Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2021-12-06
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-12-06

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers under 650 lbs steady to 3.00 lower, over 650 lbs steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder heifers under 600lbs higher undertones were very evident, over 600 lbs 1.00 to 3.00 higher, except 800-850 lbs 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Demand for this large offering of eye appealing cattle was good. The biggest demand continues to be black hided cattle. Several lots of lighter cattle this week, with only a few loads of yearlings. Feeder steers and heifers were clean and green today. Several farmer feeders bidding and buying cattle today. CME Feeder Cattle closed higher as well as corn. Slaughter cows Boner and Lean steady to 2.00 higher, Breaker to few to make a meaningful comparison. Slaughter bulls steady.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $175.01/cwt on 1,584 head.

Average price

$175.01

1,584 head · 681 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,192

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$498

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

$51.58/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.55

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	515	184.58	950	136
Medium and Large 1	640	177.76	1,138	1,170
Medium 1	450	173.12	779	49
Large 1	1,055	156.51	1,650	216
Medium 1-2	586	145.94	856	9thin
Large 1-2	1,089	133.00	1,448	4thin

One grade step is worth $51.58/cwt here — about −$498 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 sale1,584 hd

175.01

—

SD average9 barns · 20,179 hd

177.56

−2.55

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	1,434	70.69	1,014	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Very Low	1,605	66.45	1,066	8thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,359	61.55	836	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,276	49.49	632	60

Every lot, as filed

67 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 1-2	—	650	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,040	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	462	179.63/cwt	174.00–182.00	830	178
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	470	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	905	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	913	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,420	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	525	175.85/cwt	160.00–183.50	923	24
Steers	Large 1-2	—	1,089	133.00/cwt	133.00–133.00	1,448	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	623	174.13/cwt	164.00–178.50	1,085	73
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	688	147.50/cwt	147.50–147.50	1,015	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	201.64/cwt	196.00–209.00	972	78
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	812	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	762	166.25/cwt	166.25–166.25	1,267	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	167.61/cwt	161.00–171.50	1,217	151
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	573	179.61/cwt	174.00–185.00	1,029	294
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	967	164.00/cwt	164.00–164.00	1,586	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	788	161.42/cwt	159.25–167.00	1,272	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	199.06/cwt	197.00–207.00	860	36
Steers	Medium 1	—	505	171.00/cwt	171.00–171.00	864	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	829	159.03/cwt	156.50–161.50	1,318	93
Steers	Large 1	—	1,089	157.77/cwt	157.25–158.25	1,718	96
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	304	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	614	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	850	161.00/cwt	161.00–161.00	1,369	7
Steers	Large 1	—	1,027	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,597	120
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	684	171.02/cwt	166.00–176.00	1,170	143
Steers	Medium 1	—	473	170.26/cwt	161.00–175.00	805	26
Steers	Medium 1	—	340	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	595	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	526	192.85/cwt	184.00–201.50	1,014	165
Steers	Medium 1	—	363	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	690	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	153.50/cwt	153.50–153.50	1,193	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	528	159.18/cwt	156.00–165.00	840	101
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,056	126.00/cwt	126.00–126.00	1,331	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	922	152.75/cwt	152.75–152.75	1,408	69
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	628	153.07/cwt	148.50–155.00	961	33
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	731	151.16/cwt	147.75–155.25	1,105	42
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,273	47.05/cwt	43.00–51.00	599	27
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,930	45.00/cwt	45.00–45.00	869	1
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,579	65.56/cwt	64.00–66.50	1,035	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,543	72.48/cwt	71.00–75.00	1,118	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,328	54.73/cwt	52.00–59.00	727	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,104	32.40/cwt	15.00–39.00	358	6
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,379	65.86/cwt	62.00–69.00	908	21
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,010	44.00/cwt	44.00–44.00	444	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,273	60.10/cwt	60.00–60.50	765	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,355	57.50/cwt	54.00–60.50	779	18
Bulls	—	—	1,214	59.53/cwt	55.00–69.00	723	6
Bulls	—	—	1,699	84.08/cwt	82.50–86.50	1,429	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	175.35/cwt	172.50–177.00	758	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	157.58/cwt	155.50–159.75	1,068	120
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	746	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,007	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	783	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	1,096	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	310	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	493	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	572	165.67/cwt	162.50–174.00	948	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	834	153.28/cwt	153.00–153.50	1,278	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	954	153.19/cwt	151.00–154.00	1,461	90
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	529	144.75/cwt	140.00–150.00	766	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	356	172.50/cwt	172.50–172.50	614	9
Heifers	Medium 1	—	406	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	619	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	458	159.17/cwt	156.00–165.00	729	65
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,001	145.00/cwt	145.00–145.00	1,451	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	321	171.04/cwt	167.50–173.00	549	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	374	177.90/cwt	174.00–199.00	665	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	160.08/cwt	155.00–167.00	1,015	204
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	391	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	798	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	152.03/cwt	144.00–160.00	860	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	557	165.37/cwt	165.00–166.00	921	11
Steers	Medium 1-2	—	459	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	661	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	874	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,302	138
Heifers	Medium 1	—	308	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	462	4

