Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2020-03-23

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-03-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-23

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Mar 23

● Final23 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026

← Mar 16Mar 23Mar 30 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

502 head

▲ 26 vs last sale 476▲ 502 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

30 head

▼ 55 vs last sale 85▲ 30 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

A very limited offering of feeder cattle this week. 800-950 lbs feeder steers 1.00 higher compared to two weeks ago. Only comparison for feeder heifers was a load of 760 lbs that sold 15.00 higher than last week. Good demand for this light offering, a lighter buyer attendance but the market was very active. As the CME cattle futures contracts opened limit higher, and held there throughout the sale, after last week's friendly Cattle On Feed Report cattle feeders were ready to buy some feeder cattle. The quality was very attractive as there a couple of long strings of steers and heifers in light to moderate flesh, one string of 300 steers and heifers offered in full load lots. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher compared to Wednesday's sale, bulls recent price comparison available.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $131.13/cwt on 346 head.

Average price

$131.13

346 head · 849 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,113

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$412

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1

$62.67/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.14

vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	430	176.00	757	5thin
Medium and Large 1	850	130.94	1,113	332
Large 1	1,031	113.33	1,168	9thin

One grade step is worth $62.67/cwt here — about −$412 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 sale346 hd

131.13

—

SD average5 barns · 1,572 hd

122.00

+9.14

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	—	Average	1,701	94.68	1,611	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,450	65.61	951	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,375	62.02	853	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,191	58.23	693	6thin

Every lot

23 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 · Steers8 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	430	176.00/cwt	176.00–176.00	757	5
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	569	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	859	10
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	713	140.10/cwt	138.00–141.00	999	46
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	829	131.50/cwt	131.50–131.50	1,090	141
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	861	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,059	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	942	125.83/cwt	115.00–126.25	1,185	131
Steers	—	Large 1	1,013	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,155	6
Steers	—	Large 1	1,067	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,195	3
Feeder Cattle · Heifers7 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	521	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	750	10
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	638	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	868	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	686	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	875	12
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	763	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	946	62
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	803	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	891	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	867	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,023	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	929	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	985	5
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,685	98.97/cwt	97.00–100.50	1,668	2
Bulls	—	—	1,712	91.82/cwt	89.50–93.00	1,572	3
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,065	48.00/cwt	48.00–48.00	511	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,216	60.27/cwt	59.00–61.50	733	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,367	61.24/cwt	60.00–65.00	837	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,404	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	983	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,430	67.50/cwt	67.50–67.50	965	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,505	60.35/cwt	58.00–61.50	908	5

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 23, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 502Last week 476Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 30Last week 85Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	569	151.00	151.00
141	—	829	131.50	131.50
4	—	861	123.00	123.00
46	—	713	138.00–141.00	140.10
131	—	942	115.00–126.25	125.83

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	430	176.00	176.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,067	112.00	112.00
6	—	1,013	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	686	127.50	127.50
62	—	763	124.00	124.00
4	—	803	111.00	111.00
6	—	867	118.00	118.00
10	—	521	144.00	144.00
11	—	638	136.00	136.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	929	106.00	106.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,712	89.50–93.00	91.82
2	—	1,685	97.00–100.50	98.97

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,430	67.50	67.50
7	—	1,367	60.00–65.00	61.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,505	58.00–61.50	60.35
6	—	1,404	70.00	70.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,065	48.00	48.00
5	—	1,216	59.00–61.50	60.27

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.