Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2020-01-06

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Jan 6
● Final75 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
5,707 head
▲ 4,641 vs last sale 1,066▲ 5,707 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
114 head
▼ 31 vs last sale 145▲ 114 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared the much smaller sale two weeks ago: A narrow comparison of feeder steers and heifers 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Much larger offering this week after no feeder sales over the two holiday weeks. Demand was good to very good, with the most improvement in demand for heifers under 700 lbs. Many small packages this week, yet also there were numerous bigger, long strings, including some full loads. The packages sold just as readily as the part loads and loads. Quality was attractive to very attractive, but there were also plainer cattle in the offering giving plenty of selection for buyers of all kinds and price points to enter the market. There were a lot of buyers on the seats actively bidding which moved the sale along as the market was very active. With CME Live Cattle gaining 2.00 and Feeder Cattle gaining 4.00 farmer feeders were feeling more optimistic and ready to buy cattle. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower, bulls steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $155.80/cwt on 2,458 head.
Average price
$155.80
2,458 head · 707 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,101
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$397
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$15.60/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.59
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1684157.361,0762,073
Medium 1588155.8491738
Medium and Large 1-2575153.84885136
Large 11,039141.761,473211
One grade step is worth $15.60/cwt here — about −$397 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 sale2,458 hd
155.80
—
SD average5 barns · 11,676 hd
153.22
+2.59
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—Average1,78174.091,3207thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,45265.2694720
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,33055.2073441
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,08540.9244431

Every lot

75 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2299200.00/cwt200.00–200.0059811
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2337178.23/cwt176.00–180.0060113
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2383150.50/cwt150.50–150.505767
Steers—Medium and Large 1398192.00/cwt192.00–192.0076413
Steers—Medium and Large 1430179.53/cwt173.00–185.0077266
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy458166.00/cwt166.00–166.007608
Steers—Medium and Large 1474175.76/cwt170.00–182.0083374
Steers—Medium 1496163.00/cwt163.00–163.0080811
Steers—Medium and Large 1523171.86/cwt163.00–181.00899187
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2524159.68/cwt157.00–166.0083716
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2553158.00/cwt158.00–158.0087414
Steers—Medium and Large 1573166.21/cwt162.00–171.00952258
Steers—Medium 1594157.00/cwt157.00–157.0093319
Steers—Medium and Large 1626162.66/cwt159.00–169.001,018180
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2648150.50/cwt150.50–150.5097511
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy652149.00/cwt149.00–149.0097117
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2667138.96/cwt136.00–146.0092730
Steers—Medium and Large 1674155.80/cwt147.50–160.001,050340
Steers—Medium 1701143.25/cwt143.25–143.251,0048
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2724140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,01434
Steers—Medium and Large 1730151.28/cwt147.85–157.001,104240
Steers—Medium and Large 1768148.71/cwt143.25–153.501,142240
Steers—Medium and Large 1831148.05/cwt145.00–149.001,230249
Steers—Medium and Large 1887143.85/cwt139.75–147.001,276173
Steers—Medium and Large 1956142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,35828
Steers—Large 11,037142.06/cwt141.50–142.251,473201
Steers—Large 11,085135.75/cwt135.75–135.751,47310
Feeder Cattle · Heifers34 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2296171.00/cwt171.00–171.005064
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2334162.71/cwt160.00–165.0054311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy369155.00/cwt155.00–155.005724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1380164.49/cwt157.00–167.0062557
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2384151.58/cwt150.00–155.0058220
Heifers—Medium 1404141.00/cwt141.00–141.0057012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2432140.53/cwt132.00–147.0060722
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435168.00/cwt168.00–168.0073113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy470136.00/cwt136.00–136.0063913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475157.48/cwt149.25–161.50748125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2482143.94/cwt127.50–153.00694122
Heifers—Medium 1529145.00/cwt145.00–145.0076723
Heifers—Medium and Large 1531155.26/cwt148.00–159.00824118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2534144.30/cwt135.00–147.5077124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573152.25/cwt143.50–161.00872259
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575140.29/cwt130.00–146.5080798
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy581135.63/cwt131.00–138.0078815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2605133.00/cwt133.00–133.008059
Heifers—Medium and Large 1624145.45/cwt140.00–149.00908227
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy626137.89/cwt136.00–139.7586316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1685140.55/cwt134.50–145.00963357
Heifers—Medium and Large 2688115.00/cwt115.00–115.007915
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2699133.00/cwt133.00–133.009305
Heifers—Medium and Large 1728138.35/cwt136.00–141.751,007204
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy729131.00/cwt131.00–131.0095516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2775135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,04611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1793136.80/cwt136.50–136.851,085164
Heifers—Medium and Large 1803135.52/cwt133.50–136.751,08861
Heifers—Medium and Large 1859135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,16063
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2879133.50/cwt133.50–133.501,17326
Heifers—Medium and Large 1904134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,21610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2987131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,2937
Heifers—Large 11,086137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,48843
Heifers—Large 11,206134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,61640
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1560142.00/cwt142.00–142.0079510
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,71369.36/cwt67.00–72.001,1882
Bulls——1,77874.36/cwt72.50–76.501,3224
Bulls——1,93082.50/cwt82.50–82.501,5921
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03337.94/cwt31.00–43.0039211
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03520.00/cwt20.00–20.002075
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06055.07/cwt53.00–59.005843
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16148.83/cwt42.00–50.0056712
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25851.44/cwt45.00–54.0064721
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34542.00/cwt42.00–42.005655
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42071.00/cwt71.00–71.001,0081
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,42664.86/cwt63.00–66.0092515
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43566.13/cwt65.00–68.0094917
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,60855.00/cwt55.00–55.008842

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.