Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2026-01-19

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Jan 19
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Receipts
6,156 head
▲ 3,239 vs last sale 2,917▼ 150 vs year ago 6,306 · −2.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers unevenly steady, except 700-800 lbs steers 10.00 to 15.00 lower. Very good demand for this very large offering of home raised steers and heifers, along with a couple of consignments of long strings of yearling steers and heifers. The market was active, yet there was some pressure on the market due to the sharp declines in the cattle futures contracts last Friday. The market remains the most active on those lighter weight steers and heifers, as fewer of those light cattle in the offering. Flesh condition continues to run more towards the moderate to moderate plus as until this past weekend the weather was incredibly mild for January, cattle have been able to gain weight very easily. Prices achieved this week reflected the heavier flesh condition. Below zero temps overnight and more in the forecast for this week. Quality of home raised calves was really attractive overall. Long strings and full loads, including multiple loads commanded top prices. Flesh condition of yearlings was mostly moderate and sold accordingly, the market was active as full loads of yearlings are hard to find.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $471.36/cwt on 493 head. That ranks 12 of 23 comparable sales and sits −2.61 against this barn's trailing median of $473.97.
Average price
$471.36
493 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,627
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$302
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$65.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−24.37
vs SD average
+6.03 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1556477.892,656444
Medium and Large 1-2571412.152,35449
One grade step is worth $65.74/cwt here — about $302 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale493 hd
471.36
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SD average6 barns · 2,943 hd
495.73
−24.37
National average169 barns · 18,411 hd
465.33
+6.03
This barn, trailing median23 sales
473.97
−2.61
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

62 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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1227710.00/cwt710.00–710.001,6123
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1312653.95/cwt640.00–685.002,0407
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1383621.93/cwt615.00–625.002,38220
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1421574.24/cwt550.00–610.002,41855
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1Unweaned427540.00/cwt540.00–540.002,3069
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2441498.56/cwt480.00–505.002,19915
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1465532.81/cwt505.00–555.002,478121
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2486505.00/cwt505.00–505.002,4544
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy526463.41/cwt455.00–480.002,43833
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned526440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,3145
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2528455.00/cwt455.00–455.002,4025
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1532505.93/cwt485.00–537.502,692171
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2576407.28/cwt400.00–410.002,34644
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578460.33/cwt420.00–477.502,661235
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1626439.97/cwt420.00–460.002,754364
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2629375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,35936
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1672424.00/cwt404.00–457.502,849435
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1726391.19/cwt370.00–404.002,840425
Steers700–750Medium 1740310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,29413
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy748363.00/cwt363.00–363.002,71511
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1772371.49/cwt358.00–385.002,868320
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2786354.00/cwt354.00–354.002,7828
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy790346.85/cwt341.00–351.002,74019
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1820365.41/cwt355.00–373.002,996396
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy837348.52/cwt348.00–349.002,91723
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy858339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,9097
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1859351.09/cwt345.00–358.003,01639
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy910315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,86719
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1914351.42/cwt347.00–354.503,21283
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Full918330.00/cwt330.00–330.003,0296
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1979339.00/cwt339.00–339.003,31957
Steers1050–1100Large 1-21,057277.00/cwt277.00–277.002,9287
Steers1050–1100Large 11,097325.00/cwt325.00–325.003,565109
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1255650.00/cwt650.00–650.001,6583
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1Fleshy291530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,5426
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1336516.58/cwt515.00–517.501,73614
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1361515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,8597
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1422485.74/cwt470.00–520.002,05050
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Fleshy461445.00/cwt445.00–445.002,05113
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1471498.08/cwt460.00–535.002,346111
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed512490.00/cwt490.00–490.002,5099
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1530453.47/cwt425.00–472.502,403273
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1579429.23/cwt400.00–462.502,485201
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2580367.67/cwt325.00–395.002,13235
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Replacement600425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,55020
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2620350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,17021
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1635392.73/cwt365.00–414.002,494299
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Replacement676399.55/cwt399.00–400.002,70159
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1677381.07/cwt362.00–389.002,580236
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2713330.00/cwt330.00–330.002,35310
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy716325.94/cwt323.00–332.002,33474
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1722358.97/cwt345.00–372.502,592239
Heifers700–750Medium 1Fleshy743292.50/cwt292.50–292.502,1738
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy768322.00/cwt322.00–322.002,47331
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1769344.89/cwt326.00–363.002,652173
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1811329.09/cwt320.00–333.002,669109
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy828310.00/cwt310.00–310.002,56714
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1884309.04/cwt305.00–310.502,73219
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1928300.43/cwt292.50–310.502,788113
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy939285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,6767
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1970290.91/cwt288.50–292.252,822173
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1730357.00/cwt357.00–357.002,60613

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.