Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2024-11-25

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Nov 25
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Receipts
1,788 head
▼ 2,248 vs last sale 4,036▼ 698 vs year ago 2,486 · −28.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves sold with higher undertones, comparison too narrow. Yearling feeder steers sold with higher undertones, heifers not well compared. Very good demand for steer and heifer calves, this week's calf offering was more attractive, overall quality was better and buyers were willing to push the market higher to get these calves bought. Very good demand for a really fancy set of 6 loads of black hided, moderate fleshed yearling steers. The market was very active on the yearlings. The cash fed cattle market at 186.00 last week, but cattle feeders were ready to compete heavily on yearlings that looked like they would gain efficiently.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $321.62/cwt on 127 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −152.35 against this barn's trailing median of $473.97.
Average price
$321.62
127 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,763
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$96
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$30.05/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.14
vs SD average
−2.16 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544327.061,780104
Medium and Large 1-2567297.011,68423
One grade step is worth $30.05/cwt here — about $96 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 sale127 hd
321.62
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SD average8 barns · 4,808 hd
332.75
−11.14
National average38 barns · 6,986 hd
323.78
−2.16
This barn, trailing median23 sales
473.97
−152.35
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
532474416357median 473.9703/0204/0606/0109/1411/02
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

40 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1322440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,4175
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1370402.38/cwt400.00–405.001,48916
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1408392.47/cwt390.00–395.001,6018
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1471356.45/cwt342.50–370.001,67940
Steers450–500Medium 1474307.30/cwt305.00–315.001,45718
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2481335.00/cwt335.00–335.001,61112
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520339.39/cwt331.00–346.001,76560
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2567297.01/cwt294.00–301.001,68423
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1577310.25/cwt297.00–316.001,79044
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1622288.54/cwt283.00–291.001,79567
Steers600–650Medium 1629247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,55410
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1664284.58/cwt264.00–293.001,89041
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1704273.97/cwt264.00–276.001,92930
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2724256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,85310
Steers750–800Medium 1774243.41/cwt227.50–255.001,88412
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1782256.82/cwt246.00–267.002,00851
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2850240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,0408
Steers850–900Medium 1856231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,9776
Steers1000–1050Large 11,024241.50/cwt241.50–241.502,473331
Steers1050–1100Large 1-21,086220.50/cwt220.50–220.502,3955
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1361375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,35411
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2391337.50/cwt337.50–337.501,32010
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428341.73/cwt330.00–350.001,46327
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1467305.80/cwt300.00–325.001,42838
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1512299.54/cwt290.00–305.001,53430
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy539272.50/cwt272.50–272.501,46918
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2545280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,5268
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1574283.04/cwt275.00–287.001,62527
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1607283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,71811
Heifers650–700Medium 1656242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,58811
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1674254.25/cwt247.50–259.001,71429
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2708232.50/cwt232.50–232.501,6468
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1741248.11/cwt247.00–248.501,838111
Heifers750–800Medium 1773232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,79310
Heifers800–850Medium 1802221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,7725
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy835224.00/cwt224.00–224.001,87012
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy940221.29/cwt221.25–221.502,08068
Heifers1000–1050Large 11,038211.00/cwt211.00–211.002,19034
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers600–650Medium and Large 2-3623220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,3715
Beef/Dairy Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2701232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,6265

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.