Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2026-01-12

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Jan 12
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Receipts
5,330 head
▼ 885 vs last sale 6,215▼ 1,837 vs year ago 7,167 · −25.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 650 lbs mostly steady, instances of 10.00 to 15.00 higher on 500-550 lbs, 650-850 lbs 5.00 to 13.00 higher, over 850 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 700 lbs 10.00 to 15.00 higher, instances to 30.00 higher under 500 lbs, over 700 lbs steady to 5.00 higher. Very good demand for this very large offering of home raised steers and heifers. Quality was very attractive throughout the sale. Many long strings, ample smaller consignments as well, including full load lots. The market was incredibly active as there were a lot of farmer feeder buyers on the seats who were ready to buy cattle. The cash fed cattle market finished the week at 233.00, some at 234.00, along with gains in the futures complex and sharply lower corn futures helped to add some additional enthusiasm to an already stout feeder cattle market. Special feeder cattle sale tomorrow, Tues. Jan. 13, 2026 expecting another large offering.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $489.37/cwt on 479 head. That ranks 17 of 22 comparable sales and sits +15.24 against this barn's trailing median of $474.13.
Average price
$489.37
479 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,743
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$132
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$21.11/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.54
vs SD average
+17.39 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1561489.682,745472
Medium and Large 1-2558468.572,6137thin
One grade step is worth $21.11/cwt here — about $132 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 sale479 hd
489.37
—
SD average7 barns · 2,309 hd
493.92
−4.54
National average187 barns · 29,067 hd
471.98
+17.39
This barn, trailing median22 sales
474.13
+15.24
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

22 sales
532474416357median 474.1303/0204/0606/0108/0310/26
Steers 500–600 lb: high $518.21, low $371.25, median $474.13 across 22 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

46 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1337646.30/cwt630.00–680.002,1786
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1362646.28/cwt640.00–665.002,3408
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1416562.38/cwt530.00–590.002,34025
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2444525.00/cwt525.00–525.002,3314
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1476533.03/cwt500.00–550.002,53776
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1521522.98/cwt485.00–547.502,725175
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2548490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,6853
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2565452.50/cwt452.50–452.502,5574
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1584470.06/cwt427.50–495.002,745297
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1626446.47/cwt417.50–465.002,795214
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2670378.23/cwt376.00–380.002,53411
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1681423.09/cwt395.00–449.002,881620
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1717405.48/cwt389.00–418.002,907323
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy737377.43/cwt372.00–385.002,78253
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2748375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,80516
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1776384.19/cwt364.00–399.002,981485
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2799359.00/cwt359.00–359.002,8688
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1814366.51/cwt359.00–376.002,983174
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1883353.67/cwt351.00–357.003,12378
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1931343.43/cwt340.00–353.003,197133
Steers1050–1100Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,094307.00/cwt307.00–307.003,35934
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2307455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,3973
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1334552.83/cwt520.00–570.001,84612
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1382518.92/cwt500.00–530.001,98222
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1436515.00/cwt515.00–515.002,24519
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2465442.50/cwt442.50–442.502,0587
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1470490.65/cwt470.00–505.002,306107
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2506382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,9356
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1531455.47/cwt422.50–490.002,419232
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy568396.00/cwt396.00–396.002,2499
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1584420.91/cwt407.50–480.002,458128
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2591373.76/cwt372.50–375.002,20912
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623402.28/cwt370.00–421.002,506511
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Replacement665409.00/cwt409.00–409.002,72083
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy672358.71/cwt352.50–360.002,41143
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1679383.43/cwt369.00–402.502,603274
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1722370.06/cwt347.50–380.002,672133
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Replacement725395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,86438
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2725342.00/cwt342.00–342.002,4808
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1774347.16/cwt336.00–364.002,687240
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1828334.43/cwt332.00–346.002,76985
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy878310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,7225
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1897321.50/cwt321.50–321.502,88426
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1996290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,88813
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1493492.71/cwt485.00–495.002,42917
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1503475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,38911

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.