Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2025-08-18

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Aug 18
● Final40 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Receipts
2,492 head
▲ 476 vs last sale 2,016▲ 2,492 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers under 1000 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 higher, over 1000 lbs 15.00 to 20.00 higher. Feeder heifers 12.00 to 20.00 higher in a narrow comparison. Very good demand for this nice, summertime offering of feeder cattle. A few consignments of spring born calves sold on an active market. Very good demand for the yearling offering, with one consignment of nearly 1,000 head of steers in a light to moderate flesh condition. Many full loads and multiple load lots of yearlings. The market was very active as the cash fed cattle last week was up to 245.00-246.00 and cattle feeders want to quickly refill their empty pens. CME Live and Feeder Cattle futures had another day of gains as they try to keep pace with the cash markets.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $439.60/cwt on 31 head. That ranks 6 of 23 comparable sales and sits −34.37 against this barn's trailing median of $473.97.
Average price
$439.60
31 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,394
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$109
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$37.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.74
vs SD average
+39.71 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1533460.002,45214thin
Medium and Large 1-2554422.792,34317thin
One grade step is worth $37.21/cwt here — about $109 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 600–700 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 sale31 hd
439.60
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SD average3 barns · 107 hd
441.33
−1.74
National average156 barns · 7,040 hd
399.89
+39.71
This barn, trailing median23 sales
473.97
−34.37
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
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed404522.50/cwt522.50–522.502,1118
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed419502.50/cwt502.50–502.502,1056
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy494400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,9767
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed525450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,3636
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1533460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,45214
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2564400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,2566
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed577417.50/cwt417.50–417.502,4095
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1623412.50/cwt412.50–412.502,57016
Steers600–650Medium 1Fleshy627340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,1329
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2628345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,1679
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1676404.00/cwt404.00–404.002,73118
Steers700–750Medium 1Fleshy737340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,5065
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1740382.89/cwt373.00–387.502,83374
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1772369.52/cwt362.00–377.502,85325
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1869347.60/cwt336.50–351.003,021271
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2883319.15/cwt308.00–322.002,81820
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1930342.23/cwt339.00–344.003,18311
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1962323.50/cwt323.50–323.503,11243
Steers1000–1050Large 11,016332.06/cwt330.00–335.503,374694
Steers1100–1150Large 11,135309.19/cwt306.00–312.503,509276
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1353495.00/cwt495.00–495.001,74710
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1428445.78/cwt440.00–450.001,90812
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1464410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,9025
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1531419.46/cwt387.50–440.002,22721
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1576395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,2758
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2584355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,0737
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1633380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,40521
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2668351.00/cwt351.00–351.002,34513
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1675370.43/cwt355.00–377.502,50045
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1735351.36/cwt341.00–370.002,582105
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2751317.50/cwt317.50–317.502,3849
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1777350.05/cwt341.00–356.002,720130
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1830325.59/cwt320.00–327.502,70238
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1869326.24/cwt316.00–329.502,83570
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy877300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,6319
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1938304.89/cwt302.00–316.502,860135
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1Fleshy954289.00/cwt289.00–289.002,75713
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1346535.00/cwt535.00–535.001,8514
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1449475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,1335
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1528437.50/cwt437.50–437.502,31013

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.