Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2023-02-20

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Feb 20
● Final64 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
6,296 head
▲ 790 vs last sale 5,506▲ 2,380 vs year ago 3,916 · +60.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
165 head
▲ 20 vs last sale 145▲ 90 vs year ago 75 · +120.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 3.00 higher with instances of 13.00, except 400 lbs - 450 lbs & 850 lbs - 900 lbs steady to 2.00 lower. Feeder heifers steady to 3.00 higher, expect 400 lbs - 500 lbs, 550 lbs - 600 lbs, 700 lbs - 750 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 lower with instances of 15.00. Demand for this large offering of eye appealing cattle was good to excellent. Steers were in biggest demand. Days weaned, shot given, as well as hide color were other factors that determined how attractive the cattle were to the buyers. Most cattle were grass green to moderate flesh. Several farmer buyers in the seats today. 13 loads of big steers weighing over 900 lbs sold today. There was definitely no shortage of optimism in the calf market today. Given the threat of a winter storm lasting a few days this week buyers were ambitious with their willingness to pay for the cattle they needed. Slaughter cows steady. Bulls steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $191.38/cwt on 3,287 head.
Average price
$191.38
3,287 head · 773 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,479
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$292
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$53.01/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.73
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1707199.011,4072,068
Medium and Large 1-2664193.031,281561
Large 11,074166.171,785652
Medium and Large 2764146.001,1156thin
One grade step is worth $53.01/cwt here — about $292 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 sale3,287 hd
191.38
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SD average6 barns · 12,900 hd
196.11
−4.73
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—High1,824100.751,83715
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,59587.271,39255
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,35479.831,08147
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,21265.8079840

Every lot

64 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 1356280.00/cwt280.00–280.009977
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2387244.00/cwt244.00–244.0094410
Steers—Medium and Large 1422235.53/cwt230.00–242.5099439
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2442217.73/cwt215.00–220.0096220
Steers—Medium and Large 1482238.76/cwt222.50–249.001,15122
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2487211.77/cwt207.50–217.001,03122
Steers—Medium and Large 1522236.59/cwt231.00–245.001,235152
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2537217.10/cwt209.00–227.001,1669
Steers—Medium and Large 1566222.73/cwt212.00–233.001,261148
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2586205.05/cwt195.00–210.501,20280
Steers—Medium and Large 1625204.87/cwt199.00–213.001,280258
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2634193.15/cwt188.00–198.001,225120
Steers—Medium and Large 1665203.87/cwt199.00–215.001,356244
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2681194.34/cwt188.00–198.001,32349
Steers—Medium and Large 1722194.66/cwt189.50–197.001,405505
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2724182.62/cwt181.00–188.001,322115
Steers—Medium and Large 2764146.00/cwt146.00–146.001,1156
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2765182.57/cwt181.00–183.501,397126
Steers—Medium and Large 1769188.67/cwt185.00–194.001,451216
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2802177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,42010
Steers—Medium and Large 1819180.87/cwt176.75–186.001,481181
Steers—Medium and Large 1866177.20/cwt171.00–179.001,535125
Steers—Medium and Large 1913174.64/cwt166.00–177.001,594107
Steers—Medium and Large 1960172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,65164
Steers—Large 11,018168.41/cwt165.00–171.001,714328
Steers—Large 11,059164.50/cwt164.50–164.501,74211
Steers—Large 11,125164.18/cwt163.00–166.001,847281
Steers—Large 11,215161.25/cwt161.25–161.251,95932
Feeder Cattle · Heifers24 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1297220.00/cwt220.00–220.0065311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373226.00/cwt226.00–226.0084313
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2381200.00/cwt200.00–200.007626
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2421205.00/cwt205.00–205.008638
Heifers—Medium and Large 1425220.91/cwt215.00–225.0093937
Heifers—Medium and Large 1486204.47/cwt202.00–206.0099439
Heifers—Medium and Large 1511202.62/cwt196.00–209.001,035231
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2511190.59/cwt190.00–192.0097417
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2562183.36/cwt181.00–187.001,03018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1576193.82/cwt189.00–203.001,116247
Heifers—Medium and Large 1621191.19/cwt188.25–195.751,187218
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2639180.30/cwt177.00–184.001,15238
Heifers—Medium and Large 1669187.39/cwt181.00–194.251,254362
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2679176.50/cwt173.00–179.001,198136
Heifers—Medium and Large 1723175.29/cwt169.00–181.251,267328
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2731169.89/cwt166.00–172.001,24282
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy748184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,37638
Heifers—Medium and Large 1768172.11/cwt169.00–177.501,322190
Heifers—Medium and Large 1813171.22/cwt165.75–175.001,39266
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2840162.75/cwt162.75–162.751,36717
Heifers—Medium and Large 1872165.95/cwt160.50–167.001,447176
Heifers—Medium and Large 1945157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,48410
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2949145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,3766
Heifers—Large 1-21,026130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,33449
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,57083.09/cwt79.00–87.001,3052
Bulls——1,838102.25/cwt96.00–106.001,87912
Bulls——2,160118.00/cwt118.00–118.002,5491
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02338.54/cwt25.00–46.003943
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06960.13/cwt54.00–66.0064311
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17586.00/cwt86.00–86.001,0112
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,29571.35/cwt66.00–74.0092426
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35481.29/cwt77.00–85.001,10138
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,40670.12/cwt62.00–77.009867
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,53282.83/cwt78.00–85.001,26918
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,62389.25/cwt86.00–94.001,44936
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,70096.00/cwt96.00–96.001,6321

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.