Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2023-08-28

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Aug 28
● Final66 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
4,268 head
▲ 2,762 vs last sale 1,506▲ 2,515 vs year ago 1,753 · +143.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
200 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 185▲ 80 vs year ago 120 · +66.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers, light sales the last few weeks make it hard to call a market. Not many matching weight ranges make it difficult to make a meaningful call. Feeder heifers 800 lbs - 950 lbs 1.00 to 3.00 higher, 950 lbs - 1000 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 lower, other weights not well compared. Demand for this nice offering of eye catching cattle was good. Several large lots of both steers and heifers, along with several smaller packages made it handy for buyer to fill loads. Rounds of shots, black hide and days weaned were factors that determined how aggressive bidders were. Several sellers watching online today, as they are busy cutting sileage. CME Feeder Cattle and Corn both closed higher. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 lower. Bulls steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $240.73/cwt on 2,101 head.
Average price
$240.73
2,101 head · 793 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,909
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$240
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$52.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+1.35
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1783245.771,9241,751
Medium and Large 1-2800220.961,767257
Large 11,041213.442,22332
Large 1-21,042194.892,03118thin
Medium and Large 2871193.331,68443
One grade step is worth $52.45/cwt here — about $240 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 sale2,101 hd
240.73
—
SD average5 barns · 4,429 hd
239.38
+1.35
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—Low1,637111.101,81914
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,447119.121,72351
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,333105.161,40229
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,00487.5687996

Every lot

66 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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1441293.89/cwt285.00–305.001,29619
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2503265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,3334
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2604255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,5405
Steers—Medium and Large 1625288.58/cwt286.00–290.001,80423
Steers—Medium and Large 1660278.91/cwt265.00–282.001,84128
Steers—Medium and Large 2676205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,38613
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2688255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,7545
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2703240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,68713
Steers—Medium and Large 1731264.12/cwt261.00–270.001,93140
Steers—Medium and Large 1765259.79/cwt256.25–262.501,98738
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2786205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,6114
Steers—Medium and Large 1822255.42/cwt248.00–260.002,100151
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2880236.82/cwt236.00–238.002,08476
Steers—Medium and Large 1883247.56/cwt243.00–256.002,186356
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2904229.50/cwt229.50–229.502,07517
Steers—Medium and Large 1930240.31/cwt234.00–245.002,235421
Steers—Medium and Large 2961180.00/cwt180.00–180.001,7304
Steers—Large 1-21,024219.68/cwt216.00–223.002,25019
Steers—Large 11,030233.67/cwt230.00–235.002,407389
Steers—Large 1-21,182206.00/cwt206.00–206.002,43526
Steers—Large 11,183216.00/cwt216.00–216.002,55528
Feeder Cattle · Heifers33 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1317315.00/cwt315.00–315.009996
Heifers—Medium and Large 1416282.52/cwt277.50–290.001,17512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1459277.27/cwt270.00–282.001,27329
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2476265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,2618
Heifers—Medium and Large 1512283.31/cwt277.00–286.501,45187
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2523267.50/cwt267.50–267.501,3995
Heifers—Medium and Large 2526230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,2105
Heifers—Medium and Large 1588277.79/cwt263.00–280.001,633157
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2595243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,44615
Heifers—Medium and Large 1639263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,68110
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2654215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,4064
Heifers—Medium and Large 1675259.03/cwt253.00–259.751,748178
Heifers—Medium and Large 2698165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,1524
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2719234.69/cwt234.00–235.001,68713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1728244.27/cwt241.50–247.001,778131
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2760225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,7109
Heifers—Medium and Large 1781237.50/cwt237.00–243.001,855114
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2810217.11/cwt215.50–225.001,759145
Heifers—Medium and Large 2820201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,6484
Heifers—Medium and Large 1836243.00/cwt238.75–251.002,031322
Heifers—Medium and Large 2865165.00/cwt165.00–165.001,4274
Heifers—Medium and Large 1867234.08/cwt231.00–239.002,029432
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2899200.00/cwt200.00–200.001,7984
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2917211.93/cwt203.00–214.001,94343
Heifers—Medium and Large 1924229.48/cwt223.00–234.002,120111
Heifers—Medium and Large 2948184.00/cwt184.00–184.001,74411
Heifers—Medium and Large 1965222.90/cwt221.00–225.002,151162
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2987214.00/cwt214.00–214.002,11211
Heifers—Medium and Large 2991201.00/cwt201.00–201.001,99215
Heifers—Large 11,000224.00/cwt224.00–224.002,2406
Heifers—Large 1-21,001192.40/cwt190.00–196.001,92610
Heifers—Large 11,051211.00/cwt211.00–211.002,21826
Heifers—Large 1-21,094198.00/cwt198.00–198.002,1668
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,43184.60/cwt62.00–96.001,2114
Bulls——1,720121.70/cwt115.00–125.002,09310
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%83759.79/cwt50.00–67.5050010
Cows—Lean 85-90%97893.18/cwt90.00–100.0091155
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,09893.19/cwt92.00–94.001,0233
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10181.17/cwt71.00–88.0089425
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,118109.00/cwt109.00–109.001,2196
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,280117.02/cwt115.00–121.001,4989
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,380105.74/cwt102.00–111.001,45916
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,429117.83/cwt113.00–122.001,68444
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,559127.20/cwt125.00–130.001,9837
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,76525.00/cwt25.00–25.004411

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.