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Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-10-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-10-21

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Oct 21

● Final10 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016

← Oct 14Oct 21Oct 28 →

Receipts

1,100 head

▲ 102 vs last sale 998▼ 119 vs year ago 1,219 · −9.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers and heifers 4.00 to 7.00 higher. Good to very good demand on this solid offering of long fed and very uniform steers and heifers. Quite the variety of cattle offered from Holstein cattle to lighter two way cattle and ending with very heavy fats. Cattle slaughter has remained low week to week and CME live cattle futures continue to rally. More than a handful of the cattle came in overnight with many farmers needing to get their corn out of the field and move manure around.

Slaughter lambs 120 lbs and heavier steady to 15.00 higher. Lighter weights displayed a higher undertone on limited comparisons. Feeder lambs too lightly tested with a higher undertone noted. Slaughter ewes too lightly tested with the majority being on the younger end. Good to very good demand on slaughter lambs with active bidding noticed through the large majority of the sale. Feeder lambs had good demand on exceptional quality and flesh condition.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,615	203.29	3,283	17
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,308	231.00	3,021	13
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,386	225.39	3,124	150
Steers	Choice	Average	1,580	227.06	3,588	423
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,199	225.62	2,705	15

Every lot, as filed

10 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. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,199	225.62/cwt	225.00–227.00	2,705	15
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,430	233.88/cwt	231.00–237.00	3,344	63
Steers	—	Choice	1,463	228.09/cwt	225.00–230.00	3,337	18
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,558	230.01/cwt	228.00–232.75	3,584	117
Steers	—	Choice	1,580	218.84/cwt	218.00–220.00	3,458	14
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,647	223.84/cwt	219.50–227.00	3,687	211
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,308	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	3,021	13
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,309	226.06/cwt	225.00–227.00	2,959	59
Heifers	—	Choice	1,436	224.95/cwt	223.50–225.75	3,230	91
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,615	203.29/cwt	200.00–206.50	3,283	17

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.

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Sioux Falls Regional Livestock Auction - Worthing, SD

Wed Oct 21, 2026

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

Receipts 1,100Last week 998Year ago 1,219

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,308	231.00	231.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
59	—	1,309	225.00–227.00	226.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
91	—	1,436	223.50–225.75	224.95

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,199	225.00–227.00	225.62

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,430	231.00–237.00	233.88
117	—	1,558	228.00–232.75	230.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,463	225.00–230.00	228.09
14	—	1,580	218.00–220.00	218.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
211	—	1,647	219.50–227.00	223.84

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,615	200.00–206.50	203.29

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.