Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2023-01-09

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Jan 9
● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
6,667 head
▲ 3,163 vs last sale 3,504▲ 1,822 vs year ago 4,845 · +37.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
100 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 80▼ 20 vs year ago 120 · −16.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 450 lbs - 600 lbs, 700 lbs - 800 lbs steady to 4.00 higher with instances of 17.00, 600 lbs - 700 lbs, 800 lbs - 900 lbs steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers 350 lbs - 450 lbs, 500 lbs- 600 lbs, 750 lbs - 800 lbs steady to 5.00 lower with instances of 10.00, 450 lbs - 500 lbs, 600 lbs - 750 lbs, 800 lbs - 850 lbs 1.00 to 3.00 higher. Demand for this large offering of eye appealing feeder cattle was good to very good. Flesh conditions were grass fed to heavily backgrounded. Several offerings of lot loads, along with part loads and small packages for buyers to fill orders. Green and Gold tag cattle along with cattle that had two plus rounds of shots and several weeks weaned really caught the eyes of the buyers in the seats as well as a few internet buyers. The severe temperatures and snow has made it hard for producers to keep cattle in good conditions like they like. Cancellations from last week brought in an abundance of attractive cattle this week. Next week looks to be a nice sized sale as well. Slaughter cows Breaker and Boner 2.00 to 4.00 higher, Lean to few to make a meaningful comparison. Bulls sold with steady to higher undertones.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $195.16/cwt on 3,017 head.
Average price
$195.16
3,017 head · 687 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,341
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$370
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$27.77/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.04
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1685196.771,3472,583
Medium and Large 1-2673187.011,259399
Large 11,016169.001,71735
One grade step is worth $27.77/cwt here — about −$370 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 sale3,017 hd
195.16
—
SD average6 barns · 17,689 hd
194.12
+1.04
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—Average1,87295.461,78710
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,73594.091,6326thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,52479.911,21829
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,30469.5290730
CowsLean 85-90%Low97752.205105thin

Every lot

71 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 · Steers31 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2378216.00/cwt216.00–216.008164
Steers—Medium and Large 1380246.66/cwt240.00–252.5093723
Steers—Medium and Large 1417226.17/cwt225.00–227.0094322
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2445190.00/cwt190.00–190.0084611
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy451250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,1284
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2475216.93/cwt216.00–217.501,03023
Steers—Medium and Large 1482237.97/cwt233.00–247.001,147113
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy507240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,21717
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2518206.17/cwt190.00–216.001,06813
Steers—Medium and Large 1532224.75/cwt219.00–234.001,196172
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy562230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,29345
Steers—Medium and Large 1566221.36/cwt217.50–228.501,253104
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2579207.13/cwt182.00–214.001,19971
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy608207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,25924
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2617185.07/cwt185.00–185.501,14251
Steers—Medium and Large 1633196.51/cwt189.00–205.001,244493
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy651203.50/cwt203.50–203.501,32534
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2660182.00/cwt182.00–182.001,2018
Steers—Medium and Large 1676191.42/cwt185.50–198.501,294428
Steers—Medium and Large 1724187.26/cwt182.00–195.001,356318
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2733176.49/cwt172.50–181.001,29454
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2766176.53/cwt174.00–179.001,352138
Steers—Medium and Large 1767188.49/cwt183.50–194.001,446322
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy772180.50/cwt180.50–180.501,39328
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy808192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,55125
Steers—Medium and Large 1821179.69/cwt177.00–188.001,475155
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2821173.10/cwt171.00–173.751,42126
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy853182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,55770
Steers—Medium and Large 1874174.30/cwt166.50–177.251,523127
Steers—Medium and Large 1926170.50/cwt169.00–172.001,57959
Steers—Large 11,016169.00/cwt169.00–169.001,71735
Feeder Cattle · Heifers26 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1274235.00/cwt235.00–235.006446
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2344196.00/cwt196.00–196.006746
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2363196.00/cwt196.00–196.007118
Heifers—Medium and Large 1387202.01/cwt200.00–206.0078231
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423194.16/cwt190.00–197.0082115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2436184.18/cwt181.00–188.0080321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2462178.49/cwt171.00–182.0082519
Heifers—Medium and Large 1476191.62/cwt185.00–202.0091283
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy498184.00/cwt184.00–184.0091612
Heifers—Medium and Large 1522185.55/cwt178.00–190.00969251
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2531176.83/cwt174.00–178.0093914
Heifers—Medium 1548136.00/cwt136.00–136.007455
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2578175.62/cwt170.00–180.001,01527
Heifers—Medium and Large 1579182.88/cwt176.75–187.001,059213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy583200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,16646
Heifers—Medium and Large 1617184.36/cwt175.00–191.001,138534
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2639165.58/cwt164.50–166.501,05823
Heifers—Medium and Large 1668174.40/cwt169.00–180.001,165344
Heifers—Medium and Large 1717171.86/cwt166.00–179.001,232278
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2727164.73/cwt162.50–165.501,19815
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy751176.25/cwt176.25–176.251,32428
Heifers—Medium and Large 1776167.95/cwt163.00–170.501,30396
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy798161.50/cwt161.50–161.501,28930
Heifers—Medium and Large 1822167.42/cwt164.25–169.001,376366
Heifers—Medium and Large 1881167.57/cwt163.50–169.001,476458
Heifers—Medium and Large 1909167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,51865
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,30076.00/cwt76.00–76.009881
Bulls——1,88597.14/cwt94.00–98.001,8318
Bulls——2,340101.50/cwt101.50–101.502,3751
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%81020.00/cwt20.00–20.001621
Cows—Lean 85-90%89061.00/cwt61.00–61.005432
Cows—Lean 85-90%98054.00/cwt54.00–54.005291
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29970.92/cwt65.00–74.0092124
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,31565.00/cwt65.00–65.008551
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,32161.73/cwt59.00–64.008155
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35075.00/cwt75.00–75.001,0131
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47978.35/cwt75.00–82.001,15919
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,59562.00/cwt62.00–62.009891
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,61185.20/cwt85.00–86.001,3739
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,73594.09/cwt92.00–96.001,6326

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.