Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2019-11-18

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Nov 18
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,244 head
▲ 3,144 vs last sale 100▲ 3,244 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
100 head
▼ 2,492 vs last sale 2,592▲ 100 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 not well compared, mostly steady undertones. Yearling feeder steers and heifers steady to 2.00 higher. Moderate demand for this limited offering of spring born calves, many small packages of calves of uneven quality that did not capture much attention, however once the longer strings of high quality, preconditioned, weaned calves entered the ring there were enough buyers competing which created an active market. A very large offering of yearling steers and heifers, many long strings offered in full loads and multiple load lots with one consignment of more than 600 steers offered in 12 full loads. The yearlings were in light to moderate plus flesh, the heavier fleshed cattle were as equally sought after as were the lighter fleshed cattle. With so many yearlings in town there were plenty of buyers ready and determined to own these cattle which created a very active market. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower, bulls not well compared.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $148.88/cwt on 1,958 head.
Average price
$148.88
1,958 head · 824 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,227
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$525
per head · Medium 1 over Large 1-2
$29.00/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.23
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 1486158.0076710thin
Medium and Large 1-2569154.88882144
Medium and Large 1821150.141,2331,548
Large 11,051138.081,452213
Medium and Large 2680136.7093033
Large 1-21,002129.001,29310thin
One grade step is worth $29.00/cwt here — about −$525 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 sale1,958 hd
148.88
—
SD average9 barns · 25,018 hd
157.12
−8.23
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—Low1,78570.061,2508thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,48058.5186613
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,39253.2474127
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,18143.5951544

Every lot

70 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 · Steers36 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2337174.07/cwt166.00–182.0058713
Steers—Medium and Large 1340189.00/cwt189.00–189.0064348
Steers—Medium and Large 1385187.50/cwt187.50–187.5072213
Steers—Medium 1392170.00/cwt170.00–170.006665
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed410186.00/cwt186.00–186.007638
Steers—Medium and Large 1411191.00/cwt191.00–191.0078550
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2432158.71/cwt153.00–174.0068625
Steers—Medium and Large 1470175.26/cwt168.00–176.5082469
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2479159.62/cwt159.00–161.0076520
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2516148.39/cwt142.00–153.5076618
Steers—Medium and Large 1519162.90/cwt160.00–165.0084564
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2561149.97/cwt149.00–152.0084119
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy563143.00/cwt143.00–143.008054
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full565150.00/cwt150.00–150.008488
Steers—Medium 1579146.00/cwt146.00–146.008455
Steers—Medium and Large 1580157.97/cwt156.00–162.0091645
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy610146.50/cwt146.50–146.508947
Steers—Medium and Large 1627154.13/cwt150.50–158.0096664
Steers—Medium and Large 2627148.00/cwt148.00–148.009286
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy655143.74/cwt142.50–145.0094114
Steers—Medium and Large 2661133.84/cwt126.00–138.5088519
Steers—Medium and Large 1Full668143.50/cwt143.50–143.509595
Steers—Medium and Large 1675148.16/cwt145.00–151.001,00052
Steers—Medium and Large 1734151.40/cwt148.25–155.001,11115
Steers—Medium and Large 2766135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0348
Steers—Medium and Large 1778147.87/cwt144.00–149.751,15038
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2785146.50/cwt146.50–146.501,15011
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2846142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,20130
Steers—Medium and Large 1874147.02/cwt144.50–149.001,285269
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy924134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,2385
Steers—Medium and Large 1928142.55/cwt139.75–146.001,32384
Steers—Medium and Large 1980142.01/cwt139.25–145.751,392694
Steers—Large 1-2Fleshy1,002129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,29310
Steers—Large 11,009140.75/cwt140.75–140.751,420165
Steers—Large 1Fleshy1,163128.75/cwt128.75–128.751,49715
Steers—Large 11,212129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,56333
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1359174.21/cwt162.00–176.0062577
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2382141.88/cwt140.00–144.0054211
Heifers—Medium 1413136.00/cwt136.00–136.0056210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1414161.60/cwt156.00–164.0066936
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2433143.90/cwt131.00–150.0062330
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2465135.08/cwt132.00–143.5062826
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526144.87/cwt140.00–147.5076284
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528135.33/cwt135.00–136.0071523
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full529137.00/cwt137.00–137.007254
Heifers—Medium and Large 1583141.51/cwt138.00–145.5082541
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy594133.38/cwt133.00–134.0079213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620137.90/cwt137.50–138.0085525
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2626134.12/cwt133.00–134.5084019
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy644134.50/cwt134.50–134.508669
Heifers—Medium and Large 1690142.54/cwt136.00–144.0098426
Heifers—Medium and Large 2726126.00/cwt126.00–126.0091515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1767143.20/cwt140.00–145.001,098139
Heifers—Medium and Large 1815142.85/cwt138.50–144.001,164106
Heifers—Medium and Large 2831126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,04714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1871142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,24128
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy994135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,34225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2996133.50/cwt133.50–133.501,3307
Heifers—Large 11,018139.75/cwt139.75–139.751,42318
Heifers—Large 11,066130.50/cwt130.50–130.501,39113
Heifers—Large 1Fleshy1,141119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,35814
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,76968.71/cwt61.00–73.001,2157
Bulls——1,89579.50/cwt79.50–79.501,5071
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17748.74/cwt43.00–55.0057424
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18537.40/cwt34.50–46.0044320
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34948.68/cwt45.00–52.006575
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,40254.05/cwt48.50–58.0075821
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,41059.00/cwt59.00–59.008321
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46053.37/cwt44.00–60.007795
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49261.73/cwt59.00–65.009218

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.