Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2021-07-19

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Jul 19
● Final38 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
927 head
▼ 1,918 vs last sale 2,845▲ 927 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
120 head
▲ 60 vs last sale 60▲ 120 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers not good comparison due to limited offering except, steers 900-950 lbs steady, heifers 600-650 lbs steady to 4.00 lower, 750-800 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 lower, 800-850 lbs 6.00 lower, 950-1000 lbs 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Demand for this light offering of green cattle was good. CME Feeder Cattle Futures were both trending lower at the time of this report. Slaughter Cows steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter Bulls 1.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $138.23/cwt on 452 head.
Average price
$138.23
452 head · 793 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,096
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$130
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$19.51/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.83
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1786139.771,099415
Large 11,025123.001,26110thin
Medium and Large 1-2806120.2697027
One grade step is worth $19.51/cwt here — about $130 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 sale452 hd
138.23
—
SD average4 barns · 3,428 hd
143.06
−4.83
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—Average1,66888.811,48120
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,55582.651,28524
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,41771.711,01623
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,29066.1385320
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,13757.9965931

Every lot

38 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 · Steers13 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1550181.00/cwt181.00–181.0099611
Steers—Medium and Large 1683161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,10014
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2708138.00/cwt138.00–138.0097717
Steers—Medium and Large 1727154.17/cwt153.00–154.251,12159
Steers—Medium and Large 1804155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,24610
Steers—Medium and Large 2810125.00/cwt125.00–125.001,0139
Steers—Medium and Large 1873146.69/cwt142.00–149.501,28145
Steers—Medium and Large 1930142.32/cwt141.75–146.501,32441
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2930134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,2464
Steers—Large 11,007143.25/cwt143.25–143.251,44347
Steers—Large 1-21,016132.25/cwt132.25–132.251,3448
Steers—Large 11,063131.14/cwt128.00–132.001,39419
Steers—Large 11,201125.75/cwt125.75–125.751,51016
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1514156.00/cwt156.00–156.008026
Heifers—Medium and Large 1560156.00/cwt156.00–156.0087423
Heifers—Medium and Large 1636151.18/cwt148.00–155.0096281
Heifers—Medium and Large 1685144.00/cwt144.00–144.009864
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2699127.00/cwt127.00–127.008887
Heifers—Medium and Large 1777136.85/cwt135.00–142.001,06392
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2787120.00/cwt120.00–120.009449
Heifers—Medium and Large 1820132.78/cwt131.50–134.001,08943
Heifers—Medium and Large 1866134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,165100
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2881118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,0407
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2906113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,0244
Heifers—Medium and Large 1952134.98/cwt133.50–136.001,28566
Heifers—Large 11,025123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,26110
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,55784.95/cwt69.50–92.001,32313
Bulls——1,87495.98/cwt93.00–99.001,7997
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95749.11/cwt45.00–51.004706
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17859.66/cwt58.00–60.5070322
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,19563.50/cwt63.50–63.507593
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,24061.65/cwt61.00–62.007643
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26870.23/cwt69.00–72.508914
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,27167.69/cwt67.00–69.508606
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30965.90/cwt62.50–68.0086313
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45572.55/cwt70.00–76.001,05615
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,55582.65/cwt80.00–86.001,28524
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,56877.49/cwt77.00–78.001,2152

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.