Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2020-04-20

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Apr 20
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,848 head
▲ 1,848 vs last sale 0▲ 1,848 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
50 head
▲ 50 vs last sale 0▲ 50 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers 10.00 to 20.00 higher, feeder heifers 10.00 to 15.00 higher. Very good demand for this good sized offering, the largest feeder cattle offering in the last four weeks. There were light fleshed, light weight cattle suitable for summer grass as well as long strings and full loads of backgrounded yearlings bound for finishing yards, both classes were met by plenty of buyers actively bidding and competing heavily to get cattle bought. The cash fed cattle market was unclear last week, as Friday saw live sales in IA from 95.00-105.00. The futures contracts weren't supportive of a higher feeder cattle market but cattle feeders were ready to buy cattle and willing to chase the market higher to buy them. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 lower, bulls not tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $130.57/cwt on 1,085 head.
Average price
$130.57
1,085 head · 819 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,069
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$70
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$38.86/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.63
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2558139.8678121
Medium and Large 1811132.171,072987
Large 11,021108.291,10570
Medium and Large 2704101.007117thin
One grade step is worth $38.86/cwt here — about $70 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 sale1,085 hd
130.57
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SD average5 barns · 4,168 hd
132.20
−1.63
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,35251.3969517
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44751.2074118
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,17744.8052712

Every lot

43 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 · Steers17 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1393176.00/cwt176.00–176.0069213
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed496157.00/cwt157.00–157.0077911
Steers—Medium and Large 1499169.00/cwt169.00–169.0084311
Steers—Medium and Large 1546162.99/cwt161.00–165.0089010
Steers—Medium and Large 1596160.00/cwt160.00–160.0095412
Steers—Medium and Large 1627153.47/cwt147.00–157.0096256
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2627121.00/cwt121.00–121.0075910
Steers—Medium and Large 1675145.06/cwt138.00–149.00979122
Steers—Medium and Large 2704101.00/cwt101.00–101.007117
Steers—Medium and Large 1720143.77/cwt141.00–146.001,03569
Steers—Medium and Large 1784133.87/cwt131.00–140.001,050131
Steers—Medium and Large 1826127.66/cwt124.50–132.001,05474
Steers—Medium and Large 1878125.84/cwt116.00–127.501,105186
Steers—Medium and Large 1925120.36/cwt110.00–124.501,113248
Steers—Medium and Large 1975114.56/cwt108.00–117.251,11755
Steers—Large 11,008109.50/cwt109.50–109.501,10460
Steers—Large 11,097101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,10810
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1415144.35/cwt144.00–145.0059912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2433136.00/cwt136.00–136.005894
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473142.32/cwt137.00–147.5067324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1506133.00/cwt133.00–133.006735
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed513136.00/cwt136.00–136.0069814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed550126.00/cwt126.00–126.006937
Heifers—Medium and Large 1561133.68/cwt123.00–136.5075044
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed614130.00/cwt130.00–130.0079841
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy623116.00/cwt116.00–116.007238
Heifers—Medium and Large 1629136.11/cwt130.00–139.5085659
Heifers—Medium and Large 1663128.94/cwt120.00–135.0085542
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed716116.00/cwt116.00–116.0083116
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy727109.00/cwt109.00–109.007929
Heifers—Medium and Large 1729123.01/cwt113.00–129.00897101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1772112.00/cwt112.00–112.008655
Heifers—Medium and Large 1822111.45/cwt110.00–113.50916125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy84095.00/cwt95.00–95.007985
Heifers—Medium and Large 1865106.94/cwt106.00–110.0092596
Heifers—Medium and Large 1934103.50/cwt103.50–103.5096710
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2606130.00/cwt130.00–130.007885
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14947.39/cwt44.00–51.005457
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,21541.17/cwt38.00–42.505005
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28454.40/cwt52.00–58.5069812
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,39649.49/cwt48.00–51.5069112
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,51444.16/cwt37.00–47.506695
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55054.61/cwt52.50–57.008466

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.