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Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-05-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-06

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, May 6

● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016

← Apr 29May 6May 13 →

Receipts

924 head

▼ 218 vs last sale 1,142▲ 188 vs year ago 736 · +25.5%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers and heifers steady to firm. Very good demand for steers and heifers as supplies of these good, hard-fed cattle with a lot of days are on them are in tight supply. 3 full loads of steers, 5 full loads of heifers, balance part loads and stock trailer loads.

Slaughter lambs 10.00 to 30.00 lower, except 150 lbs lambs steady. Feeder lambs mostly steady. Slaughter ewes sold with firm to higher undertones. Good to very good demand for slaughter lambs, very good demand for slaughter ewes, very 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	1,446	252.27	3,648	14
Beef/Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,401	257.00	3,601	14
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,610	253.85	4,087	16
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,576	228.02	3,594	90
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,422	257.97	3,667	294
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,434	259.03	3,714	21
Steers	Choice	Average	1,626	257.60	4,190	174

Every lot

11 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	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,434	259.03/cwt	257.00–260.25	3,714	21
Steers	—	Choice	1,464	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	3,748	10
Steers	—	Choice	1,563	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	4,017	8
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,633	258.00/cwt	256.00–260.00	4,213	32
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,642	257.67/cwt	255.50–258.00	4,231	124
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,421	257.92/cwt	254.50–262.00	3,665	280
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,434	258.90/cwt	258.50–259.00	3,713	14
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,446	252.27/cwt	250.00–256.00	3,648	14
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,401	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	3,601	14
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,610	253.85/cwt	251.00–256.00	4,087	16
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,576	228.02/cwt	224.00–233.00	3,594	90

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 6, 2026

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

Receipts 924Last week 1,142Year ago 736

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,446	250.00–256.00	252.27

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,610	251.00–256.00	253.85

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,401	257.00	257.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
90	—	1,576	224.00–233.00	228.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,464	256.00	256.00
8	—	1,563	257.00	257.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,434	257.00–260.25	259.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
124	—	1,642	255.50–258.00	257.67

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,633	256.00–260.00	258.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
280	—	1,421	254.50–262.00	257.92

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,434	258.50–259.00	258.90

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.