Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2022-03-07

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Mar 7
● Final59 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,358 head
▼ 937 vs last sale 4,295▼ 1,250 vs year ago 4,608 · −27.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
75 head
▼ 10 vs last sale 85▲ 0 vs year ago 75 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 550 lbs and below 11.00 to 14.00 lower, 600 lbs - 800 lbs 5.00 to 9.00 lower, 800 lbs to 900 lbs 3.00 to 4.00 lower, 900 lbs - 950lbs 8.00 to 9.00 lower. Feeder heifers under 600 lbs 7.00 to 11.00 lower, 600 lbs - 750 lbs steady to 3.00 lower, 750 lbs - 950lbs 5.00 to 9.00 lower. Demand for this eye appealing offering of cattle was moderate. Flesh conditions varied from green to fleshy today. Wide price spread as black cattle are in biggest demand. CME Feeder Cattle and Live Cattle rebounded a bit, while corn was slightly lower. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 3.00 lower, Slaughter bulls steady 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 $162.09/cwt on 1,884 head.
Average price
$162.09
1,884 head · 761 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,233
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$163
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$25.82/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.76
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1761164.661,2531,558
Medium and Large 1-2743152.291,131251
Medium and Large 2466146.2968228
Large 11,020138.841,41647
One grade step is worth $25.82/cwt here — about −$163 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 sale1,884 hd
162.09
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SD average8 barns · 14,575 hd
163.85
−1.76
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—High1,926108.612,09212
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,81085.001,5392thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,51279.161,19726
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,23274.8892212
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,18958.336949thin

Every lot

59 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 1330218.85/cwt216.00–230.0072220
Steers—Medium and Large 2373145.00/cwt145.00–145.0054119
Steers—Medium and Large 1396216.00/cwt216.00–216.008554
Steers—Medium and Large 1423214.42/cwt207.00–220.0090717
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2490172.00/cwt172.00–172.008434
Steers—Medium and Large 1492201.80/cwt201.00–202.0099320
Steers—Medium and Large 1535196.79/cwt192.00–202.001,05354
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2545157.00/cwt157.00–157.008565
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2572179.43/cwt179.00–181.001,02623
Steers—Medium and Large 1577194.22/cwt186.00–197.001,12154
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2617141.50/cwt141.50–141.5087316
Steers—Medium and Large 1634185.74/cwt179.00–193.001,17874
Steers—Medium and Large 2662149.00/cwt149.00–149.009869
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2682166.61/cwt160.00–170.001,13666
Steers—Medium and Large 1685177.77/cwt173.50–186.501,218182
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2714151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,0786
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy725136.50/cwt136.50–136.509905
Steers—Medium and Large 1730159.72/cwt156.75–166.501,166149
Steers—Medium and Large 1780161.81/cwt153.00–169.501,262359
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2784143.50/cwt142.00–150.001,12570
Steers—Medium and Large 1823155.26/cwt150.00–159.251,278217
Steers—Medium and Large 1874150.90/cwt144.00–156.001,319280
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2876140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,22632
Steers—Medium and Large 1915145.65/cwt141.50–148.001,333110
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2915135.65/cwt131.00–137.001,24129
Steers—Medium and Large 1950143.50/cwt143.50–143.501,36313
Steers—Large 11,020138.84/cwt136.50–140.501,41647
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2350130.00/cwt130.00–130.0045514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1359199.00/cwt199.00–199.0071413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1405170.00/cwt170.00–170.006896
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2472166.00/cwt166.00–166.007845
Heifers—Medium and Large 1518167.61/cwt161.25–170.0086843
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2526142.38/cwt136.00–154.5074918
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2585153.56/cwt152.75–156.5089822
Heifers—Medium and Large 1591163.32/cwt162.00–168.0096559
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2617154.30/cwt151.00–156.5095215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625160.56/cwt157.00–165.001,00493
Heifers—Medium and Large 1668157.76/cwt153.00–161.001,05474
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2675149.62/cwt147.00–153.001,01056
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2708141.73/cwt133.00–147.001,00362
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723152.33/cwt145.50–153.751,101128
Heifers—Medium and Large 1759144.51/cwt139.00–147.001,097152
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2760135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,0268
Heifers—Medium and Large 1813137.55/cwt133.00–140.251,118138
Heifers—Medium and Large 1890135.13/cwt135.00–135.501,20349
Heifers—Medium and Large 1920132.92/cwt131.00–134.001,22355
Heifers—Medium and Large 1979127.38/cwt127.00–128.001,24736
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,783101.26/cwt100.00–103.001,8052
Bulls——1,937107.53/cwt105.50–110.502,0836
Bulls——1,981113.90/cwt113.50–114.502,2564
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%85059.39/cwt58.00–61.005052
Cows—Lean 85-90%88029.34/cwt27.50–32.002582
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,20574.00/cwt71.00–75.508929
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,31277.50/cwt77.50–77.501,0173
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,44869.51/cwt67.50–70.501,0075
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,45484.00/cwt84.00–84.001,2214
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,49378.79/cwt77.00–81.001,17618
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,65576.00/cwt76.00–76.001,2584
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,81085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,5392

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.