Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2021-07-26

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Jul 26
● Final60 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,431 head
▲ 2,504 vs last sale 927▲ 1,097 vs year ago 2,334 · +47.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
194 head
▲ 74 vs last sale 120▲ 134 vs year ago 60 · +223.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 5.00 to 9.00 higher except 900-950 lbs 1.00 to 2.00 lower, heifers 8.00 to 12.00 higher except 950-1000 4.00 to 5.00 lower. This week's offering was much larger than last week, higher undertones were very evident. Demand for this large offering of clean, attractive cattle was good. Several lots with multiple loads offered for both steers and heifers. CME Feeder Cattle futures up today as well as corn. Cattle On Feed report came out today stating cattle inventory was down 1% from this time last year. The drought continues to force farmers and ranchers to make decisions to sell earlier than normal as well as downsize cow herds. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 2.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $144.13/cwt on 2,168 head.
Average price
$144.13
2,168 head · 976 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,406
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$3
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$36.06/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.44
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1900149.391,3441,029
Medium and Large 1-2784147.901,15952
Large 11,082140.061,5151,010
Medium and Large 2559128.8972056
Large 1-21,188113.331,34721
One grade step is worth $36.06/cwt here — about −$3 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 sale2,168 hd
144.13
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SD average5 barns · 7,634 hd
147.57
−3.44
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—Low1,83890.241,65914
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,57491.171,43514
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,45572.411,05439
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,11064.3071468
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,05956.2159559

Every lot

60 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 2338150.00/cwt150.00–150.0050713
Steers—Medium and Large 2466138.00/cwt138.00–138.006435
Steers—Medium and Large 2506110.00/cwt110.00–110.005574
Steers—Medium and Large 1572180.63/cwt178.00–185.001,03316
Steers—Medium and Large 2618123.00/cwt123.00–123.0076023
Steers—Medium and Large 1626179.00/cwt179.00–179.001,1218
Steers—Medium and Large 1689174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,19920
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2697169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,17817
Steers—Medium and Large 1733160.71/cwt159.25–163.001,17831
Steers—Medium and Large 2757119.00/cwt119.00–119.0090111
Steers—Medium and Large 1773157.30/cwt152.00–162.501,21662
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2809138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,11631
Steers—Medium and Large 1815152.03/cwt147.00–154.501,239107
Steers—Medium and Large 1882147.59/cwt144.50–152.001,302195
Steers—Medium and Large 1926140.79/cwt140.00–142.501,304226
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2955135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,2894
Steers—Medium and Large 1985149.24/cwt140.00–151.001,470364
Steers—Large 11,008145.23/cwt142.50–146.001,464331
Steers—Large 11,087139.39/cwt135.00–141.251,515328
Steers—Large 11,113139.47/cwt138.50–140.501,552255
Steers—Large 1-21,147118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,3537
Steers—Large 1-21,209111.00/cwt111.00–111.001,34214
Steers—Large 11,213126.25/cwt126.25–126.251,53145
Steers—Large 11,257126.00/cwt126.00–126.001,58451
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2303126.00/cwt126.00–126.003826
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2440156.00/cwt156.00–156.0068611
Heifers—Medium and Large 2536117.00/cwt117.00–117.006276
Heifers—Medium and Large 1588146.00/cwt146.00–146.0085812
Heifers—Medium and Large 2631116.50/cwt116.50–116.5073519
Heifers—Medium and Large 1638152.00/cwt152.00–152.0097014
Heifers—Medium and Large 1676150.34/cwt148.00–151.001,01618
Heifers—Medium 1-2687130.00/cwt130.00–130.008937
Heifers—Medium and Large 1718143.02/cwt138.00–145.001,02767
Heifers—Medium and Large 2751117.00/cwt117.00–117.0087918
Heifers—Medium 1-2755124.00/cwt124.00–124.009366
Heifers—Medium and Large 1776147.61/cwt143.00–149.501,14547
Heifers—Medium and Large 2814133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,08344
Heifers—Medium and Large 1818147.01/cwt138.00–150.001,203254
Heifers—Medium and Large 2860118.00/cwt118.00–118.001,0154
Heifers—Medium and Large 1884139.34/cwt136.00–143.001,232263
Heifers—Medium and Large 1935127.50/cwt127.50–127.501,1926
Heifers—Medium and Large 1961128.57/cwt127.25–131.251,236180
Heifers—Large 11,000136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,36033
Heifers—Large 11,065122.23/cwt121.50–124.001,30217
Heifers—Large 1-21,135117.50/cwt117.50–117.501,33415
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,74995.11/cwt92.00–99.001,6637
Bulls——1,915104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,9921
Bulls——1,93082.27/cwt74.00–91.501,5886
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%71537.00/cwt37.00–37.002656
Cows—Boner 80-85%96561.87/cwt58.00–62.5059736
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,03751.10/cwt51.00–52.0053010
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10859.62/cwt59.00–62.0066139
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15064.49/cwt64.00–66.007424
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,25551.00/cwt51.00–51.006401
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25865.29/cwt63.00–67.5082122
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30770.89/cwt70.50–72.5092710
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42172.40/cwt71.00–76.001,02923
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47579.93/cwt78.00–81.001,1798
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,57366.91/cwt66.00–67.501,0527
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,57491.17/cwt86.00–93.001,43514

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.