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Sioux Falls Regional Livestock Auction Market Report

Worthing, South Dakota · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, January 29, 2025

4,790 head sold ·Official USDA report

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Receipts

HeadThis saleLast saleLast year
Total receipts 4,790 3,666 5,104
Slaughter cattle 1,499 790 1,712

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers and heifers mostly steady. Good demand for steers and heifers, the market was active but not as fever pitched as last week. A nice offering of long time, hard fed, high quality grading steers and heifers. Consignments ranged for full load lots, and multiple load lots, to stock-trailer loads. Cattle remain very eye appealing as they are so heavily finished and are pretty clean, as the weather remains dry and pen conditions are good. Cash fed cattle in the country last week at 212.00, gave support to the market at the auction. Losses of nearly 2.00 and 3.00 in the CME Live Cattle futures contracts did not seem to affect prices at the auction. Slaughter lambs and ewes steady to firm. Good demand for this large offering of slaughter lambs. The market was active. Good demand for slaughter ewes, very good demand for bred ewes as lambing time is upon us.

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Feeder Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1246–1404 1333 55 206.00–216.00 $214.06 $2,853 —
1438–1457 1450 16 214.00–218.00 $215.49 $3,125 —
1426–1475 1461 17 209.00–211.50 $210.05 $3,069 —
1476 1476 4 208.00 $208.00 $3,070 —
1532 1532 13 204.00 $204.00 $3,125 -9.97
1548–1734 1576 256 208.00–215.00 $211.56 $3,334 +2.61
1498–1680 1606 103 207.00–217.00 $213.57 $3,430 —
1667–1701 1680 122 208.00–208.50 $208.30 $3,499 -0.28

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Feeder Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1139 1139 19 208.50 $208.50 $2,375 —
1178–1508 1366 129 209.00–217.00 $213.48 $2,916 —
1275–1506 1412 134 207.00–213.50 $212.03 $2,994 +2.52
1457 1457 7 204.00 $204.00 $2,972 —

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Beef Dairy Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1447–1547 1495 48 207.00–209.50 $208.02 $3,110 —
1538 1538 3 213.50 $213.50 $3,284 —

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Beef Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1478 1478 3 212.00 $212.00 $3,133 —
1574 1574 7 210.00 $210.00 $3,305 -0.41
1616–1650 1629 90 205.00–215.00 $209.04 $3,405 —

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Bucks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
165–188 180 5 75.00–95.00 $81.51 $147 -3.77
210–245 228 2 75.00–110.00 $91.15 $208 -2.98
255–265 260 2 85.00 $85.00 $221 -11.30

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
64 64 18 420.00 $420.00 $269 —
79 79 10 335.00 $335.00 $265 —
85 85 2 205.00 $205.00 $174 —
86 86 10 240.00 $240.00 $206 —
105–118 112 5 220.00–265.00 $241.74 $271 +37.61
165 165 1 205.00 $205.00 $338 -30.00
200 200 1 180.00 $180.00 $360 —

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
1595–1777 1715 19 178.00–187.00 $184.44 $3,163 —

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Ewes

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
100 100 1 60.00 $60.00 $60 +27.00
107–138 127 35 85.00–105.00 $93.88 $119 +3.88
148 148 2 75.00 $75.00 $111 -15.00
168 168 26 100.00 $100.00 $168 +3.74
164–182 173 39 80.00–100.00 $88.95 $154 -7.31
183 183 6 115.00 $115.00 $210 ±0.00
208–238 219 43 80.00–105.00 $85.46 $187 +5.46
Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
216–218 217 Aged (>6yrs)Winter 91 245.00–270.00 $255.93 +35.93
Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb) Avg wt AgeStage Head Price range Avg $ Δ last sale
150 150 Aged (>6yrs)Winter 11 185.00 $185.00 -45.00

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Hair Breeds

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
48 48 15 365.00 $365.00 $175 —
52 52 12 295.00 $295.00 $153 -5.00
64 64 7 280.00 $280.00 $179 -20.00
72–77 76 97 265.00–280.00 $273.73 $208 +3.40
84 84 14 245.00 $245.00 $206 +5.00
93 93 27 230.00 $230.00 $214 +5.87
119 119 4 90.00 $90.00 $107 —
123 123 10 120.00 $120.00 $148 —
187 187 6 95.00 $95.00 $178 —

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Hair Bucks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
140 140 2 100.00 $100.00 $140 —

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Hair Ewes

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
108 108 5 110.00 $110.00 $119 +10.00
139 139 6 110.00 $110.00 $153 +10.00

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Kids

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
24 24 11 220.00 $220.00 $53 -97.90
39 39 5 320.00 $320.00 $125 +2.10
41–43 42 14 240.00–290.00 $254.78 $107 -145.22
43–45 45 53 350.00–355.00 $350.36 $158 +34.01
43–48 46 46 405.00–425.00 $408.33 $188 +91.98
46 46 7 365.00 $365.00 $168 +48.65
48 48 8 380.00 $380.00 $182 +63.65
50 50 2 370.00 $370.00 $185 +17.80
51–52 51 28 360.00–395.00 $368.88 $188 +16.68
50–57 55 63 395.00–440.00 $432.19 $238 +3.47
58 58 8 245.00 $245.00 $142 -183.72
59 59 15 430.00 $430.00 $254 +1.28
60–68 64 244 385.00–445.00 $418.02 $268 -8.06
71 71 50 305.00–335.00 $317.60 $225 -108.48
72–74 73 31 330.00–375.00 $349.33 $255 +69.33
80 80 43 325.00 $325.00 $260 +45.00
80–88 83 33 305.00–330.00 $316.19 $262 +36.19

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Lambs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
32–36 33 13 375.00–390.00 $380.00 $125 -45.00
44–47 45 23 345.00–365.00 $351.37 $158 -23.98
57 57 5 310.00 $310.00 $177 —
64 64 85 345.00 $345.00 $221 —

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
60–65 63 2 155.00–170.00 $162.80 $103 -17.31
69 69 6 290.00 $290.00 $200 +109.89
73 73 5 175.00 $175.00 $128 -5.11
90–95 91 8 195.00–200.00 $195.66 $178 +10.66
103–127 113 27 145.00–200.00 $168.19 $190 +16.34
140 140 1 135.00 $135.00 $189 -25.51

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
99 99 27 250.00–270.00 $264.81 $262 +34.81
103–118 109 8 205.00–265.00 $244.00 $266 -16.00

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Wooled & Shorn

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb) Avg wt Head Price range Avg $ ≈ $/hdΔ last sale
50–59 54 18 305.00–310.00 $307.43 $166 +4.43
63–67 64 76 280.00–345.00 $325.19 $208 +22.19
71–79 78 253 262.50–295.00 $265.49 $207 +19.96
79 79 7 225.00 $225.00 $178 -20.53
81–89 86 224 270.00–275.00 $272.82 $235 +27.29
91–98 94 267 235.00–280.00 $256.91 $241 -18.09
106 106 4 225.00 $225.00 $238 +3.82
112–115 114 57 185.00–210.00 $189.29 $216 -14.42
120–124 121 203 170.00–181.00 $178.46 $216 +8.16
130–139 135 312 160.00–165.00 $162.86 $220 +5.86
140–147 144 223 156.00–163.00 $160.10 $231 -2.17
145 145 21 161.00 $161.00 $233 -1.27
154–163 156 111 155.00 $155.00 $242 -0.20

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.