Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2019-12-09

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Dec 9
● Final87 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
5,405 head
▲ 3,992 vs last sale 1,413▲ 5,405 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
150 head
▼ 32 vs last sale 182▲ 150 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's much smaller sale: Feeder steers steady to 2.00 lower, except 700-750 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 lower. Feeder heifers steady to 4.00 higher, except 500-600 lbs 5.00 to 8.00 higher. Moderate to good demand for this very large offering of calves and yearlings. Improved demand for heifers this week which helped to narrow the price spread between steers and heifers, cattle feeders weren't willing to chase the steer calf market as high as they did last week With a lot of farmer feeder buyers on the seats and plenty of packages and some long strings to bid on, there was plenty of high quality cattle to choose from. Flesh condition of calves was light to moderate with just a couple consignments of over fleshed calves. The winter has been rough so far and has really greened the calves up. There were some long strings of yearlings offered in full loads and multiple load lots in a moderate to heavy amount of flesh and sold on a very active market. The market was rather active on calves and got more active as the sale progressed. Many weaned calves this week, nearly all were fully preconditioned. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 3.00 lower compared to last Wednesday, bulls sold with a lower undertone.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $150.08/cwt on 2,859 head.
Average price
$150.08
2,859 head · 737 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,107
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$361
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$30.37/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.32
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1705153.371,0822,078
Medium 1513151.4377752
Medium and Large 1-2730143.261,045489
Large 11,074135.971,461227
Large 1-21,173123.001,44313thin
One grade step is worth $30.37/cwt here — about −$361 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 sale2,859 hd
150.08
—
SD average9 barns · 27,355 hd
154.40
−4.32
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—High1,57765.351,0319thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,48359.2487929
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,26050.8864130
CowsLean 85-90%High1,21335.5143152

Every lot

87 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 · Steers42 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1327185.00/cwt185.00–185.0060510
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2345171.36/cwt161.00–184.0059111
Steers—Medium and Large 1378184.61/cwt183.00–186.0069816
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2385177.00/cwt177.00–177.0068110
Steers—Medium and Large 1428179.99/cwt171.50–184.5077086
Steers—Medium 1429140.00/cwt140.00–140.006015
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2438168.84/cwt146.00–174.0074025
Steers—Medium and Large 1477167.27/cwt152.00–176.0079853
Steers—Medium 1487160.85/cwt155.00–164.0078330
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2494154.64/cwt148.00–161.0076416
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2517151.65/cwt151.00–152.0078414
Steers—Medium 1520138.00/cwt138.00–138.0071811
Steers—Medium and Large 1524163.92/cwt156.00–176.00859252
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy534152.00/cwt152.00–152.008128
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2560151.66/cwt151.00–153.0084918
Steers—Medium and Large 1576158.77/cwt153.00–163.00915208
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy583146.00/cwt146.00–146.008518
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2619145.00/cwt145.00–145.008989
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy620137.00/cwt137.00–137.0084910
Steers—Medium and Large 1630159.85/cwt150.50–165.001,007217
Steers—Medium and Large 1681151.67/cwt144.00–162.001,033223
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2690139.62/cwt138.00–147.5096372
Steers—Medium 1699138.50/cwt138.50–138.509686
Steers—Medium and Large 1716148.33/cwt144.00–152.501,062124
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy760134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,01810
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy774139.85/cwt136.00–142.001,082107
Steers—Medium and Large 1776147.01/cwt145.75–150.501,14169
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2780140.38/cwt138.00–145.001,095204
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy810140.26/cwt139.50–141.501,13634
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2826137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,13613
Steers—Medium and Large 1836153.50/cwt153.50–153.501,283143
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2850131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,1148
Steers—Medium and Large 1877143.55/cwt138.00–144.501,259232
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2930135.17/cwt128.00–145.001,25779
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy936141.78/cwt137.50–142.251,327207
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy966139.55/cwt138.50–140.001,34820
Steers—Medium and Large 1977143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,39751
Steers—Large 11,035138.75/cwt138.75–138.751,43662
Steers—Large 11,060137.50/cwt136.25–138.751,458111
Steers—Large 1Fleshy1,066129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,3759
Steers—Large 11,165129.75/cwt129.75–129.751,51245
Steers—Large 1-21,173123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,44313
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2272147.73/cwt145.00–153.0040220
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2332148.13/cwt143.00–155.0049211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1365154.00/cwt154.00–154.0056213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2385141.94/cwt137.50–145.0054637
Heifers—Medium 1393136.00/cwt136.00–136.005346
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2406150.00/cwt150.00–150.006097
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423152.83/cwt149.00–156.0064652
Heifers—Medium 1446128.00/cwt128.00–128.005714
Heifers—Medium 1466125.00/cwt125.00–125.005837
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474150.08/cwt140.00–153.0071185
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2474139.39/cwt130.00–145.0066133
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy488142.00/cwt142.00–142.006935
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2505131.00/cwt131.00–131.006626
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522144.40/cwt134.00–149.50754256
Heifers—Medium and Large 1580141.96/cwt137.50–145.00823138
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2588134.00/cwt134.00–134.0078811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy588126.00/cwt126.00–126.007416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2605129.00/cwt129.00–129.0078015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618141.65/cwt134.00–148.25875388
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy618123.00/cwt123.00–123.007609
Heifers—Medium 1647123.00/cwt123.00–123.007965
Heifers—Medium and Large 1691139.63/cwt135.00–141.50965142
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2692135.33/cwt134.00–136.0093615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1716136.46/cwt130.00–141.0097774
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2750123.00/cwt123.00–123.0092315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy769133.47/cwt132.00–136.751,02630
Heifers—Medium and Large 1796140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,11413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy809134.25/cwt134.25–134.251,08629
Heifers—Medium and Large 1892139.75/cwt139.75–139.751,24731
Heifers—Medium and Large 1910133.49/cwt132.50–139.251,21571
Heifers—Medium and Large 1981128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,25643
Heifers—Large 1-21,037128.50/cwt128.50–128.501,33368
Heifers—Large 11,199125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,49939
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,52456.00/cwt51.00–66.008534
Bulls——1,55872.16/cwt70.00–73.001,1244
Bulls——1,86575.50/cwt75.50–75.501,4081
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12850.95/cwt49.00–53.005752
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14822.22/cwt21.00–30.0025513
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,19636.87/cwt34.00–41.0044114
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25353.14/cwt46.00–59.0066624
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,26740.86/cwt35.00–43.0051823
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28841.83/cwt41.00–42.005396
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46570.53/cwt66.00–72.501,0333
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47652.10/cwt45.00–57.007699
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49061.02/cwt55.00–65.0090917

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.