Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2023-03-06

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Mar 6
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,745 head
▲ 98 vs last sale 3,647▲ 387 vs year ago 3,358 · +11.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
50 head
▲ 5 vs last sale 45▼ 25 vs year ago 75 · −33.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 2.00 to 5.00 higher with instance of 14.00 except, 400 lbs - 450 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Feeder heifers 2.00 to 4.00 higher with instances of 7.00, except 500 lbs - 600 lbs and 900 lbs - 950 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 lower. Demand for this eye catching offering of green cattle was good. Little cattle were not as sought after this week as last. Green cattle with shots and weaned for a few months drew the most attention from buyers. 7 weight steers were the hottest sought after group of cattle. Feedlot inventories have declined year over year for the last 5 consecutive months. Slaughter cows and bulls steady 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 $204.72/cwt on 1,717 head.
Average price
$204.72
1,717 head · 747 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,530
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$311
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$31.90/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.15
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1734206.961,5181,510
Medium and Large 1-2687200.571,377107
Medium and Large 2719178.001,2807thin
Large 11,045175.061,82993
One grade step is worth $31.90/cwt here — about −$311 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 sale1,717 hd
204.72
—
SD average9 barns · 17,214 hd
202.57
+2.15
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—Low1,799101.691,8309thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,728103.001,7802thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,47089.851,3217thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,36783.841,14613
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,19069.9183210

Every lot

72 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 1330287.35/cwt275.00–305.0094831
Steers—Medium and Large 1381266.68/cwt260.00–280.001,0169
Steers—Medium and Large 1436251.71/cwt240.00–255.001,09720
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy461216.00/cwt216.00–216.0099613
Steers—Medium and Large 1488252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,2329
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed504262.00/cwt262.00–262.001,32018
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy523211.00/cwt211.00–211.001,10411
Steers—Medium and Large 1530248.61/cwt235.00–258.001,31869
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2537224.25/cwt216.00–232.501,20423
Steers—Medium and Large 1567238.61/cwt227.00–241.001,35351
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2598221.25/cwt221.00–222.001,32316
Steers—Medium and Large 1622222.31/cwt213.00–225.001,383167
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2640183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,1716
Steers—Medium and Large 1677212.36/cwt201.00–216.501,438198
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2679198.73/cwt198.00–199.001,34915
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy706217.00/cwt217.00–217.001,53227
Steers—Medium and Large 2719178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,2807
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2722191.20/cwt190.00–194.001,38017
Steers—Medium and Large 1727202.65/cwt195.00–209.501,473183
Steers—Medium and Large 1760202.65/cwt196.75–206.001,540185
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy763193.00/cwt193.00–193.001,4737
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2770190.75/cwt190.50–191.001,46912
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2822174.00/cwt174.00–174.001,4305
Steers—Medium and Large 1827191.80/cwt186.00–195.001,586158
Steers—Medium and Large 1858187.61/cwt182.00–189.001,61094
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2916175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,60313
Steers—Medium and Large 1932180.09/cwt177.00–182.501,67896
Steers—Medium and Large 1962174.04/cwt173.00–176.251,674164
Steers—Large 11,026177.35/cwt177.35–177.351,82079
Steers—Large 11,112163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,8138
Steers—Large 11,199161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,9306
Feeder Cattle · Heifers29 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2208255.00/cwt255.00–255.005307
Heifers—Medium and Large 1310250.00/cwt250.00–250.007756
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy341280.00/cwt280.00–280.009557
Heifers—Medium and Large 1409237.73/cwt230.00–240.0097237
Heifers—Medium and Large 1477222.53/cwt219.00–228.001,06115
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2483207.61/cwt200.00–212.001,00311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy499201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,0036
Heifers—Medium and Large 1513208.96/cwt205.00–213.001,07241
Heifers—Medium 1545205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,11714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1577198.21/cwt191.00–204.001,14499
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2591184.23/cwt183.50–187.001,08929
Heifers—Medium and Large 1625194.05/cwt188.00–199.001,213219
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2638185.50/cwt185.50–185.501,18318
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy658180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,18412
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2669178.68/cwt178.00–179.001,19516
Heifers—Medium and Large 1671185.32/cwt181.50–188.751,243116
Heifers—Medium and Large 2711158.00/cwt158.00–158.001,12315
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2721172.32/cwt171.00–173.001,24212
Heifers—Medium and Large 1728180.89/cwt177.50–184.251,317294
Heifers—Medium and Large 1779177.13/cwt175.00–180.501,380140
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2794170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,3507
Heifers—Medium and Large 1816174.40/cwt168.00–176.501,423100
Heifers—Medium and Large 2839149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,25010
Heifers—Medium and Large 1854174.19/cwt168.00–175.001,488135
Heifers—Medium and Large 2854147.00/cwt147.00–147.001,25512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1909167.55/cwt162.50–167.751,523133
Heifers—Medium and Large 1963166.14/cwt166.00–167.001,60073
Heifers—Large 11,008159.50/cwt159.50–159.501,60821
Heifers—Large 11,154152.00/cwt152.00–152.001,75417
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,39984.97/cwt76.00–101.001,1894
Bulls——2,078112.84/cwt108.00–115.002,3454
Bulls——2,285124.00/cwt124.00–124.002,8331
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%72536.00/cwt36.00–36.002611
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16093.00/cwt93.00–93.001,0791
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,22857.00/cwt57.00–57.007002
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,24678.45/cwt71.00–80.009777
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,35973.30/cwt71.00–74.509963
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,39286.34/cwt81.50–89.001,2029
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,44494.00/cwt94.00–94.001,3574
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,50584.32/cwt84.00–85.001,2693
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,728103.00/cwt103.00–103.001,7802

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.