Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2020-11-09

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Nov 9
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,833 head
▼ 46 vs last sale 1,879▲ 1,733 vs year ago 100 · +1,733.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
230 head
▼ 130 vs last sale 360▼ 2,362 vs year ago 2,592 · −91.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves too lightly tested to allow a good, solid comparison. Yearling feeder steers and heifers 6.00 to 8.00 higher. Moderate demand for this limited offering of spring born calves, fewer farmer feeders present this week. Very good demand for these long strings of yearling steers and heifers, many full loads and multiple load lots. The market was not as active for calves as there were few strings of calves, mostly just small packages. Buyers are very selective, especially when it comes to preconditioning status as the up and down temperatures, and now wet pen conditions, make those calves a higher risk for a breakout of respiratory disease. The yearling market was very active as the quality was and flesh conditions were attractive. Plenty of buyers actively bidding on these yearlings. CME Live and Cattle futures made big gains today which helped spur the feeder market higher. Slaughter cows steady to 4.00 lower, bulls steady to 3.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $137.32/cwt on 873 head.
Average price
$137.32
873 head · 756 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,038
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$33
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$30.12/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.82
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1746139.621,041742
Medium and Large 1-2750132.7999683
Medium and Large 2921109.501,00848
One grade step is worth $30.12/cwt here — about $33 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 sale873 hd
137.32
—
SD average11 barns · 18,728 hd
144.13
−6.82
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—Average1,80974.411,34624
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,86076.501,4234thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,52163.2696294
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,38451.4471231
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,24445.8457048

Every lot

52 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2224225.00/cwt225.00–225.005046
Steers—Medium and Large 1320192.00/cwt192.00–192.006148
Steers—Medium and Large 1378192.00/cwt192.00–192.007266
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2425174.00/cwt174.00–174.007405
Steers—Medium and Large 1439182.40/cwt181.00–184.0080115
Steers—Medium and Large 1464181.00/cwt181.00–181.0084020
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2523162.00/cwt162.00–162.008474
Steers—Medium and Large 1565156.04/cwt152.00–164.5088241
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy598145.00/cwt145.00–145.008676
Steers—Medium and Large 1678147.25/cwt147.25–147.2599824
Steers—Medium and Large 1719149.19/cwt147.25–149.751,073102
Steers—Medium and Large 1768151.24/cwt150.00–152.001,16213
Steers—Medium and Large 2789123.00/cwt123.00–123.0097014
Steers—Medium and Large 1827143.94/cwt138.50–144.851,190222
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy831137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,13826
Steers—Medium and Large 2867105.00/cwt105.00–105.0091010
Steers—Medium and Large 1870143.70/cwt139.00–146.001,250155
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2870131.50/cwt131.50–131.501,1447
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy958122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,1696
Steers—Medium and Large 2965117.50/cwt117.50–117.501,13460
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1288171.00/cwt171.00–171.004925
Heifers—Medium and Large 1325173.11/cwt169.00–183.0056313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2378155.00/cwt155.00–155.005866
Heifers—Medium and Large 1419160.23/cwt149.00–166.0067121
Heifers—Medium and Large 1461143.00/cwt143.00–143.0065935
Heifers—Medium and Large 1524139.79/cwt135.00–145.0073241
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2525127.46/cwt123.00–136.0066914
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy529133.00/cwt133.00–133.007045
Heifers—Medium and Large 1580139.40/cwt139.00–139.5080923
Heifers—Medium and Large 1626134.99/cwt134.50–136.0084512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1662136.81/cwt136.50–137.0090626
Heifers—Medium and Large 1701137.50/cwt137.50–137.509647
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2724134.00/cwt134.00–134.0097014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1756141.12/cwt131.50–145.001,067179
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy820125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,02512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1841136.47/cwt132.50–138.501,14899
Heifers—Medium and Large 1856137.11/cwt136.60–138.501,174247
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2867131.25/cwt131.25–131.251,13849
Heifers—Medium and Large 2921109.50/cwt109.50–109.501,00848
Heifers—Medium and Large 1924132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,22017
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,59267.39/cwt67.00–69.501,0736
Bulls——1,84577.09/cwt74.00–80.001,42217
Bulls——2,50071.00/cwt71.00–71.001,7751
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,21441.82/cwt34.00–43.5050814
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,24246.28/cwt43.50–49.5057529
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,34054.52/cwt52.50–55.007315
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38152.17/cwt49.00–58.0072025
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,39848.41/cwt48.00–48.506776
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43654.94/cwt49.50–60.0078922
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54665.51/cwt59.00–69.001,01368
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,57570.76/cwt70.00–71.001,1144
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,86076.50/cwt76.50–76.501,4234

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.