Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2020-02-03

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Feb 3
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,971 head
▼ 3,056 vs last sale 6,027▲ 2,971 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
110 head
▼ 9 vs last sale 119▲ 110 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 550 lbs mostly steady, over 550 lbs steady to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 700 lbs mostly steady, over 700 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 lower. A nice offering of long time weaned, home raised steers and heifers. The market was uneven as demand was very good for steers and heifers weighing under 550 lbs, as there were many buyers competing heavily to buy these good cattle, demand was much more moderate for the heavier weight steers and heifers. There was a good supply of light calves, the market was very active on this class of cattle. Buyers of heavier weight feeder cattle are being much more wary in their approach to buying cattle and are trying to buy those that have a break even price in line with where the futures contracts are at. The sharp decline in the futures market last week really had a negative affect on the heavier feeder cattle this week. Slaughter cows steady with last Wed, 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 $157.61/cwt on 1,332 head.
Average price
$157.61
1,332 head · 655 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,032
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$392
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$28.15/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.00
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1645158.461,0221,270
Medium and Large 1-2614149.8792131
Large 11,085130.311,41431
One grade step is worth $28.15/cwt here — about −$392 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 sale1,332 hd
157.61
—
SD average9 barns · 16,432 hd
153.61
+4.00
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—High1,92774.331,4324thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44154.7178932
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,36454.3674161
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,16450.875927thin

Every lot

49 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2328177.50/cwt177.50–177.505826
Steers—Medium and Large 1364185.00/cwt185.00–185.006739
Steers—Medium and Large 1428189.68/cwt186.00–195.0081261
Steers—Medium and Large 1472186.88/cwt176.00–194.0088296
Steers—Medium and Large 1516180.19/cwt173.00–184.5093052
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2543155.63/cwt152.00–160.0084511
Steers—Medium and Large 1567171.18/cwt161.00–174.25971171
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy594157.50/cwt157.50–157.5093610
Steers—Medium and Large 1625159.78/cwt153.50–165.00999327
Steers—Medium and Large 1670148.86/cwt145.50–154.5099798
Steers—Medium and Large 1718144.43/cwt143.00–147.501,037210
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy776130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0098
Steers—Medium and Large 1777140.78/cwt135.00–144.501,09493
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2793133.50/cwt133.50–133.501,05914
Steers—Medium and Large 1808140.83/cwt138.50–144.501,13875
Steers—Medium and Large 1860135.27/cwt134.50–136.251,16323
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy941132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,24717
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy952131.50/cwt131.50–131.501,25220
Steers—Large 11,044132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,37812
Steers—Large 11,111129.25/cwt129.25–129.251,43619
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2321160.00/cwt160.00–160.005148
Heifers—Medium and Large 1333175.00/cwt175.00–175.005837
Heifers—Medium and Large 1359164.00/cwt164.00–164.005899
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2403140.00/cwt140.00–140.005645
Heifers—Medium and Large 1424165.57/cwt156.00–175.00702122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473156.19/cwt153.00–159.0073978
Heifers—Medium and Large 1521153.59/cwt141.00–156.75800210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1579148.28/cwt141.00–151.00859146
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy586133.50/cwt133.50–133.507826
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622141.07/cwt134.00–149.50877126
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy641133.00/cwt133.00–133.0085314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy679130.50/cwt130.50–130.508867
Heifers—Medium and Large 1683134.51/cwt132.00–137.0091999
Heifers—Medium and Large 1711131.33/cwt126.00–133.0093485
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2721126.00/cwt126.00–126.0090810
Heifers—Medium and Large 1770126.34/cwt125.00–130.5097342
Heifers—Medium and Large 1823125.50/cwt125.50–125.501,0338
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2980117.25/cwt117.25–117.251,14931
Heifers—Medium and Large 1981123.50/cwt123.50–123.501,21210
Heifers—Large 11,148124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,42414
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1443173.00/cwt173.00–173.0076614
Bulls—Medium and Large 1543155.00/cwt155.00–155.0084218
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,88771.44/cwt71.00–72.501,3483
Bulls——2,04583.00/cwt83.00–83.001,6971
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16450.87/cwt48.00–52.005927
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36154.81/cwt52.00–59.0074654
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38350.88/cwt50.50–51.507047
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43358.50/cwt58.50–58.508385
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44354.01/cwt45.00–56.0077927

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.