Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-10-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-10-19

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Yearling feeder steers steady to 5.00 lower, yearling heifers 3.00 to 5.00 lower with instances of 5.00 to 10.00 lower on 750-850 lbs. Few spring born calves offered this week, too few to offer a price comparison. Demand for yearlings more moderate this week as the cash fed cattle market retreated last week and CME Live Cattle contracts losing more than 3.00 today. A large offering of feedlot backgrounded yearlings, several very long strings including one string of more than 900 steers. There were many full loads and multiple load lots in the offering, flesh condition moderate to moderate plus. The market was not as active as cattle feeders approached the feeder market with more caution than in recent weeks. Slaughter cows unevenly steady in a narrow comparison, bulls steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $135.18/cwt on 1,541 head.

Average price

$135.18

1,541 head · 880 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,189

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$55

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

$0.22/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−16.93

vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	881	135.19	1,192	1,475
Medium and Large 1-2	842	134.97	1,137	66

One grade step is worth $0.22/cwt here — about $55 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 sale1,541 hd

135.18

—

SD average11 barns · 25,686 hd

152.11

−16.93

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	1,741	83.84	1,460	7thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,683	73.54	1,238	9thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,378	66.70	919	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,243	57.21	711	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,082	40.52	439	12

Every lot, as filed

41 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
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	730	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	956	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Full	—	773	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	943	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	632	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	790	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	1,023	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	142.27/cwt	139.00–145.00	741	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	426	182.00/cwt	182.00–182.00	775	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	398	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	744	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	524	166.65/cwt	166.00–167.00	873	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	770	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	963	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	619	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	910	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	138.36/cwt	136.50–139.50	1,082	39
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	831	139.00/cwt	132.00–143.75	1,155	226
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	929	133.77/cwt	127.00–134.25	1,243	379
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	960	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,171	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	736	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,016	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	972	128.90/cwt	125.25–131.85	1,253	309
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	591	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	887	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	743	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	988	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	881	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,040	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	706	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	854	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	906	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,128	40
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	132.17/cwt	129.00–135.50	682	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	653	135.43/cwt	130.00–136.00	884	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	826	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,115	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	756	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	1,043	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	833	124.42/cwt	122.00–127.50	1,036	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	383	168.00/cwt	168.00–168.00	643	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,240	57.51/cwt	55.50–61.00	713	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	134.14/cwt	130.00–136.75	1,166	444
Bulls	—	—	1,650	84.18/cwt	79.00–87.00	1,389	4
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,683	73.54/cwt	73.00–74.00	1,238	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,123	48.50/cwt	46.00–52.00	545	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,050	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	683	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,230	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	738	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	919	132.75/cwt	132.75–132.75	1,220	25
Bulls	—	—	2,070	90.08/cwt	88.00–92.00	1,865	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,468	46.77/cwt	44.00–49.50	687	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	986	36.86/cwt	36.00–38.00	363	5
Bulls	—	—	1,450	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,015	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,168	23.97/cwt	22.00–26.00	280	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,378	66.70/cwt	65.50–68.00	919	11

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 Oct 19, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,232Last week 2,855Year ago 1,104

Slaughter CattleReceipts 80Last week 60Year ago 125

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	730	131.00	131.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	426	182.00	182.00
11	—	398	187.00	187.00
20	—	524	166.00–167.00	166.65
12	—	619	147.00	147.00
39	—	782	136.50–139.50	138.36
226	—	831	132.00–143.75	139.00
379	—	929	127.00–134.25	133.77
10	—	736	138.00	138.00
309	—	972	125.25–131.85	128.90
10	—	591	150.00	150.00
444	—	869	130.00–136.75	134.14
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	826	135.00	135.00
18	—	756	138.00	138.00
25	—	919	132.75	132.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Full$ per cwt · actual wt
40	—	773	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	416	152.00	152.00
69	—	790	129.50	129.50
35	—	521	139.00–145.00	142.27
53	—	960	122.00	122.00
17	—	743	133.00	133.00
9	—	881	118.00	118.00
40	—	906	124.50	124.50
97	—	653	130.00–136.00	135.43
46	—	833	122.00–127.50	124.42
5	—	383	168.00	168.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	770	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	706	121.00	121.00
12	—	516	129.00–135.50	132.17

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,240	55.50–61.00	57.51
2	—	1,050	65.00	65.00
2	—	1,468	44.00–49.50	46.77
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,683	73.00–74.00	73.54
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,123	46.00–52.00	48.50
1	—	1,230	60.00	60.00
5	—	986	36.00–38.00	36.86
2	—	1,168	22.00–26.00	23.97
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,378	65.50–68.00	66.70
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,650	79.00–87.00	84.18
2	—	2,070	88.00–92.00	90.08
1	—	1,450	70.00	70.00

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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