Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2021-05-24

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, May 24
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
5,744 head
▲ 2,933 vs last sale 2,811▲ 5,744 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
75 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 75▲ 75 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 1.00 to 4.00 higher with the exception of 700-750 lbs steady to 2.00 lower and 800 to 850 lbs steady to 1.00 higher, heifers steady to 2.00 higher with the exception of 550-600 lbs 3.00 to 6.00 higher. Demand for this large offering of green, light fleshed cattle was good. Several groups of preconditioned, bangs vaccinated heifers that were ready to be AI'd offered today. Several loads of preconditioned yearling steers that were ready to finish out offered as well. Very clean hided cattle ready to feed or go to grass. CME Feeder Cattle were up, while corn was lower. Late months of the CME Live Cattle board possibly helped the active market on the cattle of 1000 lbs. Slaughter cows unevenly steady in a light offering. 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 $132.06/cwt on 2,912 head.
Average price
$132.06
2,912 head · 922 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,218
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$42
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$26.42/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.55
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1860137.191,1791,934
Medium and Large 1-2834125.121,044193
Large 11,096122.631,345685
Large 1-21,102110.771,221100
One grade step is worth $26.42/cwt here — about −$42 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 sale2,912 hd
132.06
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SD average7 barns · 12,002 hd
135.61
−3.55
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—Average1,85793.121,7294thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,48872.271,07515
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,33967.1990019
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,08156.6961319

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 1386191.00/cwt191.00–191.007376
Steers—Medium and Large 1525181.00/cwt181.00–181.009505
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2546168.00/cwt168.00–168.009177
Steers—Medium and Large 1588168.90/cwt167.00–173.0099334
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2594155.77/cwt151.00–159.0092515
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2639142.83/cwt141.50–145.0091316
Steers—Medium and Large 1646159.96/cwt156.00–166.001,03345
Steers—Medium and Large 1690152.63/cwt150.00–157.001,05319
Steers—Medium and Large 1739143.53/cwt139.50–152.501,061211
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2746133.08/cwt132.00–139.0099326
Steers—Medium and Large 1769147.55/cwt137.50–154.001,135268
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed782115.00/cwt115.00–115.0089916
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2791131.37/cwt130.50–133.001,03929
Steers—Medium and Large 1835139.36/cwt136.00–141.001,164115
Steers—Medium and Large 1871135.13/cwt125.00–140.001,177352
Steers—Medium and Large 1926130.07/cwt128.00–134.001,204569
Steers—Medium and Large 1980129.04/cwt122.50–132.501,265310
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2991110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,09084
Steers—Large 11,036124.29/cwt123.50–126.751,288327
Steers—Large 1-21,044116.33/cwt115.00–116.751,21429
Steers—Large 11,067123.06/cwt121.00–123.501,31371
Steers—Large 1-21,126108.50/cwt108.50–108.501,22271
Steers—Large 11,145115.50/cwt115.50–115.501,32241
Steers—Large 11,177121.50/cwt121.50–121.501,430246
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429162.00/cwt160.50–166.0069514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2441131.00/cwt131.00–131.005788
Heifers—Medium and Large 1488163.09/cwt160.00–165.0079616
Heifers—Medium and Large 1543146.48/cwt140.00–151.0079512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1584145.98/cwt142.00–155.0085389
Heifers—Medium and Large 1643136.69/cwt135.00–138.5087925
Heifers—Medium and Large 1677133.49/cwt128.00–140.00904125
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy725125.50/cwt125.50–125.5091033
Heifers—Medium and Large 1728134.47/cwt129.00–146.50979213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2741125.43/cwt125.00–126.0092926
Heifers—Medium and Large 1778127.83/cwt123.00–131.75995369
Heifers—Medium and Large 1812126.48/cwt123.00–131.001,027468
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy845121.75/cwt121.75–121.751,02975
Heifers—Medium and Large 1872123.84/cwt120.25–130.751,080622
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2880118.50/cwt118.50–118.501,04313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1926119.98/cwt117.50–125.251,111232
Heifers—Medium and Large 1964117.34/cwt116.50–117.851,13135
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy986107.50/cwt107.50–107.501,06015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy1,095111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,21541
Heifers—Large 11,158110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,2748
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,73889.24/cwt89.00–89.501,5512
Bulls——1,87593.50/cwt93.50–93.501,7531
Bulls——2,075100.50/cwt100.50–100.502,0851
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93547.13/cwt42.00–50.004413
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10858.48/cwt56.00–64.5064816
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,33967.19/cwt66.00–69.0090019
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48872.27/cwt69.00–75.001,07515

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.