Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2019-11-04

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Nov 4
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,877 head
▲ 91 vs last sale 1,786▲ 1,877 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
200 head
▲ 91 vs last sale 109▲ 200 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves mostly steady in a narrow comparison. Yearling feeder steers steady to 3.00 higher, heifers not well compared. Moderate demand for the limited offering of spring born calves. Quality was very uneven, as was preconditioning status. The calf market was active on high quality, attractive, preconditioned calves, much slower activity on the packages of calves that were lacking fall shots or were plainer in quality. Good demand for these long strings of yearlings, many full loads and multiple load lots, flesh ranged from light to moderate plus but this did not mean the fleshier cattle didn't attract plenty of bids. As the cash fed cattle market moved to 115.00 late last week and with the winter months of the CME Live Cattle contract around 125.00, there are plenty of buyers wanting to place yearlings on feed which created a very active market. Slaughter cows and bulls steady compared to last Wednesday's sale.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $143.53/cwt on 995 head.
Average price
$143.53
995 head · 850 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,220
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$224
per head · Medium 1 over Medium and Large 2
$27.22/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.36
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 1516149.7277224
Medium and Large 1863144.461,247891
Medium and Large 1-2638143.0991333
Large 11,063123.841,31619thin
Medium and Large 2813122.5099628
One grade step is worth $27.22/cwt here — about −$224 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 sale995 hd
143.53
—
SD average12 barns · 35,147 hd
155.89
−12.36
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—Average1,74573.691,2865thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,46660.9089334
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,34251.8169549
CowsLean 85-90%High1,14743.5650034

Every lot

45 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 1305185.00/cwt185.00–185.005642
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2342166.00/cwt166.00–166.005685
Steers—Medium and Large 1387175.60/cwt171.00–180.006808
Steers—Medium and Large 1424177.04/cwt170.00–184.0075123
Steers—Medium 1473153.00/cwt153.00–153.007248
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy483153.00/cwt153.00–153.007395
Steers—Medium and Large 1527156.47/cwt155.00–158.0082527
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530137.00/cwt137.00–137.007268
Steers—Medium 1537148.08/cwt145.50–151.5079516
Steers—Medium and Large 1557156.47/cwt149.00–159.0087229
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2568138.00/cwt138.00–138.007848
Steers—Medium and Large 1634149.24/cwt148.00–152.5094639
Steers—Medium and Large 1686147.60/cwt145.50–151.001,01318
Steers—Medium and Large 1761153.48/cwt150.00–154.251,16822
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy790140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,10646
Steers—Medium and Large 2813122.50/cwt122.50–122.5099628
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2881141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,24212
Steers—Medium and Large 1882142.15/cwt139.50–143.501,254198
Steers—Medium and Large 1936141.74/cwt141.25–144.001,32784
Steers—Medium and Large 1973141.01/cwt136.50–142.251,372390
Steers—Large 1Fleshy1,055122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,28714
Steers—Large 11,085129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,4005
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1366150.38/cwt150.00–150.5055013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2370125.00/cwt125.00–125.004635
Heifers—Medium and Large 1414147.68/cwt146.00–150.0061114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1462133.63/cwt130.00–137.0061739
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529137.43/cwt133.00–144.0072741
Heifers—Medium and Large 1595138.25/cwt138.00–139.0082324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1621133.27/cwt129.00–137.0082846
Heifers—Medium and Large 2758116.00/cwt116.00–116.0087932
Heifers—Medium and Large 1814139.91/cwt139.50–140.001,139121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1905130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,17711
Heifers—Large 1Fleshy1,001119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,1915
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1500140.00/cwt140.00–140.007003
Bulls—Medium and Large 1575134.00/cwt134.00–134.007715
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,74573.69/cwt73.00–74.501,2865
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05937.05/cwt33.00–40.0039211
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18646.30/cwt42.00–48.0054922
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,27055.00/cwt55.00–55.006991
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,28044.50/cwt44.50–44.505701
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31045.28/cwt43.00–45.5059311
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33251.67/cwt46.50–55.0068827
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,39958.69/cwt57.00–60.0082111
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44357.92/cwt53.00–65.5083623
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,53969.39/cwt66.50–73.001,06810

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.