Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-08-24
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-24

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 5.00 to 10.00 lower, heifers steady to 5.00 lower. Moderate demand for yearlings, light demand for the few packages of spring born calves. Many long strings of attractive yearling steers and heifers, ranging in flesh from light grass flesh to heavier feed yard flesh. Cattle feeders are back on the defensive after last week's downturn in the cash fat cattle market and the falling futures contracts. Much concern exists as outgoing fed cattle post large losses and the futures contracts point towards steeper losses.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $400.00/cwt on 24 head, up $5.12 from the prior sale. That ranks 5 of 25 comparable sales and sits −24.81 against this barn's trailing median of $424.81.

Average price

$400.00

▲ 5.12 vs prior sale

24 head · 552 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,209

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.43

vs SD average

+61.98 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	552	400.00	2,209	24

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

25 sales

Heifers 500–600 lb: high $484.12, low $374.11, median $424.81 across 25 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 sale24 hd

400.00

—

SD average2 barns · 29 hd

399.57

+0.43

National average160 barns · 6,296 hd

338.02

+61.98

This barn, trailing median25 sales

424.81

−24.81

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

55 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	1100–1150	1,112	248.00/cwt	248.00–248.00	2,758	45
Steers	Large 1-2	1050–1100	1,068	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,937	10
Heifers	Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,023	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	2,506	8
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,020	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	2,723	22
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,065	292.98/cwt	290.00–294.75	3,120	93
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,115	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	3,077	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	668	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,104	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	923	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,557	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	844	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	2,363	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	791	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,096	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	885	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	2,036	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	811	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,109	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	623	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	2,149	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	2,270	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	796	303.84/cwt	301.00–309.00	2,419	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	447	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	2,056	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	865	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,448	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,044	9
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	464	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,018	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	461	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	2,051	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	350	450.00/cwt	450.00–450.00	1,575	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	776	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	2,483	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	907	300.84/cwt	298.00–304.00	2,729	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	989	290.50/cwt	290.50–290.50	2,873	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	395.00/cwt	395.00–395.00	2,275	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	929	286.40/cwt	285.00–287.00	2,661	134
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	361.28/cwt	360.00–362.50	2,222	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	242	650.00/cwt	650.00–650.00	1,573	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	850–900	855	302.00/cwt	302.00–302.00	2,582	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	343	495.00/cwt	495.00–495.00	1,698	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	354.00/cwt	354.00–354.00	2,779	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	321	585.00/cwt	585.00–585.00	1,878	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	980	275.20/cwt	274.00–290.00	2,697	66
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	550.00/cwt	550.00–550.00	2,008	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	784	321.76/cwt	296.00–325.50	2,523	105
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	638	382.80/cwt	365.00–391.00	2,442	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	867	305.51/cwt	287.00–313.00	2,649	332
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	410.00/cwt	410.00–410.00	2,071	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	351	525.00/cwt	525.00–525.00	1,843	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	964	306.63/cwt	305.50–309.00	2,956	234
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	297	595.00/cwt	595.00–595.00	1,767	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	831	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,559	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	720	336.17/cwt	317.50–347.00	2,420	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	704	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,218	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	465	477.04/cwt	470.00–485.00	2,218	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	733	348.00/cwt	348.00–348.00	2,551	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	881	323.00/cwt	323.00–323.00	2,846	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	934	309.43/cwt	302.00–324.00	2,890	225
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	801	327.83/cwt	320.00–332.00	2,626	26
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,024	300.55/cwt	295.75–303.00	3,078	186
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	852	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,599	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	770	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	2,041	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	961	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,624	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	877	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,368	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	686	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,521	8

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 24, 2026

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

Receipts 2,368Last week 3,173Year ago 2,145

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
45	1100–1150	1,112	248.00	248.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	1000–1050	1,023	245.00	245.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	1000–1050	1,020	267.00	267.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	300–350	343	495.00	495.00
3	350–400	350	450.00	450.00
10	750–800	791	265.00	265.00
16	800–850	844	280.00	280.00
8	850–900	865	283.00	283.00
10	900–950	923	277.00	277.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	850–900	885	230.00	230.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	200–250	242	650.00	650.00
8	350–400	351	525.00	525.00
11	450–500	461	445.00	445.00
8	500–550	505	410.00	410.00
16	550–600	576	395.00	395.00
22	600–650	615	360.00–362.50	361.28
8	650–700	686	367.50	367.50
17	700–750	720	317.50–347.00	336.17
105	750–800	784	296.00–325.50	321.76
44	800–850	831	308.00	308.00
332	850–900	867	287.00–313.00	305.51
134	900–950	929	285.00–287.00	286.40
66	950–1000	980	274.00–290.00	275.20
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	750–800	770	265.00	265.00
5	850–900	877	270.00	270.00
131	950–1000	961	273.00	273.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	1050–1100	1,068	275.00	275.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
186	1000–1050	1,024	295.75–303.00	300.55
93	1050–1100	1,065	290.00–294.75	292.98
39	1100–1150	1,115	276.00	276.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	400–450	447	460.00	460.00
6	600–650	623	345.00	345.00
5	650–700	668	315.00	315.00
17	750–800	796	301.00–309.00	303.84
21	900–950	907	298.00–304.00	300.84
15	950–1000	989	290.50	290.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	700–750	704	315.00	315.00
5	800–850	811	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	297	595.00	595.00
6	300–350	321	585.00	585.00
10	350–400	365	550.00	550.00
19	450–500	465	470.00–485.00	477.04
5	500–550	534	425.00	425.00
19	600–650	638	365.00–391.00	382.80
19	700–750	733	348.00	348.00
6	750–800	785	354.00	354.00
26	800–850	801	320.00–332.00	327.83
38	850–900	881	323.00	323.00
225	900–950	934	302.00–324.00	309.43
234	950–1000	964	305.50–309.00	306.63
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
11	850–900	855	302.00	302.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	850–900	852	305.00	305.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	464	435.00	435.00
9	550–600	584	350.00	350.00
9	750–800	776	320.00	320.00

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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