Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2020-02-10

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Feb 10
● Final55 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,940 head
▲ 969 vs last sale 2,971▲ 3,940 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
130 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 110▲ 130 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers mostly steady except 600-800 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 higher with some instances of 7.00 to 8.00 higher. Feeder heifers steady to instances of up to 5.00 higher. Very good demand this week for this extremely attractive offering of home raised, long time weaned steers and heifers, along with some backgrounded yearlings. The overall quality was outstanding, flesh condition rather light overall, there were a couple consignments in a moderate plus flesh but the quality was outstanding and they garnered a lot of attention. There were plenty of packages of light cattle which there are lots of buyers competing for, along with some long strings of heavier cattle that were offered in full loads and multiple load lots, including one consignment of 650 steers and heifers. The farmer feeders were very active bidders which created an active market throughout the sale. Lower Live Cattle futures again today and lower cash fed cattle sales last week yet that did not slow the pace of the sale. Slaughter cows 4.00 to 6.00 lower, bulls not well tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $150.58/cwt on 1,866 head.
Average price
$150.58
1,866 head · 746 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,124
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$231
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$26.52/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.53
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1727152.751,1101,670
Medium and Large 1-2718143.671,03160
Medium and Large 2530132.0070016thin
Large 11,062126.231,341120
One grade step is worth $26.52/cwt here — about −$231 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 sale1,866 hd
150.58
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SD average5 barns · 8,243 hd
152.11
−1.53
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—Low1,60774.171,1923thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47054.9280753
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,32152.4169352
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,12336.6441210

Every lot

55 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2376182.50/cwt182.50–182.506864
Steers—Medium and Large 1384198.74/cwt198.00–200.0076322
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2432175.00/cwt175.00–175.007566
Steers—Medium and Large 1436187.08/cwt186.00–189.0081616
Steers—Medium and Large 1473185.92/cwt182.00–190.0087973
Steers—Medium and Large 2530132.00/cwt132.00–132.0070016
Steers—Medium and Large 1531174.71/cwt166.00–185.5092893
Steers—Medium and Large 1580166.31/cwt162.00–170.0096598
Steers—Medium and Large 1623162.86/cwt156.50–167.501,015239
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2645150.00/cwt150.00–150.009686
Steers—Medium and Large 1675159.11/cwt149.00–163.001,074220
Steers—Medium and Large 1719151.09/cwt144.00–155.001,086242
Steers—Medium and Large 1768148.74/cwt140.00–155.001,14256
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2798135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,07744
Steers—Medium and Large 1822138.45/cwt134.25–142.001,138131
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy830133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,10433
Steers—Medium and Large 1861139.47/cwt133.50–141.001,201202
Steers—Medium and Large 1906129.54/cwt127.25–130.001,17492
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy977121.50/cwt121.50–121.501,1875
Steers—Medium and Large 1983132.24/cwt126.75–133.601,300148
Steers—Large 11,021128.48/cwt128.00–128.601,31293
Steers—Large 1Fleshy1,203118.50/cwt118.50–118.501,42627
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1376178.00/cwt178.00–178.0066918
Heifers—Medium and Large 1414164.83/cwt159.00–167.0068240
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2470154.00/cwt154.00–154.007247
Heifers—Medium and Large 1485160.94/cwt157.00–166.0078167
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2520139.00/cwt139.00–139.007236
Heifers—Medium and Large 2522135.00/cwt135.00–135.0070516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1533151.67/cwt146.00–158.00808226
Heifers—Medium and Large 1572151.74/cwt143.00–157.00868159
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy579141.00/cwt141.00–141.008168
Heifers—Medium and Large 1617145.59/cwt139.00–148.00898189
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy639133.00/cwt133.00–133.008508
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673137.03/cwt132.50–143.50922290
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy729128.50/cwt128.50–128.5093718
Heifers—Medium and Large 1730134.13/cwt132.50–135.50979113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2734120.00/cwt120.00–120.008817
Heifers—Medium and Large 1791131.56/cwt127.50–135.001,041220
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy793126.25/cwt126.25–126.251,00118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2819123.30/cwt121.00–124.751,01029
Heifers—Medium and Large 1833127.41/cwt127.00–129.251,06192
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy875122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,06814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1889127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,1295
Heifers—Medium and Large 1907126.98/cwt126.75–127.001,152125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1958126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,20756
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,43076.50/cwt76.50–76.501,0941
Bulls——1,69573.00/cwt73.00–73.001,2372
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02827.73/cwt25.00–29.002854
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18543.89/cwt41.00–44.505205
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,19536.00/cwt36.00–36.004301
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30951.70/cwt49.00–54.5067742
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35960.30/cwt59.00–60.508197
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39349.30/cwt38.00–52.0068713
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,40743.91/cwt42.00–45.006183
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49556.75/cwt53.00–62.0084840

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.