Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2021-03-29

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Mar 29
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,300 head
▼ 438 vs last sale 2,738▼ 604 vs year ago 2,904 · −20.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
61 head
▼ 139 vs last sale 200▼ 29 vs year ago 90 · −32.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers steady to 3.00 higher, with instances of 7.00 higher on 650-700 lbs heifers. Demand for this large offering was good. Light cattle market is in demand as we are getting closer to turn out on grass. The CME Live cattle contracts posted gains of nearly $1.00, while the feeder cattle board posted gains of $2.00, which really helped the market today. Flesh conditions ranged from light to moderately heavy. Buyers were selective based off of flesh conditions with the cost of gain higher right now. Slaughter cows Breakers and Boners steady to 3.00 higher, Lean cows were to few to make a meaningful comparison. Slaughter Bulls too 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 $143.00/cwt on 1,072 head.
Average price
$143.00
1,072 head · 773 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,105
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$210
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 2
$42.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.17
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1724153.181,110733
Medium and Large 1-2706140.1399040
Medium and Large 2651123.65806158
Large 11,124121.471,36523
Large 21,190110.911,320118
One grade step is worth $42.26/cwt here — about −$210 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 sale1,072 hd
143.00
—
SD average9 barns · 13,989 hd
150.18
−7.17
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—Average2,13085.491,8212thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,52670.551,07723
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,23265.2380427
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,15559.206849thin

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 1329224.69/cwt215.00–232.5073914
Steers—Medium and Large 2388119.00/cwt119.00–119.0046220
Steers—Medium and Large 1419193.00/cwt193.00–193.0080916
Steers—Medium and Large 1464188.06/cwt180.00–192.0087332
Steers—Medium and Large 2483130.00/cwt130.00–130.0062847
Steers—Medium and Large 1510182.85/cwt181.00–184.009338
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy543163.00/cwt163.00–163.008859
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2561167.00/cwt167.00–167.009377
Steers—Medium and Large 1565171.64/cwt165.00–174.5097073
Steers—Medium and Large 2603127.00/cwt127.00–127.0076638
Steers—Medium and Large 1617164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,0123
Steers—Medium and Large 1663166.95/cwt162.00–169.501,10729
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2671142.00/cwt142.00–142.009535
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy697151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,05210
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2715136.62/cwt130.00–140.0097715
Steers—Medium and Large 1718152.94/cwt147.00–155.501,098192
Steers—Medium and Large 1779144.36/cwt135.25–147.001,125152
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2788129.00/cwt129.00–129.001,01713
Steers—Medium and Large 1819140.28/cwt134.00–143.501,14995
Steers—Medium and Large 1869134.70/cwt132.25–137.001,17131
Steers—Medium and Large 1920133.27/cwt128.50–134.501,22615
Steers—Medium and Large 2935117.38/cwt112.50–118.001,09853
Steers—Medium and Large 1959128.04/cwt127.75–128.501,22854
Steers—Large 11,057121.25/cwt121.25–121.251,2823
Steers—Large 21,089113.25/cwt113.25–113.251,23349
Steers—Large 21,100109.50/cwt109.50–109.501,20520
Steers—Large 11,134121.50/cwt121.50–121.501,37820
Steers—Large 21,274109.21/cwt104.00–110.501,39135
Steers—Large 21,461109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,59214
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1284190.00/cwt190.00–190.005408
Heifers—Medium and Large 2379127.00/cwt127.00–127.0048139
Heifers—Medium and Large 1387176.69/cwt176.00–177.0068419
Heifers—Medium and Large 1413170.59/cwt170.00–171.0070512
Heifers—Medium and Large 2451134.00/cwt134.00–134.0060453
Heifers—Medium and Large 1487164.00/cwt164.00–164.0079913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1510157.16/cwt155.00–159.0080232
Heifers—Medium and Large 2565120.00/cwt120.00–120.0067837
Heifers—Medium and Large 1583151.14/cwt148.50–155.0088142
Heifers—Medium and Large 1626141.16/cwt137.00–144.0088426
Heifers—Medium and Large 1667141.20/cwt135.00–143.50942134
Heifers—Medium and Large 1728131.38/cwt127.00–134.5095664
Heifers—Medium 2755120.00/cwt120.00–120.009065
Heifers—Medium and Large 1757132.65/cwt125.00–133.751,004123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1816127.23/cwt125.00–128.251,03865
Heifers—Medium and Large 2819115.00/cwt115.00–115.0094265
Heifers—Medium and Large 2856109.00/cwt109.00–109.009338
Heifers—Medium and Large 1886123.31/cwt123.10–125.501,09381
Heifers—Medium and Large 1916121.75/cwt121.75–121.751,11535
Heifers—Medium and Large 2965110.25/cwt110.25–110.251,06465
Heifers—Large 21,018112.25/cwt112.25–112.251,14332
Heifers—Large 21,078115.00/cwt115.00–115.001,2406
Heifers—Large 21,247114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,42246
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,13085.49/cwt85.00–86.001,8212
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,12070.00/cwt70.00–70.007842
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15051.00/cwt51.00–51.005871
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15660.22/cwt58.00–62.006968
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24164.85/cwt63.50–67.0080525
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,52469.74/cwt66.00–72.001,06321
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54879.00/cwt79.00–79.001,2232

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.