Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2023-02-27

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Feb 27
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,647 head
▼ 2,649 vs last sale 6,296▼ 648 vs year ago 4,295 · −15.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
45 head
▼ 120 vs last sale 165▼ 40 vs year ago 85 · −47.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 1.00 to 4.00 higher with instances of 20.00, except 600 lbs - 700 lbs steady to 1.00 lower. Feeder heifers steady to 3.00 higher with instances of 17.00, except 650 lbs - 700 lbs 6.00 to 9.00 lower. Demand for this nice offering of eye appealing cattle was good. Lightweight grass cattle really got buyers on the edge of their seats to bid. The lighter weight cattle jumped a significant amount this week as they are getting harder to find. Black hided cattle, several rounds of shots and days weaned were factors influencing the buyers decisions as well. With a wild winter storm mid week last week the cattle were in great shape and clean this week. Several farmer buyers in the seats today along with an active internet kept the auction active. The winter calf market is outperforming expectations, is the opinion voiced by many buyers talking today. Placements in feedlots in January were 4 % below January of 2022. Optimism in the feeder market continues! Slaughter cows and bulls to few to make a meaningful comparison.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $198.32/cwt on 2,204 head.
Average price
$198.32
2,204 head · 772 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,530
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$479
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$43.76/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.00
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2608213.051,295100
Medium and Large 1762199.441,5201,977
Large 11,048169.281,774127
One grade step is worth $43.76/cwt here — about −$479 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 sale2,204 hd
198.32
—
SD average3 barns · 3,482 hd
198.31
+0.00
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—High1,824106.071,9353thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,73599.001,7181thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,38688.021,2208thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,01050.005055thin

Every lot

54 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 1-2339240.00/cwt240.00–240.008145
Steers—Medium and Large 1381276.13/cwt272.50–285.001,05251
Steers—Medium and Large 1416253.74/cwt250.00–258.001,05621
Steers—Medium and Large 1465258.54/cwt250.00–261.001,202113
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2478235.64/cwt235.00–236.001,12628
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2509229.49/cwt228.00–231.001,16810
Steers—Medium and Large 1540246.08/cwt238.00–249.001,32995
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy552242.00/cwt242.00–242.001,3368
Steers—Medium and Large 1585226.46/cwt223.00–233.001,32554
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2594220.00/cwt220.00–220.001,30717
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy603227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,36936
Steers—Medium and Large 1618211.90/cwt205.00–217.001,310134
Steers—Medium and Large 1669203.85/cwt199.00–212.001,36487
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2686193.48/cwt191.00–196.001,3278
Steers—Medium and Large 1726199.03/cwt194.50–203.001,44577
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2746188.50/cwt188.50–188.501,40624
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy752201.25/cwt201.25–201.251,51337
Steers—Medium and Large 1770191.59/cwt187.00–196.501,475184
Steers—Medium and Large 1830185.69/cwt183.00–187.501,541367
Steers—Medium and Large 1866183.34/cwt177.50–187.001,588387
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2890175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,5588
Steers—Medium and Large 1930174.26/cwt173.50–174.501,621138
Steers—Medium and Large 1971173.62/cwt170.00–178.501,686188
Steers—Large 11,034169.91/cwt169.75–170.001,75786
Steers—Large 11,054168.20/cwt168.00–168.501,77322
Steers—Large 11,105167.71/cwt165.50–169.001,85319
Feeder Cattle · Heifers21 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1368226.62/cwt222.50–229.0083467
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2370216.00/cwt216.00–216.007995
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429224.75/cwt220.00–228.00964111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2441214.00/cwt214.00–214.0094415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1460219.82/cwt219.00–220.001,01160
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2485201.00/cwt201.00–201.009754
Heifers—Medium and Large 1536212.86/cwt211.00–218.001,14171
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2542203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,1006
Heifers—Medium and Large 1580203.86/cwt193.00–214.001,18283
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2598181.00/cwt181.00–181.001,08215
Heifers—Medium and Large 1626192.63/cwt186.00–199.001,206128
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy645205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3227
Heifers—Medium and Large 1683181.10/cwt175.00–185.001,237148
Heifers—Medium and Large 1721177.32/cwt174.00–178.001,278140
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy751161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,2095
Heifers—Medium and Large 1760175.38/cwt169.00–179.001,333104
Heifers—Medium and Large 1818171.23/cwt168.00–177.001,401208
Heifers—Medium and Large 1873167.88/cwt166.00–168.751,46669
Heifers—Medium and Large 1917167.81/cwt166.50–171.251,539112
Heifers—Medium and Large 1951168.25/cwt168.25–168.251,60027
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2993158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,5696
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,68899.61/cwt94.00–104.001,6812
Bulls——2,096119.00/cwt119.00–119.002,4941
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%80570.00/cwt70.00–70.005641
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06145.00/cwt45.00–45.004774
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,38286.03/cwt80.00–88.001,1896
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,39894.00/cwt94.00–94.001,3142
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,73599.00/cwt99.00–99.001,7181

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.