Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2025-04-07

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Apr 7
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Receipts
2,703 head
▲ 1,418 vs last sale 1,285▼ 978 vs year ago 3,681 · −26.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Much larger receipts this week, the best comparison was on steers 850-950 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 higher, other weights of steers and all weights of heifers sold with lower undertones. Good demand prevailed in spite of much lower CME Live and Feeder Cattle futures last Friday and today. Cash fed cattle were still able to trade from 210.00-215.00, but the futures broke hard. The market was very active on the light cattle offered, which were primarily in small packages. The supply of this class of cattle is limited, as is normal for this time of year, which results in much competition as there were plenty of buyers ready to buy these light steers and heifers. A good offering of heavier, finishing type cattle as there were several long strings offered in loads and multiple load lots. Flesh condition ranged from light to moderate plus. The market was rather active in spite of the uncertainty in the outlook in the marketplace. If the quality was right, and the flesh not too heavy there were plenty of buyers ready to compete heavily yet to buy the cattle they need.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $329.09/cwt on 103 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −85.48 against this barn's trailing median of $414.58.
Average price
$329.09
103 head · 535 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,761
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$148
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$9.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.90
vs SD average
+12.54 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1536329.461,76799
Medium and Large 1-2506320.001,6194thin
One grade step is worth $9.46/cwt here — about $148 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 sale103 hd
329.09
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SD average3 barns · 259 hd
331.99
−2.90
National average178 barns · 10,561 hd
316.55
+12.54
This barn, trailing median25 sales
414.58
−85.48
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

25 sales
498447397346median 414.5803/0204/1306/1509/1411/02
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $484.12, low $359.91, median $414.58 across 25 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

50 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1-2273500.00/cwt500.00–500.001,3654
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1283505.00/cwt505.00–505.001,4294
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned340430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,4625
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1382430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,6435
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed391455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,7797
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1412470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,93619
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed416470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,9556
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2491355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,7437
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1494400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,97612
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2517347.65/cwt335.00–350.001,79720
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1520382.28/cwt362.50–390.001,98836
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1553369.00/cwt369.00–369.002,04113
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2571356.38/cwt355.00–360.002,03522
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1630333.81/cwt314.00–345.002,10377
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2633285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8048
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Full646315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,0354
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1678322.42/cwt315.00–324.002,18667
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2695317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,2074
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1730315.28/cwt295.00–320.002,302177
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1768299.27/cwt292.50–307.002,29854
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2798289.00/cwt289.00–289.002,30613
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1813297.04/cwt280.00–300.002,415100
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1861279.01/cwt277.00–281.002,402293
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1901269.00/cwt269.00–269.002,42420
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1959269.00/cwt269.00–269.002,58058
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1228485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,1064
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1306435.68/cwt420.00–460.001,33318
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned314410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,2878
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2376380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,4294
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1398389.29/cwt385.00–395.001,5497
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2414375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,5534
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1415374.45/cwt370.00–375.001,55429
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1471365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,7197
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2488317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,54915
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2506320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6194
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519337.85/cwt325.00–348.001,75371
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1580308.19/cwt288.00–320.001,78828
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1627303.43/cwt290.00–311.001,903211
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2633280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,77226
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1669303.38/cwt296.00–307.002,03072
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2674278.00/cwt278.00–278.001,87411
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1724279.19/cwt274.50–288.502,021278
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2728259.11/cwt257.50–260.001,88627
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Replacement770287.00/cwt287.00–287.002,21017
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1788256.43/cwt254.25–269.002,021103
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy832238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,98010
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1835249.75/cwt249.75–249.752,08589
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1874244.55/cwt240.00–252.752,137207
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1911242.00/cwt242.00–242.002,20567
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy921235.00/cwt235.00–235.002,16436

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.