Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2019-09-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-09-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Feeder steers 5.00 to 10.00 lower, feeder heifers 3.00 to 7.00 lower. Demand moderate for this nice offering of high quality, attractive, strings of yearling steers and heifers. Several long strings of steers and heifers offered in full loads and multiple load lots in a light to moderate flesh condition, some off grass. Cattle feeders have been hammered by much lower cash fed cattle prices and now a futures complex that continues to plummet even further. This negativity is making it very difficult to discern at what price level feeder cattle should be bought at. In spite of these challenging conditions there were plenty of buyers at the auction ready to buy these yearlings, yet they were very cautious in their pursuit of the market. Slaughter cows steady to weak, bulls steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $131.15/cwt on 1,862 head.

Average price

$131.15

1,862 head · 844 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,107

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$187

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$19.62/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+3.71

vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	832	132.18	1,100	1,753
Medium and Large 1-2	790	122.57	968	14thin
Medium and Large 2	716	117.00	838	16thin
Large 1	1,143	112.56	1,286	79

One grade step is worth $19.62/cwt here — about −$187 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 sale1,862 hd

131.15

—

SD average5 barns · 8,823 hd

127.44

+3.71

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	—	Low	1,770	79.55	1,408	8thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,597	72.10	1,151	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,282	63.75	817	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,134	52.86	599	27

Every lot, as filed

45 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 1Fleshy	—	699	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	832	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	857	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	960	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	1,098	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	1,098	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	830	112.49/cwt	105.00–115.00	934	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	751	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	916	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	714	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	137.89/cwt	135.00–141.00	728	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	758	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	856	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	1,014	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	614	128.48/cwt	124.00–136.00	789	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	772	129.83/cwt	128.00–132.25	1,002	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	681	130.36/cwt	125.00–134.00	888	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	132.23/cwt	129.00–137.00	957	166
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	130.50/cwt	121.50–133.00	1,082	267
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	947	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	994	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	553	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	691	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	769	123.50/cwt	123.50–123.50	950	7
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	—	1,006	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,187	9
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	—	1,087	114.67/cwt	111.00–116.50	1,246	24
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	—	1,219	109.00/cwt	109.00–109.00	1,329	38
Steers	Large 1	—	1,103	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	1,291	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	717	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	860	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	964	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,089	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	835	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,060	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	937	120.50/cwt	120.50–120.50	1,129	89
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	942	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	468	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	768	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	629	147.78/cwt	147.50–148.00	930	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	971	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	1,248	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	134.03/cwt	130.00–135.00	1,027	103
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	136.07/cwt	129.00–139.50	989	288
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	918	129.92/cwt	126.00–132.00	1,193	291
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	860	129.34/cwt	127.75–133.00	1,112	300
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	134.72/cwt	128.75–136.00	1,111	495
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	863	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	958	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Thin Fleshed	—	693	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	956	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	716	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	838	16
Bulls	—	—	1,609	76.51/cwt	73.00–78.00	1,231	4
Bulls	—	—	1,930	82.59/cwt	80.00–84.50	1,594	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,282	63.75/cwt	59.50–67.00	817	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,230	62.00/cwt	62.00–62.00	763	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,510	68.02/cwt	66.50–69.50	1,027	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,639	73.74/cwt	70.75–77.50	1,209	21
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,042	48.81/cwt	43.00–54.00	509	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,197	55.65/cwt	54.00–57.00	666	16

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 Sep 9, 2019

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,901Last week 2,230Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 100Last week 135Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	699	119.00	119.00
7	—	857	112.00	112.00
12	—	1,098	100.00	100.00
20	—	830	105.00–115.00	112.49
29	—	751	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	468	152.50	152.50
12	—	528	135.00–141.00	137.89
14	—	583	130.00	130.00
16	—	856	118.50	118.50
32	—	614	124.00–136.00	128.48
32	—	772	128.00–132.25	129.83
80	—	681	125.00–134.00	130.36
166	—	724	129.00–137.00	132.23
267	—	829	121.50–133.00	130.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	947	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	553	125.00	125.00
7	—	769	123.50	123.50
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,006	118.00	118.00
24	—	1,087	111.00–116.50	114.67
38	—	1,219	109.00	109.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,103	117.00	117.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	717	120.00	120.00
6	—	964	113.00	113.00
80	—	835	127.00	127.00
89	—	937	120.50	120.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	678	139.00	139.00
8	—	468	164.00	164.00
30	—	629	147.50–148.00	147.78
52	—	971	128.50	128.50
103	—	766	130.00–135.00	134.03
288	—	727	129.00–139.50	136.07
291	—	918	126.00–132.00	129.92
300	—	860	127.75–133.00	129.34
495	—	825	128.75–136.00	134.72
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	863	111.00	111.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	693	138.00	138.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	716	117.00	117.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,609	73.00–78.00	76.51
4	—	1,930	80.00–84.50	82.59
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,282	59.50–67.00	63.75
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,230	62.00	62.00
6	—	1,510	66.50–69.50	68.02
21	—	1,639	70.75–77.50	73.74
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,042	43.00–54.00	48.81
16	—	1,197	54.00–57.00	55.65

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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