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Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-03-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-03-26

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Mar 26

● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016

← Mar 19Mar 26Apr 2 →

Receipts

1,040 head

▼ 17 vs last sale 1,057▲ 835 vs year ago 205 · +407.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers and heifers 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Good demand for slaughter cattle this week after last week's sharp advance in the direct country trade, yet not all packer buyers were wiling to chase cattle further than where the April CME Live Cattle contract was at today. The quality remains very high as the cattle continue to weigh very heavy and are clean hided, for the most part. The weather has remained ideal for feeding cattle and they have continued to perform very well. The quality grade is high and dressing percents are fair because of how well finished they are. Estimated dressed cost looks to be around 335.00. 10 full loads of steers and heifers, balance part loads and stock trailer loads.

Slaughter lambs unevenly steady, except lambs 150 lbs up to 15.00 higher. Slaughter ewes steady to weak. Good demand for slaughter lambs, but with the large supply of light lambs buyers did have to compete as heavily to get them bought. Moderate to good demand for slaughter ewes. Good demand for feeder lambs and bred ewes.

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
Beef/Dairy Heifers	Choice	Average	1,586	208.19	3,302	9thin
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,628	208.43	3,394	94
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,470	176.65	2,597	11
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,445	210.50	3,041	263
Steers	Choice	Average	1,619	210.68	3,410	260
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,518	206.00	3,127	4thin

Every lot

13 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice	1,483	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	3,099	23
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,488	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	3,184	8
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,518	206.00/cwt	206.00–206.00	3,127	4
Steers	—	Choice	1,529	210.19/cwt	208.00–211.75	3,214	15
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,595	214.69/cwt	213.00–215.50	3,424	38
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,655	209.93/cwt	209.00–213.00	3,474	176
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,367	210.49/cwt	210.00–213.00	2,877	17
Heifers	—	Choice	1,450	210.50/cwt	208.00–211.50	3,052	246
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,462	211.94/cwt	210.50–213.00	3,099	15
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,660	207.76/cwt	204.00–209.50	3,449	79
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,521	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	3,194	4
Beef/Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,638	206.75/cwt	206.75–206.75	3,387	5
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,470	176.65/cwt	175.00–177.00	2,597	11

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 Mar 26, 2025

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

Receipts 1,040Last week 1,057Year ago 205

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,462	210.50–213.00	211.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	1,660	204.00–209.50	207.76

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
176	—	1,655	209.00–213.00	209.93

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,488	214.00	214.00
38	—	1,595	213.00–215.50	214.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,529	208.00–211.75	210.19
23	—	1,483	209.00	209.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,518	206.00	206.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,521	210.00	210.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,638	206.75	206.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,367	210.00–213.00	210.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
246	—	1,450	208.00–211.50	210.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,470	175.00–177.00	176.65

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.