Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2026-02-25

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Feb 25
● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016
Receipts
906 head
149 vs last sale 1,055 1,035 vs year ago 1,941 · 53.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers and heifers mostly steady. Good demand for steers and heifers. A lighter offering, however there were some long strings, loads and multiple load lots of very eye appealing, high quality grading steers and heifers. The market was fairly active with all packer buyers participating. 3 full loads of steers, 4 full loads of heifers, balance part loads and stock trailer loads.

Slaughter lambs unevenly steady. Feeder lambs sold with higher undertones. Slaughter ewes 10.00 to 15.00 lower. Good demand for all weights of slaughter lambs, Very good demand for the light fleshed feeder lambs offered. Good demand for slaughter ewes. The slaughter lamb market was rather active, slaughter ewe market was not as active as it has been in recent weeks as the supply of ewes has been pretty heavy.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoiceAverage1,442240.203,46451
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,663244.504,06685
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,529213.183,26028
HeifersChoiceAverage1,467244.913,593281
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,378250.523,45329
SteersChoiceAverage1,577245.463,871128

Every lot, as filed

12 lots · USDA AMS · Sioux Falls Regional Livestock Auction - Worthing, SD
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoice1,442240.20/cwt235.50–243.503,46451
Beef/Dairy SteersChoice1,681244.08/cwt242.00–244.504,10379
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,426250.00/cwt250.00–250.003,5656
Dairy SteersChoice1,529213.18/cwt212.00–214.003,26028
SteersSelect and Choice1,444242.87/cwt242.00–245.003,50714
SteersChoice1,566244.27/cwt244.00–245.503,82550
SteersChoice1,863242.00/cwt242.00–242.004,5085
SteersSelect and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,317257.66/cwt257.00–259.003,39315
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,450247.00/cwt247.00–247.003,5823
SteersChoiceCertified Prgms1,570246.50/cwt246.00–248.003,87070
HeifersChoice1,480244.29/cwt243.00–246.503,615235
HeifersChoiceCertified Prgms1,400248.08/cwt243.00–250.503,47346

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.