Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2024-07-22

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Jul 22
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
1,769 head
▼ 966 vs last sale 2,735▼ 212 vs year ago 1,981 · −10.7%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
76 head
▲ 44 vs last sale 32▼ 124 vs year ago 200 · −62.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Light offering of steers last week, with the exception of 950lb steers, which were mostly steady today. Heifers 750 lbs 6.00 higher with light numbers, 800-850 lb heifers mostly 1.00-6.00 lower. Many load lots of mostly yearling cattle, along with plenty of smaller strings in the offering today. Demand good. Slaughter cows: Breaker cows 3.00-4.00 higher. Boner cows 2.00 higher. Lean cows 1.00-2.00 higher. Bulls 1.00-3.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $320.00/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −153.97 against this barn's trailing median of $473.97.
Average price
$320.00
26 head · 570 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,823
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−4.67
vs SD average
+22.18 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1570320.001,82326
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 sale26 hd
320.00
—
SD average2 barns · 39 hd
324.67
−4.67
National average149 barns · 6,483 hd
297.82
+22.18
This barn, trailing median23 sales
473.97
−153.97
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

23 sales
532474416357median 473.9703/0204/0606/0109/1411/02
Steers 500–600 lb: high $518.21, low $371.25, median $473.97 across 23 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—Average1,881162.973,06617
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,455146.062,12421
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,631145.212,3685thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,170129.931,5208thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,094103.171,12910

Every lot

36 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 · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1286390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,1155
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1305445.00/cwt445.00–445.001,3575
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1355340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,20711
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1522320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,6706
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1584320.00/cwt320.00–320.001,86920
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1633286.11/cwt280.00–292.501,81130
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2714254.71/cwt250.00–260.001,81913
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1725281.65/cwt278.00–288.002,04231
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1755295.00/cwt295.00–295.002,22710
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2784260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,03856
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2833233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,94113
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2888216.00/cwt216.00–216.001,91825
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1894240.03/cwt237.00–248.002,146160
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1943236.56/cwt232.00–237.002,23169
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1987249.50/cwt249.50–249.502,463261
Steers1050–1100Large 11,087225.50/cwt225.50–225.502,4515
Steers1100–1150Large 11,103233.50/cwt233.50–233.502,576159
Steers1250–1300Large 11,264188.50/cwt188.50–188.502,3836
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1248455.00/cwt455.00–455.001,1285
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1327420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,3735
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1564288.00/cwt288.00–288.001,62417
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1684270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,84717
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1725255.87/cwt246.00–259.001,855156
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1775249.00/cwt249.00–249.001,93043
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1838236.50/cwt235.00–245.001,982151
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1863231.28/cwt230.25–232.001,996262
Heifers1000–1050Large 11,011216.00/cwt216.00–216.002,18454
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,585155.06/cwt150.00–158.502,4585
Bulls——2,005166.26/cwt160.00–172.003,33412
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07358.86/cwt50.00–70.006322
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,098119.77/cwt115.00–123.001,3153
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,100110.93/cwt110.00–112.501,2205
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,170129.93/cwt125.00–134.001,5208
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,285154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,9791
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,463145.66/cwt138.00–151.002,13120
Cows—Premium White 65-75%1,631145.21/cwt143.50–151.002,3685

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.