Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2023-01-23

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Jan 23
● Final71 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
5,920 head
▼ 1,987 vs last sale 7,907▲ 742 vs year ago 5,178 · +14.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
95 head
▲ 95 vs last sale 0▲ 16 vs year ago 79 · +20.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 3.00 higher with instance of 11.00, except 900 lbs - 950 lbs steady to 1.00 lower. Feeder heifers steady to 2.00 higher with instances of 7.00. Demand for this eye appealing offering was good to very good. One consignment consisted of over 700 head. This consignment offered 2 pot load lots on several weights, drawing very good demand. Special section of red angus cattle caught good attention as well. Vaccination program, weaning days and flesh conditions all contributed to the demand for this nice group of feeder cattle. Several farmer feeders in the seats today. January 1, 2023 inventory was down 3% from last year at the same, December placement was down 8% compared to December of 2021. CME Feeder closed higher while corn took a decent drop. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower. Bulls steady to 2.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $191.61/cwt on 2,733 head.
Average price
$191.61
2,733 head · 705 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,350
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$649
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$42.29/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.58
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1702194.671,3662,238
Medium and Large 1-2676183.061,237393
Medium 1689160.001,1027thin
Large 11,081159.111,72166
Medium and Large 2470152.3871729
One grade step is worth $42.29/cwt here — about $649 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 sale2,733 hd
191.61
—
SD average8 barns · 15,168 hd
190.02
+1.58
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—Low1,70990.311,5437thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,55878.791,22837
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,40669.2497425
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11348.1753618

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 · Steers34 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1327240.00/cwt240.00–240.0078510
Steers—Medium and Large 1351250.00/cwt250.00–250.0087814
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2396214.00/cwt214.00–214.0084712
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2426195.65/cwt186.00–215.0083314
Steers—Medium and Large 1440231.86/cwt225.00–237.001,02033
Steers—Medium and Large 2456156.00/cwt156.00–156.0071122
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2460186.00/cwt186.00–186.008564
Steers—Medium and Large 1482231.57/cwt223.00–236.001,11680
Steers—Medium and Large 1516227.94/cwt226.00–232.001,17697
Steers—Medium and Large 2516141.00/cwt141.00–141.007287
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2526193.36/cwt184.00–211.001,01732
Steers—Medium and Large 1580214.93/cwt209.50–221.001,247186
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2583198.99/cwt185.00–208.001,16030
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2615187.62/cwt178.00–194.001,15452
Steers—Medium and Large 1625204.33/cwt195.00–211.001,277244
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy648187.00/cwt187.00–187.001,21232
Steers—Medium and Large 1671193.61/cwt184.75–199.501,299392
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2680181.65/cwt170.00–185.001,23540
Steers—Medium 1689160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,1027
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2717179.85/cwt178.00–181.001,290124
Steers—Medium and Large 1719189.95/cwt184.00–193.001,366264
Steers—Medium and Large 1770179.77/cwt176.50–187.001,384282
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2776170.81/cwt166.00–172.501,32523
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy795189.75/cwt189.75–189.751,509154
Steers—Medium and Large 1807180.60/cwt174.50–183.501,457204
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2831170.63/cwt166.00–173.001,41845
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2865170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,47111
Steers—Medium and Large 1881175.40/cwt172.50–179.501,545163
Steers—Medium and Large 1918171.49/cwt168.00–174.001,57460
Steers—Medium and Large 1967173.50/cwt173.50–173.501,67823
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2970155.50/cwt155.50–155.501,5086
Steers—Large 11,001152.50/cwt152.50–152.501,52717
Steers—Large 11,067154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,6435
Steers—Large 11,114162.25/cwt162.25–162.251,80744
Feeder Cattle · Heifers28 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1291215.00/cwt215.00–215.006267
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2305192.50/cwt192.50–192.505875
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2386175.41/cwt170.00–180.006779
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2414195.00/cwt195.00–195.0080712
Heifers—Medium and Large 2424154.00/cwt154.00–154.006538
Heifers—Medium and Large 1435211.27/cwt201.50–218.0091939
Heifers—Medium and Large 1463196.99/cwt191.00–200.5091257
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2483183.00/cwt183.00–183.008844
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy519198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,02817
Heifers—Medium and Large 1519188.18/cwt184.00–193.0097787
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2524179.20/cwt177.00–181.0093920
Heifers—Medium and Large 1575187.38/cwt180.00–192.501,077400
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy584178.94/cwt178.00–180.001,045104
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2586167.03/cwt161.00–176.5097963
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy590203.50/cwt203.50–203.501,20139
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy611196.50/cwt196.50–196.501,20119
Heifers—Medium and Large 1613183.06/cwt178.50–189.001,122201
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2626168.13/cwt164.50–175.501,05231
Heifers—Medium and Large 2640159.00/cwt159.00–159.001,01812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1677173.59/cwt168.00–182.001,175303
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2696165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,1488
Heifers—Medium and Large 1714173.57/cwt169.50–176.351,239282
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2731159.39/cwt157.00–165.001,165165
Heifers—Medium and Large 1765169.53/cwt166.00–171.501,297140
Heifers—Medium and Large 1823170.09/cwt168.00–170.501,400137
Heifers—Medium and Large 2862131.56/cwt131.00–132.501,13411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1887162.21/cwt162.00–162.251,43929
Heifers—Medium and Large 1996156.00/cwt156.00–156.001,55434
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,69691.86/cwt91.00–93.001,5585
Bulls——1,74086.45/cwt85.00–88.001,5042
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,01629.86/cwt21.00–33.003034
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11758.39/cwt55.00–61.006527
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16448.42/cwt41.00–52.005647
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,40670.83/cwt67.00–74.5099622
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,41057.55/cwt55.00–62.508113
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55578.95/cwt75.00–82.001,22836
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,68073.00/cwt73.00–73.001,2261

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.