Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-03-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 2.00 higher, except 750-800 lbs 3.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers mostly steady, except 800-850 lbs steady to 2.00 lower. Good to very good demand, which is an improvement from last week. There were plenty of farmer feeders on the seats actively bidding and willing to push the market higher to get cattle bought. The futures markets had a very rough last week as the stock market plunged and rattled the commodities, but as the CME cattle futures opened triple digits higher today buyers were feeling better. There were plenty of high quailty, attractive steers and heifers offered, but flesh condition wasn't as light as has been seen in recent weeks. In spite of a little more flesh buyers were ready to buy cattle. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 2.00 lower than last Wednesday, bulls not well compared.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $156.37/cwt on 1,178 head.

Average price

$156.37

1,178 head · 661 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,034

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$305

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

$15.73/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+11.82

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	429	171.64	736	34
Medium and Large 1	668	155.91	1,042	1,144

One grade step is worth $15.73/cwt here — about −$305 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 sale1,178 hd

156.37

—

SD average8 barns · 11,712 hd

144.55

+11.82

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	1,720	66.30	1,140	2thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,559	59.80	932	64
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,340	55.28	741	36
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,054	39.42	416	10

Every lot, as filed

42 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	—	646	130.50/cwt	127.00–133.00	843	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	682	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	870	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	705	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	874	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	833	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,050	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	583	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	764	7
Bulls	—	—	1,720	66.30/cwt	65.00–68.00	1,140	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,256	60.03/cwt	58.00–62.00	754	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,368	53.70/cwt	48.00–57.50	735	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,732	55.28/cwt	52.00–56.50	957	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,541	60.27/cwt	57.00–65.00	929	58
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	838	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	1,123	36
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	323	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	575	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	503	162.46/cwt	160.00–166.00	817	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	160.74/cwt	150.00–164.00	1,009	211
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	390	188.35/cwt	187.00–192.00	735	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	476	172.65/cwt	171.00–176.00	822	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	423	188.82/cwt	187.00–190.00	799	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	176.18/cwt	170.00–181.00	909	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	162.98/cwt	153.00–171.00	936	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	149.58/cwt	141.50–151.25	1,087	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	153.15/cwt	149.50–158.00	1,034	167
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	147.82/cwt	139.75–152.50	1,122	172
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	391	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	719	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	438	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	657	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	722	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	888	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	684	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	146.82/cwt	145.00–148.00	793	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	158.98/cwt	153.00–161.00	760	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	874	131.36/cwt	130.50–133.00	1,148	88
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	411	158.98/cwt	152.00–164.00	653	58
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	675	134.04/cwt	131.25–140.00	905	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	118.54/cwt	118.00–120.00	970	103
Heifers	Medium 1	—	756	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	756	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	776	126.86/cwt	125.25–129.00	984	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	143.66/cwt	139.50–148.00	825	169
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,088	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	555	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,046	36.53/cwt	35.00–40.00	382	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	397	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	611	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	328	168.07/cwt	165.00–173.00	551	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	710	129.91/cwt	129.50–131.00	922	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	626	137.60/cwt	135.00–139.50	861	38
Steers	Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed	—	437	193.07/cwt	191.00–195.00	844	23

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 Mar 2, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,297Last week 5,427Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 130Last week 65Year 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
12	—	646	127.00–133.00	130.50
35	—	682	127.50	127.50
39	—	705	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	438	150.00	150.00
9	—	722	123.00	123.00
16	—	482	142.00	142.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	540	145.00–148.00	146.82
104	—	478	153.00–161.00	158.98
58	—	411	152.00–164.00	158.98
80	—	675	131.25–140.00	134.04
103	—	818	118.00–120.00	118.54
106	—	776	125.25–129.00	126.86
169	—	574	139.50–148.00	143.66
9	—	397	154.00	154.00
12	—	328	165.00–173.00	168.07
34	—	710	129.50–131.00	129.91
38	—	626	135.00–139.50	137.60
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	756	100.00	100.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	833	126.00	126.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	838	134.00	134.00
211	—	628	150.00–164.00	160.74
11	—	390	187.00–192.00	188.35
15	—	476	171.00–176.00	172.65
19	—	423	187.00–190.00	188.82
96	—	516	170.00–181.00	176.18
135	—	574	153.00–171.00	162.98
166	—	727	141.50–151.25	149.58
167	—	675	149.50–158.00	153.15
172	—	759	139.75–152.50	147.82
88	—	874	130.50–133.00	131.36
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	323	178.00	178.00
17	—	503	160.00–166.00	162.46
8	—	391	184.00	184.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Thin Fleshed$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	437	191.00–195.00	193.07
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	583	131.00	131.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,720	65.00–68.00	66.30
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,256	58.00–62.00	60.03
27	—	1,368	48.00–57.50	53.70
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,732	52.00–56.50	55.28
58	—	1,541	57.00–65.00	60.27
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,088	51.00	51.00
8	—	1,046	35.00–40.00	36.53

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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