Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2020-09-28

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Sep 28
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,187 head
▼ 783 vs last sale 1,970▼ 708 vs year ago 1,895 · −37.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
50 head
▼ 80 vs last sale 130▼ 45 vs year ago 95 · −47.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers too lightly tested last week to offer a good comparison with this week’s larger steer offering. Feeder heifers sold with steady undertones as comparisons were very limited. Good demand for yearling steers and heifers, there were a couple of long strings of yearlings, offered in load lots and multiple load lots, that sold on an active market. Flesh condition of these cattle was moderate to moderate plus. A few consignments of calves, much less attractive quality than last week, along with fewer farmer feeder buyers resulted in a market that was not as active. Farmer feeders busy with corn harvest this week as the weather has been very warm and dry allowing for an early start this fall. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower, compared to Wednesday’s sale, bulls 2.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $139.85/cwt on 701 head.
Average price
$139.85
701 head · 864 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,208
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$110
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$17.17/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.89
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1849141.671,203616
Medium and Large 1-2821131.401,07815thin
Large 11,039126.061,31054
Medium and Large 2878124.501,09316thin
One grade step is worth $17.17/cwt here — about $110 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 sale701 hd
139.85
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SD average7 barns · 12,333 hd
141.74
−1.89
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—Average1,94878.481,52911
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,50163.3395112
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,29258.637576thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,16551.1959715

Every lot

36 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1417183.31/cwt181.00–186.0076420
Steers—Medium and Large 1520164.16/cwt162.00–166.0085420
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy641145.00/cwt145.00–145.009299
Steers—Medium and Large 1737154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,13544
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2741139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,0309
Steers—Medium and Large 1824142.66/cwt139.00–144.751,176156
Steers—Medium and Large 2878124.50/cwt124.50–124.501,09316
Steers—Medium and Large 1884140.50/cwt140.50–140.501,242143
Steers—Medium and Large 1937134.14/cwt134.00–135.251,257140
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2940120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,1286
Steers—Medium and Large 1952132.26/cwt127.00–133.251,25984
Steers—Large 11,005128.75/cwt128.75–128.751,29422
Steers—Large 11,063124.21/cwt123.25–126.001,32032
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1377163.00/cwt163.00–163.0061516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1412158.35/cwt158.00–159.0065217
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481146.88/cwt143.00–149.0070616
Heifers—Medium and Large 1517140.00/cwt140.00–140.0072410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1561139.00/cwt139.00–139.0078010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2569136.90/cwt134.00–138.0077919
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2606143.50/cwt143.50–143.5087030
Heifers—Medium and Large 2702108.00/cwt108.00–108.007585
Heifers—Medium and Large 2751111.00/cwt111.00–111.008349
Heifers—Medium and Large 1809135.84/cwt132.50–142.001,09926
Heifers—Medium and Large 2815125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,01917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1863133.66/cwt127.00–134.501,15386
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2535150.00/cwt150.00–150.008036
Bulls—Medium and Large 1-2648149.00/cwt149.00–149.009666
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,92479.88/cwt76.00–84.001,53710
Bulls——2,18564.50/cwt64.50–64.501,4091
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%78535.00/cwt35.00–35.002751
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11754.82/cwt54.50–56.506126
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,24950.50/cwt50.50–50.506318
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29258.63/cwt56.00–61.507576
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47464.12/cwt60.00–65.009458
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51557.84/cwt57.50–58.508763
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,68073.50/cwt73.50–73.501,2351

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.