Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2021-04-19

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Apr 19
● Final50 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,310 head
▼ 741 vs last sale 3,051▲ 462 vs year ago 1,848 · +25.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
300 head
▼ 60 vs last sale 360▲ 250 vs year ago 50 · +500.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 3.00 to 5.00 lower with the exception of 550-600 lbs 12.00 to 15.00 lower, feeder heifers 2.00 to 6.00 lower with the exception of 500 to 550 lbs 7.00 to 9.00 lower. Demand for this light offering of clean, eye appealing cattle was good. Farmer buyers were very active for the third week in a row. Flesh conditions were moderate. CME Live Cattle Futures down again for the seventh day in a row for both fats and feeders. The blistering rally in corn is wreaking havoc of the feeder cattle futures. Slaughter cows Breaker steady, Boner steady to 1.00 lower, Lean steady to 1.00 higher. Bulls steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $134.69/cwt on 1,294 head.
Average price
$134.69
1,294 head · 812 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,094
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$141
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$13.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.74
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1820137.631,129954
Medium 1645130.2584010thin
Medium and Large 1-2756126.74958282
Large 11,023124.071,26948
One grade step is worth $13.56/cwt here — about −$141 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 sale1,294 hd
134.69
—
SD average5 barns · 7,163 hd
138.44
−3.74
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—Average1,68889.821,51627
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,61575.741,22356
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,47866.85988101
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,29365.4384644
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,23754.1667058

Every lot

50 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1399202.00/cwt202.00–202.008065
Steers—Medium and Large 1479168.49/cwt162.00–184.0080719
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2534142.74/cwt142.00–143.0076215
Steers—Medium and Large 1541160.00/cwt160.00–160.008665
Steers—Medium and Large 1564163.39/cwt161.00–165.0092233
Steers—Medium and Large 1629160.82/cwt159.00–164.001,01246
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2629147.69/cwt146.00–150.5092919
Steers—Medium 1645130.25/cwt130.25–130.2584010
Steers—Medium and Large 1664151.91/cwt150.00–157.501,00945
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2684124.35/cwt124.25–125.0085172
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2708126.90/cwt114.00–141.0089823
Steers—Medium and Large 1710150.26/cwt145.50–157.001,06786
Steers—Medium and Large 1765140.33/cwt135.00–145.251,07417
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2834123.67/cwt111.50–135.001,031153
Steers—Medium and Large 1836135.09/cwt131.50–146.001,129177
Steers—Medium and Large 1868132.16/cwt126.00–134.501,147291
Steers—Medium and Large 1923126.43/cwt125.00–127.751,167143
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy931123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,1458
Steers—Medium and Large 1975125.53/cwt123.00–128.501,22479
Steers—Large 11,023124.07/cwt123.50–126.001,26948
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2316168.00/cwt168.00–168.005314
Heifers—Medium and Large 1438156.00/cwt156.00–156.006836
Heifers—Medium and Large 1493157.00/cwt157.00–157.007744
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523157.56/cwt157.00–160.0082439
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2573147.00/cwt147.00–147.0084210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1589140.00/cwt140.00–140.008256
Heifers—Medium and Large 1618142.17/cwt135.00–145.0087968
Heifers—Medium and Large 2620135.00/cwt135.00–135.008375
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2630126.92/cwt125.00–127.5080029
Heifers—Medium and Large 1662145.60/cwt143.00–146.5096432
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2708132.00/cwt132.00–132.0093514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1714136.86/cwt135.00–138.00977146
Heifers—Medium and Large 1789128.90/cwt128.00–129.501,01790
Heifers—Medium and Large 1841123.37/cwt121.00–124.251,038104
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2848105.75/cwt105.75–105.7589766
Heifers—Medium and Large 1885120.67/cwt115.00–123.001,06889
Heifers—Medium and Large 1954118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,1266
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,67481.79/cwt74.00–89.001,3699
Bulls——1,69593.83/cwt90.50–101.501,59018
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99228.97/cwt17.50–37.002873
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,04567.00/cwt67.00–67.007004
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09564.00/cwt64.00–64.007013
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15443.51/cwt31.00–56.0050217
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30165.92/cwt64.00–69.5085833
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,31060.65/cwt57.50–63.0079535
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,39562.21/cwt62.00–62.258687
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47369.34/cwt68.00–71.501,02123
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47965.98/cwt62.00–67.2597677
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49577.00/cwt77.00–77.001,1511
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,61575.74/cwt71.00–78.501,22356

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.