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Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2025-12-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-12-17

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Dec 17

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016

← Dec 10Dec 17Dec 30 →

Receipts

2,225 head

▲ 702 vs last sale 1,523▲ 1,135 vs year ago 1,090 · +104.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers and heifers mostly steady. Light to moderate demand for this large offering of high quality grading steers and heifer, as not all packer buyers participated. CME Live Cattle contracts at 230.00, but with packer margins deteriorating the market was not very active. Boxed beef values continue their decline again today, down to 356.00 for Choice boxes. Cattle were carrying some tag as snows have been frequent, along with rain last week and above freezing temps have made it difficult to keep cattle dry. There was a large offering as the next slaughter cattle auction will be Tuesday Dec. 30, 2025.

Slaughter lambs under 100 lbs 10.00 to 20.00 higher, over 100 lbs steady to 5.00 lower. Feeder lambs firm. Slaughter ewes steady. A very large offering of sheep and goats this week, the market was very active on those non-traditional weight slaughter lambs as there was very good demand for those kinds. Good demand yet for the traditional weight lambs, but there was a little pressure on the market. Very good demand remains for slaughter ewes. Good demand for the bred ewes. Very good demand for all weights and classes of goats.

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	1,531	219.02	3,353	56
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,647	218.45	3,598	145
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,571	205.58	3,230	14
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,421	222.79	3,165	609
Steers	Select	Average	1,233	240.00	2,959	4thin
Steers	Choice	Average	1,613	222.83	3,594	825
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,471	218.00	3,207	7thin

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 · Steers7 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,233	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	2,959	4
Steers	—	Choice	1,469	224.43/cwt	222.00–225.50	3,297	52
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,471	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	3,207	7
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,473	224.88/cwt	217.00–228.50	3,312	106
Steers	—	Choice	1,535	221.57/cwt	219.00–223.00	3,401	54
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,563	224.17/cwt	220.50–226.75	3,504	222
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,709	221.47/cwt	220.00–225.00	3,785	391
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,407	222.40/cwt	217.00–228.00	3,129	211
Heifers	—	Choice	1,428	222.99/cwt	218.00–228.00	3,184	398
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,531	219.02/cwt	211.50–223.25	3,353	56
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,647	218.45/cwt	216.50–221.00	3,598	145
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,571	205.58/cwt	203.00–208.00	3,230	14

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 Dec 17, 2025

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

Receipts 2,225Last week 1,523Year ago 1,090

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,531	211.50–223.25	219.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
145	—	1,647	216.50–221.00	218.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,571	203.00–208.00	205.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,471	218.00	218.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,469	222.00–225.50	224.43
54	—	1,535	219.00–223.00	221.57

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
222	—	1,563	220.50–226.75	224.17
106	—	1,473	217.00–228.50	224.88

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,233	240.00	240.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
391	—	1,709	220.00–225.00	221.47

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
398	—	1,428	218.00–228.00	222.99

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
211	—	1,407	217.00–228.00	222.40

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.