Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2022-02-14

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Feb 14
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
4,578 head
▼ 411 vs last sale 4,989▲ 3,688 vs year ago 890 · +414.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
50 head
▼ 35 vs last sale 85▼ 150 vs year ago 200 · −75.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 350 lbs - 400 lbs, 450 lbs - 500lbs, 650 lbs - 800 lbs, 850 lbs -900 lbs steady to 5.00 lower, 400 lbs - 450 lbs, 500 lbs - 650 lbs, 800 lbs - 850 lbs, 900 lbs - 950 lbs steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers steady to 5.00 higher, except 450 lbs - 500 lbs, 750 lbs - 800 lbs 1.00 to 5.00 lower. Demand for this nice offering was good. Several loads of nice yearling cattle sold well toady. CME Feeder Cattle and Corn closed higher today. Slaughter cows in a very light test sold steady. Slaughter bulls to few to make a meaningful comparison.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $166.55/cwt on 2,541 head.
Average price
$166.55
2,541 head · 807 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,343
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$448
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$32.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−8.16
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2618181.141,119109
Medium and Large 1789167.781,3242,193
Large 11,055148.641,568239
One grade step is worth $32.50/cwt here — about −$448 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 sale2,541 hd
166.55
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SD average9 barns · 23,656 hd
174.71
−8.16
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—Low1,73599.941,7344thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,48373.141,08513
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,20567.0880816
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,27946.4059417

Every lot

54 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 1384216.69/cwt212.00–225.0083214
Steers—Medium and Large 1428221.08/cwt219.00–224.0094615
Steers—Medium and Large 1486218.83/cwt210.00–224.001,06425
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2510196.64/cwt194.00–200.001,00337
Steers—Medium and Large 1527210.66/cwt205.00–220.001,11058
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2584190.52/cwt189.00–192.001,11333
Steers—Medium and Large 1587197.76/cwt193.00–206.001,161114
Steers—Medium and Large 1630189.41/cwt186.50–193.001,193126
Steers—Medium and Large 1673180.90/cwt175.00–186.001,217216
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2699172.50/cwt172.50–172.501,2068
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2713161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,1486
Steers—Medium and Large 1720169.97/cwt163.00–176.001,224190
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2774153.43/cwt152.50–158.501,18825
Steers—Medium and Large 1777164.71/cwt159.60–174.001,280358
Steers—Medium and Large 1818160.16/cwt155.00–164.501,310215
Steers—Medium and Large 1874154.93/cwt148.75–159.001,354247
Steers—Medium and Large 1930154.13/cwt149.85–159.251,433461
Steers—Medium and Large 1964151.91/cwt148.50–154.851,464154
Steers—Large 11,029147.28/cwt142.00–148.251,51651
Steers—Large 11,059149.62/cwt149.50–149.751,584182
Steers—Large 11,140130.50/cwt130.50–130.501,4886
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1393200.00/cwt200.00–200.007867
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2444171.00/cwt171.00–171.007595
Heifers—Medium and Large 1467181.98/cwt180.00–187.0085023
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2480169.38/cwt166.00–172.0081316
Heifers—Medium and Large 1511185.19/cwt175.00–188.0094684
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2541173.00/cwt173.00–173.0093627
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy561157.00/cwt157.00–157.0088110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1576178.71/cwt172.00–184.001,029101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2590170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,0034
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2624153.24/cwt151.00–156.0095618
Heifers—Medium and Large 1633169.53/cwt163.00–172.001,073113
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2657156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,0256
Heifers—Medium and Large 1673162.74/cwt158.50–172.001,095277
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2715141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,0084
Heifers—Medium and Large 1727154.86/cwt149.00–159.501,126339
Heifers—Medium and Large 1779148.93/cwt144.00–151.501,160267
Heifers—Medium and Large 1818150.35/cwt145.00–152.501,230135
Heifers—Medium and Large 1873148.17/cwt144.00–149.601,29484
Heifers—Medium and Large 1916146.00/cwt145.75–147.251,337108
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy924136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,25715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1996146.75/cwt146.75–146.751,46244
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,02581.00/cwt81.00–81.008301
Bulls——1,748103.38/cwt101.50–105.501,8072
Bulls——2,420112.00/cwt112.00–112.002,7101
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11327.07/cwt25.00–31.003017
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15568.23/cwt67.00–69.0078814
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,26546.07/cwt44.00–48.005832
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,32566.50/cwt66.50–66.508812
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44574.43/cwt73.00–76.001,0769
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,46362.37/cwt60.00–63.509126
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50080.00/cwt80.00–80.001,2001
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,55559.00/cwt59.00–59.009172
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,59367.00/cwt67.00–67.001,0673

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.