Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2022-02-07

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Feb 7
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
4,989 head
▲ 989 vs last sale 4,000▲ 2,336 vs year ago 2,653 · +88.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
85 head
▼ 99 vs last sale 184▼ 155 vs year ago 240 · −64.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 4.00 higher, except 350 lbs - 400 lbs, 450 lbs - 550 lbs, 650 lbs - 700 lbs 4.00 to 9.00 higher. Feeder heifers steady to 4.00 lower, except 400 lbs - 450lbs, 550 lbs - 600 lbs 8.00 to 10.00 higher, 650 lbs - 700 lbs, 800 lbs - 850 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Demand for this large offering of green cattle was good. Biggest demand continues to be for black hided cattle. Several large lots sold today. CME Feeder Cattle closed lower while corn jumped higher. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 3.00 to 4.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $175.20/cwt on 2,568 head.
Average price
$175.20
2,568 head · 715 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,252
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$567
per head · Medium and Large 2 over Large 1
$43.85/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+5.84
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2490187.0091613thin
Medium 1542178.4696713thin
Medium and Large 1-2634176.331,118153
Medium and Large 1720175.281,2622,372
Large 11,036143.151,48317thin
One grade step is worth $43.85/cwt here — about −$567 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 sale2,568 hd
175.20
—
SD average5 barns · 8,783 hd
169.36
+5.84
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—Average1,88897.471,8407thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,46072.971,06627
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,28767.5386931
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,23361.097535thin

Every lot

58 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 · Steers27 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1331235.00/cwt235.00–235.007785
Steers—Medium and Large 1361224.00/cwt218.00–227.5080911
Steers—Medium and Large 1445220.13/cwt219.00–221.0098016
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2478207.85/cwt200.00–211.0099424
Steers—Medium and Large 2490187.00/cwt187.00–187.0091613
Steers—Medium and Large 1491222.72/cwt214.00–223.501,094152
Steers—Medium and Large 1515210.40/cwt204.00–216.001,08446
Steers—Medium 1524179.00/cwt179.00–179.009386
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2540183.00/cwt183.00–183.009885
Steers—Medium 1557178.00/cwt178.00–178.009917
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2577177.37/cwt170.50–181.001,02319
Steers—Medium and Large 1585190.28/cwt185.50–200.001,113177
Steers—Medium and Large 1615188.46/cwt184.00–198.001,15971
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2634178.49/cwt176.00–181.501,13237
Steers—Medium and Large 1678180.51/cwt174.50–187.501,224400
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2683168.65/cwt167.00–172.501,15244
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy690170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,17322
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2706154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,08711
Steers—Medium and Large 1728169.71/cwt163.50–176.501,235553
Steers—Medium and Large 1775165.74/cwt162.25–170.001,284286
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2793154.50/cwt154.50–154.501,2259
Steers—Medium and Large 1822160.60/cwt156.00–163.251,320360
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2875149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,3044
Steers—Medium and Large 1885158.46/cwt153.00–160.001,402235
Steers—Medium and Large 1906153.17/cwt152.50–154.001,38832
Steers—Medium and Large 1963143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,3776
Steers—Large 11,036143.15/cwt140.00–146.001,48317
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368193.00/cwt193.00–193.007104
Heifers—Medium and Large 1416198.23/cwt193.00–200.0082532
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2446187.50/cwt187.50–187.508365
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy461200.00/cwt200.00–200.0092287
Heifers—Medium 1486165.00/cwt165.00–165.008024
Heifers—Medium and Large 1488187.28/cwt182.00–195.0091431
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2496180.00/cwt180.00–180.008935
Heifers—Medium and Large 1530181.65/cwt175.00–185.0096399
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2562162.26/cwt157.00–164.0091217
Heifers—Medium and Large 1574174.21/cwt168.00–183.501,000106
Heifers—Medium and Large 2604137.00/cwt137.00–137.008277
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2621150.00/cwt150.00–150.009326
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625165.11/cwt157.00–168.001,032275
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2679152.16/cwt150.00–155.001,03347
Heifers—Medium and Large 1680157.11/cwt154.00–165.001,068386
Heifers—Medium and Large 1726153.33/cwt151.50–163.001,113356
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2735150.33/cwt149.00–150.501,10563
Heifers—Medium and Large 1782149.84/cwt147.25–153.501,172230
Heifers—Medium and Large 1813148.93/cwt146.75–149.751,211114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1870142.22/cwt140.00–145.001,2379
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2949122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,1588
Heifers—Medium and Large 1954141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,3458
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,70792.66/cwt91.00–94.001,5824
Bulls——2,129103.88/cwt102.00–108.002,2123
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,23361.09/cwt60.00–62.007535
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,25066.66/cwt64.00–70.5083320
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30359.68/cwt57.00–63.007782
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,32069.03/cwt68.75–70.009117
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36471.20/cwt68.00–72.009719
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50373.30/cwt72.00–76.001,10217
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54580.29/cwt79.00–81.001,2403

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.