Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2022-07-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2022-07-18

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers 2.00 to 5.00 lower. Steers weighing 650 lbs - 700 lbs sold with much lower undertones, heifers weighing 650 lbs to 750 lbs sold with higher undertones this week. Demand for this nice, eye appealing offering of green cattle was good. Biggest demand was for black cattle creating wide price gaps. Most cattle hauled in over night. Increased input costs at the feedlot level could be driving costs lower. CME Feeder Cattle trending lower, while corn is jumping again this week. Slaughter cows Breaker 2.00 to 4.00 lower, Boner to few to make a meaningful comparison, Lean 5.00 to 7.00 lower. Slaughter bulls 9.00 to 11.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $163.41/cwt on 873 head.

Average price

$163.41

873 head · 942 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,539

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$215

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1

$18.78/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.49

vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	828	172.85	1,432	386
Medium and Large 1-2	759	169.62	1,287	58
Large 1	1,069	154.07	1,646	429

One grade step is worth $18.78/cwt here — about −$215 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 sale873 hd

163.41

—

SD average4 barns · 4,176 hd

164.89

−1.49

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	1,773	92.14	1,634	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,556	88.33	1,375	15
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,443	66.58	961	3thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,202	61.01	733	40

Every lot, as filed

41 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 1Fleshy	—	774	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	1,200	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	769	163.72/cwt	158.50–168.00	1,259	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	825	158.47/cwt	154.50–159.25	1,307	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	161.50/cwt	161.50–161.50	849	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	936	155.47/cwt	145.50–158.75	1,455	52
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	871	155.36/cwt	148.00–158.35	1,353	235
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	781	180.94/cwt	178.00–181.50	1,413	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	903	153.00/cwt	153.00–153.00	1,382	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	542	181.00/cwt	181.00–181.00	981	6
Steers	Large 1	—	1,142	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	1,690	56
Steers	Large 1	—	1,071	154.98/cwt	153.50–158.25	1,660	261
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	707	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,167	9
Steers	Large 1	—	1,026	154.98/cwt	154.50–156.50	1,590	112
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	544	181.50/cwt	181.50–181.50	987	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	878	166.50/cwt	166.50–166.50	1,462	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	831	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,404	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	193.81/cwt	188.00–200.50	1,314	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	779	169.00/cwt	169.00–169.00	1,317	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	432	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	972	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	676	160.30/cwt	154.00–162.50	1,084	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	912	162.54/cwt	159.75–166.00	1,482	166
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	712	188.00/cwt	188.00–188.00	1,339	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	842	156.50/cwt	156.50–156.50	1,318	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	634	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,281	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	997	158.08/cwt	153.00–159.00	1,576	26
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	559	148.00/cwt	148.00–148.00	827	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	739	169.84/cwt	169.00–172.00	1,255	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	667	177.22/cwt	174.00–179.00	1,182	123
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,086	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	1,548	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	166.80/cwt	161.00–168.50	1,048	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	878	154.21/cwt	153.00–155.00	1,354	10
Bulls	—	—	1,847	100.05/cwt	96.00–102.50	1,848	10
Bulls	—	—	1,528	65.79/cwt	52.00–81.00	1,005	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,425	62.62/cwt	60.00–65.00	892	2
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,618	93.83/cwt	91.00–98.00	1,518	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,515	84.67/cwt	83.00–86.00	1,283	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,261	68.80/cwt	66.00–71.50	868	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,180	60.72/cwt	58.00–64.00	716	13
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,127	41.70/cwt	35.00–50.00	470	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,480	74.50/cwt	74.50–74.50	1,103	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,010	79.00/cwt	79.00–79.00	798	1

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 Jul 18, 2022

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,674Last week 3,032Year ago 927

Slaughter CattleReceipts 75Last week 140Year ago 120

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	774	155.00	155.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	769	158.50–168.00	163.72
24	—	825	154.50–159.25	158.47
52	—	936	145.50–158.75	155.47
235	—	871	148.00–158.35	155.36
20	—	544	181.50	181.50
111	—	739	169.00–172.00	169.84
123	—	667	174.00–179.00	177.22
48	—	628	161.00–168.50	166.80
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	526	161.50	161.50
23	—	676	154.00–162.50	160.30
8	—	559	148.00	148.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,086	142.50	142.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	781	178.00–181.50	180.94
14	—	878	166.50	166.50
69	—	678	188.00–200.50	193.81
14	—	432	225.00	225.00
166	—	912	159.75–166.00	162.54
12	—	712	188.00	188.00
22	—	842	156.50	156.50
4	—	634	202.00	202.00
26	—	997	153.00–159.00	158.08
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	903	153.00	153.00
10	—	878	153.00–155.00	154.21
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	542	181.00	181.00
9	—	707	165.00	165.00
17	—	831	169.00	169.00
26	—	779	169.00	169.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
56	—	1,142	148.00	148.00
261	—	1,071	153.50–158.25	154.98
112	—	1,026	154.50–156.50	154.98

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,847	96.00–102.50	100.05
3	—	1,528	52.00–81.00	65.79
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,425	60.00–65.00	62.62
1	—	1,480	74.50	74.50
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,618	91.00–98.00	93.83
9	—	1,515	83.00–86.00	84.67
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,261	66.00–71.50	68.80
13	—	1,180	58.00–64.00	60.72
8	—	1,127	35.00–50.00	41.70
1	—	1,010	79.00	79.00

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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