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Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2022-05-16
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-05-16

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, May 16

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026

← May 9May 16May 23 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

546 head

▼ 1,754 vs last sale 2,300▼ 2,265 vs year ago 2,811 · −80.6%

Slaughter Cattle receipts

80 head

▲ 8 vs last sale 72▲ 5 vs year ago 75 · +6.7%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Very light test this week. To few to make a meaningful comparison. Lower undertones were evident. With the weather being so nice farmers are in the fields this week. CME Feeder Cattle lower while corn was higher. Slaughter cows and bulls sold with lower undertones.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $146.70/cwt on 297 head.

Average price

$146.70

297 head · 758 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,112

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$41

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium 1

$10.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.36

vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	665	153.45	1,020	11thin
Medium and Large 1	764	146.54	1,120	278
Medium 1	685	143.00	980	8thin

One grade step is worth $10.45/cwt here — about $41 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 sale297 hd

146.70

—

SD average6 barns · 7,551 hd

149.06

−2.36

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.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	1,493	85.46	1,276	12
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,599	94.99	1,519	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,484	82.07	1,218	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,243	75.51	938	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,221	58.77	718	18

Every lot

34 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.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers10 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	375	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	818	7
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	515	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,107	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	574	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	867	4
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	593	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	1,032	6
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	697	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,122	9
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	716	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,174	18
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	774	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	1,006	12
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	875	153.51/cwt	152.00–156.00	1,343	26
Steers	—	Medium and Large 1	946	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,381	27
Steers	—	Large 1	1,080	138.30/cwt	137.00–139.00	1,494	17
Feeder Cattle · Heifers12 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	348	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	661	4
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	451	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	785	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	568	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	988	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	599	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	976	6
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	640	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	992	22
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	685	149.92/cwt	148.50–150.25	1,027	51
Heifers	—	Medium 1	685	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	980	8
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	744	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	1,116	13
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1-2	744	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	1,056	5
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	772	141.16/cwt	139.00–144.00	1,090	56
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	801	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	1,153	11
Heifers	—	Medium and Large 1	925	134.75/cwt	133.50–135.25	1,246	91
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,330	102.68/cwt	101.00–104.00	1,366	2
Bulls	—	—	1,526	82.02/cwt	51.00–98.00	1,252	10
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	941	45.12/cwt	44.00–47.00	425	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,089	55.71/cwt	54.00–57.00	607	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,189	75.56/cwt	74.00–78.00	898	12
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,291	71.79/cwt	70.00–72.50	927	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,344	80.00/cwt	80.00–80.00	1,075	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,386	65.45/cwt	62.00–67.00	907	10
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,453	87.91/cwt	85.50–89.50	1,277	5
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,476	80.44/cwt	79.00–81.50	1,187	13
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,599	94.99/cwt	91.50–98.00	1,519	7
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,740	74.00/cwt	74.00–74.00	1,288	1

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.

South Dakota feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Sioux Falls Regional Cattle Auction - Worthing, SD

Mon May 16, 2022

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Sioux Falls, SD (LS-SF)

Feeder CattleReceipts 546Last week 2,300Year ago 2,811

Slaughter CattleReceipts 80Last week 72Year ago 75

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	744	150.00	150.00
56	—	772	139.00–144.00	141.16
91	—	925	133.50–135.25	134.75
4	—	348	190.00	190.00
8	—	451	174.00	174.00
22	—	640	155.00	155.00
51	—	685	148.50–150.25	149.92
22	—	568	174.00	174.00
11	—	801	144.00	144.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	744	142.00	142.00
6	—	599	163.00	163.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	685	143.00	143.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	697	161.00	161.00
18	—	716	164.00	164.00
27	—	946	146.00	146.00
6	—	593	174.00	174.00
7	—	375	218.00	218.00
26	—	875	152.00–156.00	153.51
4	—	515	215.00	215.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,080	137.00–139.00	138.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	574	151.00	151.00
12	—	774	130.00	130.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,330	101.00–104.00	102.68
10	—	1,526	51.00–98.00	82.02

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,291	70.00–72.50	71.79
12	—	1,189	74.00–78.00	75.56
4	—	1,344	80.00	80.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,453	85.50–89.50	87.91
1	—	1,740	74.00	74.00
13	—	1,476	79.00–81.50	80.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,089	54.00–57.00	55.71
4	—	941	44.00–47.00	45.12
10	—	1,386	62.00–67.00	65.45

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,599	91.50–98.00	94.99

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.