Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-09-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-09-21

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Few comparable sales of yearling feeder steers and heifers, mostly steady. Moderate to good demand for the long strings of feedyard backgrounded yearlings, good to very good demand for weaned fall calves. The market was pretty active throughout the sale as the cattle futures responded to a friendly Cattle On Feed report. Many long strings of yearlings offered in full loads and multiple load lots, flesh condition moderate to heavy. As corn prices keep climbing and outgoing fed cattle losing money, buyers are hesitant to bid on over-fleshed cattle.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $398.62/cwt on 113 head, down $7.72 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 25 comparable sales and sits −26.19 against this barn's trailing median of $424.81.

Average price

$398.62

▼ 7.72 vs prior sale

113 head · 545 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,173

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

+0.61

vs SD average

+42.37 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	545	398.62	2,173	113

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 sale113 hd

398.62

—

SD average4 barns · 300 hd

398.01

+0.61

National average178 barns · 11,809 hd

356.25

+42.37

This barn, trailing median25 sales

424.81

−26.19

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

34 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	950–1000	981	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	2,639	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	829	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	2,495	8
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,102	291.12/cwt	290.50–291.75	3,208	100
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,083	292.23/cwt	290.00–296.75	3,165	169
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,036	295.24/cwt	294.00–296.50	3,059	120
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,069	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,918	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	721	363.00/cwt	363.00–363.00	2,617	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	400.21/cwt	399.00–402.50	2,537	23
Heifers	Large 1Fleshy	1100–1150	1,117	246.87/cwt	246.00–248.00	2,758	28
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	1050–1100	1,052	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	3,003	64
Heifers	Large 1Fleshy	1150–1200	1,184	251.00/cwt	251.00–251.00	2,972	5
Heifers	Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,041	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,467	7
Steers	Large 1-2	1000–1050	1,020	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	2,989	17
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,032	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,859	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	749	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,532	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	868	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	2,517	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	968	282.29/cwt	280.00–282.50	2,733	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	821	326.48/cwt	311.00–329.00	2,680	147
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	853	286.62/cwt	286.00–287.00	2,445	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	772	372.11/cwt	355.50–382.50	2,873	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	983	312.75/cwt	312.75–312.75	3,074	126
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	689	403.00/cwt	403.00–403.00	2,777	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	507	416.91/cwt	405.00–425.00	2,114	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	505	424.59/cwt	412.50–455.00	2,144	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	947	276.78/cwt	276.00–278.00	2,621	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	631	376.64/cwt	375.00–377.50	2,377	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	294.33/cwt	286.00–309.00	2,575	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	836	343.00/cwt	343.00–343.00	2,867	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	485	458.02/cwt	450.00–480.00	2,221	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	773	312.50/cwt	312.50–312.50	2,416	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	723	368.00/cwt	368.00–368.00	2,661	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	900–950	931	321.00/cwt	321.00–321.00	2,989	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	792	341.00/cwt	341.00–341.00	2,701	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	2,219	56

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 Sep 21, 2026

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

Receipts 1,898Last week 1,205Year ago 1,319

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	750–800	773	312.50	312.50
8	800–850	829	301.00	301.00
34	850–900	853	286.00–287.00	286.62
11	950–1000	981	269.00	269.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	1000–1050	1,032	277.00	277.00
108	1050–1100	1,069	273.00	273.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
57	500–550	507	405.00–425.00	416.91
56	550–600	584	380.00	380.00
39	600–650	631	375.00–377.50	376.64
17	700–750	721	363.00	363.00
147	800–850	821	311.00–329.00	326.48
90	850–900	875	286.00–309.00	294.33
28	900–950	947	276.00–278.00	276.78
131	950–1000	968	280.00–282.50	282.29
Heifers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
7	1000–1050	1,041	237.00	237.00
28	1100–1150	1,117	246.00–248.00	246.87
5	1150–1200	1,184	251.00	251.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
44	700–750	749	338.00	338.00
9	850–900	868	290.00	290.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
120	1000–1050	1,036	294.00–296.50	295.24
169	1050–1100	1,083	290.00–296.75	292.23
100	1100–1150	1,102	290.50–291.75	291.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	450–500	485	450.00–480.00	458.02
7	500–550	505	412.50–455.00	424.59
23	600–650	634	399.00–402.50	400.21
17	650–700	689	403.00	403.00
72	750–800	772	355.50–382.50	372.11
7	800–850	836	343.00	343.00
126	950–1000	983	312.75	312.75
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
64	1050–1100	1,052	285.50	285.50
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
17	1000–1050	1,020	293.00	293.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	700–750	723	368.00	368.00
34	750–800	792	341.00	341.00
31	900–950	931	321.00	321.00

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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