Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2021-02-22

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Feb 22
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
5,685 head
▲ 4,795 vs last sale 890▲ 258 vs year ago 5,427 · +4.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
132 head
▼ 68 vs last sale 200▲ 67 vs year ago 65 · +103.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold with definite higher undertones. Due to intense frigid temperatures last week there were several cancellations that rolled over into this week making receipts much larger this week. Demand for this very attractive offering of cattle was very good. Farmer buyers were very active this week. Flesh conditions were good to heavy. CME Live Cattle Market was pretty flat today. Slaughter cows sold with lower undertones in a light test. Bulls to light to give a meaningful comparison.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $146.69/cwt on 2,904 head.
Average price
$146.69
2,904 head · 760 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,115
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$512
per head · Medium 1 over Large 1
$24.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.91
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 1531151.2580343
Medium and Large 1747148.751,1112,429
Medium and Large 1-2630144.61910188
Large 11,035126.981,315244
One grade step is worth $24.26/cwt here — about −$512 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 sale2,904 hd
146.69
—
SD average8 barns · 17,135 hd
148.60
−1.91
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—Average2,09584.721,7754thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,60774.401,19649
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,44364.6493352
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,27561.4378316
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,18950.926053thin

Every lot

59 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 · Steers29 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1338222.50/cwt222.50–222.507523
Steers—Medium and Large 1379196.11/cwt195.00–200.0074313
Steers—Medium 1393160.00/cwt160.00–160.006295
Steers—Medium and Large 1426185.03/cwt181.00–191.0078816
Steers—Medium and Large 1484179.43/cwt174.00–187.0086838
Steers—Medium 1485154.46/cwt136.00–168.0074921
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2489144.25/cwt139.50–164.0070560
Steers—Medium 1512168.00/cwt168.00–168.008605
Steers—Medium and Large 1520182.55/cwt174.00–187.50949160
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2542165.23/cwt164.00–173.0089622
Steers—Medium and Large 1576170.36/cwt164.50–176.0098180
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2594160.00/cwt160.00–160.0095011
Steers—Medium and Large 1624161.99/cwt154.25–171.001,011288
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2627150.28/cwt146.00–153.0094218
Steers—Medium 1653146.00/cwt146.00–146.009536
Steers—Medium and Large 1669157.87/cwt153.00–165.001,056191
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2689146.71/cwt146.50–146.751,01135
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy696143.50/cwt143.50–143.5099912
Steers—Medium 1700124.00/cwt124.00–124.008686
Steers—Medium and Large 1725149.45/cwt143.00–154.001,084377
Steers—Medium and Large 1772144.68/cwt140.00–149.001,117336
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2795128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,01822
Steers—Medium and Large 1825136.47/cwt131.75–141.001,126265
Steers—Medium and Large 1883132.94/cwt128.75–136.501,174455
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2883124.00/cwt124.00–124.001,09520
Steers—Medium and Large 1934130.39/cwt127.00–133.251,218151
Steers—Medium and Large 1992128.66/cwt127.25–131.001,27644
Steers—Large 11,026127.91/cwt122.00–131.001,312198
Steers—Large 11,076123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,32346
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2373168.00/cwt168.00–168.0062716
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375172.15/cwt167.00–184.0064611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425166.66/cwt162.00–170.0070835
Heifers—Medium 1427144.74/cwt136.00–155.0061839
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2433146.00/cwt146.00–146.0063211
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2476149.00/cwt149.00–149.0070922
Heifers—Medium and Large 1482155.53/cwt152.50–163.0075066
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2516141.00/cwt141.00–141.007287
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522151.39/cwt143.00–158.0079098
Heifers—Medium 1543136.50/cwt136.50–136.507415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2571135.00/cwt135.00–135.007716
Heifers—Medium and Large 1577147.55/cwt143.00–151.00851123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625142.57/cwt134.00–149.00891329
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy678128.00/cwt128.00–128.008689
Heifers—Medium and Large 1683136.93/cwt132.50–143.50935281
Heifers—Medium 1709121.00/cwt121.00–121.008589
Heifers—Medium and Large 1726132.28/cwt125.50–138.50960313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1774126.87/cwt123.00–131.75982174
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2794113.00/cwt113.00–113.0089726
Heifers—Medium and Large 1832125.25/cwt124.10–127.501,042163
Heifers—Medium and Large 1867125.62/cwt120.75–126.751,089345
Heifers—Medium and Large 1972124.05/cwt123.00–124.751,20690
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,09584.72/cwt82.00–86.001,7754
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14058.00/cwt58.00–58.006611
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,21347.38/cwt46.00–49.005752
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22563.50/cwt63.50–63.507781
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27861.29/cwt60.00–62.5078315
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,38665.62/cwt64.00–70.0090931
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,52863.20/cwt62.00–64.0096621
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,60774.40/cwt71.00–76.501,19649

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.