Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2025-05-05

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, May 5
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Receipts
1,996 head
▼ 1,504 vs last sale 3,500▼ 913 vs year ago 2,909 · −31.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers steady to 5.00 higher. Very good demand for this seasonal run of feeder cattle. The market was very active for all weights of steers and heifers after last week saw the cash fed cattle market make another new, all-time historical high price up to 224.00. A light offering of light weight cattle suitable for backgrounding, a good offering of backgrounded yearlings offered in long strings, many full loads and multiple load lots. Flesh condition of yearlings moderate to moderate plus.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $398.42/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 2 of 23 comparable sales and sits −75.55 against this barn's trailing median of $473.97.
Average price
$398.42
22 head · 532 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,121
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+9.45
vs SD average
+19.63 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1532398.422,12122
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale22 hd
398.42
—
SD average3 barns · 109 hd
388.97
+9.45
National average168 barns · 13,508 hd
378.79
+19.63
This barn, trailing median23 sales
473.97
−75.55
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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1373500.01/cwt490.00–520.001,86510
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2393480.00/cwt480.00–480.001,8863
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1477425.30/cwt415.00–452.502,02932
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1526402.12/cwt399.00–405.002,11519
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1572375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,1453
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1713325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,3179
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2760327.00/cwt327.00–327.002,48514
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1761324.50/cwt305.00–327.002,46973
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy784293.00/cwt293.00–293.002,2975
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2829297.00/cwt297.00–297.002,4628
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1833303.84/cwt297.00–305.002,531138
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1879289.25/cwt289.00–289.752,543186
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2881283.09/cwt282.50–286.002,49459
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2926277.15/cwt276.00–279.002,56623
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1933282.63/cwt279.00–286.252,637176
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2983269.00/cwt269.00–269.002,6446
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1986273.70/cwt271.00–276.002,69971
Steers1000–1050Large 11,032268.50/cwt268.50–268.502,77156
Steers1050–1100Large 11,063273.25/cwt273.25–273.252,905165
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1364417.02/cwt410.00–420.001,51811
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1436389.11/cwt385.00–390.001,69717
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1453365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,6534
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1509376.86/cwt365.00–380.001,91815
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2549334.00/cwt334.00–334.001,83412
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1563340.43/cwt338.00–347.501,91723
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2578315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,8213
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1671301.79/cwt296.00–310.002,02560
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy748282.50/cwt282.50–282.502,1136
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2788265.73/cwt260.00–277.002,09438
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1815270.33/cwt270.00–276.002,20371
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy870258.00/cwt258.00–258.002,24511
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2873253.00/cwt253.00–253.002,20922
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1889266.50/cwt266.50–266.502,36965
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1917259.30/cwt256.00–262.002,378246
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1988254.00/cwt254.00–254.002,51039
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers600–650Medium and Large 2615335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,0609
Beef/Dairy Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2698325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,26911
Beef/Dairy Steers900–950Medium and Large 2934283.00/cwt283.00–283.002,64318
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers650–700Medium and Large 2691302.00/cwt302.00–302.002,0878
Beef/Dairy Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2892268.00/cwt268.00–268.002,39110

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.