Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2026-08-17

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Aug 17
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Receipts
3,173 head
▲ 921 vs last sale 2,252▲ 681 vs year ago 2,492 · +27.3%
View

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers over 900 lbs and heavier 5.00 to 10.00 lower, feeder heifers 10.00 to 20.00 lower. Moderate demand for yearling steers and heifers after the sharp downturn of the futures contracts and cash fed cattle markets. Many long strings of yearlings on offer, flesh ranged from light to heavy, heavier fleshed cattle found few bidders. The market was still pretty active, in spite of a rash of unfriendly news last weeks. Cattle feeders are approaching the feeder market very cautiously, as the cattle they placed earlier are facing negative closeouts if things don't improve.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $394.88/cwt on 56 head, down $5.95 from the prior sale. That ranks 4 of 25 comparable sales and sits −19.70 against this barn's trailing median of $414.58.
Average price
$394.88
▼ 5.95 vs prior sale
56 head · 562 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,218
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$29
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$8.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.42
vs SD average
+43.96 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2558401.362,24111thin
Medium and Large 1563393.292,21345
One grade step is worth $8.07/cwt here — about $29 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 sale56 hd
394.88
—
SD average2 barns · 61 hd
395.30
−0.42
National average160 barns · 5,295 hd
350.92
+43.96
This barn, trailing median25 sales
414.58
−19.70
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

52 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1386515.00/cwt515.00–515.001,9884
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2566450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,5474
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed581460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,6734
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1610410.00/cwt410.00–410.002,5013
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2647390.00/cwt390.00–390.002,5236
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1-2666367.96/cwt363.00–375.002,45122
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1736353.00/cwt353.00–353.002,59813
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy789342.50/cwt342.50–342.502,70226
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1811346.64/cwt332.00–350.002,81185
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy833290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,4166
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2845315.00/cwt315.00–315.002,6624
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2866323.00/cwt323.00–323.002,7977
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1879326.76/cwt305.00–332.002,872217
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1904318.00/cwt318.00–318.002,87558
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2930297.00/cwt297.00–297.002,76213
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy942293.00/cwt293.00–293.002,7605
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1965316.03/cwt309.00–318.003,050268
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2995291.00/cwt291.00–291.002,8957
Steers1000–1050Large 11,028303.09/cwt303.00–303.503,11672
Steers1000–1050Large 1Fleshy1,031291.50/cwt291.50–291.503,005121
Steers1050–1100Large 11,055298.35/cwt296.00–303.003,148179
Steers1100–1150Large 11,144265.00/cwt265.00–265.003,0326
Steers1150–1200Large 1-21,163266.00/cwt266.00–266.003,09413
Steers1150–1200Large 11,165270.00/cwt270.00–270.003,14623
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1-2327535.00/cwt535.00–535.001,7493
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1375485.00/cwt485.00–485.001,81911
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed383475.00/cwt475.00–475.001,8196
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1421430.00/cwt430.00–430.001,8104
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Fleshy544380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,0677
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2549405.00/cwt405.00–405.002,2237
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1566395.74/cwt393.00–410.002,24038
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2575395.00/cwt395.00–395.002,2714
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed616418.00/cwt418.00–418.002,57510
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1616386.93/cwt385.00–400.002,38338
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy642364.00/cwt364.00–364.002,337127
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed664404.00/cwt404.00–404.002,68311
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1-2678338.03/cwt330.00–347.502,29213
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1681380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,58815
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1705347.00/cwt347.00–347.002,44637
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy775293.78/cwt290.00–300.002,27718
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1782315.74/cwt302.00–321.002,469104
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1-2804305.00/cwt305.00–305.002,45228
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy819298.87/cwt298.00–301.002,44817
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1833307.48/cwt304.00–310.002,561326
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1888291.56/cwt287.75–298.752,589341
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1923284.22/cwt280.00–289.002,62323
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1Fleshy929276.16/cwt276.00–279.002,566106
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1-2938283.00/cwt283.00–283.002,65511
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1Fleshy970277.67/cwt270.00–286.502,693239
Heifers1000–1050Large 1Fleshy1,016266.50/cwt266.50–266.502,708162
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1-2524355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,8607
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers700–750Medium and Large 2-3748332.50/cwt332.50–332.502,4876

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.