Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2023-05-01

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, May 1
● Final54 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,097 head
▼ 1,304 vs last sale 3,401▲ 1,065 vs year ago 1,032 · +103.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
70 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 95▲ 15 vs year ago 55 · +27.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers in a light test sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower, with lighter weights selling significantly lower, 750lbs - 800lbs, 850 lbs - 950 lbs steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers steady to 5.00 lower in a light test, except 600 lbs - 650 lbs 6.00 to 7.00 higher. Demand for this eye appealing offering of green cattle was moderate. Several loads lots of yearlings caught the attention of buyers today. The past few weeks there is not a big noticeable spread between black hided and colored cattle. Tight supply of cattle are not easing. Buyers definitely appreciate and sit up when the cattle have a well rounded vaccination program. With warmer weather on the horizon farmers are busy in the field, creating a lighter offering and less people in the seats. Slaughter cows steady to 5.00 lower. Bulls 2.00 to 5.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $204.91/cwt on 1,037 head.
Average price
$204.91
1,037 head · 817 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,673
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$398
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$40.53/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.34
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2652215.531,40679
Medium and Large 1831204.331,697941
Medium 1685195.001,33611thin
Large 11,031175.001,8046thin
One grade step is worth $40.53/cwt here — about −$398 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 sale1,037 hd
204.91
—
SD average6 barns · 8,064 hd
208.26
−3.34
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—Average1,654107.151,77216
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,53299.431,52311
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,41186.801,2259thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,28776.3798327

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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1361310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,1194
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2469258.00/cwt258.00–258.001,2105
Steers—Medium and Large 1484279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,35013
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2531247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,3125
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2566224.95/cwt220.00–230.001,27318
Steers—Medium and Large 1571243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,38813
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2624212.43/cwt205.00–216.001,32615
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2661204.89/cwt197.50–212.501,35412
Steers—Medium and Large 1673217.29/cwt213.00–220.001,46227
Steers—Medium 1685195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,33611
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy688209.00/cwt209.00–209.001,4388
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2707207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,4638
Steers—Medium and Large 1716218.72/cwt217.00–220.001,56614
Steers—Medium and Large 1753222.50/cwt211.00–223.501,675158
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2784204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,5998
Steers—Medium and Large 1835201.30/cwt195.00–206.501,681292
Steers—Medium and Large 1869198.10/cwt191.50–201.001,721143
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2891190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,6938
Steers—Medium and Large 1913191.02/cwt187.00–192.751,744269
Steers—Large 11,031175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,8046
Feeder Cattle · Heifers23 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1341260.00/cwt260.00–260.008874
Heifers—Medium and Large 1412274.89/cwt271.00–280.001,1339
Heifers—Medium 1415228.00/cwt228.00–228.009464
Heifers—Medium and Large 1457245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,1205
Heifers—Medium 1526198.00/cwt198.00–198.001,0417
Heifers—Medium and Large 1527216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,13812
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2528216.51/cwt215.00–217.001,14321
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2575215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,2364
Heifers—Medium 1599202.00/cwt202.00–202.001,2107
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2613200.09/cwt197.00–204.001,22721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1622215.50/cwt210.00–220.001,34038
Heifers—Medium and Large 1659199.00/cwt199.00–199.001,3117
Heifers—Medium and Large 1711198.91/cwt198.75–199.001,41496
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2736186.59/cwt184.00–192.001,37324
Heifers—Medium and Large 1780190.58/cwt186.00–191.251,48783
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy798177.00/cwt177.00–177.001,41210
Heifers—Medium and Large 1802183.79/cwt181.00–184.001,47472
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2833173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,4416
Heifers—Medium and Large 1887175.67/cwt175.00–178.001,558285
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2921157.00/cwt157.00–157.001,44657
Heifers—Medium and Large 1924178.70/cwt176.00–179.001,651111
Heifers—Medium and Large 1974170.50/cwt170.50–170.501,66128
Heifers—Large 11,064160.00/cwt160.00–160.001,7024
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,554104.20/cwt86.00–108.001,61910
Bulls——1,820112.06/cwt110.00–117.002,0396
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18534.42/cwt34.00–35.004082
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,23870.54/cwt61.00–73.008738
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,31880.41/cwt76.00–86.001,06014
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,345101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,3583
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36689.04/cwt87.00–91.001,2165
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,46884.01/cwt78.00–86.001,2334
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,471100.82/cwt100.00–104.001,4836
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,495106.99/cwt106.00–108.001,6002
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,67991.62/cwt91.00–92.001,5383

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.