Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2020-09-21

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Sep 21
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,970 head
▼ 984 vs last sale 2,954▼ 114 vs year ago 2,084 · −5.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
130 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 100▲ 13 vs year ago 117 · +11.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeders steers unevenly steady, feeder heifers 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Very good demand for the strings of high quality spring born calves, good demand for yearling steers and heifers although quality was not as attractive and flesh condition was heavier than last week. There were many buyers on the seats wanting to buy these calves, whether they were fully preconditioned or not, which created a very active calf market. The market was not as active on the yearlings as it has been in recent weeks due to the quality difference this week. There were some yearlings off grass, which sold readily, while the majority were out of backgrounding yards and in a moderate plus to even heavy flesh condition. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 3.00 lower, except Breaker cows steady, bulls 2.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $135.04/cwt on 1,163 head.
Average price
$135.04
1,163 head · 753 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,017
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$193
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$24.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.19
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1727137.681,001944
Medium and Large 1-2704129.31910106
Large 11,051118.951,250102
Medium and Large 2715113.0080811thin
One grade step is worth $24.68/cwt here — about $193 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 sale1,163 hd
135.04
—
SD average8 barns · 7,921 hd
133.85
+1.19
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—High1,77785.601,52115
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,37479.001,0855thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,46068.0799434
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29859.2376826
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,23253.1165429

Every lot

62 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1280215.00/cwt215.00–215.006024
Steers—Medium and Large 1370217.50/cwt217.50–217.508057
Steers—Medium and Large 1436182.66/cwt177.50–191.0079615
Steers—Medium and Large 1467185.38/cwt180.00–189.0086674
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2506161.00/cwt161.00–161.008158
Steers—Medium and Large 1549165.00/cwt165.00–165.009067
Steers—Medium and Large 1551170.91/cwt170.00–171.0094269
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2575147.96/cwt146.00–151.0085113
Steers—Medium 1580139.00/cwt139.00–139.008069
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2610150.00/cwt150.00–150.009154
Steers—Medium and Large 1615153.42/cwt151.00–155.5094451
Steers—Medium 1615144.00/cwt144.00–144.008865
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2682147.75/cwt147.75–147.751,00816
Steers—Medium and Large 1717151.87/cwt146.00–157.501,08946
Steers—Medium 1749138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,0345
Steers—Medium and Large 1768149.47/cwt142.50–151.251,14861
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed790153.00/cwt153.00–153.001,20910
Steers—Medium and Large 1817146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,1933
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2882138.75/cwt138.75–138.751,22438
Steers—Medium and Large 2883112.00/cwt112.00–112.0098910
Steers—Medium and Large 1927137.11/cwt137.00–137.251,27125
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2958126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,2079
Steers—Medium and Large 1980128.03/cwt126.25–128.751,25528
Steers—Large 1-21,004122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,2258
Steers—Large 11,058125.58/cwt125.00–126.501,32946
Steers—Large 1Fleshy1,073119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,27743
Steers—Large 1-21,077109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,17411
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1341194.31/cwt190.00–200.006639
Heifers—Medium and Large 1394170.00/cwt170.00–170.006705
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2394147.00/cwt147.00–147.005797
Heifers—Medium and Large 1433160.80/cwt150.00–166.0069650
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2478144.00/cwt144.00–144.006889
Heifers—Medium and Large 1486157.98/cwt151.00–160.0076894
Heifers—Medium and Large 1507146.97/cwt143.00–151.0074516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2539137.00/cwt137.00–137.0073813
Heifers—Medium and Large 1571140.41/cwt139.00–143.0080263
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2603131.00/cwt131.00–131.0079023
Heifers—Medium and Large 1611142.00/cwt142.00–142.008687
Heifers—Medium and Large 1669140.89/cwt133.50–142.5094385
Heifers—Medium and Large 2715113.00/cwt113.00–113.0080811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1738137.26/cwt133.00–138.501,013216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1755141.39/cwt139.00–141.751,06754
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy763134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,02237
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2785126.00/cwt126.00–126.009896
Heifers—Medium and Large 1835132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,1064
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2874121.50/cwt121.50–121.501,06248
Heifers—Medium and Large 1877124.90/cwt123.00–135.001,095179
Heifers—Medium and Large 1936124.15/cwt124.00–125.251,16266
Heifers—Medium and Large 1983118.50/cwt118.50–118.501,16559
Heifers—Large 11,041118.30/cwt117.25–126.001,23275
Heifers—Large 11,079120.75/cwt120.75–120.751,30327
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,66868.73/cwt59.00–75.501,1463
Bulls——1,77690.86/cwt89.50–92.501,6149
Bulls——1,89086.68/cwt84.00–88.001,6383
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,21551.22/cwt42.00–54.0062216
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,25255.43/cwt55.00–56.5069413
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27662.15/cwt58.00–67.0079316
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33254.55/cwt51.00–56.5072710
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,37479.00/cwt79.00–79.001,0855
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40768.42/cwt65.50–74.0096322
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46960.03/cwt57.50–61.508827
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,68077.81/cwt74.00–82.001,3075

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.