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Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-04-27
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-04-27

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Apr 27

● Final30 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026

← Apr 20Apr 27May 4 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

2,301 head

▲ 453 vs last sale 1,848▲ 2,301 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Slaughter Cattle receipts

7 head

▼ 43 vs last sale 50▲ 7 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs not well compared, 600-700 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 lower, over 700 lbs steady to 3.00 lower. Demand moderate for this nice offering of feeder cattle. Many long strings of high quality yearling steers and heifers, flesh light to moderate, offered in full loads and multiple load lots. The market was not as active as last week as cattle feeders have much uncertainty before them. The market was most active on the packages of light weight cattle as those cattle simply have more options than those bigger cattle that are only suitable for finishing yards. Live Cattle futures made gains today but cattle feeders are treading very cautiously as the way forward is very murky. Packers are managing to make huge profits as Choice boxed beef reached 307.75 yet dressed beef bids no better than 160.00 on a very limited amount, while cattle feeders face staggering losses again if they can actually get a bid and sell cattle. Slaughter cows not well tested, lower undertone evident, bulls too lightly tested.

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 $123.86/cwt on 1,765 head.

Average price

$123.86

1,765 head · 850 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,052

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$52

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$19.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.09

vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	843	124.53	1,049	1,705
Large 1	1,049	105.00	1,101	60

One grade step is worth $19.53/cwt here — about −$52 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 sale1,765 hd

123.86

—

SD average8 barns · 11,990 hd

128.96

−5.09

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	1,965	80.00	1,572	1thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,140	51.00	581	1thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,622	45.69	741	4thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,090	42.00	458	1thin

Every lot

30 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	398	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	796	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	458	172.00/cwt	172.00–172.00	788	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	528	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	829	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	582	152.81/cwt	152.00–154.50	889	50
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	621	149.10/cwt	147.00–154.50	926	45
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	640	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	915	8
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	668	141.36/cwt	133.00–146.00	944	88
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	720	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,015	72
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	777	132.62/cwt	120.00–138.25	1,030	169
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	826	125.94/cwt	123.00–128.75	1,040	152
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	873	120.59/cwt	114.50–124.50	1,053	420
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	919	116.31/cwt	113.00–120.00	1,069	630
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	994	107.00/cwt	107.00–107.00	1,064	54
Steers	—	Large 1	1,049	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,101	60
Feeder Cattle · Heifers11 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	447	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	630	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	479	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	671	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	524	135.49/cwt	131.00–140.50	710	17
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	575	126.14/cwt	124.00–131.00	725	38
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	614	123.56/cwt	122.00–128.50	759	32
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	678	122.45/cwt	121.50–129.00	830	80
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	739	121.76/cwt	114.00–126.50	900	63
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	783	115.50/cwt	115.50–115.50	904	29
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	819	114.08/cwt	108.50–115.50	934	108
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	880	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	933	14
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	902	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	929	20
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,965	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,572	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,090	42.00/cwt	42.00–42.00	458	1
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,140	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	581	1
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,567	46.58/cwt	43.00–48.00	730	3
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,785	43.00/cwt	43.00–43.00	768	1

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 Apr 27, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,301Last week 1,848Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 7Last week 50Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	640	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	994	107.00	107.00
72	—	720	141.00	141.00
88	—	668	133.00–146.00	141.36
152	—	826	123.00–128.75	125.94
169	—	777	120.00–138.25	132.62
420	—	873	114.50–124.50	120.59
4	—	398	200.00	200.00
4	—	528	157.00	157.00
9	—	458	172.00	172.00
45	—	621	147.00–154.50	149.10
630	—	919	113.00–120.00	116.31
50	—	582	152.00–154.50	152.81

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
60	—	1,049	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	447	141.00	141.00
38	—	575	124.00–131.00	126.14
63	—	739	114.00–126.50	121.76
80	—	678	121.50–129.00	122.45
108	—	819	108.50–115.50	114.08
8	—	479	140.00	140.00
14	—	880	106.00	106.00
17	—	524	131.00–140.50	135.49
20	—	902	103.00	103.00
29	—	783	115.50	115.50
32	—	614	122.00–128.50	123.56

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,965	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,140	51.00	51.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,785	43.00	43.00
3	—	1,567	43.00–48.00	46.58

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,090	42.00	42.00

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.