Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2026-02-02

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Feb 2
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Receipts
5,021 head
▲ 98 vs last sale 4,923▲ 700 vs year ago 4,321 · +16.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 5.00 higher, except 650-750 lbs 7.00 to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers 10.00 to 20.00 higher, except 950-1000 lbs 8.00 to 15.00 lower. Very good demand for all weights of steers and heifers. The market was very active as there was more optimism infused in the market after last week's cash fed cattle trade topped at 241.00. CME Live Cattle futures gained over 2.00 today, Feeder Cattle nearly 6.00, which also helped to propel the feeder cattle market higher. Many long strings of very attractive, home raised steers and heifers, along with full loads of big calves and several strings of yearlings offered in full and multiple load lots. Flesh on the yearlings ran towards the heavy side. Farmer feeder buyers remain very active bidders as they are wanting to add some value to their corn crop.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $486.66/cwt on 333 head. That ranks 17 of 23 comparable sales and sits +12.69 against this barn's trailing median of $473.97.
Average price
$486.66
333 head · 566 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,755
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$105
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$30.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.30
vs SD average
+3.63 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1565488.312,761315
Medium and Large 1-2580457.782,65618thin
One grade step is worth $30.53/cwt here — about $105 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 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 sale333 hd
486.66
—
SD average6 barns · 1,363 hd
489.96
−3.30
National average143 barns · 13,122 hd
483.03
+3.63
This barn, trailing median23 sales
473.97
+12.69
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

57 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1329600.00/cwt600.00–600.001,9745
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1390613.73/cwt605.00–645.002,39432
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2392510.00/cwt510.00–510.001,9995
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1422574.90/cwt550.00–625.002,42634
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1474555.28/cwt530.00–587.502,63278
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1533509.72/cwt495.00–540.002,71778
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2546520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,8394
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1576481.26/cwt462.50–508.002,772237
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2590440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,59614
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1628448.27/cwt427.00–465.002,815249
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy649425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,7587
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1682424.67/cwt410.00–445.002,896366
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1722406.73/cwt387.50–419.002,937330
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2749355.00/cwt355.00–355.002,6598
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2768362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,78015
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1778383.31/cwt374.00–391.002,982265
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1814368.43/cwt357.00–373.002,999352
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2827340.00/cwt340.00–340.002,81216
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1877358.64/cwt353.00–368.003,145266
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy921331.05/cwt328.00–334.003,04947
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1937347.50/cwt340.00–352.753,256176
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2939333.00/cwt333.00–333.003,12723
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1985330.01/cwt327.00–343.003,25137
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1Fleshy993313.00/cwt313.00–313.003,1086
Steers1000–1050Large 11,006332.50/cwt332.50–332.503,34525
Steers1000–1050Large 1Fleshy1,025314.00/cwt314.00–314.003,21953
Steers1050–1100Large 11,067314.00/cwt314.00–314.003,35031
Steers1200–1250Large 1Fleshy1,203262.00/cwt262.00–262.003,15211
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1-2243670.00/cwt670.00–670.001,6283
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1336620.00/cwt620.00–620.002,0836
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1370589.15/cwt560.00–620.002,18036
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2393504.65/cwt500.00–515.001,98313
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed406550.00/cwt550.00–550.002,2336
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1436505.38/cwt470.00–530.002,20333
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed450550.00/cwt550.00–550.002,47510
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1473502.61/cwt480.00–530.002,37781
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2497390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,9387
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523466.25/cwt430.00–505.002,438131
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy568390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,2155
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1578436.11/cwt405.00–465.002,521238
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy616385.09/cwt382.50–387.502,37219
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2621379.00/cwt379.00–379.002,35421
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1626405.36/cwt390.00–426.002,538193
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1674385.80/cwt375.00–401.002,600170
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy689367.50/cwt367.50–367.502,5327
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Replacement704388.00/cwt388.00–388.002,73217
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1729362.79/cwt355.00–375.002,645230
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy740320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,3687
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1770353.87/cwt348.00–360.002,72541
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy771342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,6418
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1830345.68/cwt342.00–351.502,869129
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2832320.00/cwt320.00–320.002,66217
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1864324.00/cwt324.00–324.002,79934
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy878319.00/cwt319.00–319.002,8019
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1906320.70/cwt318.00–324.002,90653
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1963292.71/cwt292.50–293.002,819151
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1Fleshy972285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,770142

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.