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Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-08-19

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Aug 19

● Final7 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016

← Aug 12Aug 19Aug 26 →

Receipts

799 head

▼ 786 vs last sale 1,585▼ 338 vs year ago 1,137 · −29.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers 12.00-14.00 lower. Heifers much lower on a light test. Trade activity mostly moderate on light to moderate demand on the lower offering. Live cattle CME futures settled lower again today closing under $225 on August contract. Boxed beef choice cutout up $20 from the close last Friday. Weekly cattle slaughter continues to diminish.

Slaughter lambs 10.00 to 20.00 lower. Feeder lambs unevenly steady with attractive quality exhibited. Slaughter ewes 13.00 to 20.00 lower on a large offering. Demand moderate with the big supply today with exception to feeder lambs displaying good demand.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,566	220.00	3,445	6thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,350	228.48	3,084	56
Steers	Choice	Average	1,562	227.36	3,551	270

Every lot

7 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice	1,457	224.91/cwt	223.00–228.00	3,277	40
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,479	237.76/cwt	237.00–238.00	3,516	24
Steers	—	Choice	1,548	226.64/cwt	225.75–227.50	3,508	127
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,662	226.60/cwt	225.00–228.50	3,766	79
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,229	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	2,913	18
Heifers	—	Choice	1,407	224.44/cwt	223.00–229.00	3,158	38
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,566	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	3,445	6

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.

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Sioux Falls Regional Livestock Auction - Worthing, SD

Wed Aug 19, 2026

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

Receipts 799Last week 1,585Year ago 1,137

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	1,662	225.00–228.50	226.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	1,457	223.00–228.00	224.91
127	—	1,548	225.75–227.50	226.64

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,479	237.00–238.00	237.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,229	237.00	237.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,407	223.00–229.00	224.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,566	220.00	220.00

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.