Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2024-10-07

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Oct 7
● Final46 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,596 head
▲ 544 vs last sale 2,052▲ 1,488 vs year ago 1,108 · +134.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
68 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 73▼ 92 vs year ago 160 · −57.5%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last week: Limited number of light steers both weeks. Steers 850 lbs sharply higher today, 950 lbs 6.00 higher. Heifers 650-750 lbs 7.00-13.00 higher, 850 lbs mostly steady, 900 lbs 4.00-6.00 higher. Most of the sale consisted of load lots of both calves and yearlings. A lot of cattle coming off the grass today. Prices were driven up, as order buyers competed for the load lot consignments. Slaughter cows: Light test of slaughter cows today. No Breaker cows. Not enough Boner cows last week for comparison. Lean cows steady to 1.00 higher today. Not enough bulls last sale to compare.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $247.48/cwt on 34 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −167.10 against this barn's trailing median of $414.58.
Average price
$247.48
34 head · 561 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,389
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$197
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$31.28/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−28.71
vs SD average
−5.20 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1565261.281,47619thin
Medium and Large 1-2556230.001,28015thin
One grade step is worth $31.28/cwt here — about $197 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 sale34 hd
247.48
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SD average5 barns · 432 hd
276.19
−28.71
National average183 barns · 16,319 hd
252.68
−5.20
This barn, trailing median25 sales
414.58
−167.10
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—Low1,872144.222,70011
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,396128.271,79123
CowsLean 85-90%Low1,291106.051,37031

Every lot

46 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 · Steers19 lots · lightest first
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1319385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,2286
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1-2389315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,2259
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1411351.00/cwt351.00–351.001,4436
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2446315.00/cwt315.00–315.001,4058
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1480292.07/cwt289.00–305.501,40227
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1536266.73/cwt265.00–268.001,43031
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1571269.76/cwt267.00–272.001,54049
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1-2611246.00/cwt246.00–246.001,5035
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1628255.65/cwt249.00–265.001,60534
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1676256.00/cwt256.00–256.001,7315
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1-2703239.91/cwt232.50–242.001,68723
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1755268.14/cwt265.00–269.002,02498
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1806260.00/cwt260.00–260.002,09674
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1868257.88/cwt239.00–259.502,238143
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1917233.67/cwt221.00–238.502,143265
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1968230.90/cwt228.00–233.002,23597
Steers1000–1050Large 11,032222.22/cwt219.00–223.002,293143
Steers1050–1100Large 11,073225.00/cwt225.00–225.002,41426
Steers1100–1150Large 11,122210.50/cwt210.50–210.502,36249
Feeder Cattle · Heifers19 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330354.57/cwt345.00–370.001,17012
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1Unweaned385302.50/cwt302.50–302.501,16517
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1417293.70/cwt281.00–310.001,22511
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1469275.37/cwt266.00–295.001,29144
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2506237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,2026
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1565261.28/cwt251.00–273.001,47619
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2590225.00/cwt225.00–225.001,3289
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1686258.04/cwt254.00–258.751,770101
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1738253.50/cwt253.50–253.501,87182
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1769245.34/cwt242.00–250.501,887253
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1-2787221.00/cwt221.00–221.001,73916
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1812228.00/cwt228.00–228.001,85112
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Spayed870235.50/cwt235.50–235.502,04960
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1878219.61/cwt214.00–226.001,92861
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1908223.00/cwt223.00–223.002,02561
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1Spayed972217.51/cwt215.00–220.002,114208
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1997205.99/cwt205.00–214.002,054128
Heifers1000–1050Large 11,035200.00/cwt200.00–200.002,0705
Heifers1100–1150Large 11,127194.75/cwt194.75–194.752,19546
Feeder Cattle · Dairy Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Heifers850–900Medium 1884130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,14913
Dairy Heifers1050–1100Medium 11,074130.00/cwt130.00–130.001,39610
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,850137.00/cwt137.00–137.002,5351
Bulls——1,874144.94/cwt142.00–147.002,71610
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,18668.53/cwt55.00–87.008134
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,223117.72/cwt112.00–124.001,44015
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,396128.27/cwt125.00–133.001,79123
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,412103.98/cwt101.00–111.001,46812

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.