Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-09-28
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-09-28

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers too lightly tested last week to offer a good comparison with this week’s larger steer offering. Feeder heifers sold with steady undertones as comparisons were very limited. Good demand for yearling steers and heifers, there were a couple of long strings of yearlings, offered in load lots and multiple load lots, that sold on an active market. Flesh condition of these cattle was moderate to moderate plus. A few consignments of calves, much less attractive quality than last week, along with fewer farmer feeder buyers resulted in a market that was not as active. Farmer feeders busy with corn harvest this week as the weather has been very warm and dry allowing for an early start this fall. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower, compared to Wednesday’s sale, bulls 2.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $139.85/cwt on 701 head.

Average price

$139.85

701 head · 864 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,208

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$110

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

$17.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.89

vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	849	141.67	1,203	616
Medium and Large 1-2	821	131.40	1,078	15thin
Large 1	1,039	126.06	1,310	54
Medium and Large 2	878	124.50	1,093	16thin

One grade step is worth $17.17/cwt here — about $110 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 sale701 hd

139.85

—

SD average7 barns · 12,333 hd

141.74

−1.89

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	1,948	78.48	1,529	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,501	63.33	951	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,292	58.63	757	6thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,165	51.19	597	15

Every lot, as filed

36 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 1	—	377	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	615	16
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	535	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	803	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	648	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	966	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	940	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,128	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	741	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	1,030	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	142.66/cwt	139.00–144.75	1,176	156
Bulls	—	—	1,924	79.88/cwt	76.00–84.00	1,537	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,680	73.50/cwt	73.50–73.50	1,235	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,515	57.84/cwt	57.50–58.50	876	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,249	50.50/cwt	50.50–50.50	631	8
Bulls	—	—	2,185	64.50/cwt	64.50–64.50	1,409	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	785	35.00/cwt	35.00–35.00	275	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	517	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	724	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	561	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	780	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	937	134.14/cwt	134.00–135.25	1,257	140
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,474	64.12/cwt	60.00–65.00	945	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,117	54.82/cwt	54.50–56.50	612	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,292	58.63/cwt	56.00–61.50	757	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	158.35/cwt	158.00–159.00	652	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	641	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	929	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	809	135.84/cwt	132.50–142.00	1,099	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	863	133.66/cwt	127.00–134.50	1,153	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	520	164.16/cwt	162.00–166.00	854	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	737	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,135	44
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	878	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,093	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	751	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	834	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	952	132.26/cwt	127.00–133.25	1,259	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	884	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	1,242	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	417	183.31/cwt	181.00–186.00	764	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	481	146.88/cwt	143.00–149.00	706	16
Steers	Large 1	—	1,005	128.75/cwt	128.75–128.75	1,294	22
Steers	Large 1	—	1,063	124.21/cwt	123.25–126.00	1,320	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	569	136.90/cwt	134.00–138.00	779	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	606	143.50/cwt	143.50–143.50	870	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	815	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,019	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	702	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	758	5

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 28, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,187Last week 1,970Year ago 1,895

Slaughter CattleReceipts 50Last week 130Year ago 95

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	377	163.00	163.00
10	—	517	140.00	140.00
10	—	561	139.00	139.00
17	—	412	158.00–159.00	158.35
26	—	809	132.50–142.00	135.84
86	—	863	127.00–134.50	133.66
16	—	481	143.00–149.00	146.88
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	751	111.00	111.00
17	—	815	125.00	125.00
5	—	702	108.00	108.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	569	134.00–138.00	136.90
30	—	606	143.50	143.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	535	150.00	150.00
6	—	648	149.00	149.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	940	120.00	120.00
9	—	741	139.00	139.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
156	—	824	139.00–144.75	142.66
140	—	937	134.00–135.25	134.14
20	—	520	162.00–166.00	164.16
44	—	737	154.00	154.00
84	—	952	127.00–133.25	132.26
143	—	884	140.50	140.50
20	—	417	181.00–186.00	183.31
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	641	145.00	145.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	878	124.50	124.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,005	128.75	128.75
32	—	1,063	123.25–126.00	124.21

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,924	76.00–84.00	79.88
1	—	2,185	64.50	64.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,680	73.50	73.50
3	—	1,515	57.50–58.50	57.84
8	—	1,474	60.00–65.00	64.12
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,249	50.50	50.50
1	—	785	35.00	35.00
6	—	1,117	54.50–56.50	54.82
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,292	56.00–61.50	58.63

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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