Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2021-02-15
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-02-15

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers unevenly steady, except feeder heifers 450-500 lbs up 10.00. Demand for this light offering of attractive feeder cattle was good. Receipts this week were light again due to the frigid temperatures across the country. Flesh conditions were good. Slaughter Breaker cows 2.00 higher, Boner and Lean cows sold with higher undertones in a light test. Slaughter Bulls steady in a light test.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $148.29/cwt on 493 head.

Average price

$148.29

493 head · 740 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,098

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$584

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

$32.16/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.34

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	528	155.50	821	22
Medium and Large 1	716	150.11	1,075	433
Large 1	1,139	123.34	1,404	38

One grade step is worth $32.16/cwt here — about −$584 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 sale493 hd

148.29

—

SD average8 barns · 12,621 hd

146.95

+1.34

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	1,682	89.34	1,503	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,364	70.96	968	166
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,372	68.49	939	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,237	64.51	798	12

Every lot, as filed

43 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 1	—	478	184.18/cwt	183.00–194.00	880	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	496	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	719	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	728	7
Bulls	—	—	1,699	91.47/cwt	89.00–93.50	1,554	9
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,585	66.19/cwt	66.00–67.00	1,049	4
Bulls	—	—	1,605	79.76/cwt	72.00–85.00	1,280	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	830	135.92/cwt	127.00–137.75	1,128	43
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,223	57.06/cwt	56.00–58.00	698	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,213	64.50/cwt	64.50–64.50	782	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,303	69.50/cwt	69.50–69.50	906	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	384	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	722	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	995	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,194	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	867	132.75/cwt	132.75–132.75	1,151	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	569	163.26/cwt	160.00–165.00	929	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	906	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	1,114	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	743	146.80/cwt	143.50–152.25	1,091	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	126.84/cwt	124.50–127.50	972	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	521	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	927	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	137.75/cwt	137.75–137.75	945	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	669	156.32/cwt	149.00–160.50	1,046	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	779	139.07/cwt	135.50–144.00	1,083	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	490	161.74/cwt	159.00–166.50	793	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	648	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	816	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	635	159.16/cwt	156.50–160.50	1,011	50
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	424	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	793	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	489	166.00/cwt	166.00–166.00	812	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	598	135.50/cwt	135.50–135.50	810	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	724	131.68/cwt	130.00–136.50	953	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	584	158.00/cwt	158.00–158.00	923	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	842	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,069	27
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	138.61/cwt	132.00–142.50	862	41
Steers	Large 1	—	1,059	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	1,324	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	381	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	587	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	897	121.00/cwt	121.00–121.00	1,085	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	820	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	968	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	922	131.56/cwt	130.85–132.10	1,213	42
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	851	124.50/cwt	124.50–124.50	1,059	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	513	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	803	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	447	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	697	9
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,437	67.53/cwt	66.50–69.50	970	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,267	70.03/cwt	69.00–71.50	887	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,359	71.08/cwt	67.50–75.00	966	162
Steers	Large 1	—	1,203	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,468	21

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 Feb 15, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 890Last week 2,653Year ago 4,303

Slaughter CattleReceipts 200Last week 240Year ago 130

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	478	183.00–194.00	184.18
43	—	830	127.00–137.75	135.92
7	—	384	188.00	188.00
19	—	867	132.75	132.75
33	—	569	160.00–165.00	163.26
80	—	743	143.50–152.25	146.80
20	—	521	178.00	178.00
20	—	669	149.00–160.50	156.32
80	—	779	135.50–144.00	139.07
50	—	635	156.50–160.50	159.16
7	—	424	187.00	187.00
42	—	922	130.85–132.10	131.56
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	516	141.00	141.00
8	—	489	166.00	166.00
7	—	584	158.00	158.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,059	125.00	125.00
21	—	1,203	122.00	122.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	897	121.00	121.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	496	145.00	145.00
4	—	648	126.00	126.00
5	—	381	154.00	154.00
9	—	447	156.00	156.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	995	120.00	120.00
14	—	906	123.00	123.00
48	—	766	124.50–127.50	126.84
24	—	686	137.75	137.75
43	—	490	159.00–166.50	161.74
8	—	598	135.50	135.50
23	—	724	130.00–136.50	131.68
27	—	842	127.00	127.00
41	—	622	132.00–142.50	138.61
7	—	851	124.50	124.50
6	—	513	156.50	156.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	820	118.00	118.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,699	89.00–93.50	91.47
2	—	1,605	72.00–85.00	79.76
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,585	66.00–67.00	66.19
162	—	1,359	67.50–75.00	71.08
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,223	56.00–58.00	57.06
7	—	1,213	64.50	64.50
3	—	1,303	69.50	69.50
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,437	66.50–69.50	67.53
5	—	1,267	69.00–71.50	70.03

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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