Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2022-12-12

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Dec 12
● Final63 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,446 head
▼ 153 vs last sale 3,599▼ 1,437 vs year ago 4,883 · −29.4%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
125 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 125▼ 70 vs year ago 195 · −35.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 5.00 lower with instances of 12.00 lower, except 550 lbs - 600 lbs 4.00 to 6.00 higher. Feeder heifers 2.00 to 6.00 lower, except 550 lbs - 650 lbs steady to 3.00 higher. Demand for this eye appealing offering of green cattle was moderate. Possibility of mixed precipitation scared a few buyers, the farmers and buyers in the seats were lighter than normal today. Black hided cattle in biggest demand creating wider price gaps today. Vaccinations given, number of rounds, implants and amount of time weaned were also factors that determined the demand. 6 loads of large yearling cattle sold today with very good interest. Slaughter cows steady to 4.00 lower. Bulls sold steadyish in a light test.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $189.65/cwt on 1,852 head.
Average price
$189.65
1,852 head · 740 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,404
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$576
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$42.46/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−7.65
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1661196.461,2981,312
Medium and Large 1-2535195.951,049118
Large 11,104168.011,855383
Medium and Large 2469154.0072239
One grade step is worth $42.46/cwt here — about $576 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 sale1,852 hd
189.65
—
SD average9 barns · 24,797 hd
197.30
−7.65
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—Average1,77088.121,5608thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,48772.631,08052
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,36460.6382723
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,24349.4661525

Every lot

63 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1279257.50/cwt257.50–257.507186
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2380230.00/cwt230.00–230.0087422
Steers—Medium and Large 2385154.00/cwt154.00–154.0059313
Steers—Medium and Large 1398260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,0359
Steers—Medium and Large 1427240.18/cwt239.00–241.501,02625
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2434215.00/cwt215.00–215.009334
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2462204.98/cwt200.00–208.0094711
Steers—Medium and Large 2464154.00/cwt154.00–154.0071514
Steers—Medium and Large 1479226.73/cwt221.00–240.001,08677
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2525192.68/cwt190.00–194.001,01218
Steers—Medium and Large 1537210.57/cwt199.00–220.001,131145
Steers—Medium and Large 2565154.00/cwt154.00–154.0087012
Steers—Medium and Large 1576203.85/cwt194.00–214.001,174178
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2580189.95/cwt188.00–194.001,10231
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2607174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,0569
Steers—Medium and Large 1633200.45/cwt189.00–203.001,269191
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2657175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,15023
Steers—Medium and Large 1675188.21/cwt180.00–197.001,270241
Steers—Medium and Large 1716186.55/cwt180.00–193.001,336152
Steers—Medium and Large 1790182.44/cwt180.00–186.001,441137
Steers—Medium and Large 1813179.78/cwt178.50–180.001,46243
Steers—Medium and Large 1863178.55/cwt171.00–180.501,54158
Steers—Medium and Large 1959170.09/cwt168.00–171.001,63150
Steers—Large 11,025172.75/cwt172.75–172.751,771199
Steers—Large 11,085159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,72518
Steers—Large 11,162164.71/cwt160.00–165.001,914106
Steers—Large 11,245159.75/cwt159.75–159.751,98916
Steers—Large 11,281161.25/cwt161.25–161.252,06644
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1315198.29/cwt195.00–200.0062512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2342188.00/cwt188.00–188.006439
Heifers—Medium and Large 2352146.00/cwt146.00–146.0051410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1382204.60/cwt195.00–210.0078219
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2398187.00/cwt187.00–187.0074425
Heifers—Medium and Large 1417193.06/cwt187.00–200.0080511
Heifers—Medium and Large 2460155.00/cwt155.00–155.007134
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2479181.90/cwt171.00–189.0087154
Heifers—Medium and Large 1484196.37/cwt192.00–202.0095050
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2522172.01/cwt167.50–177.0089839
Heifers—Medium and Large 1524189.51/cwt180.50–199.50993132
Heifers—Medium and Large 2576157.00/cwt157.00–157.009044
Heifers—Medium and Large 1579187.06/cwt178.00–190.001,083175
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2588170.65/cwt170.00–171.001,00317
Heifers—Medium and Large 1619183.17/cwt175.00–192.001,134108
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2628176.39/cwt175.00–177.001,10844
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2679165.98/cwt163.00–169.001,12712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1685177.14/cwt173.00–189.001,213136
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy691166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,1475
Heifers—Medium and Large 1705174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,22723
Heifers—Medium and Large 1791170.11/cwt170.00–170.251,34650
Heifers—Medium and Large 1811168.02/cwt165.00–169.501,36337
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,67082.71/cwt82.00–84.001,3813
Bulls——1,83091.36/cwt88.00–94.001,6725
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%98523.25/cwt21.00–25.002292
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,15145.33/cwt32.00–49.005227
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,19348.56/cwt48.00–49.005792
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,30053.31/cwt50.00–56.0069312
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,36458.24/cwt58.00–58.507944
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36661.76/cwt58.00–65.0084419
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,44068.00/cwt68.00–68.009791
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44271.01/cwt67.00–76.001,02440
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47865.00/cwt65.00–65.009613
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,59556.00/cwt56.00–56.008931
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,69082.36/cwt81.00–84.001,3929

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.