Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2025-10-20

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Oct 20
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Receipts
5,717 head
▲ 4,824 vs last sale 893▲ 1,335 vs year ago 4,382 · +30.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder cattle lightly tested two weeks ago to offer a good comparison with this week's special anniversary BBQ sale. There was a very large offering of feeder cattle this week, higher undertones prevailed. Good demand for spring born calves, very good demand for yearlings. The calf market was active across all weights, as there were enough farmer feeders present ready to compete to get calves bought. The yearling market was active, in spite of the sharp declines seen in the CME cattle complex last Friday. Futures contracts stabilized and posted gains of nearly 2.00 for Live Cattle, helping to settle the nerves of cattle feeders. Many long strings of yearlings offered, flesh condition ranged from light fleshed to heavy. In spite of the volatility in the futures complex cattle feeders seemed to roll with it and it didn't have much effect on the market at the auction as they know how limited the supply of yearlings is.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $468.36/cwt on 135 head. That ranks 11 of 23 comparable sales and sits −5.61 against this barn's trailing median of $473.97.
Average price
$468.36
135 head · 544 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,548
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$434
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$79.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−36.75
vs SD average
+10.22 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1544483.022,628110
Medium and Large 1-2543403.882,19425
One grade step is worth $79.14/cwt here — about $434 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 sale135 hd
468.36
—
SD average7 barns · 7,107 hd
505.11
−36.75
National average182 barns · 38,495 hd
458.14
+10.22
This barn, trailing median23 sales
473.97
−5.61
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

70 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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2388490.00/cwt490.00–490.001,9013
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2400500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,0004
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1437551.13/cwt495.00–565.002,40839
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465544.86/cwt515.00–555.002,53435
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2492425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,09110
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2508425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,15911
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1521490.64/cwt440.00–505.002,55669
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2571387.28/cwt365.00–410.002,21114
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1583470.19/cwt440.00–480.002,74141
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2609400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,43610
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1627431.62/cwt425.00–440.002,70665
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy628420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,63814
Steers600–650Medium 1648355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,3006
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1668424.37/cwt412.50–450.002,83537
Steers700–750Medium 1715310.72/cwt300.00–330.002,22211
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1728387.83/cwt372.50–391.002,82339
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1791374.29/cwt374.00–375.002,96170
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed796381.00/cwt381.00–381.003,03350
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1808373.40/cwt360.00–380.003,01774
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed863376.50/cwt376.50–376.503,24952
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1879365.16/cwt349.00–371.003,210172
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy890337.50/cwt337.50–337.503,0045
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2895327.50/cwt327.50–327.502,9319
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1913357.38/cwt337.00–370.003,263433
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2953341.00/cwt341.00–341.003,25014
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed954367.50/cwt367.50–367.503,50641
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1Fleshy955315.00/cwt315.00–315.003,0085
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1972342.47/cwt333.00–347.003,329272
Steers1000–1050Large 1Fleshy1,024317.07/cwt309.00–319.003,247238
Steers1000–1050Large 11,029328.83/cwt323.50–347.003,384485
Steers1050–1100Large 11,090305.80/cwt302.50–325.003,333127
Steers1100–1150Large 11,118302.75/cwt302.75–302.753,385109
Steers1100–1150Large 1-2Fleshy1,140249.00/cwt249.00–249.002,83953
Steers1150–1200Large 11,160305.00/cwt305.00–305.003,538136
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2312475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,4826
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2388455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,7655
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1397517.50/cwt517.50–517.502,05428
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1418493.40/cwt490.00–495.002,06213
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy438440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,9277
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1462440.18/cwt415.00–450.002,03469
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1519412.17/cwt405.00–420.002,13921
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2539380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,0485
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2559365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,04019
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1583391.47/cwt385.00–402.502,28245
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy604350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,1146
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2611360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,20011
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1631377.59/cwt360.00–392.502,38361
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1668357.50/cwt357.50–357.502,38810
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy676350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,3667
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy717342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,4566
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2718332.00/cwt332.00–332.002,3848
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1740359.75/cwt352.00–370.002,66250
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2740315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,33120
Heifers700–750Medium 1746300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,2385
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1788350.59/cwt330.00–364.502,763371
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1821343.03/cwt341.50–345.002,816135
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy840321.78/cwt321.00–327.502,70359
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Spayed848350.50/cwt350.50–350.502,97273
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1868328.41/cwt324.00–335.002,851355
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy881319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,810122
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1917319.28/cwt315.00–320.502,92879
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Spayed922337.00/cwt337.00–337.003,10766
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy926313.97/cwt304.00–319.002,907369
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1960311.85/cwt309.50–314.002,994199
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1Fleshy971306.99/cwt304.50–308.502,981244
Heifers1150–1200Large 11,160256.00/cwt256.00–256.002,97048
Heifers1250–1300Large 1Fleshy1,297234.50/cwt234.50–234.503,04151
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2-3453310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4045
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers500–550Medium and Large 2-3531375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,9915
Beef/Dairy Steers750–800Medium and Large 2-3797330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,6307

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.