Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2023-05-22

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, May 22
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,610 head
▼ 1,053 vs last sale 3,663▼ 1,189 vs year ago 3,799 · −31.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
150 head
▲ 30 vs last sale 120▲ 65 vs year ago 85 · +76.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers and heifers 7.00 to 11.00 higher, with instances of 36.00 higher on lighter steers. The market was crazy active today. Demand for light grass calves was good, buyers were very actively bidding on 700 lbs to 900 lb steers and heifers. Several eye catching packages of 1000lb or more steers got bidders attention as well as they have been harder to find. A couple large consignments of heifers and steers offered along with several smaller packages giving buyers the options to fill loads. Most cattle were hauled in overnight, had 3 rounds of shots and grass green flesh condition. Report on Friday stated, placements in feedlots during the month of April totaled 1.75 million 4% below 2022. Cattle on feed reported at 11.6 million on May 1 3% below the same time last year. CME Feeder Cattle closed lower today while, Corn took a big jump. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 higher. Bulls steady to 1.00 higher.

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Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $206.22/cwt on 1,244 head.
Average price
$206.22
1,244 head · 745 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,537
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$654
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$12.73/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+0.89
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1754206.901,5611,133
Medium 1741203.001,5048thin
Medium and Large 1-2699200.561,40379
Medium and Large 2467194.1790624
One grade step is worth $12.73/cwt here — about $654 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 sale1,244 hd
206.22
—
SD average5 barns · 6,316 hd
205.34
+0.89
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—Low1,854110.112,04112
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,564107.241,67836
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,440100.711,45033
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,24987.461,09238

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 · Steers33 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 2251200.00/cwt200.00–200.005026
Steers—Medium and Large 2335185.00/cwt185.00–185.0062011
Steers—Medium and Large 1391307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,2009
Steers—Medium and Large 2396184.00/cwt184.00–184.007296
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2411265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,0894
Steers—Medium and Large 1417295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,2308
Steers—Medium and Large 2450182.50/cwt182.50–182.5082112
Steers—Medium and Large 1490279.00/cwt279.00–279.001,3677
Steers—Medium and Large 2525182.00/cwt182.00–182.009567
Steers—Medium and Large 1530284.00/cwt284.00–284.001,50522
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2549215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,1804
Steers—Medium and Large 1576272.24/cwt268.00–273.001,56847
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2580244.92/cwt225.00–251.001,42126
Steers—Medium and Large 1609259.53/cwt257.00–261.001,58119
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2615230.52/cwt226.00–246.001,41818
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2657240.27/cwt238.00–245.001,57943
Steers—Medium and Large 1673261.32/cwt257.00–266.001,75982
Steers—Medium and Large 1714254.09/cwt252.00–258.001,81445
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2729228.72/cwt227.00–230.001,66712
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fancy759237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,79918
Steers—Medium and Large 1773228.57/cwt226.00–234.001,767134
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2786219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,7214
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy787214.58/cwt214.50–216.001,68968
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2840195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,63810
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2864196.71/cwt195.00–197.501,70013
Steers—Medium and Large 1869213.38/cwt201.00–214.751,854143
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy897195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,74916
Steers—Medium and Large 1906204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,84834
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2910188.00/cwt188.00–188.001,7119
Steers—Medium and Large 1964198.50/cwt198.50–198.501,91450
Steers—Large 11,009184.50/cwt184.50–184.501,86212
Steers—Large 11,080187.55/cwt186.00–191.002,026145
Steers—Large 11,149175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,0114
Feeder Cattle · Heifers27 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1305237.50/cwt237.50–237.507244
Heifers—Medium and Large 2314190.00/cwt190.00–190.005979
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373255.00/cwt255.00–255.0095110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1455263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,19714
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2461225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,0374
Heifers—Medium and Large 2461187.50/cwt187.50–187.508644
Heifers—Medium and Large 1536227.33/cwt225.00–234.001,21838
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy549241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,3236
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fancy569252.00/cwt252.00–252.001,43418
Heifers—Medium and Large 2594200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,18811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1595225.43/cwt220.50–228.001,34135
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2628211.04/cwt209.00–214.001,32533
Heifers—Medium and Large 1638231.53/cwt223.00–236.001,477170
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2653189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,2344
Heifers—Medium and Large 1690221.51/cwt214.00–225.001,52848
Heifers—Medium and Large 1716217.23/cwt207.00–222.001,555140
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2727200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,4547
Heifers—Medium 1741203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,5048
Heifers—Medium and Large 1761207.77/cwt202.50–211.501,58176
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2795186.93/cwt186.00–190.001,48617
Heifers—Medium and Large 1815194.53/cwt192.00–195.751,585258
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2819189.00/cwt189.00–189.001,54814
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy848181.50/cwt181.50–181.501,539103
Heifers—Medium and Large 1860191.80/cwt188.50–192.751,64979
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy873180.75/cwt180.75–180.751,57824
Heifers—Medium and Large 1927183.24/cwt177.00–187.001,69994
Heifers—Medium and Large 1963183.00/cwt183.00–183.001,76216
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,816105.74/cwt91.00–110.001,9208
Bulls——1,930118.85/cwt117.00–124.002,2944
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,09740.79/cwt40.00–42.504473
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,149102.34/cwt101.00–104.001,1767
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,27385.20/cwt71.00–102.001,08520
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,33297.59/cwt93.00–99.001,3008
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,42593.57/cwt81.00–100.001,3339
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,444103.19/cwt101.00–106.001,49022
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,460105.54/cwt104.00–107.001,5412
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,516108.92/cwt107.00–114.001,65124
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,646116.00/cwt116.00–116.001,9094
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,66997.82/cwt85.00–106.501,6338

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.