Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2024-09-23

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Sep 23
● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,054 head
▲ 11 vs last sale 3,043▲ 1,944 vs year ago 1,110 · +175.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
103 head
▲ 51 vs last sale 52▲ 38 vs year ago 65 · +58.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last week: Limited number of light steers in the previous sale. Steers 850-900 lbs 3.00-4.00 lower, 950 lbs mostly 1.00-3.00 higher. Heifers 650 lbs 8.00 higher, 750 lbs 2.00 lower, 800-900 lbs mostly steady to 3.00 higher. A large portion of the auction consisted of load lots of mostly yearling calves. Plenty of smaller packages in the offering also. Demand was good, especially on load lots of yearling steers. Slaughter cows: Light number of Breaker cows. No comparison. Boner cows steady. Lean cows steady to 2.00 higher. Not enough bulls for comparison.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $293.82/cwt on 47 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −180.14 against this barn's trailing median of $473.97.
Average price
$293.82
47 head · 528 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,552
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$118
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$50.24/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−2.07
vs SD average
+19.53 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1521300.241,56341
Medium and Large 1-2578250.001,4456thin
One grade step is worth $50.24/cwt here — about $118 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale47 hd
293.82
—
SD average4 barns · 159 hd
295.90
−2.07
National average169 barns · 10,664 hd
274.29
+19.53
This barn, trailing median23 sales
473.97
−180.14
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—Low1,735149.312,59018
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,341134.661,80613
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,358128.951,75122
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,29098.671,27345

Every lot

52 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
Steers200–250Medium and Large 1237435.00/cwt435.00–435.001,0318
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1297420.00/cwt420.00–420.001,2475
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1325398.80/cwt385.00–415.001,29611
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1384370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,42117
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1416356.45/cwt350.00–360.001,48329
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1453360.00/cwt360.00–360.001,63112
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1510301.24/cwt281.00–312.501,53630
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1550297.50/cwt297.50–297.501,63611
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2578250.00/cwt250.00–250.001,4456
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1660246.99/cwt233.00–261.001,63022
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1715253.08/cwt240.00–256.001,81062
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1767262.50/cwt262.50–262.502,01379
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1-2Natural794233.00/cwt233.00–233.001,8506
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1817250.24/cwt235.00–257.502,044245
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2843220.99/cwt216.00–231.001,86315
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2870228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,9847
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1882240.85/cwt234.75–259.002,124311
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1929227.82/cwt219.00–244.002,116283
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1972230.76/cwt226.00–231.502,243142
Steers1000–1050Large 11,006224.69/cwt219.50–225.252,260149
Steers1050–1100Large 11,073218.01/cwt209.00–223.002,33922
Feeder Cattle · Heifers22 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 1246405.00/cwt405.00–405.009968
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1Unweaned329390.00/cwt390.00–390.001,2838
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1364351.33/cwt342.50–367.501,27935
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1439316.20/cwt315.00–322.501,38838
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1455325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,47925
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2476281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,33812
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned510297.16/cwt295.00–300.001,51621
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1558241.05/cwt227.00–245.001,34541
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2595217.50/cwt217.50–217.501,29426
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1643231.29/cwt226.00–236.001,48717
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1696244.49/cwt226.00–247.001,70275
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1725227.00/cwt227.00–227.001,6465
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1770238.00/cwt238.00–238.001,833135
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1818223.34/cwt220.00–228.001,82748
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1871221.56/cwt217.00–231.001,930295
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1-2886207.50/cwt207.50–207.501,8385
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1919216.06/cwt212.00–220.001,986143
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1951208.00/cwt208.00–208.001,97817
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1-2970186.00/cwt186.00–186.001,8046
Heifers1000–1050Large 11,021196.49/cwt192.00–210.002,006158
Heifers1050–1100Large 11,070194.04/cwt188.00–211.002,07623
Heifers1100–1150Large 11,131192.00/cwt192.00–192.002,17283
Feeder Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Unweaned470310.00/cwt310.00–310.001,4578
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Unweaned516299.50/cwt299.50–299.501,54516
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,711142.79/cwt137.00–146.002,4439
Bulls——1,758155.83/cwt151.00–167.002,7399
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,10373.52/cwt62.50–85.0081116
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,330102.74/cwt91.00–110.001,36612
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,341134.66/cwt133.00–136.001,80613
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,358128.95/cwt126.00–132.001,75122
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,438119.46/cwt114.00–123.001,71817

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.