Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2019-05-20

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, May 20
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,682 head
▲ 1,577 vs last sale 1,105▲ 2,682 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
126 head
▲ 66 vs last sale 60▲ 126 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers too lightly tested last week to offer a comparison with this week's much larger steer offering. The best test on feeder heifers were those 800-850 lbs which sold 1.00 higher, other weights not well compared. Good demand for the many packages of light weight cattle suitable for backgrounding on grass or in feedyards, demand only moderate for the heavier weight cattle bound for finishing yards. Several very large strings of backgrounded steers and heifers, offered in full loads and multiple load lots. Quality was very attractive on these backgrounded cattle, flesh ranged from moderate to heavy on some. The market activity was slow on the heavy fleshed cattle, moderate on the moderate flesh, very active on the light fleshed cattle as there were many buyers on the seats looking to buy green cattle to turn out on grass. Cattle feeders are cautious as they approach the market on big,heavy yearlings (weighing over 900 lbs) as the futures contracts are currently at 108.00 and they are tired of losing money and are no longer willing to buy cattle betting the market will get better. Slaughter cows and bulls 2.00 to 4.00 lower.

Next feeder cattle auction will be June 3, 2019 due to the Memorial Day Holiday on May 27, 2019.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.83/cwt on 1,152 head.
Average price
$125.83
1,152 head · 799 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,005
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$247
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$31.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.88
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2643142.29915137
Medium and Large 1808127.141,028650
Medium and Large 2639123.44789185
Large 11,047111.001,162180
One grade step is worth $31.29/cwt here — about −$247 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale1,152 hd
125.83
—
SD average5 barns · 5,875 hd
129.71
−3.88
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,86282.041,5287thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,49365.8298245
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,32459.8879329
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,18153.8963645

Every lot

60 lots · USDA AMS · Sioux Falls Regional Cattle 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.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2296160.00/cwt160.00–160.0047419
Steers—Medium and Large 2341165.00/cwt165.00–165.005635
Steers—Medium and Large 2407152.00/cwt152.00–152.0061928
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2414164.00/cwt164.00–164.0067910
Steers—Medium and Large 1487181.81/cwt179.50–183.0088515
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2492156.00/cwt156.00–156.007685
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2519163.00/cwt163.00–163.008467
Steers—Medium and Large 1540183.50/cwt183.50–183.5099115
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed562175.00/cwt175.00–175.009847
Steers—Medium and Large 1579176.47/cwt168.50–179.001,02259
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2611166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,0144
Steers—Medium and Large 1620173.75/cwt164.00–178.501,07760
Steers—Medium and Large 1666163.70/cwt161.00–168.001,09038
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2696141.00/cwt141.00–141.009818
Steers—Medium and Large 1747141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,0535
Steers—Medium and Large 1785146.69/cwt142.50–148.001,15295
Steers—Medium and Large 1846133.69/cwt133.00–133.751,131103
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2883121.46/cwt121.00–122.001,07217
Steers—Medium and Large 1885133.05/cwt131.35–133.751,177485
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy973114.50/cwt113.50–115.501,11447
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2973111.42/cwt111.00–112.001,08424
Steers—Large 11,170114.50/cwt114.50–114.501,34051
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2255158.00/cwt158.00–158.0040311
Heifers—Medium and Large 2313149.00/cwt149.00–149.0046618
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed364159.00/cwt159.00–159.0057918
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2385147.00/cwt147.00–147.005665
Heifers—Medium and Large 2397135.00/cwt135.00–135.005369
Heifers—Medium and Large 1422153.14/cwt150.00–157.506467
Heifers—Medium and Large 2464137.50/cwt137.50–137.506388
Heifers—Medium and Large 1490151.26/cwt145.00–155.0074125
Heifers—Medium and Large 2504131.00/cwt131.00–131.0066016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1507155.15/cwt145.00–159.0078717
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed569142.00/cwt142.00–142.0080811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1571150.86/cwt148.00–153.7586158
Heifers—Medium and Large 2573133.00/cwt133.00–133.007626
Heifers—Medium and Large 1610147.50/cwt147.00–148.0090032
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed641145.50/cwt145.50–145.5093398
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675141.72/cwt136.00–147.5095732
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2678136.00/cwt136.00–136.0092210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723136.12/cwt132.00–137.0098423
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2750120.00/cwt120.00–120.009004
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2811122.00/cwt122.00–122.009899
Heifers—Medium and Large 1831124.40/cwt124.35–124.751,034212
Heifers—Medium and Large 2853104.50/cwt104.50–104.5089199
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy886110.00/cwt110.00–110.0097518
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy951113.50/cwt113.50–113.501,079176
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,026113.75/cwt113.75–113.751,16750
Heifers—Large 1Fleshy1,034111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,14860
Heifers—Large 1Fleshy1,053111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,169120
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,63577.63/cwt75.50–80.001,2692
Bulls——1,95383.81/cwt81.00–86.001,6375
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14249.79/cwt44.00–53.5056927
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16364.24/cwt64.00–64.507472
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,18068.00/cwt68.00–68.008021
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24052.15/cwt52.00–52.506474
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,24959.52/cwt54.00–64.0074316
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34460.83/cwt54.00–65.5081824
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37758.32/cwt50.00–61.008037
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49966.79/cwt62.00–71.001,00135
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,68772.00/cwt72.00–72.001,2153

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.