Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2023-11-20

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Nov 20
● Final48 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,738 head
▼ 2,249 vs last sale 3,987▼ 189 vs year ago 1,927 · −9.8%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
127 head
▼ 39 vs last sale 166▲ 37 vs year ago 90 · +41.1%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: 700-750 pound steers were 3.00-5.00 higher. Yearling steers 850 pounds 5.00 lower. Not enough heifers this week for comparison, other than 950 pound weights and last week those were scarce. Many load lots of yearling steers and heifers offered. Numerous smaller packages of calves brought a bigger demand from the crowd than the yearlings today. Overall, moderate to good demand.

Slaughter cows: Light numbers of premium whites brought steady to lower undertones. Breaker cows were 2.00 higher. Boner and lean cows were steady today. Limited number of slaughter bulls.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $225.56/cwt on 1,013 head.
Average price
$225.56
1,013 head · 852 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,921
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$298
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$31.34/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−43.33
vs SD average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1776236.941,838560
Medium and Large 1-2627231.471,451103
Large 11,039205.602,136350
One grade step is worth $31.34/cwt here — about −$298 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 sale1,013 hd
225.56
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SD average9 barns · 23,685 hd
268.88
−43.33
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—Average1,87899.171,8625thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,670108.031,8047thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,394102.121,42437
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,37786.931,19720
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,19568.1081456

Every lot

48 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 · Steers20 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2327300.00/cwt300.00–300.009815
Steers—Medium and Large 1383347.50/cwt347.50–347.501,3316
Steers—Medium and Large 1429322.33/cwt317.50–330.001,38313
Steers—Medium and Large 1477304.63/cwt290.00–311.001,45313
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2494270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,3346
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2506259.76/cwt255.00–265.001,31418
Steers—Medium and Large 1516280.04/cwt270.00–292.501,4457
Steers—Medium and Large 1571289.23/cwt270.00–297.001,65245
Steers—Medium and Large 1621250.85/cwt240.00–261.001,55841
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2624222.56/cwt220.00–225.001,38930
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2683219.16/cwt210.00–226.001,49719
Steers—Medium and Large 1727230.35/cwt223.00–244.001,67561
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2728212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,5436
Steers—Medium and Large 1766228.16/cwt223.00–231.001,74892
Steers—Medium and Large 1-2779207.00/cwt207.00–207.001,61319
Steers—Medium and Large 1818224.64/cwt216.00–230.001,83848
Steers—Medium and Large 1879223.21/cwt217.00–224.001,962104
Steers—Medium and Large 1924216.56/cwt213.00–218.002,001130
Steers—Large 11,037205.32/cwt204.00–207.002,129295
Steers—Large 11,050207.10/cwt207.10–207.102,17555
Feeder Cattle · Heifers17 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 1318296.38/cwt285.00–310.0094213
Heifers—Medium and Large 1443290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,2859
Heifers—Medium and Large 1467265.39/cwt257.50–282.501,23922
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2475248.61/cwt247.00–250.001,1819
Heifers—Medium and Large 1512253.26/cwt251.00–255.001,29721
Heifers—Medium and Large 1563228.14/cwt222.50–235.001,28424
Heifers—Medium and Large 1606238.50/cwt224.00–245.001,44521
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2633208.51/cwt206.00–210.001,32013
Heifers—Medium and Large 1663216.71/cwt212.00–236.001,43727
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2674206.74/cwt206.00–207.501,39318
Heifers—Medium and Large 1735207.86/cwt203.00–211.001,52831
Heifers—Medium and Large 1779206.46/cwt201.00–211.001,60826
Heifers—Medium and Large 1820212.00/cwt212.00–212.001,73837
Heifers—Medium and Large 1-2858195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,6734
Heifers—Medium and Large 1909204.00/cwt204.00–204.001,85417
Heifers—Medium and Large 1981195.50/cwt195.50–195.501,918124
Heifers—Large 11,009194.30/cwt192.00–196.001,96021
Feeder Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1409285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,1664
Bulls—Medium and Large 1536247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,3277
Bulls—Medium and Large 1652205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,3373
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,878107.95/cwt104.00–110.002,0273
Bulls——1,87886.00/cwt86.00–86.001,6152
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%93032.05/cwt28.00–38.002988
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,16662.04/cwt52.50–67.007238
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,25476.52/cwt68.00–82.5096040
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,37786.93/cwt84.00–94.001,19720
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,394102.12/cwt93.00–108.501,42437
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,670108.03/cwt106.00–113.001,8047

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.