Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2021-03-22

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Mar 22
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,738 head
▼ 1,870 vs last sale 4,608▲ 2,236 vs year ago 502 · +445.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
200 head
▲ 125 vs last sale 75▲ 170 vs year ago 30 · +566.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeders steers 2.00 to 5.00 higher, except 600-650 6.00 to 9.00 higher, over 1000 lbs sold with higher undertones. Feeder heifers steady to 3.00 higher, except 600-650 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Demand for this large offering of nice cattle was very good. Farmer buyers were very active. Flesh conditions were light to good, some cattle carried a little extra dust due to the mud left from the winter storm last week. CME Live Cattle Futures ended up a little higher today. Fat cattle were higher in the country on Friday, giving hope to cattle feeders. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter 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 $144.16/cwt on 1,440 head.
Average price
$144.16
1,440 head · 790 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,139
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$153
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$20.03/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.79
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1771145.871,1241,301
Medium and Large 1-2694141.4698121
Large 11,015125.841,277118
One grade step is worth $20.03/cwt here — about −$153 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 sale1,440 hd
144.16
—
SD average5 barns · 6,761 hd
141.37
+2.79
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—Average1,62089.371,4488thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,66774.491,24275
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,42666.1794345
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,36762.6485630
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,13853.4460820

Every lot

46 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1313225.00/cwt225.00–225.007044
Steers—Medium and Large 1390193.00/cwt193.00–193.007534
Steers—Medium and Large 1416190.67/cwt190.00–191.0079319
Steers—Medium and Large 1496187.93/cwt185.00–190.5093230
Steers—Medium and Large 1522180.66/cwt176.00–183.5094337
Steers—Medium and Large 1585162.69/cwt159.50–171.0095226
Steers—Medium and Large 1628164.72/cwt158.50–167.501,034186
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2645142.07/cwt131.00–151.009169
Steers—Medium and Large 1669150.50/cwt150.50–150.501,00720
Steers—Medium and Large 1724146.96/cwt143.25–152.501,064262
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2730141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,02912
Steers—Medium and Large 1780143.78/cwt142.00–146.251,121186
Steers—Medium and Large 1812136.54/cwt124.00–140.001,10961
Steers—Medium and Large 1869132.23/cwt128.75–136.001,149184
Steers—Medium and Large 1925130.36/cwt126.00–132.001,206156
Steers—Medium and Large 1972127.88/cwt127.00–128.601,24384
Steers—Medium and Large 11,012126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,27542
Steers—Large 11,015125.84/cwt121.50–128.751,277118
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1416158.49/cwt155.00–167.0065917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2481136.00/cwt136.00–136.006547
Heifers—Medium and Large 1487154.91/cwt150.00–160.5075455
Heifers—Medium and Large 1519148.35/cwt145.00–157.0077069
Heifers—Medium and Large 2568110.00/cwt110.00–110.0062515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1579139.62/cwt134.00–143.0080839
Heifers—Medium and Large 1616141.62/cwt137.50–146.00872171
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2637130.35/cwt128.00–131.0083036
Heifers—Medium and Large 1674133.79/cwt128.00–136.50902119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1729133.07/cwt128.75–135.00970111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1778127.84/cwt124.50–131.00995100
Heifers—Medium and Large 1809124.75/cwt120.50–126.501,00975
Heifers—Medium and Large 1874121.13/cwt117.00–121.751,059156
Heifers—Medium and Large 1931119.75/cwt119.75–119.751,11527
Heifers—Medium and Large 1984119.50/cwt119.50–119.501,17656
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,22985.37/cwt84.00–86.001,0494
Bulls——2,01193.37/cwt92.00–95.501,8784
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10649.46/cwt46.00–51.005476
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14156.16/cwt52.00–59.0064113
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,29042.00/cwt42.00–42.005421
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31062.67/cwt60.00–63.5082116
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34866.08/cwt64.50–68.508915
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42266.24/cwt64.00–68.5094244
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,47960.67/cwt59.50–61.508979
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,58063.00/cwt63.00–63.009951
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,61582.00/cwt82.00–82.001,3246
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,62564.00/cwt64.00–64.001,0401
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,67273.98/cwt70.00–77.001,23768

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.