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 Dec 6, 2021

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,708Last week 2,650Year ago 4,544

Slaughter CattleReceipts 127Last week 243Year ago 200

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	650	160.00	160.00
17	—	470	192.50	192.50
24	—	525	160.00–183.50	175.85
17	—	762	166.25	166.25
51	—	391	204.00	204.00
11	—	557	165.00–166.00	165.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	913	155.50	155.50
73	—	623	164.00–178.50	174.13
78	—	482	196.00–209.00	201.64
13	—	364	223.00	223.00
151	—	726	161.00–171.50	167.61
294	—	573	174.00–185.00	179.61
52	—	967	164.00	164.00
51	—	788	159.25–167.00	161.42
36	—	432	197.00–207.00	199.06
93	—	829	156.50–161.50	159.03
5	—	304	202.00	202.00
7	—	850	161.00	161.00
143	—	684	166.00–176.00	171.02
165	—	526	184.00–201.50	192.85
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,089	133.00	133.00
Steers — Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	688	147.50	147.50
4	—	459	144.00	144.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	505	171.00	171.00
26	—	473	161.00–175.00	170.26
7	—	340	175.00	175.00
5	—	363	190.00	190.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
96	—	1,089	157.25–158.25	157.77
120	—	1,027	155.50	155.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
178	—	462	174.00–182.00	179.63
30	—	777	153.50	153.50
101	—	528	156.00–165.00	159.18
69	—	922	152.75	152.75
42	—	731	147.75–155.25	151.16
26	—	432	172.50–177.00	175.35
120	—	678	155.50–159.75	157.58
114	—	572	162.50–174.00	165.67
36	—	834	153.00–153.50	153.28
90	—	954	151.00–154.00	153.19
17	—	321	167.50–173.00	171.04
108	—	374	174.00–199.00	177.90
204	—	634	155.00–167.00	160.08
138	—	874	149.00	149.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,056	126.00	126.00
32	—	1,001	145.00	145.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
33	—	628	148.50–155.00	153.07
21	—	746	135.00	135.00
9	—	783	140.00	140.00
11	—	310	159.00	159.00
24	—	529	140.00–150.00	144.75
9	—	356	172.50	172.50
65	—	458	156.00–165.00	159.17
69	—	566	144.00–160.00	152.03
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	406	152.50	152.50
4	—	308	150.00	150.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,273	43.00–51.00	47.05
22	—	1,328	52.00–59.00	54.73
6	—	1,104	15.00–39.00	32.40
5	—	1,273	60.00–60.50	60.10
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,930	45.00	45.00
3	—	1,579	64.00–66.50	65.56
4	—	1,543	71.00–75.00	72.48
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
21	—	1,379	62.00–69.00	65.86
1	—	1,010	44.00	44.00
18	—	1,355	54.00–60.50	57.50
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,214	55.00–69.00	59.53
5	—	1,699	82.50–86.50	84.08

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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