Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2021-01-11
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-11

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers were 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Feeder heifers were 2.00 to 5.00 lower, with instances to 8.00 lower on 650-700 lbs. Demand for this much larger offering of attractive cattle was moderate to very good. CME Live Cattle Futures were 1.00 lower. Feeders are facing a higher rate of gain with corn hovering around 5.00. Slaughter cows and bulls were steady, with higher demand for boner cows.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $145.92/cwt on 2,872 head.

Average price

$145.92

2,872 head · 683 lb average

Value per head Derived

$997

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$519

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

$23.18/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.32

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	543	147.73	801	156
Medium and Large 1	685	146.64	1,004	2,608
Medium 1	431	135.25	583	8thin
Medium and Large 2	638	125.86	803	42
Large 1	1,060	124.54	1,320	58

One grade step is worth $23.18/cwt here — about −$519 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 sale2,872 hd

145.92

—

SD average8 barns · 21,179 hd

146.24

−0.32

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	1,833	82.74	1,517	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,506	59.81	901	5thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,402	52.60	737	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,464	51.76	758	23

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
Steers	Large 1	—	1,130	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,311	17
Steers	Medium 1	—	487	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	589	5
Steers	Medium 1	—	338	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	537	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	134.78/cwt	132.00–139.00	698	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	674	146.31/cwt	137.00–152.00	986	289
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	578	149.56/cwt	144.00–155.75	864	204
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	485	138.52/cwt	129.00–149.00	672	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	727	128.57/cwt	126.00–134.00	935	190
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	964	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	1,234	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	365	193.97/cwt	182.50–198.00	708	48
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	395	140.81/cwt	134.00–152.00	556	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	414	187.70/cwt	180.00–192.00	777	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	215	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	400	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	645	129.37/cwt	129.00–130.00	834	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	720	140.30/cwt	133.50–149.50	1,010	409
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	215	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	538	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	127.26/cwt	122.00–128.50	986	123
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	809	124.53/cwt	120.00–126.00	1,007	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	339	158.18/cwt	153.00–167.50	536	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	525	152.14/cwt	147.00–159.00	799	102
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	151.01/cwt	142.00–159.00	939	426
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	908	129.50/cwt	129.50–129.50	1,176	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	762	135.79/cwt	128.50–138.00	1,035	311
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	874	131.22/cwt	125.50–136.00	1,147	191
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	878	123.02/cwt	122.50–123.75	1,080	109
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	130.84/cwt	127.50–133.25	1,078	306
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	529	169.42/cwt	162.00–177.00	896	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	308	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	647	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	159.34/cwt	151.00–162.50	750	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	370	165.49/cwt	165.00–166.00	612	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	937	120.67/cwt	120.50–121.50	1,131	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	427	147.54/cwt	145.00–156.00	630	36
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,483	53.50/cwt	53.50–53.50	793	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,522	64.02/cwt	63.00–67.00	974	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,402	57.19/cwt	55.00–59.00	802	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,544	44.71/cwt	44.00–49.00	690	10
Bulls	—	—	1,805	78.00/cwt	78.00–78.00	1,408	1
Bulls	—	—	1,836	83.27/cwt	83.00–83.50	1,529	9
Heifers	Medium 1	—	548	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	740	5
Heifers	Medium 1	—	428	130.00/cwt	130.00–130.00	556	2
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,089	107.39/cwt	106.50–108.00	1,169	32
Steers	Large 1	—	1,013	133.07/cwt	121.00–135.50	1,348	30
Steers	Large 1	—	1,080	114.50/cwt	114.50–114.50	1,237	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	576	156.58/cwt	148.00–164.00	902	150
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	478	177.35/cwt	170.00–185.00	848	114
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,213	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,274	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,402	52.60/cwt	51.00–54.50	737	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	647	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	899	31
Heifers	Medium 1	—	468	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	529	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	703	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	837	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	429	167.00/cwt	167.00–167.00	716	4
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	598	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	783	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	679	133.97/cwt	133.50–135.00	910	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	671	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	765	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	471	144.62/cwt	126.00–168.00	681	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	594	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	808	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	516	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	808	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	376	147.00/cwt	147.00–147.00	553	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	146.00/cwt	146.00–146.00	842	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	672	136.00/cwt	136.00–136.00	914	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	139.18/cwt	133.00–148.00	870	461
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	491	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	673	9
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	774	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	875	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	511	156.35/cwt	149.00–159.00	799	76
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	730	127.38/cwt	121.00–133.00	930	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	859	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,031	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	134.55/cwt	129.00–140.00	912	199
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	670	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	804	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	562	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	680	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	573	136.61/cwt	133.00–139.00	783	31

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 Jan 11, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,456Last week 3,760Year ago 6,510

Slaughter CattleReceipts 55Last week 60Year ago 150

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,130	116.00	116.00
30	—	1,013	121.00–135.50	133.07
11	—	1,080	114.50	114.50
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	487	121.00	121.00
3	—	338	159.00	159.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
289	—	674	137.00–152.00	146.31
32	—	964	128.00	128.00
48	—	365	182.50–198.00	193.97
50	—	414	180.00–192.00	187.70
409	—	720	133.50–149.50	140.30
1	—	215	250.00	250.00
426	—	622	142.00–159.00	151.01
26	—	908	129.50	129.50
311	—	762	128.50–138.00	135.79
191	—	874	125.50–136.00	131.22
306	—	824	127.50–133.25	130.84
162	—	529	162.00–177.00	169.42
2	—	308	210.00	210.00
150	—	576	148.00–164.00	156.58
114	—	478	170.00–185.00	177.35
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	647	139.00	139.00
25	—	679	133.50–135.00	133.97
35	—	516	156.50	156.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	429	167.00	167.00
35	—	471	126.00–168.00	144.62
6	—	376	147.00	147.00
5	—	577	146.00	146.00
6	—	672	136.00	136.00
76	—	511	149.00–159.00	156.35
17	—	730	121.00–133.00	127.38
7	—	859	120.00	120.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	598	131.00	131.00
9	—	491	137.00	137.00
15	—	774	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	518	132.00–139.00	134.78
38	—	485	129.00–149.00	138.52
16	—	395	134.00–152.00	140.81
11	—	645	129.00–130.00	129.37
6	—	703	119.00	119.00
13	—	670	120.00	120.00
31	—	573	133.00–139.00	136.61
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
204	—	578	144.00–155.75	149.56
190	—	727	126.00–134.00	128.57
1	—	215	186.00	186.00
123	—	775	122.00–128.50	127.26
112	—	809	120.00–126.00	124.53
15	—	339	153.00–167.50	158.18
102	—	525	147.00–159.00	152.14
109	—	878	122.50–123.75	123.02
112	—	471	151.00–162.50	159.34
27	—	370	165.00–166.00	165.49
79	—	937	120.50–121.50	120.67
36	—	427	145.00–156.00	147.54
461	—	625	133.00–148.00	139.18
199	—	678	129.00–140.00	134.55
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	548	135.00	135.00
2	—	428	130.00	130.00
6	—	468	113.00	113.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,089	106.50–108.00	107.39
3	—	1,213	105.00	105.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	671	114.00	114.00
15	—	562	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	594	136.00	136.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,483	53.50	53.50
3	—	1,522	63.00–67.00	64.02
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,402	55.00–59.00	57.19
10	—	1,544	44.00–49.00	44.71
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,402	51.00–54.50	52.60
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,805	78.00	78.00
9	—	1,836	83.00–83.50	83.27

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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