Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2024-04-15

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Apr 15
● Final49 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,047 head
▼ 634 vs last sale 3,681▼ 756 vs year ago 3,803 · −19.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
114 head
▲ 15 vs last sale 99▲ 14 vs year ago 100 · +14.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last week: Lean offering of light steers today. Steers 700 lbs 8.00 higher, 800 lb steers 2.00-6.00 lower with less in the offering this week. Steers 850 lbs 7.00 higher, 950 lbs steady. Heifers 500-650 lbs 7.00-8.00 lower with instances sharply lower in 650 lb range. Heifers 700 lbs were 1.00-4.00 lower, 750 lbs sharply higher, 800-850 lbs steady to 1.00 higher. Many load lots offered today, mostly in the 700-950 lb range. Demand was good, especially with load lot packages of heavier cattle. CME feeder cattle futures up 4.00 today. as the market begins to rebound. Slaughter cows: Breaker cows 3.00 higher. Boner cows steady. Lean cows 2.00 lower. Not enough bulls for comparison.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $286.93/cwt on 90 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −127.65 against this barn's trailing median of $414.58.
Average price
$286.93
90 head · 549 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,574
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−10.72
vs SD average
+22.41 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1549286.931,57490
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale90 hd
286.93
—
SD average5 barns · 814 hd
297.65
−10.72
National average180 barns · 13,997 hd
264.52
+22.41
This barn, trailing median25 sales
414.58
−127.65
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

25 sales
498447397346median 414.5803/0204/1306/1509/1411/02
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $484.12, low $359.91, median $414.58 across 25 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

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—High1,888144.092,7216thin
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,433144.602,0723thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,450135.381,96334
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,419125.621,78338
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,09881.1989233

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 · Steers21 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1348385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,34012
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1410373.54/cwt365.00–392.501,53219
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1464343.73/cwt330.00–355.001,59522
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1531323.23/cwt317.50–342.501,71644
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2533305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,6266
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1560308.90/cwt308.00–310.001,73011
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy576285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,6429
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1613303.55/cwt292.00–312.001,86144
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2615260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,59912
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1664282.09/cwt271.00–287.001,87323
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1720283.25/cwt283.00–287.502,03970
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2746247.00/cwt247.00–247.001,8435
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1758255.30/cwt246.00–262.501,93557
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1820238.28/cwt232.00–243.501,954111
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1Fleshy839226.00/cwt226.00–226.001,89621
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy858221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,89622
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1872236.49/cwt224.00–246.002,062351
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1928224.96/cwt222.50–227.002,08824
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1965222.65/cwt217.50–225.002,149182
Steers1000–1050Large 11,029215.36/cwt205.00–219.002,21673
Steers1100–1150Medium and Large 11,133218.00/cwt218.00–218.002,47012
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1333365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,2159
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1417341.30/cwt320.00–350.001,42328
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2436295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,28611
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1452295.00/cwt295.00–295.001,3335
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1525293.70/cwt287.00–298.001,54251
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1579280.74/cwt280.00–281.001,62534
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Fleshy582260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,5135
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1624259.64/cwt246.00–268.001,620132
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1678242.77/cwt239.00–263.001,646115
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1729239.59/cwt235.00–254.001,747456
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1766234.10/cwt228.00–249.001,79395
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1812225.05/cwt209.00–229.501,827288
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1859212.31/cwt205.00–223.001,82474
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1928214.90/cwt205.50–221.001,99488
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1953219.14/cwt205.50–221.002,08868
Heifers1100–1150Medium and Large 11,121203.00/cwt203.00–203.002,2765
Heifers1100–1150Large 11,123188.00/cwt188.00–188.002,1114
Heifers1150–1200Large 11,159193.00/cwt193.00–193.002,23711
Feeder Cattle · Beef/Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Beef/Dairy Steers900–950Large 2936200.76/cwt200.00–202.001,87913
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,795140.27/cwt136.00–144.002,5184
Bulls——2,075151.72/cwt151.00–152.503,1482
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%97281.85/cwt75.00–92.507969
Cows—Lean 85-90%97634.45/cwt20.00–62.503369
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,247108.83/cwt102.00–118.001,35715
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,419125.62/cwt119.00–129.001,78338
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,433144.60/cwt144.00–146.002,0723
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,435134.76/cwt130.00–137.501,93430
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,560140.00/cwt140.00–140.002,1844

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.