Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2021-03-08

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Mar 8
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
4,608 head
▼ 1,365 vs last sale 5,973▲ 1,985 vs year ago 2,623 · +75.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
75 head
▼ 70 vs last sale 145▼ 10 vs year ago 85 · −11.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 3.00 lower except 700-850 lbs steady to 2.00 higher, heifers steady to 3.00 lower, 500 lbs and under sold with lower undertones in a light test. Demand for this large offering of very nice, clean hided cattle was very good this week. Farmer buyers were very active. Flesh conditions were light to good. Price of corn was up today adding more pressure to feeders. CME Live Cattle Market was a little higher today. Slaughter Breaker 75-80% and Boner 80-85% sold with lower under tones in a light test, Lean 85-90% steady in a light test. Slaughter Bulls to few to make 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 $140.47/cwt on 2,297 head.
Average price
$140.47
2,297 head · 780 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,096
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$410
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$24.23/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.36
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2640144.3692458
Medium and Large 1753142.271,0712,047
Large 11,111120.131,335192
One grade step is worth $24.23/cwt here — about −$410 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 sale2,297 hd
140.47
—
SD average6 barns · 16,079 hd
141.83
−1.36
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—Average1,93084.091,6234thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,50462.0693330
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,45355.3080416
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,13340.9346419

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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1327200.00/cwt200.00–200.006547
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2375183.00/cwt183.00–183.006863
Steers—Medium and Large 1393190.25/cwt186.00–200.0074810
Steers—Medium and Large 1409187.72/cwt187.00–188.0076815
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2431153.00/cwt153.00–153.006595
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy474185.00/cwt185.00–185.008774
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2477161.00/cwt161.00–161.007685
Steers—Medium and Large 1479168.00/cwt168.00–168.0080516
Steers—Medium and Large 1525175.18/cwt171.50–182.50920106
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2530158.73/cwt152.00–168.0084114
Steers—Medium and Large 1578166.30/cwt161.00–174.25961121
Steers—Medium and Large 1637154.20/cwt146.00–161.50982193
Steers—Medium and Large 1675144.85/cwt139.00–151.50978164
Steers—Medium and Large 1725145.35/cwt140.50–152.251,054413
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy730133.00/cwt133.00–133.009715
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2776130.05/cwt130.00–130.501,00931
Steers—Medium and Large 1781139.75/cwt135.50–147.001,091101
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy782127.50/cwt127.50–127.5099713
Steers—Medium and Large 1833130.67/cwt126.25–139.001,088469
Steers—Medium and Large 1865129.34/cwt124.00–132.001,119123
Steers—Medium and Large 1926125.13/cwt121.00–130.001,159123
Steers—Medium and Large 1959124.54/cwt122.85–128.751,194164
Steers—Large 11,044123.62/cwt117.25–125.601,29191
Steers—Large 11,083114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,2358
Steers—Large 11,158118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,36679
Steers—Large 11,298113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,46714
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2303166.00/cwt166.00–166.005038
Heifers—Medium and Large 232699.00/cwt99.00–99.0032316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1379154.91/cwt145.00–161.0058719
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2385149.00/cwt149.00–149.0057410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2411150.00/cwt150.00–150.006176
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed419120.00/cwt120.00–120.0050315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1430157.74/cwt153.50–163.0067828
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2473137.00/cwt137.00–137.006483
Heifers—Medium and Large 1483150.11/cwt148.00–156.0072532
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2516134.00/cwt134.00–134.006918
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522145.29/cwt141.00–150.0075850
Heifers—Medium and Large 1571141.36/cwt137.00–148.00807129
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575135.68/cwt135.00–136.0078016
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2620127.00/cwt127.00–127.007874
Heifers—Medium and Large 1629137.10/cwt132.00–141.50862128
Heifers—Medium and Large 1676132.12/cwt123.50–137.00893310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2676123.00/cwt123.00–123.0083111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1716132.42/cwt126.00–140.50948229
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2724121.47/cwt115.00–123.5087978
Heifers—Medium and Large 1764124.93/cwt120.00–126.00954106
Heifers—Medium 1787116.00/cwt116.00–116.009139
Heifers—Medium and Large 1827122.12/cwt119.75–126.001,010200
Heifers—Medium and Large 1886122.37/cwt121.50–122.501,08446
Heifers—Medium and Large 1936118.87/cwt116.00–120.501,113158
Heifers—Medium and Large 1981115.50/cwt115.50–115.501,1335
Heifers—Large 11,169104.50/cwt104.50–104.501,2225
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,93084.09/cwt82.50–85.501,6234
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99824.49/cwt21.00–37.002444
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16845.98/cwt40.00–52.0053714
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17536.00/cwt36.00–36.004231
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,45355.30/cwt53.50–61.7580416
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48862.35/cwt60.00–64.2592828
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,72558.07/cwt57.00–59.001,0022

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.