Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2026-02-16

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Feb 16
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Receipts
5,666 head
▲ 468 vs last sale 5,198▲ 1,973 vs year ago 3,693 · +53.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 5.00 higher, instances to 10.00 higher. Feeder heifers unevenly steady. Very good demand again this week for all weights of steers and heifers. With reports of fat cattle up to 246.00 in the north, and up to 249.00 in the south, there was more fuel added to fire under the feeder cattle market. Flesh condition mostly moderate to moderate plus, as the weather has been in the 50s and 60s cattle have been able to easily gain weight and put on a little extra condition. Many long strings of these good home raised steers and heifers, along with long strings of full loads, and multiple load lots of backgrounded steers and heifers. Quality was attractive throughout the sale and the market was very active.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $500.21/cwt on 350 head. That ranks 21 of 23 comparable sales and sits +26.25 against this barn's trailing median of $473.97.
Average price
$500.21
350 head · 551 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,756
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$5
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$28.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.96
vs SD average
+12.86 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548502.382,755323
Medium and Large 1-2582474.262,76027
One grade step is worth $28.12/cwt here — about −$5 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 sale350 hd
500.21
—
SD average8 barns · 1,613 hd
501.18
−0.96
National average178 barns · 13,390 hd
487.35
+12.86
This barn, trailing median23 sales
473.97
+26.25
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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1332607.50/cwt607.50–607.502,0175
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1385584.59/cwt570.00–610.002,25111
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1436568.48/cwt510.00–585.002,47941
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1466553.33/cwt530.00–565.002,57958
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2485500.00/cwt500.00–500.002,42519
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525517.28/cwt505.00–550.002,716185
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy546450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,4575
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1581483.63/cwt470.00–507.502,810133
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2582474.26/cwt467.50–490.002,76027
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1615468.43/cwt450.00–482.502,881350
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1668436.91/cwt415.00–451.002,919237
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2679397.58/cwt375.00–417.502,70015
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1726405.86/cwt393.00–431.002,947567
Steers700–750Medium 1745385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,8689
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1777381.84/cwt365.00–392.002,967401
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1827375.19/cwt357.00–383.503,103508
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1879355.40/cwt347.00–359.003,124193
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy880347.00/cwt347.00–347.003,05413
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2882345.00/cwt345.00–345.003,0439
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy909335.00/cwt335.00–335.003,04523
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1914354.17/cwt342.00–361.003,23799
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2920333.00/cwt333.00–333.003,06413
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1973330.45/cwt328.00–334.003,21533
Steers1000–1050Large 11,011320.24/cwt319.00–323.003,23855
Steers1050–1100Large 11,068308.00/cwt308.00–308.003,28921
Steers1050–1100Large 1-21,088281.00/cwt281.00–281.003,05713
Steers1150–1200Large 11,178275.00/cwt275.00–275.003,2407
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1-2278520.00/cwt520.00–520.001,4463
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1380558.38/cwt520.00–580.002,12213
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1414542.57/cwt505.00–560.002,24618
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1477457.04/cwt450.00–480.002,18050
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2485406.31/cwt382.50–412.501,97172
Heifers450–500Medium 1491390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,9158
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2522385.30/cwt365.00–400.002,01116
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1536425.69/cwt417.50–465.002,28283
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1567421.30/cwt405.00–430.002,38980
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2589388.60/cwt375.00–400.002,28978
Heifers550–600Medium 1595352.50/cwt352.50–352.502,09730
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1626399.93/cwt387.50–422.502,504215
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2632385.61/cwt367.50–395.002,43726
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2666360.00/cwt360.00–360.002,3987
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1677384.63/cwt374.00–394.502,604379
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Fleshy681358.24/cwt357.00–362.502,44034
Heifers700–750Medium 1709339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,40460
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2714335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,3925
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1Fleshy720345.00/cwt345.00–345.002,48432
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723363.65/cwt350.00–382.002,629178
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1771346.61/cwt335.00–367.502,672204
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy817332.53/cwt322.50–339.002,71768
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1823333.69/cwt332.00–345.002,746134
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1878326.61/cwt323.00–330.002,86837
Heifers850–900Medium 1880303.00/cwt303.00–303.002,6668
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1933313.11/cwt312.50–313.252,921165
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1956312.94/cwt305.00–320.002,99248
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1332570.00/cwt570.00–570.001,8927
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1414525.00/cwt525.00–525.002,1747
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2541375.00/cwt375.00–375.002,0294
Beef/Dairy Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2-3555325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,8047
Beef/Dairy Heifers850–900Medium and Large 2-3866274.59/cwt265.00–306.002,37821
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers600–650Medium and Large 2605400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,4205
Beef/Dairy Steers650–700Medium and Large 2-3676255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,72414
Beef/Dairy Steers900–950Medium and Large 2-3921290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,67122

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.