Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2026-01-26

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Jan 26
● Final47 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Receipts
4,923 head
▼ 1,233 vs last sale 6,156▼ 1,624 vs year ago 6,547 · −24.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 5.00 higher, except 550-600 lbs 10.00 to 25.00 higher. Feeder heifers mostly steady, except 500-550 lbs and 950-1000 lbs 5.00 to 8.00 higher. Very good demand for this very large offering of high quality steers and heifers. Many long strings of home raised steers and heifers, including 1 consignment of 950 head of steers and heifers. Many full loads and multiple load lots. Flesh condition moderate to heavy at times, cattle have been able to easily gain weight as the winter was mild until this last week where temps fell to -20 and wind chills of -40. Farmer feeders remain very active bidders. The market was very active throughout the sale as optimism is building as the cash fed cattle market moves to 236.00 and Cattle On Feed reports continue to show fewer cattle on feed, and fewer placed on feed compared to last year.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $485.59/cwt on 360 head. That ranks 17 of 23 comparable sales and sits +11.62 against this barn's trailing median of $473.97.
Average price
$485.59
360 head · 558 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,711
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$154
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$52.79/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.30
vs SD average
+1.49 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1557487.792,717345
Medium and Large 1-2589435.002,56215thin
One grade step is worth $52.79/cwt here — about $154 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 sale360 hd
485.59
—
SD average6 barns · 1,701 hd
484.29
+1.30
National average63 barns · 7,974 hd
484.10
+1.49
This barn, trailing median23 sales
473.97
+11.62
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

47 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2351550.00/cwt550.00–550.001,9315
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1384615.87/cwt610.00–650.002,36519
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418585.02/cwt555.00–610.002,44547
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2444440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,9545
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1467535.59/cwt530.00–550.002,50133
Steers450–500Medium 1491420.00/cwt420.00–420.002,06210
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1532507.38/cwt495.00–531.002,699109
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1567481.75/cwt468.00–510.002,732224
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2589435.00/cwt435.00–435.002,56215
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy595422.50/cwt422.50–422.502,51412
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1632438.17/cwt415.00–460.002,769176
Steers650–700Medium 1650375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,43821
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2667370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,4687
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1680417.08/cwt400.00–450.002,836414
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1726395.00/cwt380.00–413.002,868185
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2728347.50/cwt347.50–347.502,53012
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1778379.50/cwt371.00–389.002,953216
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1818371.87/cwt354.00–378.503,042290
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy853341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,9098
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1884349.29/cwt342.00–367.003,088223
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1917340.59/cwt333.00–356.253,123515
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2932333.00/cwt333.00–333.003,10410
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1Fleshy987314.33/cwt313.00–315.003,10235
Steers1050–1100Large 1-21,061320.00/cwt320.00–320.003,39513
Steers1100–1150Large 1Fleshy1,103290.00/cwt290.00–290.003,19910
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2284580.00/cwt580.00–580.001,6477
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1337620.00/cwt620.00–620.002,0893
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1419484.30/cwt465.00–505.002,02922
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Fleshy428460.00/cwt460.00–460.001,9695
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2473470.00/cwt470.00–470.002,2236
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1482488.02/cwt475.00–505.002,35273
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1529466.00/cwt447.50–480.002,465125
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2558330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,8417
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1579430.01/cwt400.00–450.002,49092
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy580375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,1755
Heifers550–600Medium 1589355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,0917
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1623396.45/cwt379.00–410.002,470342
Heifers600–650Medium 1640370.00/cwt370.00–370.002,36816
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1682369.75/cwt351.00–396.002,522193
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1735352.84/cwt346.00–359.002,593361
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1770344.65/cwt338.00–352.002,654172
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy790328.59/cwt327.00–332.002,59622
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1805333.07/cwt331.00–334.002,68129
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1858331.62/cwt324.50–346.002,845165
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1904296.65/cwt293.00–321.002,68297
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1987300.46/cwt300.00–301.002,966261
Heifers1050–1100Large 11,058298.00/cwt298.00–298.003,15351

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.