Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2021-04-26

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Apr 26
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,104 head
▼ 1,206 vs last sale 2,310▼ 1,197 vs year ago 2,301 · −52.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
51 head
▼ 249 vs last sale 300▲ 44 vs year ago 7 · +628.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold with sharply lower undertones to few today to make a meaningful comparison. Demand for this light offering of cattle was moderate. Farmer buyers were not as active today, as most are doing field work. Flesh conditions were light to moderately heavy. CME Live Cattle market is slightly higher today. The corn market continues to wreak havoc on the cattle feeders, the cost of gain rises daily. Slaughter cows Breaker and Boner steady to 1.00 higher, Lean to few to make a meaningful comparison. Bulls test to light to make a good comparison.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $129.22/cwt on 679 head.
Average price
$129.22
679 head · 835 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,079
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$189
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$16.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.90
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1820133.141,091487
Medium and Large 1-2756120.48911125
Large 11,094117.061,28167
One grade step is worth $16.07/cwt here — about −$189 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 sale679 hd
129.22
—
SD average8 barns · 9,503 hd
143.12
−13.90
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—Average1,87492.981,7423thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,55770.821,10318
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,32366.5988117
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,17245.735368thin

Every lot

51 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 · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1350160.00/cwt160.00–160.005603
Steers—Medium and Large 1428193.00/cwt193.00–193.008263
Steers—Medium and Large 1497158.00/cwt158.00–158.0078513
Steers—Medium and Large 1508155.00/cwt155.00–155.007873
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2544125.00/cwt125.00–125.006804
Steers—Medium and Large 1572156.58/cwt154.00–159.0089618
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2595138.00/cwt138.00–138.008214
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2615125.87/cwt123.00–128.007747
Steers—Medium and Large 1617160.97/cwt153.00–163.0099329
Steers—Medium and Large 1687138.86/cwt137.00–140.0095415
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2729120.42/cwt120.00–130.0087873
Steers—Medium and Large 1730142.16/cwt136.50–147.001,03816
Steers—Medium and Large 1768136.34/cwt133.00–142.001,04775
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2772118.00/cwt118.00–118.009115
Steers—Medium and Large 1810129.07/cwt125.00–133.001,04512
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2849118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,00217
Steers—Medium and Large 1886124.25/cwt124.25–124.251,101118
Steers—Medium and Large 1913126.49/cwt123.00–128.601,155171
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2941116.05/cwt113.50–119.001,09215
Steers—Medium and Large 1969122.75/cwt122.75–122.751,18911
Steers—Large 11,014116.75/cwt116.75–116.751,18419
Steers—Large 11,057120.25/cwt120.25–120.251,27124
Steers—Large 11,114115.25/cwt115.25–115.251,28415
Steers—Large 11,328112.25/cwt112.25–112.251,4919
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1382140.00/cwt140.00–140.005355
Heifers—Medium and Large 1459141.00/cwt141.00–141.006474
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2471119.00/cwt119.00–119.005607
Heifers—Medium and Large 1508159.00/cwt159.00–159.008083
Heifers—Medium and Large 1562153.17/cwt149.00–155.0086110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2574134.02/cwt131.00–137.0076910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1601133.76/cwt133.50–135.0080434
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2630111.00/cwt111.00–111.006994
Heifers—Medium and Large 1657128.86/cwt127.00–131.0084713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1724123.68/cwt122.00–124.0089563
Heifers—Medium and Large 1780124.00/cwt124.00–124.009675
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2819110.00/cwt110.00–110.0090137
Heifers—Medium and Large 1835124.65/cwt120.00–125.001,04142
Heifers—Medium and Large 1854117.00/cwt117.00–117.0099911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1917113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,0363
Heifers—Medium and Large 1994105.50/cwt105.50–105.501,04915
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,61589.50/cwt89.50–89.501,4451
Bulls——2,00394.72/cwt92.50–96.501,8972
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08519.00/cwt19.00–19.002061
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17453.43/cwt51.00–55.006275
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20065.58/cwt64.00–67.5078710
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,21039.86/cwt35.00–45.004822
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44065.50/cwt65.50–65.509432
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,48572.24/cwt69.50–73.001,0735
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,53057.48/cwt55.50–60.508792
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55270.27/cwt68.00–73.001,09114
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,71080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,3682

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.