	418.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	327	535.00	535.00
7	500–550	549	405.00	405.00
4	550–600	575	395.00	395.00
13	650–700	678	330.00–347.50	338.03
28	800–850	804	305.00	305.00
11	900–950	938	283.00	283.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	383	475.00	475.00
11	650–700	664	404.00	404.00
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
162	1000–1050	1,016	266.50	266.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	524	355.00	355.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	748	332.50	332.50

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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