Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2023-08-14

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Aug 14
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,506 head
▲ 443 vs last sale 1,063▼ 1,344 vs year ago 2,850 · −47.2%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
185 head
▲ 35 vs last sale 150▲ 35 vs year ago 150 · +23.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold with higher undertones, there were not any good weight comparisons to make a definite market call. Feeder heifers 800 lbs - 850 lbs 4.00 to 7.00 higher, other weights sold with higher undertones, with no other weights to make a meaningful comparison. Demand for this nice offering of feeder cattle was good. Black hide, rounds of shots, and programs were factors that determined buyers, bidding decisions. Several loads of eye appealing yearlings along with several smaller packages offered. A couple eye catching packages of light calves right off the cows offered today. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 lower. Bulls significantly lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $234.24/cwt on 950 head.
Average price
$234.24
950 head · 842 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,972
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$638
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$61.74/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.62
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1850236.192,008805
Medium and Large 1-2784227.981,788129
Large 11,022202.002,0647thin
Medium and Large 2786174.441,3709thin
One grade step is worth $61.74/cwt here — about $638 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 sale950 hd
234.24
—
SD average5 barns · 2,930 hd
229.61
+4.62
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—Average1,511111.371,68315
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,614122.201,97216
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,340113.511,52161
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,20890.771,09687

Every lot

49 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1364360.75/cwt350.00–370.001,31311
Steers—Medium and Large 1463308.47/cwt295.00–315.001,42834
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2531260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3817
Steers—Medium and Large 1568297.59/cwt292.00–300.001,69030
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2615240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,4764
Steers—Medium and Large 1648285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8474
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2667246.98/cwt243.00–249.001,64729
Steers—Medium and Large 1677290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,96315
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2720240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,72817
Steers—Medium and Large 1732265.72/cwt260.00–269.001,94511
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2756247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,86719
Steers—Medium and Large 1777275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,1378
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2801240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,9224
Steers—Medium and Large 1915226.00/cwt226.00–226.002,06828
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2958217.00/cwt217.00–217.002,0798
Steers—Medium and Large 1959228.47/cwt222.50–233.002,19190
Steers—Large 11,067226.75/cwt226.75–226.752,41953
Steers—Large 11,135193.00/cwt193.00–193.002,1918
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1221310.00/cwt310.00–310.006854
Heifers—Medium and Large 1375310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,16311
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2411262.50/cwt262.50–262.501,0798
Heifers—Medium and Large 1439285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,2519
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471281.45/cwt275.00–287.501,32614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1559288.62/cwt287.50–290.001,6139
Heifers—Medium and Large 2615160.00/cwt160.00–160.009844
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2634244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,54724
Heifers—Medium and Large 1640271.00/cwt271.00–271.001,7346
Heifers—Medium and Large 1711257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,82720
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2716230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,64723
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2801230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,8426
Heifers—Medium and Large 1827240.34/cwt234.00–249.501,988223
Heifers—Medium and Large 1871228.82/cwt224.50–239.501,993281
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2885210.00/cwt210.00–210.001,8595
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2904218.00/cwt218.00–218.001,97163
Heifers—Medium and Large 2922186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,7155
Heifers—Medium and Large 1937226.02/cwt225.75–231.002,118124
Heifers—Medium and Large 1965227.80/cwt225.00–228.002,198104
Heifers—Large 11,022202.00/cwt202.00–202.002,0647
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,11894.70/cwt90.00–100.001,0594
Bulls——1,654117.43/cwt115.00–122.001,94211
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,06564.94/cwt42.50–76.0069218
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,131116.02/cwt107.00–119.001,3125
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,239100.90/cwt96.00–106.001,25032
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,26991.23/cwt81.00–95.001,15832
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,333113.29/cwt107.00–117.001,51054
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,352122.12/cwt118.00–125.001,6515
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,49098.02/cwt91.00–105.001,4602
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,596124.93/cwt123.00–126.001,99412
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,666114.00/cwt114.00–114.001,8994

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.