Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2019-10-21

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Oct 21
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,104 head
▼ 1,431 vs last sale 2,535▲ 1,104 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
125 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 150▲ 125 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Yearling feeder steers 8.00 to 12.00 higher, yearling feeder heifers not well compared. A limited offering of spring born calves, steer calves sold with a much higher undertone, heifers too lightly tested last week to make a comparison. Very good demand for this offering of high quality, moderated fleshed loads of yearling steers, good demand for the limited yearling heifer offering. Many buyers on the seats bidding aggressively to get these yearlings bought while they are available. Demand improved to good this week for this light offering of calves as there were quite a few buyers wanting to get some calves started on feed. Slaughter cows 8.00 to 10.00 lower, bulls 4.00 to 5.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $146.37/cwt on 777 head.
Average price
$146.37
777 head · 861 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,261
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$6
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$23.84/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.64
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1855147.601,262681
Medium and Large 1-2484143.6769618thin
Large 11,002140.331,40659
Large 1-21,015123.761,25619thin
One grade step is worth $23.84/cwt here — about $6 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 sale777 hd
146.37
—
SD average12 barns · 24,589 hd
154.01
−7.64
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—Low1,90972.141,3776thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,49468.591,02524
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,45262.0090050
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,33249.0465313
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,23242.7852716

Every lot

34 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 · Steers12 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1318184.00/cwt184.00–184.005853
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2346152.00/cwt152.00–152.005268
Steers—Medium and Large 1404173.44/cwt170.00–176.0070114
Steers—Medium and Large 1535169.00/cwt169.00–169.0090423
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2595137.00/cwt137.00–137.0081510
Steers—Medium and Large 1624157.27/cwt147.00–162.0098174
Steers—Medium and Large 1677151.08/cwt142.00–154.501,02326
Steers—Medium and Large 1878146.45/cwt140.50–147.501,286139
Steers—Medium and Large 1912144.57/cwt143.50–145.751,318250
Steers—Medium and Large 1983142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,396152
Steers—Large 11,002140.33/cwt132.50–141.751,40659
Steers—Large 1-21,015123.76/cwt123.50–124.001,25619
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1336153.00/cwt153.00–153.005146
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370151.00/cwt151.00–151.005597
Heifers—Medium and Large 1447146.00/cwt146.00–146.006538
Heifers—Medium and Large 1464152.00/cwt152.00–152.0070512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy503161.00/cwt161.00–161.0081019
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2611133.00/cwt133.00–133.0081312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1624147.21/cwt143.00–148.0091963
Heifers—Medium and Large 1655148.00/cwt148.00–148.0096917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2690136.50/cwt136.00–137.0094212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1975130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,26813
Heifers—Large 1Fleshy1,023118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,2078
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1476144.00/cwt144.00–144.006855
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,70867.72/cwt64.00–71.001,1572
Bulls——2,00974.35/cwt71.50–78.001,4944
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,20841.11/cwt35.00–46.0049710
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25449.78/cwt47.00–55.006249
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,27345.55/cwt44.50–47.005806
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39561.07/cwt56.00–66.0085238
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,49468.59/cwt67.00–74.001,02524
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,50647.39/cwt46.00–48.007144
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,59370.42/cwt69.00–72.001,1229
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,74348.52/cwt48.00–49.508463

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.