Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2021-10-04

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Oct 4
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,305 head
▲ 365 vs last sale 940▲ 1,305 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
111 head
▲ 71 vs last sale 40▲ 111 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 unevenly steady. Lighter weights under 800lbs sold with lower undertones, weights over 800lbs sold with higher undertones. Best demand continues to be seen for black hided cattle. With the weather being ideal for farmers to be in the field there were not many farmer buyers today. CME Feeder cattle were higher while corn was steady to lower. Slaughter cows, Breaker 4.00 to 7.00 lower, Boner and Lean 2.00 to 4.00 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 $143.39/cwt on 638 head.
Average price
$143.39
638 head · 745 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,068
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$476
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$15.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−12.05
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1769144.481,112581
Medium and Large 1-2627135.5085016thin
Medium 2391133.0052019thin
Medium and Large 2492129.1863522
One grade step is worth $15.30/cwt here — about $476 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 sale638 hd
143.39
—
SD average7 barns · 8,558 hd
155.44
−12.05
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—Average1,70788.351,5088thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,56072.671,13320
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,32761.5081636
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,13448.9055446

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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1312175.00/cwt175.00–175.0054610
Steers—Medium and Large 2343131.00/cwt131.00–131.004498
Steers—Medium and Large 1378185.57/cwt183.00–196.0070119
Steers—Medium and Large 1403182.00/cwt182.00–182.0073313
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2415163.00/cwt163.00–163.006766
Steers—Medium and Large 2417131.00/cwt131.00–131.005467
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2457150.00/cwt150.00–150.006865
Steers—Medium and Large 1462166.76/cwt165.00–173.0077028
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2547150.00/cwt150.00–150.0082111
Steers—Medium and Large 1556163.00/cwt163.00–163.009064
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2569145.26/cwt141.00–151.0082724
Steers—Medium and Large 1623151.67/cwt147.00–158.0094547
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2627140.00/cwt140.00–140.0087810
Steers—Medium and Large 1663160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,0619
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2671142.64/cwt142.00–145.0095719
Steers—Medium and Large 1712147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,0479
Steers—Medium and Large 1789148.75/cwt148.75–148.751,17415
Steers—Medium and Large 1916146.53/cwt144.00–147.001,342177
Steers—Large 11,031138.31/cwt136.00–138.601,42626
Steers—Large 11,136123.50/cwt123.50–123.501,4035
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1322161.82/cwt161.00–165.0052119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1388171.00/cwt171.00–171.0066314
Heifers—Medium 2391133.00/cwt133.00–133.0052019
Heifers—Medium and Large 1400166.00/cwt166.00–166.0066411
Heifers—Medium and Large 2458130.00/cwt130.00–130.0059516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1467155.50/cwt155.50–155.5072616
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2473140.00/cwt140.00–140.006628
Heifers—Medium and Large 1525145.50/cwt145.50–145.5076410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1581137.75/cwt132.00–141.0080025
Heifers—Medium and Large 2582127.00/cwt127.00–127.007396
Heifers—Medium and Large 1697146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,01831
Heifers—Medium and Large 1714146.57/cwt146.50–147.001,04796
Heifers—Medium and Large 1777139.11/cwt138.00–140.501,08120
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2781131.00/cwt131.00–131.001,0238
Heifers—Medium and Large 1830146.05/cwt143.25–148.751,212154
Heifers—Medium and Large 1895137.50/cwt137.50–137.501,23156
Heifers—Medium and Large 1932137.15/cwt134.00–140.751,278129
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,63686.39/cwt81.00–89.501,4136
Bulls——1,92094.24/cwt93.50–95.001,8092
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95020.58/cwt10.00–36.001968
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06145.42/cwt42.00–52.004827
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18061.50/cwt61.50–61.507261
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,19856.84/cwt54.50–59.5068130
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,26156.52/cwt56.00–57.507136
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,34062.50/cwt60.00–65.0083830
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,37570.21/cwt68.50–71.509658
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,65478.96/cwt75.00–82.001,3068
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,74165.00/cwt65.00–65.001,1324

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.