Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2026-06-24

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Jun 24
● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016
Receipts
1,045 head
▲ 109 vs last sale 936▲ 158 vs year ago 887 · +17.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers and heifers 5.00 to 8.00 lower. Demand moderate at best for this offering of hard fed, high quality grading steers and heifers. Lighter weight cattle seen this week, yet packer buyers weren't going to compete very hard to buy cattle. 6 full loads of steers in the offering, 2 full loads of heifers, balance part loads and stock trailer loads.

Slaughter lambs 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter ewes traded mixed, Good flesh ewes unevenly steady, Utility ewes 10.00 to 20.00 lower. Good demand for all weights of slaughter lambs, very good demand for feeder lambs as there were many buyers on the seats wanting to buy these light lambs, demand for slaughter ewes more moderate.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Beef/Dairy HeifersChoiceLow1,380254.433,51031
Beef/Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,495255.773,82410
Dairy SteersChoiceAverage1,579232.933,67854
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,168263.533,07827
HeifersChoiceAverage1,338258.073,453165
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,316264.463,48075
SteersChoiceAverage1,574257.654,056268

Every lot

11 lots · USDA AMS · Sioux Falls Regional Livestock 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
Slaughter Cattle · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,316264.46/cwt260.50–270.003,48075
Steers—Choice1,472258.00/cwt258.00–258.003,79816
Steers—Choice1,569258.06/cwt255.00–258.754,049208
Steers—ChoiceHeavy Weight1,637255.59/cwt255.50–256.004,18444
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,168263.53/cwt262.00–264.503,07827
Heifers—Choice1,336257.92/cwt254.00–259.503,446153
Heifers—ChoiceCertified Prgms1,366260.00/cwt260.00–260.003,55212
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers—Choice1,579232.93/cwt230.00–239.003,67854
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers—Choice1,281250.50/cwt250.50–250.503,2098
Beef/Dairy Heifers—Choice1,414255.80/cwt252.00–259.003,61723
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers—Choice1,495255.77/cwt254.50–257.003,82410

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.