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Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-03-18

Feeder Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Mar 18

● Final68 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026

← Mar 11Mar 18Apr 1 →

Receipts

5,116 head

▲ 1,574 vs last sale 3,542▲ 745 vs year ago 4,371 · +17.0%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last week: Feeder steers under 550 lbs sharply higher, over 550 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 higher, instances of 15.00 to 20.00 on 550-600 lbs and 750-800 lbs. Feeder heifers under 650 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 higher, instances to 20.00, 650-700 lbs steady to 2.00 higher, over 750 lbs 3.00 to 6.00 higher instances to 20.00 higher on 750-800 lbs. Extremely good demand for feeder cattle this week, however the best demand was on those light steers and heifers as the prices advanced so sharply from last week. Another large offering of feeder cattle, lots of buyers on the seats anxious to get cattle bought and placed on feed. Many long strings of backgrounded steers and heifers, flesh condition of these cattle ran a bit heavier at times but that did not keep prices from climbing as cattle feeders were competing heavily to get their cattle needs secured. Many full loads and multiple load lots offered, when given the chance to buy multiple loads of one man's cattle, buyers didn't hesitate to take them all. Higher Live Cattle and Feeder Cattle futures, along with cash fat cattle reaching up to 190.00 in Iowa last week helped to fan the fire on the feeder market at the auction.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $333.43/cwt on 282 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −140.54 against this barn's trailing median of $473.97.

Average price

$333.43

282 head · 557 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,856

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$74

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$26.30/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.48

vs SD average

+15.14 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	556	333.80	1,857	278
Medium and Large 1-2	580	307.50	1,784	4thin

One grade step is worth $26.30/cwt here — about $74 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale282 hd

333.43

—

SD average5 barns · 1,441 hd

335.91

−2.48

National average173 barns · 12,551 hd

318.29

+15.14

This barn, trailing median23 sales

473.97

−140.54

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

23 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $518.21, low $371.25, median $473.97 across 23 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

68 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. 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
Feeder Cattle · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	333	407.70/cwt	405.00–410.00	1,358	9
Steers	350–400	Medium 1	374	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,290	10
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	395	398.33/cwt	375.00–407.50	1,573	25
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	425	390.47/cwt	372.00–411.00	1,659	33
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	470	384.72/cwt	365.00–403.00	1,808	64
Steers	450–500	Medium 1	493	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,578	25
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	521	354.72/cwt	335.00–363.00	1,848	95
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	573	297.32/cwt	297.00–297.50	1,704	28
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	575	327.57/cwt	317.00–342.00	1,884	155
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	580	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,784	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	610	328.00/cwt	328.00–328.00	2,001	11
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	626	299.79/cwt	282.50–316.00	1,877	87
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	683	295.06/cwt	271.00–306.50	2,015	174
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	701	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	2,040	16
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	721	269.23/cwt	257.50–279.50	1,941	134
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	735	259.71/cwt	254.00–266.00	1,909	15
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	777	263.89/cwt	256.00–280.00	2,050	221
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	792	256.45/cwt	256.00–256.50	2,031	86
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	825	245.88/cwt	243.00–248.50	2,029	91
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	832	252.34/cwt	249.00–256.00	2,099	232
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	877	242.06/cwt	236.00–250.00	2,123	18
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	880	245.82/cwt	239.50–249.50	2,163	247
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	914	243.39/cwt	226.00–249.50	2,225	788
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	935	228.03/cwt	211.00–230.00	2,132	134
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	954	229.75/cwt	229.75–229.75	2,192	59
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	976	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	2,123	11
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1-2	1,011	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	2,194	6
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,015	228.23/cwt	225.00–230.50	2,317	123
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	328	358.80/cwt	355.00–360.00	1,177	23
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	360	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,404	6
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	389	353.32/cwt	345.00–365.00	1,374	27
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	424	377.50/cwt	377.50–377.50	1,601	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	433	346.98/cwt	330.00–363.00	1,502	73
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	460	327.34/cwt	325.00–335.00	1,506	21
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Fancy	500	332.00/cwt	332.00–332.00	1,660	41
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	307.11/cwt	290.00–320.00	1,618	64
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	538	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,372	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	566	290.41/cwt	280.00–320.00	1,644	89
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	592	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,527	9
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	627	275.43/cwt	266.00–285.00	1,727	162
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	627	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,489	11
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	676	262.08/cwt	255.00–270.00	1,772	139
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	678	253.41/cwt	247.50–260.00	1,718	35
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	681	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,617	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Fancy	709	272.00/cwt	272.00–272.00	1,928	12
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	724	255.43/cwt	243.00–261.00	1,849	205
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	769	248.91/cwt	239.00–267.00	1,914	74
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	779	232.41/cwt	221.00–241.50	1,810	43
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	784	238.47/cwt	231.00–256.00	1,870	42
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	227.23/cwt	210.00–233.00	1,863	176
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	845	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	1,901	12
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	867	213.94/cwt	213.00–214.00	1,855	84
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	924	212.49/cwt	212.00–216.00	1,963	134
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers11 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	250–300	Medium and Large 2	294	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	823	4
Beef/Dairy Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	338	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	980	21
Beef/Dairy Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	376	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	1,241	32
Beef/Dairy Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	418	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,233	8
Beef/Dairy Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 2	482	291.00/cwt	291.00–291.00	1,403	7
Beef/Dairy Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	484	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,573	19
Beef/Dairy Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	530	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,325	6
Beef/Dairy Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	575	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,869	43
Beef/Dairy Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	681	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,682	7
Beef/Dairy Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	760	273.00/cwt	273.00–273.00	2,075	11
Beef/Dairy Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	843	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	2,048	6
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 2	324	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,053	38
Beef/Dairy Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 2	355	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,136	32
Beef/Dairy Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	557	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,420	5
Beef/Dairy Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	698	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,466	5

