Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2024-11-04

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Nov 4
● Final44 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,817 head
▼ 1,130 vs last sale 3,947▼ 1,796 vs year ago 4,613 · −38.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
143 head
▲ 78 vs last sale 65▼ 87 vs year ago 230 · −37.8%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last week: Limited number of light steers last week. Steers 550 lbs 9.00 higher, 800 lbs 3.00 higher, 850 lbs 12.00 higher with instances sharply higher, 950 lbs 11.00 higher. Heifers 700 lbs 8.00-9.00 lower, 750 lbs 3.00 lower, 800 lbs 1.00 higher, 850 lbs 3.00-4.00 higher, 900 lbs 7.00-8.00 higher. Many load lots of mostly yearlings, along with plenty of smaller strings in the offering today. Demand good throughout the sale. Slaughter cows: Breaker cows steady to 2.00 lower with light numbers today. Boner cows steady to 1.00 higher. Lean cows 3.00 higher. Not enough bulls today 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 $281.69/cwt on 141 head. That ranks 1 of 25 comparable sales and sits −132.89 against this barn's trailing median of $414.58.
Average price
$281.69
141 head · 533 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,503
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$113
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$22.49/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−9.81
vs SD average
+23.30 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1533282.491,507136
Medium and Large 1-2536260.001,3945thin
One grade step is worth $22.49/cwt here — about $113 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 sale141 hd
281.69
—
SD average11 barns · 6,032 hd
291.50
−9.81
National average194 barns · 18,518 hd
258.39
+23.30
This barn, trailing median25 sales
414.58
−132.89
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—Low1,904141.552,6959thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,551139.442,16314
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,382129.191,78529
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,308103.741,35779

Every lot

44 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
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1418365.81/cwt355.00–375.001,52937
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2447340.00/cwt340.00–340.001,5207
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1486321.87/cwt316.00–330.001,56466
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1532314.13/cwt300.00–322.501,67162
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2532289.00/cwt289.00–289.001,53724
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1567309.40/cwt301.00–321.001,75470
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2599280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,67718
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1634284.30/cwt273.00–300.001,80288
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1652281.00/cwt281.00–281.001,83211
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1735263.02/cwt255.00–272.001,933132
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1763261.48/cwt243.00–265.501,995109
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1837258.73/cwt245.00–262.752,16695
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1-2843235.00/cwt235.00–235.001,9816
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1-2876232.00/cwt232.00–232.002,0329
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1885259.17/cwt256.00–260.752,294191
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1902248.75/cwt248.75–248.752,24427
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1-2949224.00/cwt224.00–224.002,1267
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1968244.84/cwt225.00–250.002,370201
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1306365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,1177
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1367346.76/cwt340.00–350.001,27318
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1415325.18/cwt322.50–330.001,34936
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1Replacement509296.00/cwt296.00–296.001,50710
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1522285.77/cwt265.00–292.001,49284
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1-2536260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,3945
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1562272.70/cwt270.00–276.001,53342
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1614263.45/cwt263.00–265.001,61827
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1664261.53/cwt259.00–267.001,73729
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1722243.17/cwt242.00–250.001,75694
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1786239.53/cwt235.00–241.001,883131
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1816241.24/cwt230.50–244.501,969236
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1874232.38/cwt220.00–239.002,03173
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Fleshy882217.76/cwt216.75–218.751,921116
Heifers900–950Medium and Large 1919227.08/cwt218.00–234.002,087250
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1987209.00/cwt209.00–209.002,0638
Heifers1000–1050Large 11,019197.00/cwt197.00–197.002,00718
Heifers1050–1100Large 11,095194.76/cwt194.00–196.502,13323
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,864136.16/cwt131.00–140.002,5385
Bulls——1,954148.29/cwt144.00–156.002,8984
Slaughter Cattle · Cows6 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,11975.80/cwt60.00–87.5084817
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,276102.56/cwt90.00–112.001,30930
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,382129.19/cwt126.00–131.501,78529
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,439119.68/cwt114.00–123.001,72232
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,481147.00/cwt147.00–147.002,1774
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,579136.41/cwt136.00–140.002,15410

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.