Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2021-12-13

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Dec 13
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
4,883 head
▲ 1,175 vs last sale 3,708▲ 1,300 vs year ago 3,583 · +36.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
195 head
▲ 68 vs last sale 127▼ 35 vs year ago 230 · −15.2%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 450 lbs sold with significantly higher undertones, 450 to 500 steady to 2.00 lower, over 500 lbs steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers 450 and under sold with significantly higher undertones, over 450 lbs steady to 4.00 higher, except 550 - 650 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Demand for this large offering was very active. Most cattle were clean hided and hauled in over night. Several loads of yearling steers offered today. CME Feeder Cattle closed higher with corn dropping lower. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 2.00 to 3.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $170.00/cwt on 2,559 head.
Average price
$170.00
2,559 head · 796 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,354
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$268
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$47.30/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−6.21
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1654178.301,1661,487
Medium and Large 1-2553169.6793888
Large 11,040157.811,641968
Medium 1562153.008605thin
Medium and Large 2685131.0089711thin
One grade step is worth $47.30/cwt here — about $268 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 sale2,559 hd
170.00
—
SD average9 barns · 21,494 hd
176.20
−6.21
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—Low1,88183.041,56216
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,83780.561,48018
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,61673.181,18238
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,46461.8990672
CowsLean 85-90%High1,21150.3561044

Every lot

63 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 · Steers25 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1330220.00/cwt220.00–220.007263
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2339215.00/cwt215.00–215.007297
Steers—Medium and Large 1393213.28/cwt210.00–218.0083825
Steers—Medium and Large 1412209.50/cwt206.00–217.0086348
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2415170.00/cwt170.00–170.007064
Steers—Medium and Large 1474201.62/cwt191.00–207.0095666
Steers—Medium and Large 1534196.87/cwt185.00–206.001,051224
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2535175.34/cwt172.00–177.5093827
Steers—Medium 1562153.00/cwt153.00–153.008605
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2573161.50/cwt161.50–161.5092524
Steers—Medium and Large 1575186.86/cwt182.00–189.001,07494
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2610164.18/cwt163.00–168.001,00122
Steers—Medium and Large 1623180.31/cwt175.00–186.501,123257
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy678136.00/cwt136.00–136.009225
Steers—Medium and Large 1679170.51/cwt162.25–178.001,158305
Steers—Medium and Large 2685131.00/cwt131.00–131.0089711
Steers—Medium and Large 1723168.33/cwt159.50–175.001,217103
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy741151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,11918
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2745131.00/cwt131.00–131.009764
Steers—Medium and Large 1777164.46/cwt157.25–171.501,278162
Steers—Medium and Large 1820165.05/cwt155.00–167.501,35392
Steers—Medium and Large 1856151.03/cwt150.50–152.001,29317
Steers—Medium and Large 1916156.33/cwt155.25–157.101,43268
Steers—Large 11,024158.35/cwt155.75–160.101,622508
Steers—Large 11,057157.21/cwt148.00–160.001,662460
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373187.17/cwt186.00–190.0069819
Heifers—Medium and Large 1408195.65/cwt191.00–199.0079820
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2413183.00/cwt183.00–183.007566
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2470162.78/cwt155.00–167.0076515
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471179.56/cwt175.00–184.00846106
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2510154.18/cwt152.00–157.0078614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523171.61/cwt161.00–174.00898156
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy561154.00/cwt154.00–154.008648
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy570177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,00913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1573161.19/cwt156.00–167.00924119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2579149.00/cwt149.00–149.0086312
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625157.42/cwt150.00–163.00984203
Heifers—Medium and Large 2671122.00/cwt122.00–122.008195
Heifers—Medium and Large 1679157.35/cwt155.00–162.001,06898
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy680145.58/cwt144.00–148.0099015
Heifers—Medium and Large 1734155.40/cwt153.75–157.501,14185
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy747146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,0917
Heifers—Medium and Large 1768150.20/cwt146.25–153.501,15463
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2793138.50/cwt138.50–138.501,0985
Heifers—Medium and Large 1854150.56/cwt149.25–156.001,286164
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy971140.50/cwt140.50–140.501,36479
Heifers—Large 11,011139.25/cwt139.25–139.251,408166
Heifers—Large 11,062141.50/cwt141.50–141.501,50345
Heifers—Large 11,101134.50/cwt134.50–134.501,48143
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,80779.72/cwt71.00–83.501,44111
Bulls——2,04490.33/cwt87.50–92.501,8465
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,13648.01/cwt44.00–52.0054515
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,22256.79/cwt54.00–59.0069418
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,24563.37/cwt61.00–65.507895
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,34026.01/cwt20.00–35.003496
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,40657.73/cwt52.00–61.508129
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,42566.59/cwt66.00–68.509494
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,45344.24/cwt20.00–48.506438
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,47565.14/cwt62.00–69.0096155
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,59773.50/cwt72.00–74.001,17425
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,71543.00/cwt43.00–43.007371
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,75779.25/cwt79.25–79.251,3928
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,83780.56/cwt80.00–83.001,48018

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.