Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2023-03-20

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Mar 20
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
4,371 head
▲ 685 vs last sale 3,686▲ 871 vs year ago 3,500 · +24.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
95 head
▲ 45 vs last sale 50▼ 1 vs year ago 96 · −1.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 5.00 higher with instances of 14.00, except 500 lbs - 600 lbs 2.00 to 7.00 lower. Feeder heifers 2.00 to 5.00 higher with instances of 10.00 except, 500 lbs - 600 lbs, 750 lbs - 800 lbs, 850 lbs - 900 lbs 1.00 to 5.00 lower. Demand for this eye appealing offering of cattle was good. Light cattle were in small quantities and not highly sought after by buyers. Buyers really sat on the end of their seats when 700 lb steers and 650 lb heifers came in the ring. Rounds of shots, hide color and cleanliness were the biggest factors affecting buyers decisions. Cattle on Feed Report came out Friday stating as of March 1 there were 4% fewer cattle on inventory over last year at the same time. Placements in feed yards was 7% lower as well. CME Feeder cattle and corn both closed lower. Slaughter cows and bulls steadyish.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $179.60/cwt on 2,240 head.
Average price
$179.60
2,240 head · 773 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,389
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$6
per head · Medium 1 over Medium and Large 2
$72.50/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.76
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium 1483198.5095810thin
Medium and Large 1774180.801,4001,881
Medium and Large 1-2778173.111,346345
Medium and Large 2755126.009514thin
One grade step is worth $72.50/cwt here — about $6 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 sale2,240 hd
179.60
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SD average6 barns · 7,676 hd
184.36
−4.76
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—Average2,022116.352,3537thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,48597.661,45020
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,29095.671,23434
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,10075.3182924

Every lot

67 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 1303237.50/cwt237.50–237.507209
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy455257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,1724
Steers—Medium and Large 1493233.67/cwt233.00–235.001,15212
Steers—Medium 1506199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,0074
Steers—Medium and Large 2514181.00/cwt181.00–181.009308
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2520219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,1395
Steers—Medium and Large 1525219.41/cwt217.50–222.001,15224
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy562238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,33836
Steers—Medium and Large 1565220.91/cwt214.00–227.001,24851
Steers—Medium 1572192.00/cwt192.00–192.001,0985
Steers—Medium and Large 1611221.92/cwt215.00–226.001,356136
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2628205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,28710
Steers—Medium and Large 2641163.50/cwt163.50–163.501,0485
Steers—Medium and Large 1680214.48/cwt207.00–217.001,458107
Steers—Medium 1686195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,3388
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2694195.01/cwt191.00–200.001,3539
Steers—Medium and Large 1731211.18/cwt209.00–214.001,544101
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2747201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,50115
Steers—Medium and Large 2770161.00/cwt161.00–161.001,24010
Steers—Medium and Large 1775198.82/cwt194.25–206.001,541159
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2794191.29/cwt187.00–191.501,519107
Steers—Medium and Large 1830196.57/cwt190.00–200.001,632232
Steers—Medium and Large 2836172.00/cwt172.00–172.001,4384
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2842188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,5839
Steers—Medium and Large 1877178.28/cwt175.75–184.251,564214
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2895175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,56613
Steers—Medium and Large 2910171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,55612
Steers—Medium and Large 1935182.17/cwt179.75–183.851,703308
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2943175.61/cwt173.00–176.001,65637
Steers—Medium and Large 1986175.34/cwt174.00–177.001,729153
Steers—Large 11,067165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,7618
Feeder Cattle · Heifers25 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium 1324220.00/cwt220.00–220.007135
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy411230.00/cwt230.00–230.009454
Heifers—Medium and Large 1445215.67/cwt215.00–216.0096012
Heifers—Medium and Large 1493213.99/cwt209.00–217.001,05524
Heifers—Medium and Large 1526212.03/cwt208.00–214.001,11571
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2527201.65/cwt199.00–205.001,06311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1581205.24/cwt196.00–206.501,19287
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2589190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,11921
Heifers—Medium and Large 1619197.40/cwt189.50–205.251,222148
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2629190.36/cwt188.00–193.001,19718
Heifers—Medium 1641177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,1355
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2662173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,14513
Heifers—Medium and Large 1679195.61/cwt188.00–199.001,32870
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy702194.25/cwt194.25–194.251,36441
Heifers—Medium and Large 1727180.66/cwt175.00–184.501,313205
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2731174.13/cwt170.00–175.001,27373
Heifers—Medium and Large 2755126.00/cwt126.00–126.009514
Heifers—Medium and Large 1764180.89/cwt176.00–187.001,382321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1816177.51/cwt174.25–183.751,448225
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2817168.95/cwt168.75–172.001,380147
Heifers—Medium and Large 1877168.17/cwt167.00–170.501,475324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy892167.84/cwt166.00–168.501,49768
Heifers—Medium and Large 1904168.49/cwt165.00–170.501,523202
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2915166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,51962
Heifers—Medium and Large 1968160.60/cwt157.00–161.501,55579
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——2,022116.35/cwt111.00–121.502,3537
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%95976.22/cwt71.00–78.007318
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,04428.29/cwt12.50–50.002954
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,15581.00/cwt81.00–81.009361
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18592.96/cwt92.00–93.501,1028
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,27085.19/cwt81.00–87.001,0824
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29199.93/cwt99.00–100.001,29015
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,29792.93/cwt88.50–95.001,20518
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,46588.00/cwt88.00–88.001,2891
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,47497.68/cwt96.00–98.501,44018
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,705107.00/cwt107.00–107.001,8241

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.