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Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-02-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-02-25

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Feb 25

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016

← Feb 18Feb 25Mar 4 →

Receipts

906 head

▼ 149 vs last sale 1,055▼ 1,035 vs year ago 1,941 · −53.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers and heifers mostly steady. Good demand for steers and heifers. A lighter offering, however there were some long strings, loads and multiple load lots of very eye appealing, high quality grading steers and heifers. The market was fairly active with all packer buyers participating. 3 full loads of steers, 4 full loads of heifers, balance part loads and stock trailer loads.

Slaughter lambs unevenly steady. Feeder lambs sold with higher undertones. Slaughter ewes 10.00 to 15.00 lower. Good demand for all weights of slaughter lambs, Very good demand for the light fleshed feeder lambs offered. Good demand for slaughter ewes. The slaughter lamb market was rather active, slaughter ewe market was not as active as it has been in recent weeks as the supply of ewes has been pretty heavy.

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	1,442	240.20	3,464	51
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,663	244.50	4,066	85
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,529	213.18	3,260	28
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,467	244.91	3,593	281
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,378	250.52	3,453	29
Steers	Choice	Average	1,577	245.46	3,871	128

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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,317	257.66/cwt	257.00–259.00	3,393	15
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,444	242.87/cwt	242.00–245.00	3,507	14
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,450	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	3,582	3
Steers	—	Choice	1,566	244.27/cwt	244.00–245.50	3,825	50
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,570	246.50/cwt	246.00–248.00	3,870	70
Steers	—	Choice	1,863	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	4,508	5
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,400	248.08/cwt	243.00–250.50	3,473	46
Heifers	—	Choice	1,480	244.29/cwt	243.00–246.50	3,615	235
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,442	240.20/cwt	235.50–243.50	3,464	51
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,426	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	3,565	6
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,681	244.08/cwt	242.00–244.50	4,103	79
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,529	213.18/cwt	212.00–214.00	3,260	28

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 Feb 25, 2026

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

Receipts 906Last week 1,055Year ago 1,941

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	1,442	235.50–243.50	240.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
79	—	1,681	242.00–244.50	244.08

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,426	250.00	250.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
28	—	1,529	212.00–214.00	213.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,444	242.00–245.00	242.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,566	244.00–245.50	244.27
5	—	1,863	242.00	242.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,317	257.00–259.00	257.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,450	247.00	247.00
70	—	1,570	246.00–248.00	246.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
235	—	1,480	243.00–246.50	244.29

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,400	243.00–250.50	248.08

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.