Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2022-02-07

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Feb 7
● Final58 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
4,989 head
▲ 989 vs last sale 4,000▲ 2,336 vs year ago 2,653 · +88.1%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
85 head
▼ 99 vs last sale 184▼ 155 vs year ago 240 · −64.6%
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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 / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 2490187.0091613thin
Medium 1542178.4696713thin
Medium and Large 1-2634176.331,118153
Medium and Large 1720175.281,2622,372
Large 11,036143.151,48317thin
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 · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,88897.471,8407thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,46072.971,06627
CowsBoner 80-85%Low1,28767.5386931
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,23361.097535thin

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.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium 1—524179.00/cwt179.00–179.009386
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—478207.85/cwt200.00–211.0099424
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—706154.00/cwt154.00–154.001,08711
HeifersMedium and Large 1—488187.28/cwt182.00–195.0091431
SteersMedium 1—557178.00/cwt178.00–178.009917
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—875149.00/cwt149.00–149.001,3044
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—634178.49/cwt176.00–181.501,13237
SteersMedium and Large 1—585190.28/cwt185.50–200.001,113177
SteersMedium and Large 2—490187.00/cwt187.00–187.0091613
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy—690170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,17322
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—683168.65/cwt167.00–172.501,15244
SteersMedium and Large 1—775165.74/cwt162.25–170.001,284286
SteersMedium and Large 1—361224.00/cwt218.00–227.5080911
SteersMedium and Large 1—331235.00/cwt235.00–235.007785
SteersMedium and Large 1—491222.72/cwt214.00–223.501,094152
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—540183.00/cwt183.00–183.009885
SteersMedium and Large 1—445220.13/cwt219.00–221.0098016
SteersMedium and Large 1—963143.00/cwt143.00–143.001,3776
SteersMedium and Large 1—822160.60/cwt156.00–163.251,320360
SteersMedium and Large 1—906153.17/cwt152.50–154.001,38832
SteersLarge 1—1,036143.15/cwt140.00–146.001,48317
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—793154.50/cwt154.50–154.501,2259
SteersMedium and Large 1—728169.71/cwt163.50–176.501,235553
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—679152.16/cwt150.00–155.001,03347
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—496180.00/cwt180.00–180.008935
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—446187.50/cwt187.50–187.508365
HeifersMedium and Large 2—604137.00/cwt137.00–137.008277
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—562162.26/cwt157.00–164.0091217
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—461200.00/cwt200.00–200.0092287
CowsLean 85-90%—1,23361.09/cwt60.00–62.007535
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,32069.03/cwt68.75–70.009117
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,30359.68/cwt57.00–63.007782
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,54580.29/cwt79.00–81.001,2403
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,50373.30/cwt72.00–76.001,10217
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,25066.66/cwt64.00–70.5083320
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,36471.20/cwt68.00–72.009719
Bulls——1,70792.66/cwt91.00–94.001,5824
Bulls——2,129103.88/cwt102.00–108.002,2123
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—735150.33/cwt149.00–150.501,10563
HeifersMedium and Large 1—574174.21/cwt168.00–183.501,000106
HeifersMedium and Large 1—625165.11/cwt157.00–168.001,032275
HeifersMedium and Large 1—782149.84/cwt147.25–153.501,172230
HeifersMedium and Large 1—416198.23/cwt193.00–200.0082532
HeifersMedium and Large 1—813148.93/cwt146.75–149.751,211114
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—621150.00/cwt150.00–150.009326
HeifersMedium and Large 1—726153.33/cwt151.50–163.001,113356
HeifersMedium and Large 1—954141.00/cwt141.00–141.001,3458
HeifersMedium and Large 1—368193.00/cwt193.00–193.007104
HeifersMedium and Large 1—530181.65/cwt175.00–185.0096399
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—949122.00/cwt122.00–122.001,1588
HeifersMedium and Large 1—870142.22/cwt140.00–145.001,2379
SteersMedium and Large 1—678180.51/cwt174.50–187.501,224400
SteersMedium and Large 1—885158.46/cwt153.00–160.001,402235
SteersMedium and Large 1—615188.46/cwt184.00–198.001,15971
SteersMedium and Large 1—515210.40/cwt204.00–216.001,08446
HeifersMedium and Large 1—680157.11/cwt154.00–165.001,068386
HeifersMedium 1—486165.00/cwt165.00–165.008024
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—577177.37/cwt170.50–181.001,02319

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.