Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2021-08-23

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Aug 23
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,136 head
▼ 1,249 vs last sale 2,385▲ 1,136 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
138 head
▲ 18 vs last sale 120▲ 138 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 sold unevenly steady, higher undertones were evident. Demand for this light offering of green cattle was good. Several groups of crossbred cattle sold, they were hauled in Saturday. A few nice packages were weaned Monday morning, sold due to the drought. CME Feeder Cattle higher, corn lower. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. 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 $147.21/cwt on 504 head.
Average price
$147.21
504 head · 913 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,345
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$612
per head · Medium 1 over Large 1-2
$37.07/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−13.02
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 1490162.0079410thin
Medium and Large 1880153.441,349356
Large 11,002137.001,37343
Medium and Large 1-2925130.001,20338
Large 1-21,125124.931,40557
One grade step is worth $37.07/cwt here — about −$612 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 sale504 hd
147.21
—
SD average6 barns · 6,115 hd
160.24
−13.02
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—Average1,58186.311,36415
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,54487.621,3535thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,43771.841,03223
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,27566.6084977
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,19455.2766017

Every lot

42 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 · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1475184.00/cwt184.00–184.008744
Steers—Medium 1490162.00/cwt162.00–162.0079410
Steers—Medium and Large 1562183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,0288
Steers—Medium and Large 1697164.10/cwt162.00–165.501,14410
Steers—Medium and Large 1710166.63/cwt164.50–170.001,18323
Steers—Medium and Large 1789151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,1919
Steers—Medium and Large 1839160.79/cwt154.00–162.001,34985
Steers—Medium and Large 1883152.22/cwt146.50–153.001,34477
Steers—Medium and Large 1922148.25/cwt148.25–148.251,36720
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2925130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,20338
Steers—Medium and Large 1988143.65/cwt137.00–144.001,419120
Steers—Large 11,002137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,37343
Steers—Large 1-21,110125.50/cwt125.50–125.501,39352
Steers—Large 1-21,280119.00/cwt119.00–119.001,5235
Feeder Cattle · Heifers16 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2427147.00/cwt147.00–147.0062811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1510154.00/cwt154.00–154.007859
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2524134.00/cwt134.00–134.007024
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625144.37/cwt144.00–144.5090219
Heifers—Medium and Large 2651117.50/cwt117.50–117.507658
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675164.50/cwt164.50–164.501,11084
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2677139.36/cwt136.00–147.0094313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2704123.50/cwt123.50–123.5086910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1797151.25/cwt151.25–151.251,20564
Heifers—Medium and Large 1816145.03/cwt140.00–147.001,18349
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2856127.60/cwt127.60–127.601,09241
Heifers—Medium and Large 1879143.23/cwt143.00–143.501,25928
Heifers—Medium and Large 1903147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,32799
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2918134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,2354
Heifers—Medium and Large 1993130.50/cwt130.50–130.501,2966
Heifers—Large 1-21,026128.75/cwt128.75–128.751,32149
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,47594.38/cwt94.00–95.001,3922
Bulls——1,59785.07/cwt76.00–91.501,35913
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02334.71/cwt30.00–39.003552
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,08348.26/cwt44.00–53.005232
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,22971.88/cwt70.00–75.0088314
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,23859.51/cwt57.50–61.0073713
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,27266.50/cwt64.00–69.0084652
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,34879.52/cwt79.00–80.001,0722
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34960.33/cwt56.00–62.5081411
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44073.76/cwt72.00–76.001,06211
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45168.20/cwt57.00–69.5099010
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,54487.62/cwt85.00–89.001,3535

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.