Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2019-12-23

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Dec 23
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,066 head
▼ 4,068 vs last sale 5,134▲ 1,066 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
145 head
▼ 155 vs last sale 300▲ 145 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: A much lighter offering of feeder cattle this week, feeder steers not well compared, feeder heifers sold with steady to higher undertones. Good demand for this limited offering of feeder cattle. The market was active as there were a lot of buyers on the seats wanting to buy these light cattle. Most of the calves were weaned and preconditioned, flesh was light to moderate. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 higher, bulls 1.00 to 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $151.64/cwt on 315 head.
Average price
$151.64
315 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$842
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$773
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$29.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.83
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2425154.2165636
Medium and Large 1535153.02819262
Large 11,143125.001,42917thin
One grade step is worth $29.21/cwt here — about −$773 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 sale315 hd
151.64
—
SD average6 barns · 7,101 hd
139.81
+11.83
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—Low1,78172.301,2889thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,54367.461,04121
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,29859.6677462
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,20545.8455341

Every lot

43 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1305208.00/cwt208.00–208.0063412
Steers—Medium and Large 1387183.00/cwt183.00–183.007086
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2427160.00/cwt160.00–160.006837
Steers—Medium and Large 1437184.54/cwt182.00–186.008068
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed444179.00/cwt179.00–179.007957
Steers—Medium and Large 1452175.75/cwt175.75–175.7579415
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed467161.00/cwt161.00–161.007525
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2499168.00/cwt168.00–168.0083822
Steers—Medium and Large 1512165.16/cwt162.00–169.008469
Steers—Medium 1536151.00/cwt151.00–151.008096
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2560146.00/cwt146.00–146.0081811
Steers—Medium and Large 1573163.88/cwt153.00–166.0093946
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2613145.26/cwt144.00–148.0089013
Steers—Medium and Large 1621157.18/cwt153.00–162.0097640
Steers—Medium and Large 1672150.25/cwt144.00–155.501,01041
Steers—Medium and Large 1723146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,05612
Steers—Medium and Large 1900145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,30511
Steers—Large 11,106132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,46013
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed276195.00/cwt195.00–195.0053810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed343192.00/cwt192.00–192.0065917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed360161.00/cwt161.00–161.005806
Heifers—Medium and Large 1420161.40/cwt158.00–165.0067835
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2467122.50/cwt122.50–122.505729
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481156.56/cwt151.00–163.0075363
Heifers—Medium and Large 1529150.51/cwt147.00–155.5079658
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2536141.00/cwt141.00–141.007565
Heifers—Medium and Large 1579145.11/cwt143.00–146.0084013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2585138.00/cwt138.00–138.008076
Heifers—Medium and Large 1624143.38/cwt139.75–146.0089560
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy788130.50/cwt130.50–130.501,0288
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy887125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,1095
Heifers—Medium and Large 1988142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,4033
Heifers—Large 11,143125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,42917
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,67861.12/cwt60.00–62.001,0262
Bulls——1,81175.50/cwt70.00–78.001,3677
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16836.55/cwt33.00–41.0042711
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18646.20/cwt43.00–49.5054815
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,25252.30/cwt50.00–54.0065515
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26363.20/cwt60.00–68.0079837
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34954.43/cwt47.00–57.0073425
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40065.64/cwt63.50–67.509199
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,64972.00/cwt72.00–72.001,18710
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,66053.00/cwt53.00–53.008802

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.