Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2020-05-04

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, May 4
● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,085 head
▲ 2,085 vs last sale 0▼ 402 vs year ago 2,487 · −16.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
80 head
▼ 570 vs last sale 650▲ 5 vs year ago 75 · +6.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 4.00 higher, feeder heifers 5.00 to 10.00 higher except 550-650 lbs 10.00 to 20.00 higher. Good to very good demand this week for this nice offering of feeder cattle. Many long strings of high quality, light to moderate fleshed yearlings offered in full loads and multiple loads, the market was pretty active on these cattle. The market was very active on the steers and heifers under 700 lbs as there were many buyers looking to buy these lighter cattle. More farmer feeders in the market this week really helped to push the market higher. Live Cattle futures made triple digit gains yet the front month remains many dollars under the cash market. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $126.22/cwt on 1,438 head.
Average price
$126.22
1,438 head · 838 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,058
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$269
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$30.14/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.37
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2614142.4687541
Medium and Large 1827127.141,0511,265
Large 11,018112.321,143132
One grade step is worth $30.14/cwt here — about −$269 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 sale1,438 hd
126.22
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SD average7 barns · 9,848 hd
126.59
−0.37
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—Average1,52377.231,1762thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,48357.9485947
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,36253.7473214
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,16245.9653414

Every lot

34 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 · Steers15 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2455152.00/cwt152.00–152.006928
Steers—Medium and Large 1470165.19/cwt165.00–166.0077611
Steers—Medium and Large 1526162.41/cwt160.50–164.0085418
Steers—Medium and Large 1577158.74/cwt151.00–160.0091645
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2649143.50/cwt143.50–143.5093116
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2656137.00/cwt137.00–137.0089917
Steers—Medium and Large 1665143.34/cwt140.00–148.0095334
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy686134.00/cwt134.00–134.009196
Steers—Medium and Large 1716138.89/cwt136.00–141.50994167
Steers—Medium and Large 1783133.57/cwt131.50–142.501,046167
Steers—Medium and Large 1834126.44/cwt124.25–130.501,055210
Steers—Medium and Large 1868120.23/cwt118.00–122.851,044263
Steers—Medium and Large 1933115.83/cwt112.50–121.501,081281
Steers—Medium and Large 1990111.96/cwt111.85–113.001,10863
Steers—Large 11,018112.32/cwt108.00–112.851,143132
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1442144.00/cwt144.00–144.0063613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1519145.26/cwt136.00–148.2575439
Heifers—Medium and Large 1564142.17/cwt140.00–145.5080210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1635143.71/cwt137.50–146.5091340
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy662122.00/cwt122.00–122.008089
Heifers—Medium and Large 1678130.69/cwt126.50–132.0088643
Heifers—Medium and Large 1722126.18/cwt124.00–127.5091158
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy781117.25/cwt117.25–117.2591610
Heifers—Medium and Large 1784121.64/cwt120.50–125.00954140
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy808112.00/cwt112.00–112.0090583
Heifers—Medium and Large 1812120.28/cwt119.00–120.7597719
Heifers—Medium and Large 1865113.50/cwt113.50–113.5098217
Heifers—Medium and Large 1940105.56/cwt104.00–107.0099219
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,52377.23/cwt73.00–81.501,1762
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06740.59/cwt33.00–44.504336
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,23449.98/cwt48.00–54.506178
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35753.10/cwt50.00–55.5072113
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,42062.00/cwt62.00–62.008801
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48357.94/cwt54.00–63.5085947

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.