Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2023-10-30

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Oct 30
● Final43 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
905 head
▼ 733 vs last sale 1,638▼ 2,589 vs year ago 3,494 · −74.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
100 head
▼ 75 vs last sale 175▼ 25 vs year ago 125 · −20.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: A lighter offering of steer and heifer calves again this week, firm undertones prevailed. A nice offering of yearling steers and heifers including several long strings of steers offered in full loads and multiple load lots, flesh condition moderate to moderate plus. Improved demand for calves this week as there were more buyers on the seats wanting to get some calves bought. Vaccination status and hide color are still the dominant factors in how of price they achieve. Good demand for the strings of yearlings as the available supply dwindles. After last week's fat market at 186.00 and futures prices stabilizing, and rising today, cattle feeders were not feeling as defensive about the coming months. A larger offering expected next week as the fall marketing season gets fully underway. Slaughter cows steady to 5.00 lower, bulls too few to make a complete comparion, lower undertone noted.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $231.31/cwt on 653 head.
Average price
$231.31
653 head · 900 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,081
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$393
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$108.63/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−47.45
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2576279.631,61135
Medium and Large 1861237.472,046380
Large 11,017215.692,194231
Medium and Large 2712171.001,2187thin
One grade step is worth $108.63/cwt here — about $393 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 sale653 hd
231.31
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SD average12 barns · 28,454 hd
278.76
−47.45
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—Low1,748100.791,76212
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,56299.881,56030
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,44794.631,36917
CowsLean 85-90%High1,25574.9494128

Every lot

43 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2295335.00/cwt335.00–335.009884
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2341340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,1597
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2369370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,3654
Steers—Medium and Large 1374368.39/cwt360.00–375.001,37811
Steers—Medium and Large 1417338.59/cwt330.00–350.001,4129
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2443305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,3513
Steers—Medium and Large 1499309.00/cwt309.00–309.001,54211
Steers—Medium and Large 1509300.01/cwt285.00–315.001,52720
Steers—Medium and Large 1593255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,5129
Steers—Medium and Large 1640265.00/cwt265.00–265.001,69610
Steers—Medium and Large 1663260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,72413
Steers—Medium and Large 2712171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,2187
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2811216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,75217
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy834225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,87726
Steers—Medium and Large 1966219.79/cwt217.75–222.002,123271
Steers—Large 11,017215.69/cwt213.00–218.002,194231
Feeder Cattle · Heifers15 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2274295.00/cwt295.00–295.008084
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2320283.46/cwt265.00–305.0090712
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2372317.50/cwt317.50–317.501,1816
Heifers—Medium and Large 1374304.45/cwt275.00–330.001,13911
Heifers—Medium and Large 1404305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,2325
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2422270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,1393
Heifers—Medium 1425268.00/cwt268.00–268.001,1394
Heifers—Medium and Large 1471254.27/cwt250.00–260.001,19821
Heifers—Medium 1486215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,04510
Heifers—Medium and Large 1508235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,1946
Heifers—Medium and Large 1594225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3375
Heifers—Medium and Large 2637175.00/cwt175.00–175.001,11511
Heifers—Medium and Large 2735170.40/cwt167.00–174.001,25236
Heifers—Medium and Large 1838208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,7435
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2898195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,7518
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,54594.73/cwt84.00–103.001,4646
Bulls——1,926104.76/cwt103.00–106.002,0184
Bulls——2,000111.05/cwt108.50–114.002,2212
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%99450.53/cwt47.50–55.005024
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,21568.18/cwt60.00–80.008289
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,29592.50/cwt92.50–92.501,1981
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,34783.90/cwt78.00–91.001,13013
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,36096.00/cwt96.00–96.001,3062
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,414101.75/cwt101.00–102.001,4394
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,45792.44/cwt87.00–95.001,34713
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,55399.48/cwt94.00–103.001,54525
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,684104.19/cwt101.00–106.001,7554

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.