Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2020-11-30

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Nov 30
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,361 head
▲ 1,746 vs last sale 1,615▲ 1,948 vs year ago 1,413 · +137.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
135 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 130▼ 47 vs year ago 182 · −25.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves not well compared with last week’s limited offering, heifer calves 1.00 to 3.00 higher except 500-600 lbs 8.00 to 12.00 higher. Yearling feeder steers 800-850 lbs 4.00 to 5.00 higher, other weights not well compared, feeder heifers steady except 750-800 lbs 3.00 to 7.00 higher. Calf demand moderate to good, overall quality was much more attractive this week with more numerous strings of eye appealing, clean, open haired calves. Most all calf consignments had received 2 rounds of preconditioning shots. Flesh condition was light to moderate. Market activity on calves only moderate as farmer feeder buyer attendance was rather limited. Several very long strings of yearling steers and heifers, offered in full loads and multiple load lots. Flesh ranged from moderate to moderate plus, few in light flesh. The market was very active for yearlings as the supply across the trade region dwindles. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 higher, bulls 5.00 to 6.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $143.42/cwt on 1,644 head.
Average price
$143.42
1,644 head · 810 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,162
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$305
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$13.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1753146.671,1041,180
Medium and Large 1-2697141.05983121
Medium 1614138.008479thin
Large 11,060132.911,409334
One grade step is worth $13.76/cwt here — about −$305 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 sale1,644 hd
143.42
—
SD average1 barns · 1,644 hd
143.42
+0.00
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—Average1,92275.701,45512
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,63572.001,1771thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,41457.8181819
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,31353.9970954
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,14642.1548338

Every lot

60 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 1-2396185.00/cwt185.00–185.007337
Steers—Medium and Large 1476170.82/cwt167.00–174.0081313
Steers—Medium and Large 1526170.60/cwt170.50–171.0089750
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2548150.50/cwt150.50–150.5082511
Steers—Medium and Large 1580158.81/cwt145.00–168.0092189
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2594130.00/cwt130.00–130.0077212
Steers—Medium 1614138.00/cwt138.00–138.008479
Steers—Medium and Large 1626156.93/cwt146.00–161.50982157
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy671144.00/cwt144.00–144.009667
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2677140.06/cwt136.50–143.0094838
Steers—Medium and Large 1689150.57/cwt146.00–164.001,037150
Steers—Medium and Large 1721147.62/cwt137.00–154.001,064118
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2762139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,06324
Steers—Medium and Large 1787136.84/cwt134.50–139.251,077120
Steers—Medium and Large 1800143.21/cwt139.25–143.751,14667
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy834129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,0766
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2841133.99/cwt130.50–138.251,12729
Steers—Medium and Large 1872137.66/cwt137.00–139.251,200189
Steers—Medium and Large 1911138.93/cwt137.25–139.251,266214
Steers—Large 11,026133.44/cwt133.00–135.251,369243
Steers—Large 11,128125.50/cwt125.50–125.501,41613
Steers—Large 11,155132.50/cwt132.50–132.501,53078
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2306159.00/cwt159.00–159.004876
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2394146.00/cwt146.00–146.005755
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2430126.00/cwt126.00–126.005424
Heifers—Medium and Large 1466154.19/cwt148.00–158.5071938
Heifers—Medium and Large 1508154.19/cwt145.50–156.5078363
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy528133.00/cwt133.00–133.007025
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528129.46/cwt123.00–146.0068414
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2570125.26/cwt122.00–129.0071411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1590146.77/cwt138.00–151.00866137
Heifers—Medium 1593130.00/cwt130.00–130.007716
Heifers—Medium and Large 1609135.55/cwt135.00–136.5082522
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy626134.00/cwt134.00–134.008397
Heifers—Medium and Large 1672132.20/cwt130.00–134.0088821
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2687131.58/cwt127.00–132.7590460
Heifers—Medium and Large 1720133.65/cwt132.50–134.00962112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2733134.50/cwt134.50–134.5098690
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy743129.00/cwt129.00–129.009586
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed748136.25/cwt136.25–136.251,01930
Heifers—Medium and Large 1785134.83/cwt129.00–138.001,058218
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2796130.50/cwt130.50–130.501,0398
Heifers—Medium and Large 1825135.25/cwt122.00–136.101,116286
Heifers—Medium and Large 2834110.50/cwt110.50–110.5092212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2860131.50/cwt131.50–131.501,13120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1885132.55/cwt131.25–133.751,173202
Heifers—Medium and Large 1926130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,20457
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,71862.00/cwt62.00–62.001,0652
Bulls——1,93677.68/cwt76.00–79.501,5048
Bulls——2,06881.50/cwt81.50–81.501,6852
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13939.36/cwt36.00–42.0044811
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14530.84/cwt26.00–34.003533
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14944.85/cwt43.00–47.0051524
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27264.69/cwt64.00–65.008237
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30753.25/cwt47.00–58.0069641
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,32049.87/cwt46.50–51.006586
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,40046.59/cwt44.00–48.506526
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43560.39/cwt56.00–64.5086711
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,58367.46/cwt67.00–68.001,0682
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,63572.00/cwt72.00–72.001,1771

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.