Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2021-01-11

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Jan 11
● Final70 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
5,456 head
▲ 1,696 vs last sale 3,760▼ 1,054 vs year ago 6,510 · −16.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
55 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 60▼ 95 vs year ago 150 · −63.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers were 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers were 2.00 to 5.00 lower, with instances to 8.00 lower on 650-700 lbs. Demand for this much larger offering of attractive cattle was moderate to very good. CME Live Cattle Futures were 1.00 lower. Feeders are facing a higher rate of gain with corn hovering around 5.00. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady, with higher demand for boner cows.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $145.92/cwt on 2,872 head.
Average price
$145.92
2,872 head · 683 lb average
Value per head Derived
$997
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$519
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$23.18/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−0.32
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2543147.73801156
Medium and Large 1685146.641,0042,608
Medium 1431135.255838thin
Medium and Large 2638125.8680342
Large 11,060124.541,32058
One grade step is worth $23.18/cwt here — about −$519 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 sale2,872 hd
145.92
—
SD average8 barns · 21,179 hd
146.24
−0.32
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—Low1,83382.741,51710
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,50659.819015thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,40252.6073717
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,46451.7675823

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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1215250.00/cwt250.00–250.005381
Steers—Medium and Large 1308210.00/cwt210.00–210.006472
Steers—Medium 1338159.00/cwt159.00–159.005373
Steers—Medium and Large 1365193.97/cwt182.50–198.0070848
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2376147.00/cwt147.00–147.005536
Steers—Medium and Large 1414187.70/cwt180.00–192.0077750
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2429167.00/cwt167.00–167.007164
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2471144.62/cwt126.00–168.0068135
Steers—Medium and Large 1478177.35/cwt170.00–185.00848114
Steers—Medium 1487121.00/cwt121.00–121.005895
Steers—Medium and Large 2491137.00/cwt137.00–137.006739
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2511156.35/cwt149.00–159.0079976
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy516156.50/cwt156.50–156.5080835
Steers—Medium and Large 1529169.42/cwt162.00–177.00896162
Steers—Medium and Large 1576156.58/cwt148.00–164.00902150
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2577146.00/cwt146.00–146.008425
Steers—Medium and Large 2598131.00/cwt131.00–131.0078318
Steers—Medium and Large 1622151.01/cwt142.00–159.00939426
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy647139.00/cwt139.00–139.0089931
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2672136.00/cwt136.00–136.009146
Steers—Medium and Large 1674146.31/cwt137.00–152.00986289
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy679133.97/cwt133.50–135.0091025
Steers—Medium and Large 1720140.30/cwt133.50–149.501,010409
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2730127.38/cwt121.00–133.0093017
Steers—Medium and Large 1762135.79/cwt128.50–138.001,035311
Steers—Medium and Large 2774113.00/cwt113.00–113.0087515
Steers—Medium and Large 1824130.84/cwt127.50–133.251,078306
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2859120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,0317
Steers—Medium and Large 1874131.22/cwt125.50–136.001,147191
Steers—Medium and Large 1908129.50/cwt129.50–129.501,17626
Steers—Medium and Large 1964128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,23432
Steers—Large 11,013133.07/cwt121.00–135.501,34830
Steers—Large 11,080114.50/cwt114.50–114.501,23711
Steers—Large 11,130116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,31117
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1215186.00/cwt186.00–186.004001
Heifers—Medium and Large 1339158.18/cwt153.00–167.5053615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1370165.49/cwt165.00–166.0061227
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2395140.81/cwt134.00–152.0055616
Heifers—Medium and Large 1427147.54/cwt145.00–156.0063036
Heifers—Medium 1428130.00/cwt130.00–130.005562
Heifers—Medium 1468113.00/cwt113.00–113.005296
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471159.34/cwt151.00–162.50750112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2485138.52/cwt129.00–149.0067238
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2518134.78/cwt132.00–139.0069827
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525152.14/cwt147.00–159.00799102
Heifers—Medium 1548135.00/cwt135.00–135.007405
Heifers—Medium and Large 2562121.00/cwt121.00–121.0068015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2573136.61/cwt133.00–139.0078331
Heifers—Medium and Large 1578149.56/cwt144.00–155.75864204
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy594136.00/cwt136.00–136.0080812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625139.18/cwt133.00–148.00870461
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2645129.37/cwt129.00–130.0083411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2670120.00/cwt120.00–120.0080413
Heifers—Medium and Large 2671114.00/cwt114.00–114.0076519
Heifers—Medium and Large 1678134.55/cwt129.00–140.00912199
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2703119.00/cwt119.00–119.008376
Heifers—Medium and Large 1727128.57/cwt126.00–134.00935190
Heifers—Medium and Large 1775127.26/cwt122.00–128.50986123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1809124.53/cwt120.00–126.001,007112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1878123.02/cwt122.50–123.751,080109
Heifers—Medium and Large 1937120.67/cwt120.50–121.501,13179
Heifers—Large 11,089107.39/cwt106.50–108.001,16932
Heifers—Large 11,213105.00/cwt105.00–105.001,2743
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,80578.00/cwt78.00–78.001,4081
Bulls——1,83683.27/cwt83.00–83.501,5299
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,40257.19/cwt55.00–59.0080213
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,40252.60/cwt51.00–54.5073717
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48353.50/cwt53.50–53.507932
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,52264.02/cwt63.00–67.009743
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,54444.71/cwt44.00–49.0069010

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.