Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2020-06-15

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Jun 15
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
6,411 head
▲ 5,680 vs last sale 731▼ 1,276 vs year ago 7,687 · −16.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
50 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 35▼ 75 vs year ago 125 · −60.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers too lightly tested last week to allow a good comparison with this week's very large offering, firm to higher undertones prevailed. Good to very good demand for all classes and weights of cattle for this year's customer appreciation BBQ sale. A hundred plus consignors offered cattle for this sale, numerous small packages of light weight yearlings along with many long strings of yearlings ranging from part loads to full, multiple load lots. The flesh condition was rather attractive overall as there were many light fleshed yearlings to choose from, yet there were also heavier fleshed heavy weight cattle that will reach finished weights in 60-90 days. There were a lot of buyers in town ready to buy these cattle, the cattle futures remain sluggish as the summer and fall months are stuck in the 90's but the market was very active in spite of this. The lower fed cattle market and bearish price structure of the Live Cattle futures has cattle feeders really concerned about the coming months in the fed cattle trade. Cash corn remains cheap which is helping to bring breakeven prices lower, yet cattle feeders are still struggling to sell their finished cattle so they are careful not to get too bullish on the market. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 higher, bulls too lightly tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $131.02/cwt on 3,123 head.
Average price
$131.02
3,123 head · 857 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,123
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$106
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2
$46.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.80
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1775138.761,0762,112
Medium and Large 1-2707137.70973175
Large 11,115110.591,233764
Medium and Large 2796108.4586348
Large 1-21,094107.001,1717thin
Large 21,04892.5096917thin
One grade step is worth $46.26/cwt here — about $106 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 sale3,123 hd
131.02
—
SD average5 barns · 10,248 hd
125.22
+5.80
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—High1,56085.251,3302thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50562.7794519
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29661.9580315
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13554.1561517

Every lot

70 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2399164.00/cwt164.00–164.006546
Steers—Medium and Large 1440188.00/cwt188.00–188.0082711
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2467161.00/cwt161.00–161.007525
Steers—Medium and Large 1476173.46/cwt172.00–175.0082612
Steers—Medium and Large 1526168.84/cwt163.00–171.0088823
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2539158.37/cwt152.50–167.0085439
Steers—Medium and Large 1579153.59/cwt152.00–159.5088937
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed582153.50/cwt153.50–153.508938
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2585136.98/cwt134.00–140.0080114
Steers—Medium and Large 1624150.93/cwt142.00–157.50942250
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2633145.50/cwt145.50–145.5092136
Steers—Medium and Large 1668154.51/cwt148.50–158.001,032275
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2725135.19/cwt132.00–137.5098023
Steers—Medium and Large 1729147.06/cwt138.00–153.501,072286
Steers—Medium and Large 2778109.25/cwt109.25–109.2585015
Steers—Medium and Large 1780141.00/cwt132.00–147.251,100324
Steers—Medium and Large 1825131.82/cwt126.00–134.501,088327
Steers—Medium and Large 285193.00/cwt93.00–93.0079119
Steers—Medium and Large 1866128.03/cwt120.00–129.751,109169
Steers—Medium and Large 1915119.32/cwt117.00–120.501,092156
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2941117.25/cwt117.25–117.251,10318
Steers—Medium and Large 1964115.77/cwt112.25–117.001,116242
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2971109.75/cwt109.75–109.751,06632
Steers—Medium and Large 2998102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,0188
Steers—Large 11,036112.53/cwt108.25–116.001,166253
Steers—Large 21,04892.50/cwt92.50–92.5096917
Steers—Large 11,075112.32/cwt111.25–114.251,20785
Steers—Large 1-21,094107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,1717
Steers—Large 11,115108.25/cwt107.25–109.251,20774
Steers—Large 11,177109.50/cwt109.50–109.501,289300
Steers—Large 11,209108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,30652
Feeder Cattle · Heifers30 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1441164.37/cwt159.00–170.0072520
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2465148.00/cwt148.00–148.006885
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473158.08/cwt153.00–163.5074818
Heifers—Medium and Large 1521145.13/cwt140.00–149.0075645
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2538148.99/cwt148.50–153.0080244
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy544135.67/cwt135.00–138.0073826
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2552133.00/cwt133.00–133.007345
Heifers—Medium and Large 1587141.21/cwt138.00–148.00829123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed603137.00/cwt137.00–137.008268
Heifers—Medium and Large 1627135.05/cwt128.00–145.00847473
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2633123.00/cwt123.00–123.0077912
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy670143.00/cwt143.00–143.0095854
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2671123.00/cwt123.00–123.008257
Heifers—Medium and Large 1686127.72/cwt123.00–135.5087685
Heifers—Medium and Large 1732126.55/cwt116.00–136.75926469
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2755110.68/cwt110.50–111.0083617
Heifers—Medium and Large 1783121.84/cwt117.50–127.50954371
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2802114.95/cwt113.00–116.0092220
Heifers—Medium and Large 1821120.46/cwt116.00–124.50989293
Heifers—Medium and Large 284881.00/cwt81.00–81.0068733
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy868108.75/cwt108.75–108.7594416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1870113.77/cwt110.00–115.2599062
Heifers—Medium and Large 289588.50/cwt88.50–88.5079214
Heifers—Medium and Large 1925116.75/cwt116.75–116.751,08072
Heifers—Medium and Large 296386.50/cwt86.50–86.508338
Heifers—Medium and Large 1979104.19/cwt101.50–107.001,020394
Heifers—Large 11,030101.06/cwt99.50–102.001,04175
Heifers—Large 11,07897.10/cwt96.75–101.001,04761
Heifers—Large 11,13092.00/cwt92.00–92.001,04023
Heifers—Large 11,17992.00/cwt92.00–92.001,08564
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,45080.50/cwt80.50–80.501,1671
Bulls——1,67090.00/cwt90.00–90.001,5031
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02150.52/cwt49.00–52.005167
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16455.72/cwt53.00–57.006499
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26763.48/cwt62.00–65.0080413
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,34558.00/cwt58.00–58.007801
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,48852.00/cwt52.00–52.007742
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51463.03/cwt60.00–66.5095418
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,67065.50/cwt65.50–65.501,0941

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.