Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2023-10-02

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Oct 2
● Final73 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
4,043 head
▲ 2,933 vs last sale 1,110▲ 1,358 vs year ago 2,685 · +50.6%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
160 head
▲ 95 vs last sale 65▲ 0 vs year ago 160 · +0.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer and heifer calves too lightly tested for good comparison, yearling feeder steers not well tested last week to offer a comparison, lower undertone evident. Yearling heifers unevenly steady. Moderate to good demand for this limited offering of spring born calves, lighter farmer feeder buyer attendance as they are busy with harvest. Quality of calves not as attractive as last week. Good demand for yearling steers and heifers, but cattle feeders were spooked after last week's sharp decline in the cattle futures complex and were not as aggressive with their bidding as they were in recent weeks. With Dec and Feb Live Cattle futures at 188.00 and 193.00, respectively, cattle feeders have been forced to refigure their breakeven prices which has resulted in the market not being as active as it's been lately. Many long strings of high quality yearlings offered, several of these strings offered in multiple loads of one sort. Flesh condition is certainly a factor, this week's yearlings ranged from light to moderate plus. Slaughter cows mostly steady, bulls 3.00 to 4.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $230.61/cwt on 2,027 head.
Average price
$230.61
2,027 head · 841 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,940
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$314
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2-3
$105.26/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.99
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2629250.261,57435
Medium and Large 1846231.451,9581,883
Medium 1487229.601,11930
Large 11,058212.642,25038
Medium and Large 2867202.091,75234
Medium and Large 2-3869145.001,2607thin
One grade step is worth $105.26/cwt here — about $314 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 sale2,027 hd
230.61
—
SD average7 barns · 10,210 hd
233.60
−2.99
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—Low1,856112.882,09614
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,673122.002,0416thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,427116.361,66024
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,340107.371,43927
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,15085.8498756

Every lot

73 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 · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1307400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,2287
Steers—Medium and Large 1364350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,2745
Steers—Medium and Large 1416349.25/cwt340.00–355.001,45311
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2445305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,3579
Steers—Medium 1458240.00/cwt240.00–240.001,09911
Steers—Medium and Large 1465334.33/cwt330.00–340.001,55536
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2515237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,22312
Steers—Medium and Large 1532322.77/cwt303.00–335.001,71750
Steers—Medium and Large 1568303.37/cwt299.00–317.001,72312
Steers—Medium 1570205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,16926
Steers—Medium and Large 1625289.12/cwt282.50–295.001,80794
Steers—Medium 1682207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,4155
Steers—Medium and Large 1693270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,87112
Steers—Medium and Large 1739276.00/cwt276.00–276.002,04013
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2780231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,80211
Steers—Medium and Large 1807247.09/cwt243.00–248.001,99451
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2865240.54/cwt239.00–242.002,08127
Steers—Medium and Large 1878239.59/cwt235.00–242.002,104348
Steers—Medium and Large 1936238.76/cwt231.50–247.002,235115
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2936223.00/cwt223.00–223.002,08767
Steers—Medium and Large 1981229.32/cwt225.00–233.502,250243
Steers—Large 11,019227.51/cwt211.00–229.502,318343
Steers—Large 21,042204.00/cwt204.00–204.002,1268
Steers—Large 11,089220.49/cwt220.00–225.002,401219
Steers—Large 1Fleshy1,096213.00/cwt213.00–213.002,33438
Steers—Large 11,121191.00/cwt191.00–191.002,1417
Steers—Large 11,225192.00/cwt192.00–192.002,35237
Steers—Large 1Fleshy1,254183.00/cwt183.00–183.002,2959
Feeder Cattle · Heifers31 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2306330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,0106
Heifers—Medium and Large 1386334.07/cwt330.00–340.001,29023
Heifers—Medium 1396225.00/cwt225.00–225.008918
Heifers—Medium and Large 1418310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,2964
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2440245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,0785
Heifers—Medium and Large 1485309.10/cwt306.00–314.001,49931
Heifers—Medium 1491228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,11910
Heifers—Medium and Large 1519302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,5708
Heifers—Medium 1545234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,27512
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy596249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,48415
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Full597250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4939
Heifers—Medium and Large 1637266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,69466
Heifers—Medium and Large 1660251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,65734
Heifers—Medium and Large 1707251.00/cwt251.00–251.001,77523
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2723232.63/cwt230.00–237.001,68216
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy769231.00/cwt231.00–231.001,77632
Heifers—Medium and Large 1791240.47/cwt233.50–249.001,902197
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2802229.00/cwt229.00–229.001,8378
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed813255.00/cwt255.00–255.002,07365
Heifers—Medium and Large 1837233.45/cwt227.00–236.501,954217
Heifers—Medium and Large 2844204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,72229
Heifers—Medium and Large 2-3869145.00/cwt145.00–145.001,2607
Heifers—Medium and Large 1878230.84/cwt219.00–232.502,027288
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy883217.00/cwt213.00–219.001,916265
Heifers—Medium and Large 1911223.88/cwt223.50–225.002,040271
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy919207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,90773
Heifers—Medium and Large 1961211.00/cwt211.00–211.002,028130
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy966210.75/cwt210.75–210.752,036132
Heifers—Medium and Large 2999191.00/cwt191.00–191.001,9085
Heifers—Large 11,035215.25/cwt215.25–215.252,22826
Heifers—Large 11,108207.00/cwt207.00–207.002,29412
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,795124.00/cwt124.00–124.002,2261
Bulls——1,852116.68/cwt113.00–121.002,1616
Bulls——1,869108.04/cwt104.00–111.002,0197
Slaughter Cattle · Cows11 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,02662.98/cwt55.00–68.0064613
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,17384.31/cwt75.00–97.0098920
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,196109.12/cwt108.00–110.001,3055
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,20297.57/cwt95.00–102.001,17318
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,28085.00/cwt85.00–85.001,0881
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,320118.57/cwt118.00–119.001,5656
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,336108.40/cwt106.00–114.001,44815
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,36993.61/cwt93.00–94.001,2826
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,413116.59/cwt112.00–119.001,64716
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,479120.31/cwt120.00–122.001,7797
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,673122.00/cwt122.00–122.002,0416

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.