Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2026-05-04

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, May 4
● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Receipts
1,893 head
16 vs last sale 1,877 103 vs year ago 1,996 · 5.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers mostly steady, except steers 950-1000 lbs instance to 6.00 higher, and heifers 900-950 lbs 8.00 to 10.00 higher. A large offering for this time of the year, many long strings offered in full loads and multiple load lots. Flesh condition ranged from light and attractive to heavy, over fleshed. Buyers were cautious about bidding on cattle carrying a heavy amount of flesh. New all time, historical high fat cattle prices last week, but the last two trading days the CME cattle complex has been much lower, yet the market at the auction was still very active.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $484.22/cwt on 23 head, up $4.17 from the prior sale. That ranks 11 of 27 comparable sales and sits 2.44 against this barn's trailing median of $486.66.
Average price
$484.22
4.17 vs prior sale
23 head · 540 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,615
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
8.01
vs SD average
3.33 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1540484.222,61523
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

27 sales
532499466433median 486.6612/2202/0203/2305/1108/03
Steers 500–600 lb: high $518.21, low $447.31, median $486.66 across 27 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 sale23 hd
484.22
SD average3 barns · 137 hd
492.23
−8.01
National average180 barns · 14,267 hd
487.55
−3.33
This barn, trailing median27 sales
486.66
−2.44
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

28 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy800–850817338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,76131
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy900–950946313.00/cwt313.00–313.002,96165
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy950–1000951305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,90166
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850832341.68/cwt332.00–345.002,84344
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950914322.02/cwt321.00–324.002,943340
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550535390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,0875
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800778385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,9959
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000973334.32/cwt321.00–339.003,253376
SteersMedium and Large 1-2850–900882353.00/cwt353.00–353.003,11348
SteersMedium and Large 1-2700–750739375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,7715
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700692430.00/cwt430.00–430.002,9766
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750737405.36/cwt385.00–420.002,98812
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed750–800790367.50/cwt367.50–367.502,90310
HeifersMedium and Large 1450–500486455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,2116
SteersMedium and Large 1500–550540484.22/cwt465.00–495.002,61523
SteersMedium and Large 1-2900–950925336.00/cwt336.00–336.003,1088
SteersMedium and Large 1350–400365640.00/cwt640.00–640.002,3363
SteersMedium and Large 1-2750–800795378.00/cwt378.00–378.003,00522
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800761360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,7404
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000977324.50/cwt324.50–324.503,17060
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950913351.00/cwt351.00–351.003,205122
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900889355.50/cwt355.50–355.503,16090
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450415475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,9715
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2850–900868325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,8215
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650643424.00/cwt424.00–424.002,7269
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed650–700684426.00/cwt426.00–426.002,91418
SteersLarge 11000–10501,025321.50/cwt321.50–321.503,29559
SteersLarge 11050–11001,067320.68/cwt317.50–326.753,422217

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.