Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2021-08-30

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Aug 30
● Final45 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,764 head
▲ 628 vs last sale 1,136▼ 102 vs year ago 1,866 · −5.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
186 head
▲ 48 vs last sale 138▲ 86 vs year ago 100 · +86.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared last week: Unevenly steady, most weights were hard to make a meaningful comparison, except 800 - 900lbs steers 2.00 to 4.00 higher and 800 -850lb heifers 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Demand for this light offering of green cattle was good. Demand for the heavier weights was very good. Under 450# were in very good demand as well. CME Feeder Cattle were higher while corn was lower. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 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 $150.55/cwt on 1,161 head.
Average price
$150.55
1,161 head · 876 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,319
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$234
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$18.57/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−11.75
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1848156.951,331696
Large 11,031143.321,478242
Medium 1828140.001,1597thin
Medium and Large 1-2793138.381,098216
One grade step is worth $18.57/cwt here — about $234 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 sale1,161 hd
150.55
—
SD average7 barns · 9,334 hd
162.30
−11.75
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—Average1,82384.761,54521
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average2,18083.001,8091thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,40471.331,00222
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,34265.1387443
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,20152.3562999

Every lot

45 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1414198.61/cwt197.50–199.0082223
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2446132.00/cwt132.00–132.005897
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2533156.93/cwt156.00–160.0083617
Steers—Medium and Large 1581179.58/cwt175.00–185.001,04311
Steers—Medium and Large 1604158.00/cwt158.00–158.009548
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2638140.00/cwt140.00–140.0089340
Steers—Medium and Large 1657157.58/cwt156.00–160.001,03523
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2759155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,17612
Steers—Medium and Large 1769165.19/cwt160.00–169.001,27035
Steers—Medium and Large 1814157.63/cwt156.00–165.001,283146
Steers—Medium 1828140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,1597
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2857138.00/cwt138.00–138.001,18392
Steers—Medium and Large 1884154.16/cwt150.00–157.001,363107
Steers—Medium and Large 1915153.21/cwt151.50–155.251,402339
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2946131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,23914
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2954126.70/cwt125.00–127.001,20934
Steers—Medium and Large 1985144.00/cwt144.00–144.001,4184
Steers—Large 11,014145.52/cwt138.50–146.251,476170
Steers—Large 11,061138.25/cwt138.25–138.251,46761
Steers—Large 11,129137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,55211
Feeder Cattle · Heifers14 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373191.00/cwt191.00–191.0071213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2474135.00/cwt135.00–135.006404
Heifers—Medium and Large 1481156.00/cwt156.00–156.007506
Heifers—Medium and Large 1621142.06/cwt137.00–146.0088215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2623130.00/cwt130.00–130.008105
Heifers—Medium and Large 1692161.84/cwt151.00–162.501,12086
Heifers—Medium and Large 1789150.73/cwt146.50–153.501,18920
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2803134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,0766
Heifers—Medium and Large 1829148.37/cwt143.00–151.501,230120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1907147.13/cwt143.50–147.501,33465
Heifers—Medium and Large 1971134.29/cwt131.00–138.501,30418
Heifers—Large 11,032140.41/cwt132.00–142.001,44978
Heifers—Large 11,087128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,3918
Heifers—Large 11,210120.00/cwt120.00–120.001,45214
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,80283.99/cwt73.00–88.501,51319
Bulls——2,02392.04/cwt90.00–94.501,8622
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00637.54/cwt18.00–45.5037820
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,20152.92/cwt41.00–59.0063626
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,27457.66/cwt55.00–62.5073553
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31666.36/cwt63.00–69.0087333
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34571.00/cwt71.00–71.009551
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,40271.01/cwt69.00–74.0099621
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,43759.98/cwt56.00–62.508629
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45078.00/cwt78.00–78.001,1311
Cows—Premium White 65-75%2,18083.00/cwt83.00–83.001,8091

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.