Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2022-08-22

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Aug 22
● Final62 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,477 head
▼ 373 vs last sale 2,850▲ 1,341 vs year ago 1,136 · +118.0%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
145 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 150▲ 7 vs year ago 138 · +5.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 3.00 higher, except 800 lbs - 850 lbs sold with lower undertones. Feeder heifers sold with lower undertones, except 700 lbs -750 lbs and 800 lbs - 900 lbs steady to 3.00 higher. Demand for this eye appealing offering of green cattle was good. Black cattle were in biggest demand creating wide price gaps. A few lots of cattle were hauled in on Saturday with most being hauled in on Sunday. Several farmer buyers in the seats today. Cattle on feed reported up 1% over August 1 of last year. CME Feeder Cattle closed lower, while corn was up. Slaughter cows and bulls sold with steady undertones.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $170.58/cwt on 1,395 head.
Average price
$170.58
1,395 head · 795 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,356
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$58
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1-2
$37.21/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−1.96
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1779173.211,3491,272
Medium and Large 1-2857146.381,25560
Large 11,083143.131,55040
Large 1-21,034136.001,40623
One grade step is worth $37.21/cwt here — about −$58 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 sale1,395 hd
170.58
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SD average6 barns · 4,280 hd
172.55
−1.96
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—Low1,733106.911,85224
CowsPremium White 65-75%High1,686103.501,7454thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,56293.981,46833
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,28787.031,12048
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,21372.4587925

Every lot

62 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 · Steers26 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1371247.50/cwt247.50–247.509186
Steers—Medium and Large 1408205.00/cwt205.00–205.008367
Steers—Medium and Large 1450225.00/cwt221.00–230.001,0139
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2491202.91/cwt201.00–204.0099611
Steers—Medium and Large 1526227.02/cwt216.00–232.001,19423
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2532210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,1175
Steers—Medium and Large 1575213.43/cwt204.00–220.501,22729
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2578201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,1626
Steers—Medium and Large 1620186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,15311
Steers—Medium and Large 1681201.12/cwt193.00–206.001,37062
Steers—Medium and Large 1736195.48/cwt193.00–204.001,43969
Steers—Medium and Large 1780177.79/cwt172.00–182.001,38720
Steers—Medium and Large 1836183.47/cwt181.25–186.001,534124
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2851171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,45531
Steers—Medium and Large 1860176.11/cwt175.00–176.501,51516
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy877172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,5085
Steers—Medium and Large 1931175.64/cwt175.00–176.001,63524
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2975135.00/cwt135.00–135.001,3169
Steers—Medium and Large 1999167.25/cwt167.25–167.251,67151
Steers—Large 11,039159.64/cwt157.50–161.501,65935
Steers—Large 11,052167.25/cwt167.25–167.251,759159
Steers—Large 1-21,096140.00/cwt140.00–140.001,53432
Steers—Large 11,126156.82/cwt153.00–160.001,76613
Steers—Large 11,151152.50/cwt152.50–152.501,7555
Steers—Large 11,237155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,91715
Steers—Large 11,258155.00/cwt155.00–155.001,9509
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1318225.00/cwt225.00–225.007164
Heifers—Medium and Large 1385209.00/cwt209.00–209.008054
Heifers—Medium and Large 1475192.72/cwt190.00–199.0091516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1523187.29/cwt182.00–189.0098036
Heifers—Medium and Large 1574184.29/cwt173.00–186.001,058101
Heifers—Medium and Large 1624188.20/cwt181.00–190.001,17435
Heifers—Medium and Large 1683181.88/cwt173.00–188.001,242190
Heifers—Medium and Large 1741184.98/cwt174.00–185.501,371130
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2744166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,2359
Heifers—Medium and Large 1794170.08/cwt165.00–171.001,350155
Heifers—Medium and Large 1814178.16/cwt165.00–179.751,45095
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2827160.83/cwt160.00–162.001,33024
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy862180.25/cwt180.25–180.251,55435
Heifers—Medium and Large 1865163.06/cwt157.50–173.001,410260
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2922127.00/cwt127.00–127.001,17127
Heifers—Medium and Large 1937157.62/cwt154.00–161.751,477139
Heifers—Medium and Large 1965153.62/cwt145.00–156.251,48272
Heifers—Large 11,021141.50/cwt141.50–141.501,44518
Heifers—Large 1-21,034136.00/cwt136.00–136.001,40623
Heifers—Large 11,089145.27/cwt142.50–148.001,58212
Heifers—Large 11,187143.50/cwt143.50–143.501,70310
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,698110.70/cwt105.00–114.001,88014
Bulls——1,72497.27/cwt76.00–106.001,6778
Bulls——2,008118.99/cwt118.00–120.002,3892
Slaughter Cattle · Cows12 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01285.00/cwt85.00–85.008603
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,03677.63/cwt73.00–80.008049
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09850.20/cwt31.00–57.505515
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,14373.00/cwt73.00–73.008342
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,30177.28/cwt74.00–79.001,00515
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32092.31/cwt90.00–97.001,21819
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36986.24/cwt82.00–89.001,18120
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,545108.00/cwt108.00–108.001,6691
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,54892.57/cwt90.00–94.001,43323
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,58998.48/cwt95.00–100.001,5659
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,62586.00/cwt86.00–86.001,3981
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,733102.00/cwt102.00–102.001,7683

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.