Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2025-12-08

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Dec 8
● Final56 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Receipts
5,232 head
▲ 3,651 vs last sale 1,581▼ 786 vs year ago 6,018 · −13.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves sold much higher on limited comparisons to last week's lighter test. Best test for calves/feeder steers was in the 550-650 lb range bringing 20.00-25.00 higher. Heifers 600-650 lbs sold 20.00 higher with other weights too lightly tested but a much firmer undertone noticed. Very good demand with active bidding in the seats and on the internet throughout a majority of the offerings. Sale offerings consisted of smaller strings with a handful of larger load lots from reputation ranches of attractive and uniform cattle. CME livestock complex down today but buyers' appear to be fueled still by the uptick in fundamental demand seen last week.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $446.54/cwt on 400 head. That ranks 7 of 23 comparable sales and sits −27.43 against this barn's trailing median of $473.97.
Average price
$446.54
400 head · 550 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,457
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$405
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$71.48/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.86
vs SD average
+15.91 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1551454.042,500358
Medium and Large 1-2548382.562,09542
One grade step is worth $71.48/cwt here — about $405 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 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 sale400 hd
446.54
—
SD average8 barns · 4,723 hd
449.40
−2.86
National average179 barns · 20,601 hd
430.63
+15.91
This barn, trailing median23 sales
473.97
−27.43
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

56 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1241655.00/cwt655.00–655.001,5796
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1386552.88/cwt530.00–590.002,13410
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2396512.50/cwt512.50–512.502,03020
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2419485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,0325
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1426529.75/cwt520.00–540.002,25743
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2472477.50/cwt477.50–477.502,25440
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1473501.19/cwt485.00–535.002,37163
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy479460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,20315
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed500510.00/cwt510.00–510.002,55011
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1532470.07/cwt420.00–495.002,501147
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2532378.86/cwt311.00–410.002,01630
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed553485.00/cwt485.00–485.002,68212
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1568436.26/cwt402.50–465.002,478188
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2587391.81/cwt387.50–395.002,30012
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1632414.35/cwt372.00–447.502,619283
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2635362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,29912
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2651340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,21317
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1669407.77/cwt377.50–425.002,728254
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy688360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,47713
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2714335.24/cwt333.00–337.002,39418
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1724382.24/cwt354.00–407.502,767234
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1775355.65/cwt337.50–377.502,756177
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2796325.00/cwt325.00–325.002,5875
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2815318.99/cwt311.00–324.002,60026
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1819351.27/cwt343.00–358.002,877110
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1879321.58/cwt305.00–331.002,82771
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1977331.08/cwt314.00–337.503,235415
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2989282.87/cwt262.00–297.002,79830
Steers1000–1050Large 11,002326.50/cwt326.50–326.503,27259
Steers1050–1100Large 11,059329.00/cwt329.00–329.003,484231
Steers1100–1150Large 11,128301.00/cwt301.00–301.003,39545
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1326504.98/cwt500.00–510.001,6466
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2366435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,59235
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1369498.58/cwt495.00–505.001,84014
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2403430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,7336
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1427473.92/cwt440.00–490.002,02499
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1475434.69/cwt412.50–480.002,065131
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2518360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,8659
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1530423.24/cwt395.00–465.002,243164
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2571360.74/cwt350.00–370.002,06011
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1576412.69/cwt365.00–440.002,377252
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1627387.46/cwt350.00–425.002,429212
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2629316.95/cwt302.50–325.001,99426
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1668364.75/cwt338.00–390.002,437167
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2669290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,9408
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1722359.70/cwt332.50–375.002,59791
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy740330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,44214
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2780296.93/cwt271.00–315.002,31619
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1787335.36/cwt321.00–342.502,639259
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1831322.83/cwt314.00–334.002,683217
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2838297.00/cwt297.00–297.002,4895
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1887312.00/cwt312.00–312.002,7679
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1934293.25/cwt283.00–317.002,739139
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1987285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,813130
Heifers1000–1050Large 11,006273.00/cwt273.00–273.002,7467
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1678290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,9663

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.