Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2022-10-24

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Oct 24
● Final76 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
4,948 head
4,239 vs last sale 709 2,777 vs year ago 2,171 · +127.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
200 head
130 vs last sale 70 85 vs year ago 115 · +73.9%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to two weeks ago: Limited price comparisons available, the last few weeks have been light due to harvest being in full swing . Steers and heifers of similar weights were not available. Special Anniversary sale today drew in a large, eye appealing offering of green feeder cattle. Steady to higher undertones were very present today. Demand for this nice offering was outstanding. Nice string of yearlings, several load lots of light to moderate fleshed steers and heifers offered. Interest in the light calves and yearlings were pretty similar. Calf prices varied heavily on the color of the hide today creating wide price gaps. Other factors affecting the price were vaccinations received and load lots vs packages. Fed Cattle are pushing towards price levels that the market has not seen since 2015, close to $160 for April. Cattle on feed October 1 down 1 percent compared to last year at the same time. It's not looking like feeder prices will be falling anytime soon. Slaughter cows steady to 1.00 lower. Bulls 7.00 to 9.00 lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $177.05/cwt on 2,152 head.
Average price
$177.05
2,152 head · 741 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,312
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$97
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 2
$27.45/cwt at this weight
vs the market
10.27
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2532184.45982167
Medium 1379179.3067923
Medium and Large 1762176.531,3451,942
Large 11,018167.001,70013thin
Medium and Large 2564157.008857thin
One grade step is worth $27.45/cwt here — about $97 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 sale2,152 hd
177.05
SD average10 barns · 17,257 hd
187.32
−10.27
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
BullsLow1,84386.851,60117
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,53276.361,17018
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,31271.6694044
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,13454.58619116

Every lot, as filed

76 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,30274.85/cwt73.00–78.0097528
CowsLean 85-90%1,02542.14/cwt22.00–55.5043239
CowsLean 85-90%1,23464.99/cwt63.00–68.0080239
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,49581.50/cwt81.00–82.001,2182
CowsBoner 80-85%1,43355.53/cwt55.00–56.007962
CowsBoner 80-85%1,31567.59/cwt62.00–72.0088914
Bulls1,79484.14/cwt35.00–92.001,50912
Bulls1,96193.34/cwt92.50–95.001,8305
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2594163.00/cwt163.00–163.0096810
HeifersMedium and Large 1570183.78/cwt179.00–188.501,04840
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fleshy894161.50/cwt161.50–161.501,444204
HeifersMedium and Large 2564157.00/cwt157.00–157.008857
HeifersMedium and Large 1965162.80/cwt157.50–169.501,57148
HeifersMedium and Large 1440205.00/cwt203.00–206.0090230
HeifersMedium and Large 1529190.17/cwt187.00–194.001,00649
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2614182.50/cwt182.50–182.501,12119
HeifersMedium 1373167.50/cwt167.50–167.506256
HeifersMedium 1280175.00/cwt175.00–175.004909
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2468194.00/cwt194.00–194.0090810
HeifersMedium and Large 1878174.58/cwt167.00–179.751,533279
HeifersMedium and Large 1387228.71/cwt220.00–233.0088548
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2733166.00/cwt166.00–166.001,21721
HeifersMedium and Large 1778177.38/cwt166.00–180.501,380291
HeifersMedium 1494193.00/cwt193.00–193.009538
HeifersMedium and Large 1473202.76/cwt199.00–207.00959108
HeifersMedium and Large 1630179.26/cwt176.50–184.501,12979
SteersMedium and Large 2541141.00/cwt141.00–141.007638
HeifersMedium and Large 1916167.74/cwt166.50–170.001,536203
HeifersMedium and Large 1296227.00/cwt227.00–227.006728
SteersLarge 11,114166.50/cwt164.00–168.501,855100
SteersMedium 1267177.50/cwt177.50–177.504748
SteersMedium and Large 1Fleshy470205.00/cwt205.00–205.009646
SteersMedium and Large 2362194.00/cwt194.00–194.0070212
HeifersLarge 11,018167.00/cwt167.00–167.001,70013
HeifersMedium and Large 1684174.81/cwt170.50–180.001,196222
SteersMedium and Large 1578201.34/cwt192.00–208.001,16477
SteersMedium and Large 1514209.54/cwt205.00–215.001,07747
SteersMedium and Large 2466195.00/cwt195.00–195.0090919
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,53775.72/cwt73.00–78.001,16416
CowsLean 85-90%1,09570.00/cwt70.00–70.007671
CowsLean 85-90%1,14356.29/cwt51.00–62.0064337
SteersMedium and Large 1-2514188.79/cwt188.00–191.0097019
SteersMedium and Large 1-2743170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,2634
SteersMedium and Large 1-2636179.80/cwt178.00–182.001,14418
SteersMedium and Large 2583173.00/cwt173.00–173.001,0095
SteersMedium and Large 1690170.30/cwt166.00–174.001,17524
SteersMedium and Large 1328280.71/cwt275.00–289.0092124
SteersMedium and Large 1979181.47/cwt170.00–184.501,777399
SteersMedium and Large 2631156.32/cwt145.00–168.009868
SteersMedium and Large 1-2388219.00/cwt219.00–219.008506
SteersMedium and Large 1-2595182.51/cwt181.00–184.001,0868
SteersMedium and Large 1-2453214.00/cwt214.00–214.009696
SteersMedium and Large 1726175.50/cwt175.50–175.501,27413
SteersMedium 1423200.00/cwt200.00–200.008466
SteersMedium and Large 1-2411236.00/cwt236.00–236.009709
SteersLarge 1-21,028167.08/cwt166.00–168.001,71815
SteersMedium and Large 1-2318235.00/cwt235.00–235.007476
SteersMedium 1556150.00/cwt150.00–150.008344
SteersMedium and Large 1-2661170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,12417
SteersMedium and Large 1350255.00/cwt255.00–255.008934
SteersMedium and Large 1826183.13/cwt182.00–188.001,513215
SteersMedium 1321177.50/cwt177.50–177.505709
SteersMedium and Large 1910168.28/cwt162.50–169.751,53136
SteersLarge 11,059169.23/cwt168.50–170.001,792120
SteersMedium and Large 1633192.49/cwt185.00–198.001,21849
SteersMedium and Large 1488219.81/cwt218.00–222.001,07322
SteersMedium and Large 1879185.64/cwt172.75–187.501,632405
SteersMedium and Large 1437246.96/cwt245.00–252.501,07932
SteersLarge 11,031174.53/cwt169.00–179.001,799209
SteersMedium and Large 1778185.24/cwt176.00–188.001,441140
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2544171.00/cwt171.00–171.009305
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2386197.43/cwt187.00–199.0076285
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2924155.46/cwt155.00–156.001,43617
HeifersMedium and Large 1805166.25/cwt166.25–166.251,338181
HeifersMedium and Large 1718177.64/cwt177.00–178.501,275118
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy805180.75/cwt180.75–180.751,45534

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.