Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2022-01-24

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Jan 24
● Final57 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
5,178 head
▲ 278 vs last sale 4,900▲ 1,718 vs year ago 3,460 · +49.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
79 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 89▲ 48 vs year ago 31 · +154.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 450 lbs sold with much higher undertones, over 450 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 lower, except 450 - 500 lbs steady to 3.00 higher, 550 - 600 lbs 8.00 to 10.00 lower, 800 - 850 lbs steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 450 lbs sold with higher undertones, over 450 lbs 3.00 to 6.00 lower, except 500 - 550 lbs 7.00 to 10.00 lower. Demand for this large offering of green cattle was good. Several large lots of eye appealing cattle sold today. CME Feeder Cattle closed lower, while corn took a jump higher. US inventory of cattle on feed reported up 1 percent from January 1 of last year. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher. Slaughter bulls 6.00 to 7.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $168.20/cwt on 2,262 head.
Average price
$168.20
2,262 head · 704 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,183
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$465
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$33.62/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.14
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2593170.621,012185
Medium and Large 1712168.091,1972,070
Large 11,078137.001,4777thin
One grade step is worth $33.62/cwt here — about −$465 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 sale2,262 hd
168.20
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SD average9 barns · 20,954 hd
172.35
−4.14
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—High1,63488.201,44217
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,62069.191,12114
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,31662.6382424
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,27353.2267718

Every lot

57 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1386218.74/cwt209.00–221.0084432
Steers—Medium and Large 1424224.59/cwt219.00–231.0095219
Steers—Medium and Large 1476214.90/cwt208.00–224.001,02376
Steers—Medium and Large 1524200.51/cwt192.00–211.001,051125
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2528182.97/cwt171.00–192.0096659
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2577169.88/cwt164.00–177.0098071
Steers—Medium and Large 1579188.01/cwt180.50–192.501,089114
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy583165.00/cwt165.00–165.0096245
Steers—Medium and Large 1627175.43/cwt167.25–184.001,100155
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2637163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,03823
Steers—Medium and Large 1669167.19/cwt158.00–170.501,119273
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2685158.52/cwt152.00–166.001,08615
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2708159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,1268
Steers—Medium and Large 1714161.37/cwt154.00–166.001,152383
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2775145.45/cwt144.25–147.001,1279
Steers—Medium and Large 1776156.61/cwt151.00–160.501,215262
Steers—Medium and Large 1820158.05/cwt149.00–162.351,296325
Steers—Medium and Large 1873152.85/cwt149.00–156.501,33484
Steers—Medium and Large 1920150.25/cwt143.00–153.501,382163
Steers—Medium and Large 1969147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,42414
Steers—Large 11,078137.00/cwt137.00–137.001,4777
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1324205.00/cwt205.00–205.006648
Heifers—Medium and Large 1377201.76/cwt196.00–206.0076123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1411195.77/cwt190.00–205.0080521
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2419177.00/cwt177.00–177.007424
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2482176.93/cwt162.50–186.0085353
Heifers—Medium and Large 1485180.08/cwt176.00–185.5087357
Heifers—Medium and Large 1536170.06/cwt162.00–178.00912119
Heifers—Medium 1541155.00/cwt155.00–155.008395
Heifers—Medium and Large 1569167.17/cwt155.00–174.00951115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2579152.01/cwt125.00–156.0088054
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2619152.93/cwt152.00–154.0094717
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625160.66/cwt154.25–169.501,004205
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy641152.00/cwt152.00–152.0097416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1661154.22/cwt146.50–163.001,019303
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2675144.45/cwt143.00–146.0097541
Heifers—Medium and Large 1733150.18/cwt143.00–154.251,101296
Heifers—Medium and Large 1775144.63/cwt136.00–154.001,12183
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2778138.02/cwt136.00–139.001,07418
Heifers—Medium and Large 1843144.72/cwt142.50–145.001,220127
Heifers—Medium and Large 1870142.26/cwt131.00–143.501,238144
Heifers—Medium and Large 1903138.75/cwt138.75–138.751,25326
Heifers—Medium and Large 1985141.50/cwt141.50–141.501,39479
Heifers—Large 11,030142.00/cwt142.00–142.001,463118
Heifers—Large 11,120140.50/cwt140.50–140.501,574161
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,28681.70/cwt70.00–87.001,0519
Bulls——2,02194.08/cwt92.00–97.501,9017
Bulls——2,065105.50/cwt105.50–105.502,1791
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,22045.85/cwt43.00–47.005593
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,27031.88/cwt21.00–46.004052
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,28457.93/cwt55.00–59.5074412
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,30061.50/cwt61.50–61.508001
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30762.91/cwt60.50–65.0082222
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,41859.50/cwt59.50–59.508442
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,48562.28/cwt60.00–65.009256
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,67577.16/cwt76.00–79.001,2923
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,74972.70/cwt70.00–75.001,2725

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.