Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2021-01-04

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Jan 4
● Final61 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,760 head
▲ 1,794 vs last sale 1,966▼ 1,947 vs year ago 5,707 · −34.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
60 head
▼ 40 vs last sale 100▼ 54 vs year ago 114 · −47.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers over 850 lbs were steady to 3.00 lower, under 850 lbs too lightly tested last week for comparison. Feeder heifers under 750 lbs sold with steady to higher undertones, over 750 lbs steady to 3.00 lower with instances of 5.00 to 10.00 lower on 750-850 lbs. Nice offering of attractive to very attractive steers and heifers, demand was good to very good at times in spite of CME Live Cattle Futures 3.00 lower and Feeder Cattle Futures over 4.00 lower. Flesh condition ranged moderate to moderate plus as mild weather continues across the regional allowing cattle to easily maintain body condition. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 5.00 lower compared to last Wednesday, Bulls not tested.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $145.73/cwt on 1,929 head.
Average price
$145.73
1,929 head · 736 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,073
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$95
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$27.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.23
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1714147.591,0541,733
Medium and Large 1-2721139.141,00362
Large 11,091126.011,375107
Medium and Large 2801119.7095927
One grade step is worth $27.88/cwt here — about $95 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 sale1,929 hd
145.73
—
SD average3 barns · 4,678 hd
143.50
+2.23
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
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,73368.001,1782thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,48356.2483425
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,33655.7174416
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,28750.3464813

Every lot

61 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2284180.00/cwt180.00–180.005115
Steers—Medium and Large 1325216.26/cwt212.50–219.0070310
Steers—Medium and Large 1374197.58/cwt189.00–207.0073910
Steers—Medium and Large 1429183.51/cwt170.00–189.0078748
Steers—Medium and Large 1483178.66/cwt171.00–187.0086338
Steers—Medium and Large 1526172.59/cwt165.00–181.00908142
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2539158.70/cwt156.00–162.008559
Steers—Medium and Large 1585158.69/cwt154.00–167.00928150
Steers—Medium and Large 1622153.45/cwt150.50–158.0095480
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2649141.00/cwt141.00–141.0091510
Steers—Medium and Large 1670146.50/cwt141.25–154.75982302
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy685140.00/cwt140.00–140.0095925
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2688138.00/cwt138.00–138.009497
Steers—Medium and Large 2722119.00/cwt119.00–119.008598
Steers—Medium and Large 1724143.78/cwt139.00–150.001,041339
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2726134.75/cwt133.00–138.0097811
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy770130.95/cwt124.50–134.001,00829
Steers—Medium and Large 1774138.65/cwt136.00–140.001,07385
Steers—Medium and Large 1826134.53/cwt133.00–135.501,11193
Steers—Medium and Large 2834120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,00119
Steers—Medium and Large 1881134.46/cwt131.25–138.501,185226
Steers—Medium and Large 1934134.46/cwt130.00–135.351,25685
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2956122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,16620
Steers—Medium and Large 1996127.45/cwt125.00–131.001,26971
Steers—Large 1Fleshy1,045123.25/cwt123.25–123.251,28819
Steers—Large 11,073128.75/cwt128.75–128.751,38134
Steers—Large 11,119125.25/cwt125.25–125.251,40254
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2273182.50/cwt182.50–182.504983
Heifers—Medium and Large 1348170.00/cwt170.00–170.005924
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373173.68/cwt171.00–177.5064819
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2397161.00/cwt161.00–161.006393
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2425155.00/cwt155.00–155.006597
Heifers—Medium and Large 1434158.80/cwt155.00–164.0068934
Heifers—Medium 1459153.00/cwt153.00–153.007025
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471162.16/cwt153.00–168.0076462
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy511139.00/cwt139.00–139.007106
Heifers—Medium and Large 1521156.35/cwt151.00–161.00815128
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573149.33/cwt141.00–154.50856219
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2599136.00/cwt136.00–136.008155
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622140.77/cwt136.00–152.00876177
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2622135.00/cwt135.00–135.008408
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy645130.23/cwt128.00–135.0084036
Heifers—Medium and Large 2668122.00/cwt122.00–122.008157
Heifers—Medium and Large 1669139.12/cwt133.00–148.50931266
Heifers—Medium and Large 1720134.77/cwt129.00–139.50970157
Heifers—Medium and Large 1776128.84/cwt124.50–131.501,00078
Heifers—Medium and Large 2805109.50/cwt109.50–109.5088119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1814128.03/cwt125.25–130.501,042160
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy832124.50/cwt124.50–124.501,03613
Heifers—Medium and Large 1873127.23/cwt123.00–127.751,111109
Heifers—Medium and Large 1921126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,16027
Heifers—Medium and Large 1964124.50/cwt124.50–124.501,20033
Heifers—Large 1-21,008104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,04815
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,12944.79/cwt44.00–46.005063
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30652.94/cwt52.00–55.0069111
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,33552.01/cwt49.00–55.0069410
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,40261.80/cwt61.00–63.008665
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46556.33/cwt55.00–58.5082521
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50952.00/cwt52.00–52.007853
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,73368.00/cwt68.00–68.001,1782
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,79067.00/cwt67.00–67.001,1991

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.