Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2022-05-09

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, May 9
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,300 head
▲ 1,268 vs last sale 1,032▲ 620 vs year ago 1,680 · +36.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
72 head
▲ 17 vs last sale 55▲ 7 vs year ago 65 · +10.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold with higher undertones. Black hided cattle are in biggest demand creating wide price gaps. Overall demand today was good. Several loads of yearling heifers sold today. Rain over the weekend brought in a few farmers to bid. In alight test slaughter cows and bulls sold with lower undertones.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $143.35/cwt on 1,548 head.
Average price
$143.35
1,548 head · 839 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,202
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$391
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$20.72/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−5.96
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2648151.5098232
Medium and Large 1815144.871,1801,334
Large 11,050130.781,373182
One grade step is worth $20.72/cwt here — about −$391 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 sale1,548 hd
143.35
—
SD average5 barns · 7,697 hd
149.31
−5.96
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—Low2,05298.002,0115thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,50881.321,22610
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,28269.0888511
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,16860.4070612

Every lot

49 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2408205.00/cwt205.00–205.008366
Steers—Medium and Large 1423223.00/cwt223.00–223.009435
Steers—Medium and Large 2449166.00/cwt166.00–166.007454
Steers—Medium and Large 1486197.33/cwt192.00–200.5095913
Steers—Medium and Large 1540198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,0695
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2570174.00/cwt174.00–174.0099211
Steers—Medium and Large 1581185.64/cwt183.00–187.001,07920
Steers—Medium and Large 1607185.67/cwt183.00–187.001,12712
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2616155.00/cwt155.00–155.009558
Steers—Medium and Large 1672170.63/cwt170.00–172.001,14713
Steers—Medium and Large 1710168.90/cwt163.00–173.001,19964
Steers—Medium and Large 1775163.10/cwt159.00–169.501,264104
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2804141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,13411
Steers—Medium and Large 1838153.52/cwt147.50–157.001,28673
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2882146.75/cwt146.75–146.751,29412
Steers—Medium and Large 1893157.66/cwt154.50–160.001,408129
Steers—Medium and Large 1918148.26/cwt145.00–149.251,36135
Steers—Medium and Large 1981147.33/cwt147.25–148.001,44555
Steers—Large 11,017139.00/cwt139.00–139.001,4148
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1419181.00/cwt181.00–181.007584
Heifers—Medium and Large 1499174.00/cwt174.00–174.008687
Heifers—Medium and Large 1532158.56/cwt158.00–159.0084413
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2577160.00/cwt160.00–160.009237
Heifers—Medium and Large 1579169.59/cwt166.00–171.5098240
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2621153.21/cwt150.00–155.0095115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1634164.29/cwt161.00–167.001,04240
Heifers—Medium and Large 1669157.95/cwt151.50–165.501,057146
Heifers—Medium and Large 1708151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,06913
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2739143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,05710
Heifers—Medium and Large 1775144.83/cwt141.00–146.251,122404
Heifers—Medium and Large 1836140.74/cwt135.00–143.001,177134
Heifers—Medium and Large 1865137.76/cwt136.75–138.001,19278
Heifers—Medium and Large 1931138.87/cwt133.50–140.751,293389
Heifers—Medium and Large 1975132.36/cwt131.00–134.501,29166
Heifers—Large 11,002132.75/cwt132.75–132.751,33058
Heifers—Large 11,062130.25/cwt130.25–130.251,383100
Heifers—Large 11,115128.25/cwt128.25–128.251,43024
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,943101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,9622
Bulls——2,12596.00/cwt96.00–96.002,0403
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%8509.00/cwt9.00–9.00771
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,05760.48/cwt60.00–62.006395
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17373.00/cwt73.00–73.008562
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,2205.00/cwt5.00–5.00611
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,28474.23/cwt72.00–76.509538
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,30380.50/cwt80.50–80.501,0492
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,38566.86/cwt65.50–72.009264
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,43088.00/cwt88.00–88.001,2581
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50567.00/cwt67.00–67.001,0081
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,51882.28/cwt79.00–84.501,2498

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.