Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2020-11-23

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Nov 23
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,615 head
▼ 71 vs last sale 1,686▲ 471 vs year ago 1,144 · +41.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
130 head
▼ 97 vs last sale 227▼ 50 vs year ago 180 · −27.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: A light offering of steer and heifer calves, many small packages, too few comparable sales to make a definitive comparison. Too few comparable sales of yearling feeder steers and heifers to allow a full comparison, higher undertones evident. Just moderate demand for calves this week, overall quality was rather uneven as was the preconditioning status. Several consignments of calves lacking spring and fall shots which made them very difficult to sell. Fewer calf buyers present due to the holiday shortened week. Good demand for the yearlings, especially the strings offered in full loads and part loads. The market was very active as the CME Live Cattle contracts made gains of 2.00 to 2.50. Flesh condition of the yearlings ranged from light fleshed to moderate fleshed. Slaughter cows 3.00 to 5.00 higher, except Lean cows 1.00 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 $148.97/cwt on 727 head.
Average price
$148.97
727 head · 720 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,073
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$577
per head · Medium 1 over Large 1-2
$36.75/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.46
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 1472161.0076013thin
Medium and Large 1632154.76978467
Medium and Large 1-2586150.46882103
Large 11,128128.321,447134
Large 1-21,076124.251,33710thin
One grade step is worth $36.75/cwt here — about −$577 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 sale727 hd
148.97
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SD average9 barns · 23,989 hd
154.43
−5.46
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—Low1,71168.481,1718thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,59667.691,0806thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,44259.5585817
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,33652.0369528
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,20340.6548961

Every lot

70 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2226210.00/cwt210.00–210.004758
Steers—Medium and Large 1304210.02/cwt200.00–220.0063810
Steers—Medium and Large 1366195.91/cwt189.00–205.007179
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2392175.00/cwt175.00–175.006867
Steers—Medium 1398161.00/cwt161.00–161.006416
Steers—Medium and Large 1420180.64/cwt168.00–186.0075931
Steers—Medium and Large 1478169.89/cwt162.00–177.0081244
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy486151.00/cwt151.00–151.007345
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2496162.00/cwt162.00–162.0080412
Steers—Medium and Large 1527165.21/cwt163.00–170.0087153
Steers—Medium 1536161.00/cwt161.00–161.008637
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2547143.00/cwt143.00–143.0078226
Steers—Medium and Large 1577156.85/cwt149.00–166.0090547
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2590146.00/cwt146.00–146.008617
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy591136.00/cwt136.00–136.008045
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2600140.50/cwt140.50–140.5084312
Steers—Medium and Large 1608156.97/cwt149.00–164.0095460
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy629136.84/cwt131.00–141.0086127
Steers—Large 1639136.00/cwt136.00–136.008699
Steers—Medium and Large 1691141.91/cwt141.00–144.0098133
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2717138.50/cwt138.50–138.5099320
Steers—Medium and Large 1749146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,0947
Steers—Medium and Large 1773142.73/cwt142.50–143.001,10338
Steers—Medium and Large 1825139.37/cwt134.00–139.751,15074
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2905132.00/cwt132.00–132.001,19511
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy916136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,2469
Steers—Medium and Large 1932137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,2777
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy950129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,2268
Steers—Large 1-21,076124.25/cwt122.00–126.501,33710
Steers—Large 11,116130.09/cwt125.50–132.251,45284
Steers—Large 11,259123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,54941
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2293150.00/cwt150.00–150.004405
Heifers—Medium 1302153.00/cwt153.00–153.004625
Heifers—Medium and Large 1333182.26/cwt180.00–187.006079
Heifers—Medium and Large 1391157.06/cwt153.00–158.0061420
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2397140.00/cwt140.00–140.005569
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2423144.00/cwt144.00–144.006095
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430150.24/cwt145.00–158.0064616
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy433139.00/cwt139.00–139.006026
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2461130.00/cwt130.00–130.005995
Heifers—Medium and Large 1473142.84/cwt138.00–156.0067657
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy488138.00/cwt138.00–138.006735
Heifers—Medium 1495137.00/cwt137.00–137.0067811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518141.53/cwt138.00–146.5073371
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2530134.00/cwt134.00–134.0071027
Heifers—Medium and Large 1565135.05/cwt128.00–139.0076348
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2594131.00/cwt131.00–131.007788
Heifers—Medium 1606126.00/cwt126.00–126.007647
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy620121.00/cwt121.00–121.0075011
Heifers—Medium and Large 1631134.29/cwt133.50–135.5084752
Heifers—Medium and Large 1693131.00/cwt131.00–131.009086
Heifers—Medium and Large 2693106.00/cwt106.00–106.007357
Heifers—Medium and Large 1705133.50/cwt133.50–133.5094120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2728117.00/cwt117.00–117.008526
Heifers—Medium and Large 1773133.71/cwt131.50–144.501,034177
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2859124.50/cwt124.50–124.501,0699
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy921122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,12410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1924129.68/cwt129.50–130.001,19827
Feeder Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1388178.00/cwt178.00–178.006918
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,56564.65/cwt61.00–71.001,0124
Bulls——1,85672.31/cwt69.00–74.001,3424
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07032.73/cwt31.00–35.003506
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17539.03/cwt36.00–42.0045929
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,26444.29/cwt40.00–48.5056026
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27459.86/cwt55.00–62.007634
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34552.46/cwt45.00–58.0070619
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35044.13/cwt41.00–46.005965
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43064.07/cwt63.00–66.009163
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44458.58/cwt51.00–62.0084614
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,59667.69/cwt67.00–71.001,0806

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.