Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-11-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-11-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: A light offering of steer and heifer calves, many small packages, too few comparable sales to make a definitive comparison. Too few comparable sales of yearling feeder steers and heifers to allow a full comparison, higher undertones evident. Just moderate demand for calves this week, overall quality was rather uneven as was the preconditioning status. Several consignments of calves lacking spring and fall shots which made them very difficult to sell. Fewer calf buyers present due to the holiday shortened week. Good demand for the yearlings, especially the strings offered in full loads and part loads. The market was very active as the CME Live Cattle contracts made gains of 2.00 to 2.50. Flesh condition of the yearlings ranged from light fleshed to moderate fleshed. Slaughter cows 3.00 to 5.00 higher, except Lean cows 1.00 to 3.00 higher.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $148.97/cwt on 727 head.

Average price

$148.97

727 head · 720 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,073

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$577

per head · Medium 1 over Large 1-2

$36.75/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.46

vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	472	161.00	760	13thin
Medium and Large 1	632	154.76	978	467
Medium and Large 1-2	586	150.46	882	103
Large 1	1,128	128.32	1,447	134
Large 1-2	1,076	124.25	1,337	10thin

One grade step is worth $36.75/cwt here — about −$577 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 sale727 hd

148.97

—

SD average9 barns · 23,989 hd

154.43

−5.46

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	1,711	68.48	1,171	8thin
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,596	67.69	1,080	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,442	59.55	858	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,336	52.03	695	28
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,203	40.65	489	61

Every lot, as filed

70 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 1-2	—	461	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	599	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	905	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	1,195	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	518	141.53/cwt	138.00–146.50	733	71
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	693	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	908	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	921	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,124	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	420	180.64/cwt	168.00–186.00	759	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	530	134.00/cwt	134.00–134.00	710	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	594	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	778	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	631	134.29/cwt	133.50–135.50	847	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	859	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,069	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	565	135.05/cwt	128.00–139.00	763	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	133.71/cwt	131.50–144.50	1,034	177
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	691	141.91/cwt	141.00–144.00	981	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	749	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	1,094	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	391	157.06/cwt	153.00–158.00	614	20
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	—	388	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	691	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	620	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	750	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	577	156.85/cwt	149.00–166.00	905	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	165.21/cwt	163.00–170.00	871	53
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	591	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	804	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	950	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	1,226	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	473	142.84/cwt	138.00–156.00	676	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	705	133.50/cwt	133.50–133.50	941	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	195.91/cwt	189.00–205.00	717	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	304	210.02/cwt	200.00–220.00	638	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	430	150.24/cwt	145.00–158.00	646	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	169.89/cwt	162.00–177.00	812	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	139.37/cwt	134.00–139.75	1,150	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	932	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	1,277	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,175	39.03/cwt	36.00–42.00	459	29
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,264	44.29/cwt	40.00–48.50	560	26
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,444	58.58/cwt	51.00–62.00	846	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,430	64.07/cwt	63.00–66.00	916	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,350	44.13/cwt	41.00–46.00	596	5
Bulls	—	—	1,565	64.65/cwt	61.00–71.00	1,012	4
Steers	Medium 1	—	398	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	641	6
Steers	Large 1-2	—	1,076	124.25/cwt	122.00–126.50	1,337	10
Steers	Large 1	—	1,259	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,549	41
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,596	67.69/cwt	67.00–71.00	1,080	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,070	32.73/cwt	31.00–35.00	350	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,274	59.86/cwt	55.00–62.00	763	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	916	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	1,246	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	486	151.00/cwt	151.00–151.00	734	5
Bulls	—	—	1,856	72.31/cwt	69.00–74.00	1,342	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,345	52.46/cwt	45.00–58.00	706	19
Heifers	Medium 1	—	302	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	462	5
Heifers	Medium 1	—	495	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	678	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	547	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	782	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	600	140.50/cwt	140.50–140.50	843	12
Steers	Large 1	—	1,116	130.09/cwt	125.50–132.25	1,452	84
Steers	Large 1	—	639	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	869	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	488	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	673	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	629	136.84/cwt	131.00–141.00	861	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	693	106.00/cwt	106.00–106.00	735	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	138.50/cwt	138.50–138.50	993	20
Heifers	Medium 1	—	606	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	764	7
Steers	Medium 1	—	536	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	863	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	392	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	686	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	423	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	609	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	496	162.00/cwt	162.00–162.00	804	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	590	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	861	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	608	156.97/cwt	149.00–164.00	954	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	773	142.73/cwt	142.50–143.00	1,103	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	333	182.26/cwt	180.00–187.00	607	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	433	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	602	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	226	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	475	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	728	117.00/cwt	117.00–117.00	852	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	293	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	440	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	397	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	556	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	924	129.68/cwt	129.50–130.00	1,198	27

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 Nov 23, 2020

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,615Last week 1,686Year ago 1,144

Slaughter CattleReceipts 130Last week 227Year ago 180

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	461	130.00	130.00
27	—	530	134.00	134.00
8	—	594	131.00	131.00
9	—	859	124.50	124.50
5	—	423	144.00	144.00
6	—	728	117.00	117.00
5	—	293	150.00	150.00
9	—	397	140.00	140.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
71	—	518	138.00–146.50	141.53
6	—	693	131.00	131.00
52	—	631	133.50–135.50	134.29
48	—	565	128.00–139.00	135.05
177	—	773	131.50–144.50	133.71
20	—	391	153.00–158.00	157.06
57	—	473	138.00–156.00	142.84
20	—	705	133.50	133.50
16	—	430	145.00–158.00	150.24
9	—	333	180.00–187.00	182.26
27	—	924	129.50–130.00	129.68
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	921	122.00	122.00
11	—	620	121.00	121.00
5	—	488	138.00	138.00
6	—	433	139.00	139.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	302	153.00	153.00
11	—	495	137.00	137.00
7	—	606	126.00	126.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	693	106.00	106.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	905	132.00	132.00
26	—	547	143.00	143.00
12	—	600	140.50	140.50
20	—	717	138.50	138.50
7	—	392	175.00	175.00
12	—	496	162.00	162.00
7	—	590	146.00	146.00
8	—	226	210.00	210.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	420	168.00–186.00	180.64
33	—	691	141.00–144.00	141.91
7	—	749	146.00	146.00
47	—	577	149.00–166.00	156.85
53	—	527	163.00–170.00	165.21
9	—	366	189.00–205.00	195.91
10	—	304	200.00–220.00	210.02
44	—	478	162.00–177.00	169.89
74	—	825	134.00–139.75	139.37
7	—	932	137.00	137.00
60	—	608	149.00–164.00	156.97
38	—	773	142.50–143.00	142.73
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	591	136.00	136.00
8	—	950	129.00	129.00
9	—	916	136.00	136.00
5	—	486	151.00	151.00
27	—	629	131.00–141.00	136.84
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	398	161.00	161.00
7	—	536	161.00	161.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,076	122.00–126.50	124.25
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,259	123.00	123.00
84	—	1,116	125.50–132.25	130.09
9	—	639	136.00	136.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	388	178.00	178.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,175	36.00–42.00	39.03
26	—	1,264	40.00–48.50	44.29
6	—	1,070	31.00–35.00	32.73
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	1,444	51.00–62.00	58.58
3	—	1,430	63.00–66.00	64.07
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,350	41.00–46.00	44.13
4	—	1,274	55.00–62.00	59.86
19	—	1,345	45.00–58.00	52.46
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,596	67.00–71.00	67.69
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,565	61.00–71.00	64.65
4	—	1,856	69.00–74.00	72.31

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