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Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-05-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-18

Feeder Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, May 18

● Final27 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026

← May 11May 18Jun 1 →

Receipts

2,348 head

▼ 3,327 vs last sale 5,675▲ 165 vs year ago 2,183 · +7.6%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers steady. Good to very good demand for all weights of steers and heifers. The market was active as last week's cash fat cattle set another new record high price at 265.00. Long strings of yearlings offered again this week, quality ranged from a little plain to very attractive, flesh ranged from light and right to carrying a little too much. CME Feeder Cattle futures lower today, and the back months of the Live Cattle have cattle feeders concerned.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $441.11/cwt on 9 head, down $15.57 from the prior sale. That ranks 24 of 25 comparable sales and sits +26.53 against this barn's trailing median of $414.58.

Average price

$441.11

▼ 15.57 vs prior sale

9 head · 519 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,287

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$85

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$25.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−15.68

vs SD average

+22.85 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	513	455.00	2,334	4thin
Medium and Large 1-2	523	430.00	2,249	5thin

One grade step is worth $25.00/cwt here — about $85 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale9 hd

441.11

—

SD average3 barns · 402 hd

456.79

−15.68

National average175 barns · 12,602 hd

418.26

+22.85

This barn, trailing median25 sales

414.58

+26.53

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

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

27 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	357	565.00/cwt	565.00–565.00	2,017	3
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,285	4
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	741	407.82/cwt	401.00–415.00	3,022	39
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	784	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	3,144	16
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	799	377.21/cwt	377.00–378.00	3,014	73
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	809	381.00/cwt	381.00–381.00	3,082	71
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	884	356.00/cwt	356.00–356.00	3,147	12
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	916	348.82/cwt	347.00–350.00	3,195	38
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	973	341.02/cwt	338.75–343.00	3,318	243
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1Fleshy	1,051	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	3,206	9
Steers	1050–1100	Large 1	1,073	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	3,401	108
Steers	1100–1150	Large 1	1,149	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	3,585	47
Steers	1250–1300	Large 1	1,258	274.00/cwt	274.00–274.00	3,447	8
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	442	520.00/cwt	520.00–520.00	2,298	5
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	460	480.00/cwt	480.00–480.00	2,208	3
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	513	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	2,334	4
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	430.00/cwt	430.00–430.00	2,249	5
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	648	398.00/cwt	398.00–398.00	2,579	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	696	380.16/cwt	380.00–381.00	2,646	98
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	728	355.00/cwt	355.00–355.00	2,584	13
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	795	342.04/cwt	340.75–345.50	2,719	148
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	820	335.98/cwt	332.00–337.00	2,755	84
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	837	330.00/cwt	330.00–330.00	2,762	16
Heifers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	857	325.33/cwt	321.50–333.50	2,788	120
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	915	311.33/cwt	309.50–313.00	2,849	313
Heifers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	927	321.11/cwt	319.00–322.50	2,977	200
Heifers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	958	308.54/cwt	308.00–310.00	2,956	86

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 18, 2026

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

Receipts 2,348Last week 5,675Year ago 2,183

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	800–850	837	330.00	330.00
313	900–950	915	309.50–313.00	311.33
86	950–1000	958	308.00–310.00	308.54

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	400–450	442	520.00	520.00
4	500–550	513	455.00	455.00
4	600–650	648	398.00	398.00
98	650–700	696	380.00–381.00	380.16
148	750–800	795	340.75–345.50	342.04
84	800–850	820	332.00–337.00	335.98
120	850–900	857	321.50–333.50	325.33
200	900–950	927	319.00–322.50	321.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	450–500	460	480.00	480.00
5	500–550	523	430.00	430.00
13	700–750	728	355.00	355.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	1050–1100	1,051	305.00	305.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
39	700–750	741	401.00–415.00	407.82
16	750–800	784	401.00	401.00
71	800–850	809	381.00	381.00
12	850–900	884	356.00	356.00
38	900–950	916	347.00–350.00	348.82
243	950–1000	973	338.75–343.00	341.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
108	1050–1100	1,073	317.00	317.00
47	1100–1150	1,149	312.00	312.00
8	1250–1300	1,258	274.00	274.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	350–400	357	565.00	565.00
4	450–500	476	480.00	480.00
73	750–800	799	377.00–378.00	377.21

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.