Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2023-09-25

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Sep 25
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,110 head
▼ 1,851 vs last sale 2,961▼ 479 vs year ago 1,589 · −30.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
65 head
▼ 60 vs last sale 125▼ 45 vs year ago 110 · −40.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week's much larger offering: Steer and heifer calves sold firm, yearling feeder steers too lightly tested for comparison, heifers steady to 3.00 higher. Very good demand for steer and heifer calves, they were offered in small packages and the quality was only average but the market was very active as there were many buyers eager to buy light calves. Good demand for yearlings remains, flesh condition is the factor that is affecting the market the most. Today's yearlings were mostly in a moderate plus amount, however there were some light fleshed cattle. Slaughter cows and bulls mostly steady.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $239.91/cwt on 696 head.
Average price
$239.91
696 head · 833 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,998
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$454
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$35.68/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+3.58
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2703250.201,75975
Medium and Large 1829241.202,001562
Large 11,032214.532,21359
One grade step is worth $35.68/cwt here — about −$454 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 sale696 hd
239.91
—
SD average7 barns · 6,146 hd
236.33
+3.58
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—Average1,891121.892,3049thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,379108.191,4927thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,596104.211,66316
CowsLean 85-90%High1,27390.721,15526

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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1305420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,2813
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2340370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,2584
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2380348.83/cwt340.00–370.001,32612
Steers—Medium and Large 1386360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,3905
Steers—Medium and Large 2391340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,3294
Steers—Medium and Large 1407380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,5473
Steers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed454375.00/cwt375.00–375.001,7038
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2477319.08/cwt300.00–330.001,52211
Steers—Medium and Large 1485327.61/cwt320.00–355.001,58922
Steers—Medium and Large 1568297.42/cwt295.00–302.001,68917
Steers—Medium and Large 1620293.00/cwt293.00–293.001,8177
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2621287.96/cwt286.00–295.001,78818
Steers—Medium and Large 1688275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,8926
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed712283.00/cwt283.00–283.002,01520
Steers—Medium and Large 1735275.00/cwt275.00–275.002,02112
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy825250.50/cwt250.50–250.502,06737
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy862234.00/cwt234.00–234.002,0179
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy981228.00/cwt228.00–228.002,23710
Steers—Large 11,104209.43/cwt208.00–210.002,31214
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1373340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,2688
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2386333.59/cwt332.50–335.001,28811
Heifers—Medium and Large 1423333.32/cwt331.00–337.501,41018
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2483300.00/cwt300.00–300.001,4498
Heifers—Medium and Large 1486303.00/cwt303.00–303.001,47323
Heifers—Medium and Large 1520301.24/cwt297.50–312.501,56624
Heifers—Medium and Large 1624263.79/cwt260.00–267.501,64614
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy697244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,7019
Heifers—Medium and Large 1717259.00/cwt259.00–259.001,85730
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2733249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,8257
Heifers—Medium and Large 1767246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,88713
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2794224.55/cwt223.00–229.001,78327
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy807219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,76716
Heifers—Medium and Large 1849230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,953122
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2858231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,9826
Heifers—Medium and Large 1880231.86/cwt230.50–232.502,040106
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy967221.25/cwt221.25–221.252,139195
Heifers—Large 1998223.00/cwt223.00–223.002,22639
Heifers—Large 11,097198.00/cwt198.00–198.002,17220
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,860120.88/cwt116.00–125.002,2488
Bulls——2,135130.00/cwt130.00–130.002,7761
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%96051.00/cwt51.00–51.004901
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,23485.13/cwt71.00–96.001,05112
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,29695.79/cwt93.00–99.001,2419
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,361107.56/cwt98.00–110.001,4646
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,415106.00/cwt106.00–106.001,5004
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,467110.34/cwt110.00–111.001,6196
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,485112.00/cwt112.00–112.001,6631
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,648121.49/cwt121.00–122.002,0022
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,67995.29/cwt92.00–97.001,6008

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.