Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2020-10-12

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Oct 12
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,855 head
▲ 1,668 vs last sale 1,187▲ 320 vs year ago 2,535 · +12.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
60 head
▲ 10 vs last sale 50▼ 90 vs year ago 150 · −60.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: In a narrow comparison, feeder steady to instances of 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers not well compared. Moderate to good demand for this large offering of yearling steers and heifers, few spring born calves offered and were met by moderate demand. This week’s yearling offering was, overall, in heavier flesh condition as many consignments were carrying a moderate plus amount of flesh. There were several long strings offered in full loads and multiple load lots. The market was active in spite of the CME Live Cattle futures contracts being under pressure. Cattle feeders want to buy yearlings while they can which is helping to support the market, whether the cattle are green or fleshy. There were some light fleshed cattle offered but quality wasn’t as attractive. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher with the advance on Lean cows, bulls 2.00 to 3.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $138.90/cwt on 1,639 head.
Average price
$138.90
1,639 head · 849 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,180
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$210
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1-2
$26.92/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.94
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2726148.921,082179
Medium and Large 1860138.191,1881,368
Medium 1618137.0084716thin
Large 11,012129.471,31061
Medium and Large 2846127.001,0748thin
Large 1-21,059122.001,2927thin
One grade step is worth $26.92/cwt here — about −$210 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 sale1,639 hd
138.90
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SD average8 barns · 14,153 hd
151.84
−12.94
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—Average1,75081.881,4336thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,48261.1790712
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,31555.6873217
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,14645.8652618

Every lot

45 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 · Steers22 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1498174.00/cwt174.00–174.008677
Steers—Medium and Large 1514165.00/cwt165.00–165.0084819
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2549153.00/cwt153.00–153.008407
Steers—Medium 1618137.00/cwt137.00–137.0084716
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2641155.50/cwt155.50–155.5099730
Steers—Medium and Large 1664149.63/cwt140.00–154.2599452
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy672135.24/cwt133.00–138.0090913
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed695155.10/cwt155.10–155.101,07862
Steers—Medium and Large 1713151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,07722
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2748144.25/cwt144.25–144.251,07928
Steers—Medium and Large 1757148.85/cwt148.85–148.851,12794
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy783139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,08828
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2796142.50/cwt142.50–142.501,13425
Steers—Medium and Large 1822139.65/cwt138.75–143.751,148225
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2836140.50/cwt140.50–140.501,17520
Steers—Medium and Large 2846127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,0748
Steers—Medium and Large 1878136.15/cwt133.00–140.751,195339
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2899127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,1467
Steers—Medium and Large 1925134.33/cwt133.25–137.001,243514
Steers—Medium and Large 1965133.25/cwt133.25–133.251,28655
Steers—Large 11,012129.47/cwt129.25–130.001,31061
Steers—Large 1-21,059122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,2927
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1366162.00/cwt162.00–162.005935
Heifers—Medium and Large 1516144.73/cwt140.00–147.0074735
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2623130.00/cwt130.00–130.0081013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy643129.00/cwt129.00–129.008296
Heifers—Medium and Large 1664139.29/cwt133.50–140.25925128
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy694133.00/cwt133.00–133.0092351
Heifers—Medium and Large 1715136.00/cwt136.00–136.0097266
Heifers—Medium and Large 1776137.89/cwt132.50–141.601,070242
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2812130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,05615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1824134.44/cwt131.00–138.751,108342
Heifers—Medium and Large 1861134.16/cwt130.50–136.001,155108
Heifers—Medium and Large 1911128.20/cwt127.00–129.001,16830
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy934123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,14929
Heifers—Large 1Fleshy1,033116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,1987
Heifers—Large 11,039119.50/cwt119.50–119.501,24212
Heifers—Large 11,062111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,17912
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,75081.88/cwt79.00–85.501,4336
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96632.54/cwt32.00–34.003144
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15644.32/cwt42.00–47.505124
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,21451.81/cwt50.00–54.5062910
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30951.53/cwt51.00–53.006754
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31756.96/cwt55.50–58.5075013
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48261.17/cwt59.00–65.0090712

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.