Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2026-09-21

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Sep 21
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Receipts
1,898 head
▲ 693 vs last sale 1,205▲ 579 vs year ago 1,319 · +43.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Few comparable sales of yearling feeder steers and heifers, mostly steady. Moderate to good demand for the long strings of feedyard backgrounded yearlings, good to very good demand for weaned fall calves. The market was pretty active throughout the sale as the cattle futures responded to a friendly Cattle On Feed report. Many long strings of yearlings offered in full loads and multiple load lots, flesh condition moderate to heavy. As corn prices keep climbing and outgoing fed cattle losing money, buyers are hesitant to bid on over-fleshed cattle.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $398.62/cwt on 113 head, down $7.72 from the prior sale. That ranks 6 of 25 comparable sales and sits −15.96 against this barn's trailing median of $414.58.
Average price
$398.62
▼ 7.72 vs prior sale
113 head · 545 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,173
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
+0.61
vs SD average
+42.52 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1545398.622,173113
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 sale113 hd
398.62
—
SD average4 barns · 300 hd
398.01
+0.61
National average179 barns · 11,869 hd
356.10
+42.52
This barn, trailing median25 sales
414.58
−15.96
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

34 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1485458.02/cwt450.00–480.002,22114
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1505424.59/cwt412.50–455.002,1447
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1634400.21/cwt399.00–402.502,53723
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1689403.00/cwt403.00–403.002,77717
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2723368.00/cwt368.00–368.002,6618
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1772372.11/cwt355.50–382.502,87372
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2792341.00/cwt341.00–341.002,70134
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1836343.00/cwt343.00–343.002,8677
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2931321.00/cwt321.00–321.002,98931
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1983312.75/cwt312.75–312.753,074126
Steers1000–1050Large 1-21,020293.00/cwt293.00–293.002,98917
Steers1000–1050Large 11,036295.24/cwt294.00–296.503,059120
Steers1050–1100Large 1Fleshy1,052285.50/cwt285.50–285.503,00364
Steers1050–1100Large 11,083292.23/cwt290.00–296.753,165169
Steers1100–1150Large 11,102291.12/cwt290.50–291.753,208100
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1507416.91/cwt405.00–425.002,11457
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1584380.00/cwt380.00–380.002,21956
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1631376.64/cwt375.00–377.502,37739
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1721363.00/cwt363.00–363.002,61717
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2749338.00/cwt338.00–338.002,53244
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1Fleshy773312.50/cwt312.50–312.502,4165
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1821326.48/cwt311.00–329.002,680147
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy829301.00/cwt301.00–301.002,4958
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy853286.62/cwt286.00–287.002,44534
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2868290.00/cwt290.00–290.002,5179
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1875294.33/cwt286.00–309.002,57590
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1947276.78/cwt276.00–278.002,62128
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1968282.29/cwt280.00–282.502,733131
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1Fleshy981269.00/cwt269.00–269.002,63911
Heifers1000–1050Large 11,032277.00/cwt277.00–277.002,85913
Heifers1000–1050Large 1Fleshy1,041237.00/cwt237.00–237.002,4677
Heifers1050–1100Large 11,069273.00/cwt273.00–273.002,918108
Heifers1100–1150Large 1Fleshy1,117246.87/cwt246.00–248.002,75828
Heifers1150–1200Large 1Fleshy1,184251.00/cwt251.00–251.002,9725

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.