Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2019-12-02

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Dec 2
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,413 head
▲ 269 vs last sale 1,144▲ 1,413 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
182 head
▲ 2 vs last sale 180▲ 182 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves steady to 4.00 higher, heifer calves sold with lower undertones, too few offered last week for complete comparison. Yearling feeder steers and heifers not well tested. Quite a few cancellations after last week's strong winter storms that made it difficult to load and ship cattle to town. Much larger offering expected next week. Good demand for steer calves as there were numerous farmer feeders in town and ready to buy calves now that their harvest is finished, much less demand for a heifer calf which resulted in wide price spreads between steers and their heifer mates. A couple of long strings of calves while the balance was smaller packages. The market was active on the steers, slow on the heifers. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 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 $160.88/cwt on 851 head.
Average price
$160.88
851 head · 625 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,005
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$737
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$44.16/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2420175.8874033
Medium and Large 1618161.39997773
Medium 1479158.0075716thin
Large 11,121131.721,47729
One grade step is worth $44.16/cwt here — about −$737 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 sale851 hd
160.88
—
SD average1 barns · 851 hd
160.88
+0.00
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—High2,06172.761,4996thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,59777.011,23045
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,40862.0687452
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,33147.9063727
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,14640.5646513

Every lot

42 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2283201.00/cwt201.00–201.005698
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2372178.59/cwt175.00–185.0066417
Steers—Medium and Large 1431177.30/cwt174.00–179.0076435
Steers—Medium and Large 1457174.61/cwt169.00–184.0079816
Steers—Medium 1479158.00/cwt158.00–158.0075716
Steers—Medium and Large 1528167.11/cwt163.00–175.00882163
Steers—Medium and Large 1568156.99/cwt155.00–160.0089222
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy597150.50/cwt150.50–150.508986
Steers—Medium and Large 1625159.66/cwt150.00–167.00998334
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2661145.00/cwt145.00–145.009588
Steers—Medium and Large 1663161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,06724
Steers—Medium and Large 1723157.12/cwt150.00–162.001,136158
Steers—Medium and Large 1863147.50/cwt147.50–147.501,2736
Steers—Medium and Large 1995140.25/cwt140.25–140.251,3959
Steers—Large 11,047136.75/cwt136.75–136.751,43221
Steers—Large 1Fleshy1,316118.50/cwt118.50–118.501,5598
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2256167.50/cwt167.50–167.504295
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2328166.66/cwt162.50–175.005479
Heifers—Medium 1329156.00/cwt156.00–156.005136
Heifers—Medium and Large 1349169.00/cwt169.00–169.005907
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429152.08/cwt147.00–160.0065258
Heifers—Medium and Large 1466145.22/cwt141.50–151.0067737
Heifers—Medium 1488133.00/cwt133.00–133.006496
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528135.59/cwt135.00–138.0071680
Heifers—Medium 1541135.00/cwt135.00–135.0073029
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572135.29/cwt133.50–136.5077424
Heifers—Medium and Large 1626140.13/cwt135.00–143.75877116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1670135.29/cwt133.75–138.0090630
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy987126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,2446
Heifers—Large 1Fleshy1,190114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,35710
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1494142.00/cwt142.00–142.0070117
Bulls—Medium and Large 1626129.00/cwt129.00–129.0080810
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——2,01472.09/cwt70.50–75.501,4523
Bulls——2,10773.43/cwt69.50–76.501,5473
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10844.37/cwt42.00–45.004929
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22361.00/cwt61.00–61.007463
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,23031.98/cwt27.00–38.003934
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26149.36/cwt44.00–54.0062217
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37254.00/cwt54.00–54.007418
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,41563.53/cwt55.00–66.0089944
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,54638.75/cwt38.50–39.005997
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,59777.01/cwt72.50–80.501,23045

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.