Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2021-02-01

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Feb 1
● Final69 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
4,029 head
▲ 569 vs last sale 3,460▲ 1,058 vs year ago 2,971 · +35.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
43 head
▲ 12 vs last sale 31▼ 67 vs year ago 110 · −60.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 600 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 higher with instances of 6.00 to 9.00 higher on 500-550 lbs, 600-700 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 lower, over 700 lbs steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs 4.00 to 7.00 lower, 600-700 lbs 4.00 to 7.00 higher, over 700 lbs 1.00 to 4.00 higher. Demand for this large offering of eye appealing cattle was good to very good. Flesh conditions were light to moderate. Slaughter cows and bulls sold with higher undertones in a light test.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $148.30/cwt on 1,973 head.
Average price
$148.30
1,973 head · 720 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,068
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$317
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1-2
$33.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.27
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2593155.70923192
Medium 1522151.117896thin
Medium and Large 1725148.291,0741,718
Large 11,070124.171,32926
Large 1-21,012122.501,24031
One grade step is worth $33.20/cwt here — about −$317 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 sale1,973 hd
148.30
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SD average7 barns · 14,825 hd
151.57
−3.27
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—Low1,88582.141,54810
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45664.4393820
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,28860.837839thin
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,08948.905334thin

Every lot

69 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 · Steers32 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1327202.00/cwt202.00–202.006619
Steers—Medium and Large 1369199.66/cwt196.00–207.507379
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2379174.76/cwt162.50–188.0066210
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2422179.00/cwt179.00–179.0075515
Steers—Medium and Large 1424191.00/cwt191.00–191.0081013
Steers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned433172.00/cwt172.00–172.007454
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed475189.50/cwt189.50–189.5090015
Steers—Medium and Large 1482187.67/cwt181.00–192.0090594
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2498169.00/cwt169.00–169.008424
Steers—Medium 1522151.11/cwt145.00–164.007896
Steers—Medium and Large 1523179.31/cwt175.50–185.5093831
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2540165.00/cwt165.00–165.008914
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed558160.00/cwt160.00–160.0089325
Steers—Medium and Large 1577164.54/cwt159.00–170.00949197
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2585157.81/cwt153.00–159.0092335
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed630155.00/cwt155.00–155.0097718
Steers—Medium and Large 1637152.60/cwt146.25–158.00972219
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2641137.42/cwt134.00–141.0088118
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2663140.00/cwt140.00–140.0092824
Steers—Medium and Large 1681153.01/cwt143.75–156.501,042155
Steers—Medium and Large 1714149.42/cwt143.50–153.001,067171
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy720139.75/cwt139.75–139.751,00621
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2740136.50/cwt136.50–136.501,01016
Steers—Medium and Large 1774140.33/cwt134.00–147.501,086217
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy799130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,0397
Steers—Medium and Large 1825136.03/cwt133.00–138.751,122282
Steers—Medium and Large 1876130.32/cwt126.00–134.751,142116
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2916119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,0908
Steers—Medium and Large 1937127.53/cwt126.50–133.001,19577
Steers—Medium and Large 1978125.91/cwt123.00–128.251,23196
Steers—Large 1-21,012122.50/cwt122.50–122.501,24031
Steers—Large 11,070124.17/cwt123.50–126.001,32926
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1318162.89/cwt160.00–165.005187
Heifers—Medium and Large 1382164.07/cwt158.00–171.0062721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2382161.78/cwt157.00–164.0061830
Heifers—Medium 1398159.00/cwt159.00–159.006336
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435158.07/cwt156.00–162.0068821
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2439154.50/cwt154.50–154.506789
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2459147.00/cwt147.00–147.006754
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481154.83/cwt149.50–158.0074572
Heifers—Medium and Large 1528148.08/cwt144.00–154.00782144
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2529135.03/cwt131.00–141.0071415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed542132.00/cwt132.00–132.007157
Heifers—Medium and Large 1577140.40/cwt136.50–146.0081098
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy578134.00/cwt134.00–134.0077510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2578132.59/cwt124.00–139.7576644
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Unweaned589126.00/cwt126.00–126.007427
Heifers—Medium and Large 1620142.09/cwt131.50–150.00881251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2623128.95/cwt128.00–131.0080328
Heifers—Medium and Large 1671136.93/cwt130.00–143.00919276
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2686118.00/cwt118.00–118.008094
Heifers—Medium and Large 2693113.00/cwt113.00–113.0078312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2712127.50/cwt127.50–127.5090825
Heifers—Medium and Large 1724132.44/cwt124.25–137.75959125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1776126.67/cwt121.00–132.75983223
Heifers—Medium and Large 1811123.27/cwt122.50–124.001,00037
Heifers—Medium and Large 1872120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,04619
Heifers—Medium and Large 1916121.07/cwt119.50–121.501,10940
Heifers—Medium and Large 2945105.50/cwt105.50–105.5099711
Heifers—Medium and Large 1978118.50/cwt118.50–118.501,15913
Heifers—Large 11,111111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,2334
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,82482.71/cwt73.00–88.001,5099
Bulls——2,43577.00/cwt77.00–77.001,8751
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05751.87/cwt45.00–56.005483
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18540.00/cwt40.00–40.004741
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24259.64/cwt56.50–62.507417
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43564.56/cwt64.00–66.5092619
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,44865.00/cwt65.00–65.009412
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,85062.00/cwt62.00–62.001,1471

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.