Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2026-03-23

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Mar 23
● Final37 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Receipts
3,577 head
▲ 2,791 vs last sale 786▲ 207 vs year ago 3,370 · +6.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Too lightly tested last week for an accurate comparison with exception to 900-950 lb heifers steady to 1.00 higher. A full variety on offer today for all types of buyers with several packages of lightweight, green calves and multiple strings and loads of heavier feeders that have been backgrounded and will continue to gain. Demand good to very good with active bidding indicating buyers were focused on taking advantage of the quality and volume to fill up pens and inventory. A few packages of cattle showed mud and flesh, but the majority were sleek and clean appearing.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $434.55/cwt on 103 head, up $2.81 from the prior sale (only 19 head in that comparison). That ranks 21 of 25 comparable sales and sits +19.97 against this barn's trailing median of $414.58.
Average price
$434.55
▲ 2.81 vs prior sale
103 head · 552 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,399
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−10.70
vs SD average
+9.36 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1552434.552,399103
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale103 hd
434.55
—
SD average5 barns · 452 hd
445.25
−10.70
National average176 barns · 15,314 hd
425.19
+9.36
This barn, trailing median25 sales
414.58
+19.97
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

25 sales
498447397346median 414.5803/0204/1306/1509/1411/02
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $484.12, low $359.91, median $414.58 across 25 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

37 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1422550.00/cwt550.00–550.002,32111
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1-2484515.00/cwt515.00–515.002,49311
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1486544.63/cwt544.50–545.002,64725
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1531486.25/cwt470.00–502.502,58212
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1578470.54/cwt455.00–482.502,72043
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1630446.39/cwt424.00–459.002,812150
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1674422.96/cwt408.00–437.502,85161
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1721406.62/cwt392.00–420.002,932169
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1762386.81/cwt364.00–396.002,94738
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2806342.90/cwt342.50–345.002,76432
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1821370.86/cwt367.00–383.003,045114
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2874322.43/cwt315.00–330.002,81810
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1879352.62/cwt345.00–362.003,100332
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1924341.49/cwt329.00–343.003,155100
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1966327.10/cwt287.00–332.503,160386
Steers1000–1050Large 11,013312.75/cwt311.00–320.503,16874
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2356485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,7275
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1426523.08/cwt510.00–531.002,22816
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1488475.00/cwt475.00–475.002,31810
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1534446.53/cwt445.00–460.002,38450
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1569423.25/cwt400.00–442.502,40853
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1618406.70/cwt375.00–424.002,513111
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1-2633339.00/cwt339.00–339.002,14611
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2665335.00/cwt335.00–335.002,22810
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1679392.08/cwt372.50–399.002,662133
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1725371.22/cwt342.50–389.002,691123
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2735320.34/cwt310.00–327.002,35410
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1769350.27/cwt334.00–383.502,694343
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2816305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,4899
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1821323.19/cwt313.00–333.002,653206
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2855292.00/cwt292.00–292.002,4978
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1873311.02/cwt306.00–314.002,715202
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy881276.00/cwt276.00–276.002,43213
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1917300.37/cwt297.00–306.502,754162
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1952291.29/cwt291.00–292.002,77394
Heifers1000–1050Large 11,014285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,89014
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1730350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,5557

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.