Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2020-08-10

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Aug 10
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,257 head
▼ 77 vs last sale 2,334▲ 1,046 vs year ago 1,211 · +86.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
100 head
▲ 40 vs last sale 60▲ 65 vs year ago 35 · +185.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 4.00 to 7.00 higher, instances to 10.00 higher, feeder heifers 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Very good demand for this nice offering of high quality yearling steers and heifers, a few consignments of calves were met with very good demand as well. The flesh condition was rather attractive, overall, and several long strings offered in load lots and multiple load lots made for a very active market this week. There were a lot of buyers on the seats ready to bid on these yearlings as they could make full feedyard pens of high quality, uniform cattle. The competition was fierce as costs of gain are low, with a plentiful corn harvest on the way, and cattle feeders want to get cattle placed on feed. Slaughter cows 5.00 to 7.00 lower, bulls 4.00 to 5.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $137.39/cwt on 1,452 head.
Average price
$137.39
1,452 head · 935 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,284
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$101
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$28.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+6.29
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1844143.771,214856
Medium and Large 1-2786143.361,12722
Large 11,075127.811,373567
Large 1-21,144115.001,3167thin
One grade step is worth $28.77/cwt here — about −$101 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 sale1,452 hd
137.39
—
SD average5 barns · 3,775 hd
131.11
+6.29
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—High1,71088.411,51215
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,48170.661,04645
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,26464.1481128
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,20658.247025thin

Every lot

49 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1288210.00/cwt210.00–210.006055
Steers—Medium and Large 1346190.00/cwt190.00–190.006578
Steers—Medium and Large 1442176.00/cwt176.00–176.007785
Steers—Medium and Large 1450175.00/cwt175.00–175.007884
Steers—Medium and Large 1518175.54/cwt169.00–181.009099
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2608157.00/cwt157.00–157.009555
Steers—Medium and Large 1613167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,0246
Steers—Medium and Large 1663167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,1074
Steers—Medium and Large 1730154.20/cwt151.50–161.001,12642
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy739145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,07224
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2766145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,1119
Steers—Medium and Large 1783148.26/cwt143.00–157.501,161142
Steers—Medium and Large 1812145.91/cwt140.00–148.751,185108
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy856137.75/cwt137.75–137.751,17927
Steers—Medium and Large 1878139.76/cwt134.00–143.251,227167
Steers—Medium and Large 1917138.91/cwt134.00–142.001,274154
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2921133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,2258
Steers—Medium and Large 1963135.44/cwt128.00–137.001,304151
Steers—Large 11,031132.79/cwt122.00–134.001,369205
Steers—Large 1Fleshy1,055121.75/cwt121.75–121.751,28417
Steers—Large 11,072128.09/cwt126.00–131.751,373165
Steers—Large 11,124122.97/cwt119.00–123.251,382164
Steers—Large 1-21,144115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,3167
Steers—Large 11,172117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,37116
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1413167.50/cwt167.50–167.5069211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2420145.00/cwt145.00–145.006094
Heifers—Medium and Large 1516147.00/cwt147.00–147.007595
Heifers—Medium and Large 1627156.00/cwt156.00–156.0097817
Heifers—Medium and Large 1655149.91/cwt149.00–154.0098233
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2696123.00/cwt123.00–123.008568
Heifers—Medium and Large 1717144.10/cwt137.00–150.001,033101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1775138.77/cwt136.00–141.001,07572
Heifers—Medium and Large 1832138.33/cwt133.50–140.501,151120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy860126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,08420
Heifers—Medium and Large 1869130.53/cwt126.00–135.001,134129
Heifers—Medium and Large 1910126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,14754
Heifers—Large 1Fleshy1,002106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,06215
Heifers—Large 11,009117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,1815
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,51482.82/cwt74.00–86.001,2546
Bulls——1,75290.43/cwt89.50–91.501,5846
Bulls——2,01795.55/cwt94.50–97.501,9273
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09551.09/cwt50.00–52.005592
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,11056.14/cwt51.00–60.006233
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26564.67/cwt61.00–67.0081823
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,28063.00/cwt63.00–63.008063
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46560.42/cwt59.00–61.008853
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47870.73/cwt67.50–75.001,04537
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,48070.00/cwt70.00–70.001,0362
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51276.29/cwt76.00–76.501,1545

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.