Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2021-09-20

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Sep 20
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,004 head
▼ 16 vs last sale 2,020▲ 34 vs year ago 1,970 · +1.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
52 head
▼ 74 vs last sale 126▼ 78 vs year ago 130 · −60.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 2.00 higher except 850-900lbs 6.00 to 8.00 lower, light steers sold with much higher undertones. Feeder heifers steady to 2.00 lower except 700-800lbs 6.00 to 8.00 lower. Demand for this nice offering of eye appealing green cattle was good. Several large lots of cattle sold today. The rain brought in a few extra farmers for this time of year. CME Feeder Cattle were up while corn was down at the time of this report. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 lower. Bulls to few to make a meaningful comparison.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $144.12/cwt on 942 head.
Average price
$144.12
942 head · 736 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,061
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$372
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$29.97/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.69
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1739146.151,080838
Medium and Large 1-2738130.8296682
Medium and Large 2610116.1870822
One grade step is worth $29.97/cwt here — about $372 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 sale942 hd
144.12
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SD average6 barns · 5,793 hd
147.81
−3.69
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—Low1,58485.611,3564thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,49069.511,0363thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,34666.1289023
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11647.7353321

Every lot

48 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1379200.11/cwt196.00–201.0075828
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2493166.00/cwt166.00–166.008189
Steers—Medium and Large 1510181.00/cwt181.00–181.0092346
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2574127.00/cwt127.00–127.007295
Steers—Medium and Large 1586163.00/cwt163.00–163.009555
Steers—Medium and Large 1621165.90/cwt158.25–173.001,030108
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2634156.00/cwt156.00–156.009896
Steers—Medium and Large 1661160.07/cwt158.00–163.251,05837
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2663140.00/cwt140.00–140.0092810
Steers—Medium and Large 2689124.00/cwt124.00–124.0085411
Steers—Medium and Large 2724136.00/cwt136.00–136.009854
Steers—Medium and Large 1738161.39/cwt155.00–164.001,19189
Steers—Medium and Large 1792151.14/cwt150.50–158.001,19773
Steers—Medium and Large 1805152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,2249
Steers—Medium and Large 1883145.11/cwt142.00–147.001,281279
Steers—Medium and Large 1975139.50/cwt139.50–139.501,360112
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1340193.00/cwt193.00–193.006567
Heifers—Medium and Large 1411183.00/cwt183.00–183.0075222
Heifers—Medium and Large 1485167.68/cwt165.00–168.0081362
Heifers—Medium and Large 1516155.00/cwt155.00–155.0080010
Heifers—Medium and Large 2534127.00/cwt127.00–127.006788
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2539136.00/cwt136.00–136.0073310
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2574130.00/cwt130.00–130.007465
Heifers—Medium and Large 1579142.36/cwt139.00–145.0082453
Heifers—Medium and Large 2605101.00/cwt101.00–101.006117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1619136.00/cwt136.00–136.008425
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2667135.00/cwt135.00–135.0090012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673144.80/cwt138.00–150.5097562
Heifers—Medium and Large 2701119.00/cwt119.00–119.008347
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2702129.84/cwt127.00–133.0091119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1726143.49/cwt139.50–145.001,042157
Heifers—Medium and Large 1763141.87/cwt140.00–147.001,08265
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2799120.00/cwt120.00–120.009594
Heifers—Medium and Large 1817143.62/cwt138.00–146.751,173294
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2833131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,09118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1860144.14/cwt142.00–146.751,24029
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2911128.00/cwt128.00–128.001,16614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1943134.00/cwt134.00–134.001,26449
Heifers—Medium and Large 1973140.50/cwt140.50–140.501,36723
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,58485.61/cwt84.00–87.001,3564
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,00546.36/cwt43.00–54.004663
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13335.42/cwt22.50–49.004018
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13657.98/cwt56.00–61.0065910
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26970.01/cwt69.00–72.758884
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35666.10/cwt64.50–68.5089618
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44371.26/cwt69.50–73.001,0282
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,46551.00/cwt51.00–51.007471
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,58566.00/cwt66.00–66.001,0461

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.