Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2020-03-16

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-03-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Mar 16

● Final17 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026

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Feeder Cattle receipts

476 head

▼ 2,147 vs last sale 2,623▲ 476 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

85 head

▲ 0 vs last sale 85▲ 85 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers not well tested, feeder heifers 10.00 to 16.00 lower. A very limited offering of feeder cattle after last week's meltdown in the CME cattle futures complex. Feeder cattle producers are unwilling to sell during this sharp selloff on the board and taking a wait and see approach to their marketing. A couple long strings of backgrounded heifers in a moderate flesh condition, offered in full loads, as well as a couple of consignments of small packages. Demand light for these feeder cattle as cattle feeders are so unsure about what the next day will bring for the market. CME Live and Feeder Cattle futures contracts opened limit lower as closing limit lower on Friday. Slaughter cows steady to 4.00 higher, bulls not well compared.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $108.93/cwt on 343 head.

Average price

$108.93

343 head · 761 lb average

Value per head Derived

$829

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−19.63

vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	761	108.93	829	343

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale343 hd

108.93

—

SD average7 barns · 5,996 hd

128.56

−19.63

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,895	79.25	1,502	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,571	64.35	1,011	55
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,383	58.28	806	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,170	49.33	577	3thin

Every lot

17 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	633	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	861	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	647	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	793	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	652	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	782	13
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	743	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	892	3
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	771	110.00/cwt	110.00–110.00	848	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	817	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	923	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers4 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	643	112.72/cwt	111.00–119.00	725	50
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	739	111.50/cwt	110.50–112.50	824	120
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	756	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	824	71
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	848	104.00/cwt	104.00–104.00	882	102
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,675	73.50/cwt	73.50–73.50	1,231	1
Bulls	—	—	2,115	85.00/cwt	85.00–85.00	1,798	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,145	54.50/cwt	54.50–54.50	624	2
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,220	39.00/cwt	39.00–39.00	476	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,383	58.28/cwt	54.00–61.50	806	13
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,539	62.06/cwt	58.00–65.50	955	38
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,644	69.48/cwt	68.00–70.50	1,142	17

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.

South Dakota feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Sioux Falls Regional Cattle Auction - Worthing, SD

Mon Mar 16, 2020

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Sioux Falls, SD (LS-SF)

Feeder CattleReceipts 476Last week 2,623Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 85Last week 85Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,675	73.50	73.50
1	—	2,115	85.00	85.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,383	54.00–61.50	58.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,644	68.00–70.50	69.48
38	—	1,539	58.00–65.50	62.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,220	39.00	39.00
2	—	1,145	54.50	54.50

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	743	120.00	120.00
5	—	771	110.00	110.00
13	—	652	120.00	120.00
3	—	633	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	817	113.00	113.00
5	—	647	122.50	122.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	643	111.00–119.00	112.72
71	—	756	109.00	109.00
102	—	848	104.00	104.00
120	—	739	110.50–112.50	111.50

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.