Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2019-05-13
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-05-13

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers 3.00 to 5.00 lower, with instances to 10.00 lower. Light to moderate demand for this lighter offering of feeder cattle, best demand for light fleshed cattle for backgrounding. A few long strings of backgrounded yearling steers and heifers offered in full loads and multiple load lots, balance smaller packages of home-raised steers and heifers. The market activity was slow to moderate as CME Live and Cattle futures over 2.00 lower. These continued losses in the futures complex have cattle feeders extremely concerned and they are approaching the feeder cattle market very cautiously. Flesh condition light to moderate plus, the home-raised cattle that were strictly hay fed are in a very light flesh condition and look rough in appearance as the winter was long and harsh and spring has been cool and wet. Slaughter cows steady to instances of 2.00 higher than Wednesday's sale, bulls rather steady.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.80/cwt on 587 head.

Average price

$128.80

587 head · 754 lb average

Value per head Derived

$971

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$369

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1

$24.39/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−6.37

vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	403	152.33	614	20
Medium and Large 2	550	131.00	721	5thin
Medium and Large 1	769	127.94	983	562

One grade step is worth $24.39/cwt here — about −$369 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale587 hd

128.80

—

SD average6 barns · 5,867 hd

135.17

−6.37

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Average	2,061	84.06	1,732	4thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,600	64.20	1,027	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,248	61.29	765	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	High	1,151	50.58	582	17

Every lot, as filed

34 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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Guaranteed Open	—	410	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	648	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	649	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	909	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	453	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	752	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	147.37/cwt	144.00–150.00	847	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	689	128.19/cwt	125.00–131.00	883	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	152.20/cwt	146.00–154.00	796	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	933	113.80/cwt	113.25–115.00	1,062	95
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	745	130.11/cwt	127.00–131.25	969	105
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	785	125.25/cwt	125.25–125.25	983	113
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	1,021	132
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	303	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	506	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	446	146.04/cwt	141.00–151.00	651	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	550	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	721	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	797	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	1,064	70
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	616	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	1,023	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	170.52/cwt	165.00–176.00	875	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	898	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	1,011	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	654	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,020	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	887	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,126	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	915	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	1,167	116
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	559	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	934	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	522	174.47/cwt	174.00–175.00	911	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	383	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	766	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	419	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	670	5
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	706	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	494	5
Bulls	—	—	2,061	84.06/cwt	82.50–85.00	1,732	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,165	54.00/cwt	54.00–54.00	629	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,252	61.64/cwt	54.00–67.00	772	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,645	60.38/cwt	59.00–62.00	993	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,574	66.38/cwt	64.00–72.00	1,045	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,055	61.00/cwt	61.00–61.00	644	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,205	59.22/cwt	55.50–63.50	714	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,146	47.79/cwt	43.00–51.50	548	13

How this sale compares

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.

South Dakota feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Sioux Falls Regional Cattle Auction - Worthing, SD

Mon May 13, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Sioux Falls, SD (LS-SF)

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,105Last week 2,487Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 60Last week 75Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	410	158.00	158.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	453	166.00	166.00
22	—	575	144.00–150.00	147.37
38	—	689	125.00–131.00	128.19
40	—	523	146.00–154.00	152.20
95	—	933	113.25–115.00	113.80
105	—	745	127.00–131.25	130.11
113	—	785	125.25	125.25
132	—	827	123.50	123.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	303	167.00	167.00
14	—	446	141.00–151.00	146.04
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	550	131.00	131.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	649	140.00	140.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
70	—	797	133.50	133.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	616	166.00	166.00
12	—	513	165.00–176.00	170.52
18	—	488	184.00	184.00
22	—	565	179.00	179.00
24	—	654	156.00	156.00
65	—	887	127.00	127.00
116	—	915	127.50	127.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	559	167.00	167.00
17	—	522	174.00–175.00	174.47
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	383	200.00	200.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	419	160.00	160.00
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	706	70.00	70.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	2,061	82.50–85.00	84.06
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,165	54.00	54.00
21	—	1,252	54.00–67.00	61.64
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,645	59.00–62.00	60.38
7	—	1,574	64.00–72.00	66.38
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,055	61.00	61.00
3	—	1,205	55.50–63.50	59.22
13	—	1,146	43.00–51.50	47.79

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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