Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2021-04-12
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-04-12

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeders steers 3.00 to 5.00 higher, except 700-750 lbs steady to 4.00 lower, 800-850 lbs 2.00 to 3.00 lower, heifers 2.00 to 4.00 higher, except 550-600 lbs 2.00 lower, 700-750 lbs 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Demand for this large offering of attractive cattle was very good. Farmer buyers were very active today. Lighter grass cattle sold with much lower undertones. Flesh conditions were thin fleshed to moderate. CME Live Cattle Futures were down for both fats and feeders, corn was down a fair amount today as well. Slaughter cows Breaker 1.00 to 3.00 higher, Boner steady to 1.00 lower, Lean 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Slaughter Bulls steady to 1.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $147.36/cwt on 1,799 head.

Average price

$147.36

1,799 head · 788 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,161

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$482

per head · Medium 1 over Large 1-2

$38.00/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−0.35

vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium 1	460	150.00	690	3thin
Medium and Large 1	790	147.82	1,168	1,693
Medium and Large 1-2	686	146.19	1,003	81
Large 1	1,067	126.25	1,347	7thin
Large 1-2	1,046	112.00	1,172	15thin

One grade step is worth $38.00/cwt here — about −$482 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 sale1,799 hd

147.36

—

SD average8 barns · 15,828 hd

147.71

−0.35

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	1,788	92.88	1,661	23
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,728	82.48	1,425	201
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,567	73.98	1,160	23
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,375	65.63	902	50
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,168	55.78	652	38

Every lot, as filed

56 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	—	470	152.00/cwt	152.00–152.00	714	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	872	134.25/cwt	134.25–134.25	1,171	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	507	166.83/cwt	164.00–169.00	846	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,013	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	1,216	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	583	152.67/cwt	145.00–159.50	890	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	386	203.00/cwt	203.00–203.00	784	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	724	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	891	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	686	121.81/cwt	116.00–130.00	836	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	945	131.12/cwt	124.00–136.25	1,239	135
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	721	153.41/cwt	147.50–158.50	1,106	74
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	418	166.25/cwt	164.00–170.00	695	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	944	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	1,171	50
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	723	136.85/cwt	135.50–139.00	989	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	679	155.24/cwt	147.00–161.50	1,054	206
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	621	166.09/cwt	159.50–171.00	1,031	142
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	865	138.68/cwt	135.00–143.50	1,200	609
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	567	176.80/cwt	166.00–180.50	1,002	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	139.34/cwt	138.00–141.50	1,152	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	480	183.18/cwt	182.00–184.00	879	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	191.12/cwt	186.00–194.00	795	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	340	174.00/cwt	174.00–174.00	592	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	1,068	118.50/cwt	118.50–118.50	1,266	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,450	70.00/cwt	70.00–70.00	1,015	4
Bulls	—	—	1,919	84.74/cwt	79.00–88.50	1,626	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,592	74.82/cwt	71.50–79.00	1,191	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,374	66.26/cwt	64.00–70.50	910	43
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,379	61.76/cwt	60.00–63.00	852	7
Bulls	—	—	1,761	94.59/cwt	90.00–101.00	1,666	19
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	835	13.09/cwt	12.50–14.00	109	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,728	82.48/cwt	76.00–90.50	1,425	201
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	766	152.27/cwt	149.50–155.50	1,166	193
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	686	144.44/cwt	136.00–148.00	991	115
Steers	Large 1	—	1,067	126.25/cwt	126.25–126.25	1,347	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,093	48.30/cwt	42.00–56.00	528	7
Heifers	Medium 1	—	427	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	602	3
Steers	Large 1-2	—	1,046	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,172	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	585	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	959	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	955	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,199	65.00/cwt	65.00–65.00	779	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,211	59.81/cwt	57.00–62.00	724	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	982	131.52/cwt	129.50–132.75	1,292	162
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	523	181.57/cwt	173.00–189.50	950	68
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	516	151.57/cwt	139.00–159.00	782	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	877	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,044	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	135.29/cwt	129.00–141.50	1,042	210
Steers	Medium 1	—	460	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	690	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	490	170.97/cwt	166.00–174.00	838	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	607	131.21/cwt	129.00–136.00	796	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	951	127.25/cwt	127.25–127.25	1,210	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	366	164.56/cwt	161.00–173.00	602	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	163.00/cwt	163.00–163.00	636	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	477	167.92/cwt	166.00–170.00	801	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	443	138.00/cwt	138.00–138.00	611	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	916	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	1,081	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	847	126.82/cwt	125.00–134.00	1,074	183
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	632	145.39/cwt	138.00–149.00	919	228

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 Apr 12, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,051Last week 2,426Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 360Last week 125Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	470	152.00	152.00
22	—	686	116.00–130.00	121.81
16	—	516	139.00–159.00	151.57
11	—	877	119.00	119.00
16	—	607	129.00–136.00	131.21
3	—	443	138.00	138.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
57	—	507	164.00–169.00	166.83
38	—	1,013	120.00	120.00
97	—	583	145.00–159.50	152.67
8	—	418	164.00–170.00	166.25
50	—	944	124.00	124.00
60	—	723	135.50–139.00	136.85
7	—	340	174.00	174.00
3	—	1,068	118.50	118.50
115	—	686	136.00–148.00	144.44
210	—	770	129.00–141.50	135.29
10	—	951	127.25	127.25
10	—	366	161.00–173.00	164.56
16	—	477	166.00–170.00	167.92
183	—	847	125.00–134.00	126.82
228	—	632	138.00–149.00	145.39
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	427	141.00	141.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	872	134.25	134.25
9	—	724	123.00	123.00
5	—	585	164.00	164.00
22	—	624	153.00	153.00
15	—	490	166.00–174.00	170.97
3	—	390	163.00	163.00
8	—	916	118.00	118.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	386	203.00	203.00
135	—	945	124.00–136.25	131.12
74	—	721	147.50–158.50	153.41
206	—	679	147.00–161.50	155.24
142	—	621	159.50–171.00	166.09
609	—	865	135.00–143.50	138.68
43	—	567	166.00–180.50	176.80
21	—	827	138.00–141.50	139.34
15	—	480	182.00–184.00	183.18
18	—	416	186.00–194.00	191.12
193	—	766	149.50–155.50	152.27
162	—	982	129.50–132.75	131.52
68	—	523	173.00–189.50	181.57
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,067	126.25	126.25
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,046	112.00	112.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	460	150.00	150.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,450	70.00	70.00
19	—	1,592	71.50–79.00	74.82
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
43	—	1,374	64.00–70.50	66.26
7	—	1,379	60.00–63.00	61.76
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	835	12.50–14.00	13.09
7	—	1,093	42.00–56.00	48.30
4	—	1,199	65.00	65.00
25	—	1,211	57.00–62.00	59.81
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
201	—	1,728	76.00–90.50	82.48
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,919	79.00–88.50	84.74
19	—	1,761	90.00–101.00	94.59

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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