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

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Mar 2
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,297 head
▼ 3,130 vs last sale 5,427▲ 2,297 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
130 head
▲ 65 vs last sale 65▲ 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 steady to 2.00 higher, except 750-800 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers mostly steady, except 800-850 lbs steady to 2.00 lower. Good to very good demand, which is an improvement from last week. There were plenty of farmer feeders on the seats actively bidding and willing to push the market higher to get cattle bought. The futures markets had a very rough last week as the stock market plunged and rattled the commodities, but as the CME cattle futures opened triple digits higher today buyers were feeling better. There were plenty of high quailty, attractive steers and heifers offered, but flesh condition wasn't as light as has been seen in recent weeks. In spite of a little more flesh buyers were ready to buy cattle. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 lower than last Wednesday, 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 $156.37/cwt on 1,178 head.
Average price
$156.37
1,178 head · 661 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,034
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$305
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$15.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+11.82
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2429171.6473634
Medium and Large 1668155.911,0421,144
One grade step is worth $15.73/cwt here — about −$305 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 sale1,178 hd
156.37
—
SD average8 barns · 11,712 hd
144.55
+11.82
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—Low1,72066.301,1402thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,55959.8093264
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,34055.2874136
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,05439.4241610

Every lot

42 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2323178.00/cwt178.00–178.005759
Steers—Medium and Large 1390188.35/cwt187.00–192.0073511
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2391184.00/cwt184.00–184.007198
Steers—Medium and Large 1423188.82/cwt187.00–190.0079919
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed437193.07/cwt191.00–195.0084423
Steers—Medium and Large 1476172.65/cwt171.00–176.0082215
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2503162.46/cwt160.00–166.0081717
Steers—Medium and Large 1516176.18/cwt170.00–181.0090996
Steers—Medium and Large 1574162.98/cwt153.00–171.00936135
Steers—Medium and Large 1628160.74/cwt150.00–164.001,009211
Steers—Medium and Large 1675153.15/cwt149.50–158.001,034167
Steers—Medium and Large 1727149.58/cwt141.50–151.251,087166
Steers—Medium and Large 1759147.82/cwt139.75–152.501,122172
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy833126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,0505
Steers—Medium and Large 1838134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,12336
Steers—Medium and Large 1874131.36/cwt130.50–133.001,14888
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1328168.07/cwt165.00–173.0055112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1397154.00/cwt154.00–154.006119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1411158.98/cwt152.00–164.0065358
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2438150.00/cwt150.00–150.006575
Heifers—Medium and Large 1478158.98/cwt153.00–161.00760104
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2482142.00/cwt142.00–142.0068416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1540146.82/cwt145.00–148.0079318
Heifers—Medium and Large 1574143.66/cwt139.50–148.00825169
Heifers—Medium and Large 1626137.60/cwt135.00–139.5086138
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy646130.50/cwt127.00–133.0084312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675134.04/cwt131.25–140.0090580
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy682127.50/cwt127.50–127.5087035
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy705124.00/cwt124.00–124.0087439
Heifers—Medium and Large 1710129.91/cwt129.50–131.0092234
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2722123.00/cwt123.00–123.008889
Heifers—Medium 1756100.00/cwt100.00–100.007567
Heifers—Medium and Large 1776126.86/cwt125.25–129.00984106
Heifers—Medium and Large 1818118.54/cwt118.00–120.00970103
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1583131.00/cwt131.00–131.007647
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,72066.30/cwt65.00–68.001,1402
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04636.53/cwt35.00–40.003828
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08851.00/cwt51.00–51.005552
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25660.03/cwt58.00–62.007549
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36853.70/cwt48.00–57.5073527
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54160.27/cwt57.00–65.0092958
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,73255.28/cwt52.00–56.509576

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.