Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2022-02-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-02-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 4.00 higher, except 350 lbs - 400 lbs, 450 lbs - 550 lbs, 650 lbs - 700 lbs 4.00 to 9.00 higher. Feeder heifers steady to 4.00 lower, except 400 lbs - 450lbs, 550 lbs - 600 lbs 8.00 to 10.00 higher, 650 lbs - 700 lbs, 800 lbs - 850 lbs 2.00 to 4.00 higher. Demand for this large offering of green cattle was good. Biggest demand continues to be for black hided cattle. Several large lots sold today. CME Feeder Cattle closed lower while corn jumped higher. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 3.00 to 4.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $175.20/cwt on 2,568 head.

Average price

$175.20

2,568 head · 715 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,252

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$567

per head · Medium and Large 2 over Large 1

$43.85/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+5.84

vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	490	187.00	916	13thin
Medium 1	542	178.46	967	13thin
Medium and Large 1-2	634	176.33	1,118	153
Medium and Large 1	720	175.28	1,262	2,372
Large 1	1,036	143.15	1,483	17thin

One grade step is worth $43.85/cwt here — about −$567 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 sale2,568 hd

175.20

—

SD average5 barns · 8,783 hd

169.36

+5.84

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	1,888	97.47	1,840	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,460	72.97	1,066	27
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,287	67.53	869	31
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,233	61.09	753	5thin

Every lot, as filed

58 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 1	—	524	179.00/cwt	179.00–179.00	938	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	478	207.85/cwt	200.00–211.00	994	24
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	706	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,087	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	488	187.28/cwt	182.00–195.00	914	31
Steers	Medium 1	—	557	178.00/cwt	178.00–178.00	991	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	875	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	1,304	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	178.49/cwt	176.00–181.50	1,132	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	585	190.28/cwt	185.50–200.00	1,113	177
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	490	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	916	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	690	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,173	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	168.65/cwt	167.00–172.50	1,152	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	775	165.74/cwt	162.25–170.00	1,284	286
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	224.00/cwt	218.00–227.50	809	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	331	235.00/cwt	235.00–235.00	778	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	491	222.72/cwt	214.00–223.50	1,094	152
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	540	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	988	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	445	220.13/cwt	219.00–221.00	980	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	963	143.00/cwt	143.00–143.00	1,377	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	822	160.60/cwt	156.00–163.25	1,320	360
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	906	153.17/cwt	152.50–154.00	1,388	32
Steers	Large 1	—	1,036	143.15/cwt	140.00–146.00	1,483	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	793	154.50/cwt	154.50–154.50	1,225	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	728	169.71/cwt	163.50–176.50	1,235	553
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	679	152.16/cwt	150.00–155.00	1,033	47
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	496	180.00/cwt	180.00–180.00	893	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	446	187.50/cwt	187.50–187.50	836	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	604	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	827	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	562	162.26/cwt	157.00–164.00	912	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	461	200.00/cwt	200.00–200.00	922	87
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,233	61.09/cwt	60.00–62.00	753	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,320	69.03/cwt	68.75–70.00	911	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,303	59.68/cwt	57.00–63.00	778	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,545	80.29/cwt	79.00–81.00	1,240	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,503	73.30/cwt	72.00–76.00	1,102	17
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,250	66.66/cwt	64.00–70.50	833	20
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,364	71.20/cwt	68.00–72.00	971	9
Bulls	—	—	1,707	92.66/cwt	91.00–94.00	1,582	4
Bulls	—	—	2,129	103.88/cwt	102.00–108.00	2,212	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	735	150.33/cwt	149.00–150.50	1,105	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	574	174.21/cwt	168.00–183.50	1,000	106
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	165.11/cwt	157.00–168.00	1,032	275
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	782	149.84/cwt	147.25–153.50	1,172	230
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	416	198.23/cwt	193.00–200.00	825	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	813	148.93/cwt	146.75–149.75	1,211	114
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	621	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	932	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	726	153.33/cwt	151.50–163.00	1,113	356
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	954	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	1,345	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	368	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	710	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	530	181.65/cwt	175.00–185.00	963	99
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	949	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	1,158	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	870	142.22/cwt	140.00–145.00	1,237	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	180.51/cwt	174.50–187.50	1,224	400
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	885	158.46/cwt	153.00–160.00	1,402	235
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	615	188.46/cwt	184.00–198.00	1,159	71
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	515	210.40/cwt	204.00–216.00	1,084	46
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	680	157.11/cwt	154.00–165.00	1,068	386
Heifers	Medium 1	—	486	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	802	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	577	177.37/cwt	170.50–181.00	1,023	19

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 7, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 4,989Last week 4,000Year ago 2,653

Slaughter CattleReceipts 85Last week 184Year ago 240

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	524	179.00	179.00
7	—	557	178.00	178.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	478	200.00–211.00	207.85
11	—	706	154.00	154.00
4	—	875	149.00	149.00
37	—	634	176.00–181.50	178.49
44	—	683	167.00–172.50	168.65
5	—	540	183.00	183.00
9	—	793	154.50	154.50
19	—	577	170.50–181.00	177.37
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
177	—	585	185.50–200.00	190.28
286	—	775	162.25–170.00	165.74
11	—	361	218.00–227.50	224.00
5	—	331	235.00	235.00
152	—	491	214.00–223.50	222.72
16	—	445	219.00–221.00	220.13
6	—	963	143.00	143.00
360	—	822	156.00–163.25	160.60
32	—	906	152.50–154.00	153.17
553	—	728	163.50–176.50	169.71
400	—	678	174.50–187.50	180.51
235	—	885	153.00–160.00	158.46
71	—	615	184.00–198.00	188.46
46	—	515	204.00–216.00	210.40
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	490	187.00	187.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	690	170.00	170.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,036	140.00–146.00	143.15
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	488	182.00–195.00	187.28
106	—	574	168.00–183.50	174.21
275	—	625	157.00–168.00	165.11
230	—	782	147.25–153.50	149.84
32	—	416	193.00–200.00	198.23
114	—	813	146.75–149.75	148.93
356	—	726	151.50–163.00	153.33
8	—	954	141.00	141.00
4	—	368	193.00	193.00
99	—	530	175.00–185.00	181.65
9	—	870	140.00–145.00	142.22
386	—	680	154.00–165.00	157.11
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	679	150.00–155.00	152.16
5	—	496	180.00	180.00
5	—	446	187.50	187.50
17	—	562	157.00–164.00	162.26
63	—	735	149.00–150.50	150.33
6	—	621	150.00	150.00
8	—	949	122.00	122.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	604	137.00	137.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
87	—	461	200.00	200.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	486	165.00	165.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,233	60.00–62.00	61.09
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,320	68.75–70.00	69.03
3	—	1,545	79.00–81.00	80.29
17	—	1,503	72.00–76.00	73.30
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,303	57.00–63.00	59.68
20	—	1,250	64.00–70.50	66.66
9	—	1,364	68.00–72.00	71.20
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,707	91.00–94.00	92.66
3	—	2,129	102.00–108.00	103.88

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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