Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2020-08-31

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Aug 31
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,866 head
▼ 466 vs last sale 2,332▲ 1,866 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
100 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 70▲ 100 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 unevenly steady, feeder heifers steady to 5.00 higher. This week saw the first offering of spring born calves, the market was very active for these calves whether they were weaned or not. A good sized offering of yearlings, just a couple of long strings, many small packages. The yearling market was very active in spite of lower cash fed cattle sales and a much weaker price structure on the CME Live Cattle Futures, however the August contract did make gains of more than 1.00. There were plenty of buyers on the seats geared up and ready to buy calves and yearlings this week. Slaughter cows 3.00 higher, steady to 3.00 higher. There will not be an auction next Monday due to the Labor Day holiday.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $133.66/cwt on 939 head.
Average price
$133.66
939 head · 801 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,070
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$143
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$26.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.11
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1772137.031,058728
Medium and Large 1-2757126.95961120
Large 11,087116.161,26382
Large 1-21,087110.501,2019thin
One grade step is worth $26.53/cwt here — about −$143 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 sale939 hd
133.66
—
SD average9 barns · 7,331 hd
133.77
−0.11
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—Low1,72887.491,51210
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,49471.701,07110
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,31165.1585420
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,16958.9368933

Every lot

63 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1338201.00/cwt201.00–201.0067914
Steers—Medium and Large 1374182.00/cwt182.00–182.006819
Steers—Medium and Large 1426184.00/cwt184.00–184.0078425
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2471155.00/cwt155.00–155.0073015
Steers—Medium and Large 1476172.19/cwt169.00–178.0082028
Steers—Medium and Large 2521148.00/cwt148.00–148.0077110
Steers—Medium and Large 1528169.60/cwt165.00–178.0089530
Steers—Medium and Large 1573148.38/cwt143.00–154.0085020
Steers—Medium and Large 1633151.00/cwt151.00–151.009566
Steers—Medium and Large 1670155.30/cwt153.00–159.001,04143
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2709140.00/cwt140.00–140.009935
Steers—Medium and Large 1717158.50/cwt158.50–158.501,13611
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2764148.50/cwt148.50–148.501,1355
Steers—Medium and Large 1775148.60/cwt142.00–152.001,15245
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2864132.17/cwt128.00–133.001,142108
Steers—Medium and Large 1865138.27/cwt136.50–143.001,19633
Steers—Medium and Large 1933136.65/cwt135.50–137.251,27542
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2947130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,23110
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy947128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,21229
Steers—Medium and Large 1996132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,31525
Steers—Large 1-21,028126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,29516
Steers—Large 11,033126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,30240
Steers—Large 11,095122.25/cwt122.25–122.251,33938
Steers—Large 21,114101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,12513
Steers—Large 11,125123.29/cwt122.75–124.501,38774
Steers—Large 1-21,168114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,3326
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1328167.00/cwt167.00–167.005487
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2391145.00/cwt145.00–145.0056720
Heifers—Medium and Large 1431150.00/cwt150.00–150.006475
Heifers—Medium and Large 1467153.50/cwt153.50–153.5071720
Heifers—Medium and Large 1510146.68/cwt143.00–149.0074816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy514132.00/cwt132.00–132.0067812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1550139.00/cwt139.00–139.007656
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed552147.00/cwt147.00–147.0081110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1635147.05/cwt135.00–152.0093446
Heifers—Medium and Large 1679140.13/cwt134.00–143.0095191
Heifers—Medium and Large 1707135.00/cwt135.00–135.0095415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy713124.25/cwt122.00–126.0088614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1776138.86/cwt137.50–142.501,07889
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2789122.82/cwt120.00–126.0096919
Heifers—Medium and Large 1812139.49/cwt134.00–140.001,133236
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2844124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,04719
Heifers—Medium and Large 1859129.86/cwt128.00–132.501,11554
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2880121.50/cwt121.50–121.501,06926
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy896121.00/cwt121.00–121.001,0849
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2908116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,05326
Heifers—Medium and Large 1926127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,18110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1967123.14/cwt120.50–125.751,19198
Heifers—Large 11,014119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,20712
Heifers—Large 11,054119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,25435
Heifers—Large 1-21,087110.50/cwt110.50–110.501,2019
Heifers—Large 11,111115.66/cwt115.50–116.001,28523
Heifers—Large 11,213106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,28612
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,67882.26/cwt77.00–84.001,3804
Bulls——1,71987.57/cwt87.00–88.001,5054
Bulls——1,84597.81/cwt96.50–99.001,8052
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07365.00/cwt65.00–65.006972
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10150.93/cwt46.00–54.005616
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,19360.37/cwt56.00–65.0072025
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28869.00/cwt69.00–69.008892
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31364.72/cwt62.00–69.0085018
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47075.28/cwt74.00–76.001,1073
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50470.17/cwt66.00–73.001,0557

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.