Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2026-05-04

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-05-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-04

Feeder Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, May 4

● Final28 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026

← Apr 27May 4May 11 →

Receipts

1,893 head

▲ 16 vs last sale 1,877▼ 103 vs year ago 1,996 · −5.2%

View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers mostly steady, except steers 950-1000 lbs instance to 6.00 higher, and heifers 900-950 lbs 8.00 to 10.00 higher. A large offering for this time of the year, many long strings offered in full loads and multiple load lots. Flesh condition ranged from light and attractive to heavy, over fleshed. Buyers were cautious about bidding on cattle carrying a heavy amount of flesh. New all time, historical high fat cattle prices last week, but the last two trading days the CME cattle complex has been much lower, yet the market at the auction was still very active.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $484.22/cwt on 23 head, up $4.17 from the prior sale. That ranks 16 of 23 comparable sales and sits +10.25 against this barn's trailing median of $473.97.

Average price

$484.22

▲ 4.17 vs prior sale

23 head · 540 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,615

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−8.01

vs SD average

−3.33 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	540	484.22	2,615	23

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 sale23 hd

484.22

—

SD average3 barns · 137 hd

492.23

−8.01

National average180 barns · 14,267 hd

487.55

−3.33

This barn, trailing median23 sales

473.97

+10.25

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

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

28 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	365	640.00/cwt	640.00–640.00	2,336	3
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	540	484.22/cwt	465.00–495.00	2,615	23
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	692	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,976	6
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	737	405.36/cwt	385.00–420.00	2,988	12
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	739	375.00/cwt	375.00–375.00	2,771	5
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	778	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	2,995	9
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	795	378.00/cwt	378.00–378.00	3,005	22
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	882	353.00/cwt	353.00–353.00	3,113	48
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	889	355.50/cwt	355.50–355.50	3,160	90
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	913	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	3,205	122
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1-2	925	336.00/cwt	336.00–336.00	3,108	8
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	973	334.32/cwt	321.00–339.00	3,253	376
Steers	1000–1050	Large 1	1,025	321.50/cwt	321.50–321.50	3,295	59
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,067	320.68/cwt	317.50–326.75	3,422	217
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	415	475.00/cwt	475.00–475.00	1,971	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	486	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,211	6
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	535	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	2,087	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	643	424.00/cwt	424.00–424.00	2,726	9
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	684	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	2,914	18
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	761	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	2,740	4
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	790	367.50/cwt	367.50–367.50	2,903	10
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	817	338.00/cwt	338.00–338.00	2,761	31
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	832	341.68/cwt	332.00–345.00	2,843	44
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	868	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	2,821	5
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	914	322.02/cwt	321.00–324.00	2,943	340
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	946	313.00/cwt	313.00–313.00	2,961	65
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	951	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	2,901	66
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	977	324.50/cwt	324.50–324.50	3,170	60

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.

South Dakota feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Sioux Falls Regional Cattle Auction - Worthing, SD

Mon May 4, 2026

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Sioux Falls, SD (LS-SF)

Receipts 1,893Last week 1,877Year ago 1,996

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
31	800–850	817	338.00	338.00
65	900–950	946	313.00	313.00
66	950–1000	951	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	415	475.00	475.00
6	450–500	486	455.00	455.00
5	500–550	535	390.00	390.00
9	600–650	643	424.00	424.00
4	750–800	761	360.00	360.00
44	800–850	832	332.00–345.00	341.68
340	900–950	914	321.00–324.00	322.02
60	950–1000	977	324.50	324.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
18	650–700	684	426.00	426.00
10	750–800	790	367.50	367.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	850–900	868	325.00	325.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	365	640.00	640.00
23	500–550	540	465.00–495.00	484.22
6	650–700	692	430.00	430.00
12	700–750	737	385.00–420.00	405.36
9	750–800	778	385.00	385.00
90	850–900	889	355.50	355.50
122	900–950	913	351.00	351.00
376	950–1000	973	321.00–339.00	334.32

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	700–750	739	375.00	375.00
22	750–800	795	378.00	378.00
48	850–900	882	353.00	353.00
8	900–950	925	336.00	336.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
59	1000–1050	1,025	321.50	321.50
217	1050–1100	1,067	317.50–326.75	320.68

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.