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Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-05-21
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-21

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, May 21

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016

← May 14May 21May 28 →

Receipts

771 head

▲ 122 vs last sale 649▼ 297 vs year ago 1,068 · −27.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers and heifers steady to 4.00 higher. Very good demand for this seasonal offering of steers and heifers. Just 1 full load of steers, with the balance being stock trailer loads. The market was active after last week saw another new all-time high in the direct cash fed cattle market. Boxed beef values have risen to just under 360.00, helping to support the market. Supplies of market ready cattle continue to be tight.

Non-traditional weight slaughter lambs 5.00 to 15.00 lower, traditional slaughter weight lambs 10.00 to 15.00 higher. Moderate to good demand for non-traditional slaughter lambs, very good demand for traditional weights. Slaughter ewes steady to 5.00 lower. Moderate to good demand for feeder lambs.

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	1,447	227.60	3,293	32
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,506	225.35	3,393	65
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,440	189.66	2,731	9thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,369	231.22	3,166	120
Steers	Choice	Average	1,585	230.67	3,656	196

Every lot

12 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 · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice	1,438	230.24/cwt	229.00–231.50	3,311	30
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,480	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	3,478	10
Steers	—	Choice	1,553	230.98/cwt	227.00–234.00	3,587	70
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,639	232.97/cwt	230.50–238.00	3,818	73
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,876	213.80/cwt	210.00–223.00	4,011	13
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,336	231.06/cwt	229.00–233.00	3,087	75
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,385	231.97/cwt	228.50–235.00	3,213	38
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,643	228.85/cwt	228.00–230.00	3,760	7
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,440	189.66/cwt	188.00–191.00	2,731	9
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,447	227.60/cwt	225.00–231.00	3,293	32
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,438	226.23/cwt	223.00–230.00	3,253	30
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,564	224.60/cwt	221.00–227.75	3,513	35

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 Livestock Auction - Worthing, SD

Wed May 21, 2025

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

Receipts 771Last week 649Year ago 1,068

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,440	188.00–191.00	189.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,447	225.00–231.00	227.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,564	221.00–227.75	224.60
30	—	1,438	223.00–230.00	226.23

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	1,553	227.00–234.00	230.98
30	—	1,438	229.00–231.50	230.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,876	210.00–223.00	213.80

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
73	—	1,639	230.50–238.00	232.97
10	—	1,480	235.00	235.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
38	—	1,385	228.50–235.00	231.97
7	—	1,643	228.00–230.00	228.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	1,336	229.00–233.00	231.06

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.