Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2024-10-28

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Oct 28
● Final41 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,947 head
▼ 435 vs last sale 4,382▲ 3,042 vs year ago 905 · +336.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
65 head
▲ 7 vs last sale 58▼ 35 vs year ago 100 · −35.0%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last week: Steers 500 lbs 14.00-15.00 higher, 550 lbs 5.00-6.00 higher. Limited numbers last week for light steers. Steers 800 lbs 4.00 higher, 850 lbs mostly steady to 2.00 higher, 900 lbs 1.00-2.00 higher, 950 lbs 2.00 lower with instances 4.00 lower. Heifers 600 lbs 7.00-12.00 higher, 700 lbs 1.00-2.00 lower, 750 lbs 3.00-4.00 lower, 800 lbs 8.00 higher, 850 lbs steady to 2.00 higher, 900 lbs mostly 4.00 higher. Most of the sale consisted of load lots of mainly yearling cattle, along with plenty of smaller packages offered. Demand was good today, especially on the loads of yearling cattle. Slaughter cows: Not enough Breaker or Boner cows this week for comparison. Lean cows steady. Bulls 4.00 lower.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $312.67/cwt on 182 head. That ranks 1 of 23 comparable sales and sits −161.30 against this barn's trailing median of $473.97.
Average price
$312.67
182 head · 548 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,714
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
—
single grade reported
vs the market
−5.87
vs SD average
+11.98 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1548312.671,714182
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 sale182 hd
312.67
—
SD average11 barns · 10,836 hd
318.54
−5.87
National average185 barns · 40,108 hd
300.69
+11.98
This barn, trailing median23 sales
473.97
−161.30
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—Average1,733146.942,54713
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,038138.081,4334thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,368128.281,7557thin
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,20798.701,19136

Every lot

41 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 · Steers16 lots · lightest first
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1376396.92/cwt395.00–400.001,49215
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1406382.50/cwt382.50–382.501,55377
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1485331.23/cwt330.00–332.001,60615
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1527320.25/cwt313.00–321.001,688112
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1582300.53/cwt291.00–310.001,74970
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1619297.34/cwt290.00–301.001,84118
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1674274.73/cwt267.00–290.001,852132
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1745254.00/cwt254.00–254.001,89212
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1764257.77/cwt253.00–266.001,96935
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1824255.62/cwt252.50–258.002,106171
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1888237.85/cwt235.00–248.502,112109
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1929239.15/cwt233.00–253.002,222341
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1976233.71/cwt229.00–239.002,281260
Steers1000–1050Large 11,034225.43/cwt224.00–227.502,331276
Steers1050–1100Large 11,062222.45/cwt216.00–227.752,362630
Steers1100–1150Large 11,101219.00/cwt219.00–219.002,411151
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1366343.42/cwt342.50–352.501,25755
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1425320.06/cwt310.00–340.001,36017
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1492309.04/cwt301.00–310.001,520114
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1517307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,58713
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1558304.00/cwt304.00–304.001,69610
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1-2569272.00/cwt272.00–272.001,54820
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Replacement600282.00/cwt282.00–282.001,69216
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1619270.10/cwt255.00–272.501,67293
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1657260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,70811
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1723252.48/cwt241.00–258.001,825188
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1-2738236.00/cwt236.00–236.001,7427
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1776242.10/cwt238.00–255.001,879106
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1818240.17/cwt228.75–249.001,965169
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1865228.83/cwt224.00–236.001,979150
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1920218.69/cwt211.00–223.502,012140
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1960211.00/cwt211.00–211.002,02661
Heifers1000–1050Large 11,007200.00/cwt200.00–200.002,01418
Heifers1050–1100Large 11,056205.00/cwt205.00–205.002,16522
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,687150.43/cwt142.00–154.002,53810
Bulls——1,888135.29/cwt132.50–138.002,5543
Slaughter Cattle · Cows5 lots · lightest first
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,038138.08/cwt134.00–142.501,4334
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,07368.90/cwt60.00–82.507399
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,247102.15/cwt92.50–108.001,27415
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,258116.74/cwt112.00–123.001,46912
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,368128.28/cwt125.00–132.001,7557

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.