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Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2026-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2026-05-20

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, May 20

● Final13 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016

← May 13May 20May 27 →

Receipts

773 head

▼ 25 vs last sale 798▲ 2 vs year ago 771 · +0.3%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers and heifers steady. Good demand for steers and heifers again this week. A lighter offering as market ready supplies are limited. The market was fairly active. Just 1 full load of steers, 1 full load of heifers, balance part loads and stock trailer loads. Weights continue to run heavy as cattle have performed extremely well over the winter.

Slaughter lambs 10.00 to 35.00 lower. Feeder lambs sold with lower undertones. Slaughter ewes steady to 5.00 lower, instances to 10.00 lower. Moderate to good demand for slaughter lambs, good to very good for slaughter ewes, good demand for feeder lambs. Many long strings of fat lambs, including full load lots, along with numerous small packages.

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	1,437	259.03	3,722	113
Beef/Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,557	260.16	4,051	100
Beef/Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,390	256.80	3,570	20
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,427	252.00	3,596	19
Heifers	Select	Average	1,514	264.50	4,005	8thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,369	260.23	3,564	123
Steers	Choice	Average	1,596	261.94	4,180	154

Every lot

13 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	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,436	262.43/cwt	261.00–264.00	3,768	23
Steers	—	Choice	1,439	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	3,756	4
Steers	—	Choice	1,572	260.65/cwt	259.00–261.00	4,097	63
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,669	264.12/cwt	262.00–268.00	4,408	48
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,737	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	4,516	16
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,366	260.11/cwt	257.00–262.50	3,553	110
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,398	261.22/cwt	260.50–262.00	3,652	13
Heifers	—	SelectCertified Prgms	1,514	264.50/cwt	264.50–264.50	4,005	8
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers3 lots · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,265	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	3,264	12
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,557	260.16/cwt	258.00–262.00	4,051	100
Beef/Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,578	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	4,024	8
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,427	252.00/cwt	252.00–252.00	3,596	19
Slaughter Cattle · Beef/Dairy Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Heifers	—	Choice	1,437	259.03/cwt	255.00–261.00	3,722	113

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 20, 2026

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

Receipts 773Last week 798Year ago 771

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
110	—	1,366	257.00–262.50	260.11

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,514	264.50	264.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,398	260.50–262.00	261.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,265	258.00	258.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	1,557	258.00–262.00	260.16

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,578	255.00	255.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,737	260.00	260.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
48	—	1,669	262.00–268.00	264.12
23	—	1,436	261.00–264.00	262.43

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
63	—	1,572	259.00–261.00	260.65
4	—	1,439	261.00	261.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,427	252.00	252.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Beef/Dairy Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
113	—	1,437	255.00–261.00	259.03

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.