This sale against other markets

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 Mar 18, 2024

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

Receipts 5,116Last week 3,542Year ago 4,371

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	550–600	580	307.50	307.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	300–350	333	405.00–410.00	407.70
25	350–400	395	375.00–407.50	398.33
33	400–450	425	372.00–411.00	390.47
64	450–500	470	365.00–403.00	384.72
95	500–550	521	335.00–363.00	354.72
155	550–600	575	317.00–342.00	327.57
87	600–650	626	282.50–316.00	299.79
174	650–700	683	271.00–306.50	295.06
134	700–750	721	257.50–279.50	269.23
221	750–800	777	256.00–280.00	263.89
232	800–850	832	249.00–256.00	252.34
247	850–900	880	239.50–249.50	245.82
788	900–950	914	226.00–249.50	243.39
59	950–1000	954	229.75	229.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
28	550–600	573	297.00–297.50	297.32
15	700–750	735	254.00–266.00	259.71
86	750–800	792	256.00–256.50	256.45
91	800–850	825	243.00–248.50	245.88
18	850–900	877	236.00–250.00	242.06
134	900–950	935	211.00–230.00	228.03
11	950–1000	976	217.50	217.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	374	345.00	345.00
25	450–500	493	320.00	320.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	1000–1050	1,011	217.00	217.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
123	1000–1050	1,015	225.00–230.50	228.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	610	328.00	328.00
16	700–750	701	291.00	291.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
23	300–350	328	355.00–360.00	358.80
27	350–400	389	345.00–365.00	353.32
73	400–450	433	330.00–363.00	346.98
21	450–500	460	325.00–335.00	327.34
64	500–550	527	290.00–320.00	307.11
89	550–600	566	280.00–320.00	290.41
162	600–650	627	266.00–285.00	275.43
139	650–700	676	255.00–270.00	262.08
205	700–750	724	243.00–261.00	255.43
74	750–800	769	239.00–267.00	248.91
176	800–850	820	210.00–233.00	227.23
134	900–950	924	212.00–216.00	212.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	550–600	592	258.00	258.00
4	650–700	681	237.50	237.50
42	750–800	784	231.00–256.00	238.47
12	800–850	845	225.00	225.00
84	850–900	867	213.00–214.00	213.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
41	500–550	500	332.00	332.00
12	700–750	709	272.00	272.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	360	390.00	390.00
7	400–450	424	377.50	377.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	538	255.00	255.00
11	600–650	627	237.50	237.50
35	650–700	678	247.50–260.00	253.41
43	750–800	779	221.00–241.50	232.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	294	280.00	280.00
21	300–350	338	290.00	290.00
32	350–400	376	330.00	330.00
7	450–500	482	291.00	291.00
6	500–550	530	250.00	250.00
7	650–700	681	247.00	247.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	800–850	843	243.00	243.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	418	295.00	295.00
19	450–500	484	325.00	325.00
43	550–600	575	325.00	325.00
11	750–800	760	273.00	273.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
38	300–350	324	325.00	325.00
32	350–400	355	320.00	320.00
5	550–600	557	255.00	255.00
5	650–700	698	210.00	210.00

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.