Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2025-09-29

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Sep 29
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Receipts
3,056 head
▲ 1,737 vs last sale 1,319▲ 1,004 vs year ago 2,052 · +48.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Much larger offering of feeder steers and heifers, steers not well compared to last week's limited offerings, heifers unevenly steady. Light to moderate demand for spring born calves as farmer feeders are busy with fall harvest, overall quality was uneven but a good quality, green calf with two rounds of shots still was pretty easy to sell. Good demand for this large offering of yearlings, many offered in full loads and multiple load lots with one consignment of 700 steers with 7 loads in the main cut. Flesh condition of yearlings was uneven as there were some light fleshed cattle right off grass, but there were many more carrying a moderate to even a heavy amount. With the down pressure in the Live Cattle contracts recently and the fat market lower, cattle feeders aren't as gung ho on chasing the feeder cattle market as they have been.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $424.15/cwt on 98 head. That ranks 4 of 23 comparable sales and sits −49.82 against this barn's trailing median of $473.97.
Average price
$424.15
98 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,364
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$285
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$38.89/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−18.85
vs SD average
+1.50 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1558428.892,39571
Medium 1559419.252,34520
Medium and Large 1-2541390.002,1107thin
One grade step is worth $38.89/cwt here — about $285 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 sale98 hd
424.15
—
SD average3 barns · 280 hd
443.00
−18.85
National average177 barns · 15,324 hd
422.65
+1.50
This barn, trailing median23 sales
473.97
−49.82
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

53 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1380537.38/cwt505.00–545.002,04221
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2418470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,9653
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1425519.11/cwt490.00–550.002,20615
Steers400–450Medium 1429470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,0167
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1483484.33/cwt460.00–505.002,33951
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy484435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,1055
Steers500–550Medium 1512455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,3309
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1523475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,48412
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2541390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,1107
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1565425.95/cwt405.00–440.002,40754
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy571350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9995
Steers550–600Medium 1598390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,33211
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy626345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,16010
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2627392.67/cwt380.00–410.002,4627
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy711355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,5245
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1744377.50/cwt377.50–377.502,80919
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1764380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,90330
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1837349.08/cwt340.00–353.002,92260
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1882349.87/cwt345.00–351.003,086205
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1955340.42/cwt321.00–343.003,251458
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2984322.00/cwt322.00–322.003,16859
Steers1000–1050Large 11,020325.56/cwt321.00–328.003,321173
Steers1000–1050Large 1Fleshy1,022305.00/cwt305.00–305.003,11787
Steers1050–1100Large 11,054323.00/cwt323.00–323.003,40457
Steers1050–1100Large 1Fleshy1,077291.50/cwt288.00–300.003,13927
Steers1100–1150Large 1Fleshy1,101281.00/cwt281.00–281.003,09448
Steers1200–1250Large 1Fleshy1,249258.00/cwt258.00–258.003,22224
Steers1300–1350Large 1Fleshy1,326245.00/cwt245.00–245.003,2495
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1280600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,6809
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1382514.68/cwt480.00–530.001,96632
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2382385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,4719
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421473.90/cwt470.00–475.001,99514
Heifers400–450Medium 1440390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,7165
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy464315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,4624
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1481447.06/cwt420.00–460.002,15026
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1513407.39/cwt400.00–415.002,09010
Heifers500–550Medium 1523385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,0149
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1588395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,32313
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,0466
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1683355.69/cwt322.50–373.002,42957
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1731351.01/cwt346.00–365.002,56641
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1781344.74/cwt337.00–351.002,692222
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy789331.00/cwt331.00–331.002,61219
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1813335.59/cwt330.00–339.002,728143
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2849320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,71720
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1875327.77/cwt321.00–345.002,868218
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1911319.60/cwt306.00–325.002,912374
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1960313.50/cwt313.50–313.503,01017
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1Fleshy965301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,90541
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2970300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,91012
Heifers1000–1050Large 11,022301.00/cwt301.00–301.003,07625
Heifers1000–1050Large 1-2Fleshy1,032263.00/cwt263.00–263.002,71413
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,045260.49/cwt255.00–274.002,72224

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.