Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2019-06-17

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Jun 17
● Final80 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
7,687 head
▲ 6,653 vs last sale 1,034▲ 7,687 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
125 head
▼ 25 vs last sale 150▲ 125 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers too lightly tested last week to allow meaningful price comparisons, steady to higher undertones prevailed. Good demand for this very large offering of feeder cattle, which featured fall calves and yearlings. A positive day in both the Live Cattle and Feeder Cattle futures contracts helped to infuse a little optimism into the minds of cattle feeders, yet still much concern remains as corn futures climb and the cash fed cattle market remains weak. Many buyers on the seats, order buyers and farmer feeders, as so many cattle were on offer. Many more farmer feeders in town ready to buy cattle which made for a very active market. There were many long strings, offered in full loads and multiple load lots, giving buyers the opportunity to make uniform pens of high quality cattle. Flesh condition was very attractive, as was the quality ovearall, with many cattle in a light to moderate flesh. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 higher compared to Wednesday's sale, bulls not well tested.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $128.76/cwt on 3,607 head.
Average price
$128.76
3,607 head · 745 lb average
Value per head Derived
$960
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$50
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$36.65/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.15
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2594134.96802221
Medium 1643133.0085517thin
Medium and Large 1744131.469783,049
Large 11,093111.751,2216thin
Medium and Large 286698.32851314
One grade step is worth $36.65/cwt here — about −$50 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 sale3,607 hd
128.76
—
SD average4 barns · 9,783 hd
124.61
+4.15
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Low1,71079.001,3512thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,50065.3998134
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,30363.5282832
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,20458.4170319

Every lot, as filed

80 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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersLarge 1—1,111112.50/cwt112.50–112.501,250142
SteersLarge 1—1,030118.94/cwt118.75–119.501,225142
SteersLarge 1—1,079119.20/cwt117.25–121.851,286103
SteersLarge 1Fleshy—1,213109.25/cwt109.25–109.251,32511
HeifersMedium and Large 2—889100.99/cwt100.50–108.50898230
HeifersMedium and Large 2—80391.00/cwt91.00–91.0073184
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed—315171.00/cwt171.00–171.005395
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—588136.05/cwt123.00–143.0080055
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—619132.71/cwt130.00–138.0082147
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—667129.85/cwt129.50–131.0086640
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—522136.50/cwt134.00–142.0071328
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—846118.00/cwt118.00–118.0099817
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—470134.00/cwt134.00–134.0063011
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—444150.00/cwt150.00–150.0066610
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—371157.00/cwt157.00–157.005828
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—464167.00/cwt167.00–167.0077522
HeifersMedium and Large 1Thin Fleshed—319200.00/cwt200.00–200.006386
HeifersMedium and Large 1—779126.58/cwt122.00–135.00986570
HeifersMedium and Large 1—829123.58/cwt120.00–127.001,024455
HeifersMedium and Large 1—720133.22/cwt126.00–141.00959396
HeifersMedium and Large 1—874120.15/cwt118.00–125.001,050306
HeifersMedium and Large 1—683136.28/cwt132.25–140.00931295
HeifersMedium and Large 1—620145.60/cwt136.50–161.00903279
HeifersMedium and Large 1—571149.47/cwt142.00–157.00853143
HeifersMedium and Large 1—516152.11/cwt147.00–158.0078587
HeifersMedium and Large 1—938115.55/cwt115.00–116.001,08456
HeifersMedium and Large 1—976119.33/cwt117.00–123.251,16546
HeifersMedium and Large 1—477153.59/cwt151.00–158.0073342
HeifersMedium and Large 1—437156.16/cwt154.00–159.0068236
HeifersMedium and Large 1—387169.00/cwt169.00–169.006549
HeifersMedium and Large 1—334169.00/cwt169.00–169.005647
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open—769128.35/cwt128.35–128.3598763
HeifersMedium and Large 1Guaranteed Open—550154.00/cwt154.00–154.0084738
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—928112.39/cwt111.00–113.501,043108
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—785117.39/cwt117.00–117.5092237
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—960113.00/cwt113.00–113.001,08524
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—828116.00/cwt116.00–116.0096017
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—869111.00/cwt111.00–111.009657
HeifersMedium 1—643133.00/cwt133.00–133.0085517
HeifersLarge 1—1,093111.75/cwt111.75–111.751,2216
CowsLean 85-90%—1,22160.40/cwt57.00–65.5073715
CowsLean 85-90%—1,14250.95/cwt47.50–55.005824
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,47667.84/cwt64.00–70.001,00121
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,53961.42/cwt58.00–63.0094513
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,30264.18/cwt60.50–70.5083625
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,33559.34/cwt58.00–60.007926
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,13572.00/cwt72.00–72.008171
Bulls——1,78075.00/cwt75.00–75.001,3351
Bulls——1,64083.00/cwt83.00–83.001,3611
SteersMedium and Large 2—981104.50/cwt104.50–104.501,025185
SteersMedium and Large 2—1,074100.25/cwt100.25–100.251,07792
SteersMedium and Large 2—1,112101.00/cwt101.00–101.001,12380
SteersMedium and Large 2—889106.00/cwt103.00–107.0094243
SteersMedium and Large 2—739115.50/cwt115.50–115.5085418
SteersMedium and Large 2—943110.00/cwt110.00–110.001,03716
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—624153.30/cwt146.00–159.0095796
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—579157.88/cwt150.50–160.0091486
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—771128.07/cwt126.00–131.0098748
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—920123.00/cwt123.00–123.001,13220
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—679149.25/cwt149.25–149.251,01318
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—523151.84/cwt144.00–156.0079415
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—467169.50/cwt169.50–169.5079213
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—354180.00/cwt180.00–180.006377
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—429175.00/cwt175.00–175.007516
SteersMedium and Large 1—683152.53/cwt146.00–159.501,042414
SteersMedium and Large 1—919127.84/cwt124.00–133.601,175372
SteersMedium and Large 1—734148.14/cwt144.75–151.251,087265
SteersMedium and Large 1—875128.56/cwt123.75–133.751,125256
SteersMedium and Large 1—772142.28/cwt135.50–147.501,098232
SteersMedium and Large 1—819139.99/cwt133.00–145.001,147208
SteersMedium and Large 1—622160.38/cwt157.00–163.00998190
SteersMedium and Large 1—974124.91/cwt121.50–127.251,217181
SteersMedium and Large 1—577162.87/cwt162.00–164.0094067
SteersMedium and Large 1—511178.59/cwt176.00–180.0091362
SteersMedium and Large 1—428180.87/cwt177.00–185.0077417
SteersMedium and Large 1—372193.50/cwt183.00–198.0072017
SteersMedium and Large 1—499178.00/cwt178.00–178.008887
SteersMedium and Large 1—340191.00/cwt191.00–191.006493
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—553148.00/cwt148.00–148.0081817
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—719141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,0147

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.