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Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-04-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-04-29

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Apr 29

● Final12 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016

← Apr 22Apr 29May 6 →

Receipts

1,142 head

▲ 478 vs last sale 664▲ 252 vs year ago 890 · +28.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers too lightly tested last week for a good comparison with a higher to sharply higher undertone noticed. Slaughter heifers sold 6.00 to 8.00 higher. Demand very good on this solid offering of quality conditioned fats. Some strings of cattle carried mud covered hides into the ring. Reports of cash trades of $256 live and $396 dressed yesterday which would be sharply higher from the previous week. April live cattle contract CME futures continue to close at record highs before it expires.

Slaughter lambs under 100 lbs 10.00 to 20.00 lower. Over 100 lbs. 10.00 to 30.00 higher in spots. Feeder lambs 10.00 to 20.00 higher. Slaughter ewes 10.00 to 15.00 higher. Good demand with active bidding throughout a majority of the sale. Nice offering of younger ewes and thin fleshed 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 Steers	Choice	Average	1,425	235.49	3,356	14
Heifers	Select	Average	1,141	267.00	3,046	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,466	257.80	3,779	269
Steers	Select	Average	1,272	269.97	3,434	19
Steers	Choice	Average	1,658	256.02	4,244	406

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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,272	269.97/cwt	268.00–278.00	3,434	19
Steers	—	Choice	1,441	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	3,603	6
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,509	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	3,923	7
Steers	—	ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,543	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	4,120	25
Steers	—	Choice	1,579	256.71/cwt	256.00–257.00	4,053	67
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,647	255.21/cwt	253.00–260.00	4,203	154
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,665	266.63/cwt	264.00–268.50	4,439	25
Steers	—	Choice	1,755	252.31/cwt	251.00–253.00	4,428	122
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,141	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	3,046	5
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,416	264.00/cwt	260.25–267.50	3,738	41
Heifers	—	Choice	1,475	256.69/cwt	249.00–258.50	3,786	228
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,425	235.49/cwt	234.00–238.00	3,356	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 Apr 29, 2026

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

Receipts 1,142Last week 664Year ago 890

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,425	234.00–238.00	235.49

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,509	260.00	260.00
25	—	1,665	264.00–268.50	266.63

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,441	250.00	250.00
67	—	1,579	256.00–257.00	256.71
122	—	1,755	251.00–253.00	252.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,272	268.00–278.00	269.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,543	267.00	267.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
154	—	1,647	253.00–260.00	255.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
228	—	1,475	249.00–258.50	256.69

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,416	260.25–267.50	264.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,141	267.00	267.00

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.