Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2023-10-09

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Oct 9
● Final51 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,108 head
▼ 2,935 vs last sale 4,043▲ 399 vs year ago 709 · +56.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
160 head
▲ 0 vs last sale 160▲ 90 vs year ago 70 · +128.6%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: A light offering of spring born calves this week, too few to make a meaningful price comparison. Much lighter offering of yearling steers and heifers, lower undertones were evident. Receipts were lighter this week as producers are busy in the field trying to finish bean harvest and getting corn harvest started. The quality of calves was very uneven, overall not as attractive as seen in recent weeks. With fewer farmer feeders in attendance the market was not as active as it has been. The market was less active on the yearlings as well as the market has been trending lower and cattle feeders are a little uncertain about the coming months in the fed cattle market. However there was a string of two loads of 900 lbs heifers carrying a moderate plus amount of flesh that sold pretty easily. 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 $260.33/cwt on 512 head.
Average price
$260.33
512 head · 623 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,621
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$597
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1
$73.20/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+7.95
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1637263.201,676401
Medium and Large 1-2536254.931,36799
Large 11,026218.002,2378thin
Medium 1568190.001,0794thin
One grade step is worth $73.20/cwt here — about $597 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 sale512 hd
260.33
—
SD average8 barns · 5,469 hd
252.38
+7.95
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—Average1,912121.392,32121
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,516111.961,69739
CowsBoner 80-85%Very Low1,356101.611,37852
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,27289.901,14359

Every lot

51 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 1293410.00/cwt410.00–410.001,2014
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2297370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,0998
Steers—Medium and Large 1349360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,2564
Steers—Medium and Large 1364361.71/cwt350.00–370.001,31726
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2376320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,20323
Steers—Medium and Large 1420337.45/cwt327.50–347.501,41736
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2446309.86/cwt305.00–340.001,38228
Steers—Medium and Large 1462338.14/cwt327.00–346.001,56256
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2492275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,3535
Steers—Medium and Large 1524318.95/cwt305.00–337.001,67151
Steers—Medium and Large 1572289.85/cwt277.50–303.001,65836
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2594280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,6635
Steers—Medium and Large 1677257.08/cwt252.50–266.001,74026
Steers—Medium and Large 1749263.00/cwt263.00–263.001,97027
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed792243.00/cwt243.00–243.001,9253
Steers—Medium and Large 1795244.00/cwt244.00–244.001,94016
Steers—Medium and Large 1919238.00/cwt238.00–238.002,1876
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed924231.00/cwt231.00–231.002,13410
Steers—Large 11,063208.00/cwt208.00–208.002,21111
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1317338.93/cwt335.00–355.001,07420
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2361279.82/cwt275.00–310.001,01032
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378319.06/cwt300.00–337.001,20649
Heifers—Medium and Large 1429289.20/cwt276.00–315.001,24172
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2481260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,25123
Heifers—Medium and Large 1482296.51/cwt285.00–307.501,42937
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2518270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3995
Heifers—Medium and Large 1540269.56/cwt269.00–270.001,45625
Heifers—Medium and Large 1557265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,4765
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2564252.50/cwt252.50–252.501,4248
Heifers—Medium 1568190.00/cwt190.00–190.001,0794
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy645232.00/cwt232.00–232.001,49617
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2698245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,7103
Heifers—Medium and Large 1741238.50/cwt238.50–238.501,76715
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2743217.75/cwt196.00–237.001,61817
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2787227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,78611
Heifers—Medium and Large 1813227.38/cwt225.00–233.001,84927
Heifers—Medium and Large 1906221.00/cwt221.00–221.002,002134
Heifers—Large 11,026218.00/cwt218.00–218.002,2378
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,615107.43/cwt103.00–112.001,7352
Bulls——1,863117.70/cwt110.00–122.002,1939
Bulls——2,015127.50/cwt127.50–127.502,56910
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Boner 80-85%89680.00/cwt80.00–80.007174
Cows—Lean 85-90%98953.00/cwt30.00–66.005246
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18388.93/cwt78.00–93.001,05216
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,341114.50/cwt113.00–115.001,5358
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,35696.30/cwt91.00–99.001,30637
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,388101.43/cwt92.00–105.001,4087
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,398103.09/cwt96.00–106.001,44128
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,42396.78/cwt90.00–105.001,37712
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,493120.36/cwt115.00–123.001,7978
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,561112.23/cwt103.00–118.001,75224

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.