Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2023-01-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-01-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers steady to 3.00 higher with instance of 11.00, except 900 lbs - 950 lbs steady to 1.00 lower. Feeder heifers steady to 2.00 higher with instances of 7.00. Demand for this eye appealing offering was good to very good. One consignment consisted of over 700 head. This consignment offered 2 pot load lots on several weights, drawing very good demand. Special section of red angus cattle caught good attention as well. Vaccination program, weaning days and flesh conditions all contributed to the demand for this nice group of feeder cattle. Several farmer feeders in the seats today. January 1, 2023 inventory was down 3% from last year at the same, December placement was down 8% compared to December of 2021. CME Feeder closed higher while corn took a decent drop. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower. Bulls steady to 2.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $191.61/cwt on 2,733 head.

Average price

$191.61

2,733 head · 705 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,350

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$649

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

$42.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+1.58

vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	702	194.67	1,366	2,238
Medium and Large 1-2	676	183.06	1,237	393
Medium 1	689	160.00	1,102	7thin
Large 1	1,081	159.11	1,721	66
Medium and Large 2	470	152.38	717	29

One grade step is worth $42.29/cwt here — about $649 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 sale2,733 hd

191.61

—

SD average8 barns · 15,168 hd

190.02

+1.58

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	1,709	90.31	1,543	7thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,558	78.79	1,228	37
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,406	69.24	974	25
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,113	48.17	536	18

Every lot, as filed

71 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,555	78.95/cwt	75.00–82.00	1,228	36
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,410	57.55/cwt	55.00–62.50	811	3
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,406	70.83/cwt	67.00–74.50	996	22
Bulls	—	—	1,740	86.45/cwt	85.00–88.00	1,504	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	865	170.00/cwt	170.00–170.00	1,471	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	765	169.53/cwt	166.00–171.50	1,297	140
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	516	141.00/cwt	141.00–141.00	728	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	526	193.36/cwt	184.00–211.00	1,017	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	187.62/cwt	178.00–194.00	1,154	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	776	170.81/cwt	166.00–172.50	1,325	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	396	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	847	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	196.99/cwt	191.00–200.50	912	57
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	583	198.99/cwt	185.00–208.00	1,160	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	580	214.93/cwt	209.50–221.00	1,247	186
Steers	Large 1	—	1,001	152.50/cwt	152.50–152.50	1,527	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	440	231.86/cwt	225.00–237.00	1,020	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	426	195.65/cwt	186.00–215.00	833	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	179.85/cwt	178.00–181.00	1,290	124
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	625	204.33/cwt	195.00–211.00	1,277	244
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	881	175.40/cwt	172.50–179.50	1,545	163
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	807	180.60/cwt	174.50–183.50	1,457	204
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	482	231.57/cwt	223.00–236.00	1,116	80
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	918	171.49/cwt	168.00–174.00	1,574	60
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	460	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	856	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	719	189.95/cwt	184.00–193.00	1,366	264
Steers	Medium 1	—	689	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,102	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	770	179.77/cwt	176.50–187.00	1,384	282
Steers	Large 1	—	1,114	162.25/cwt	162.25–162.25	1,807	44
Steers	Large 1	—	1,067	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,643	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	181.65/cwt	170.00–185.00	1,235	40
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	516	227.94/cwt	226.00–232.00	1,176	97
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	351	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	878	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	327	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	785	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	173.59/cwt	168.00–182.00	1,175	303
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	613	183.06/cwt	178.50–189.00	1,122	201
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	862	131.56/cwt	131.00–132.50	1,134	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	590	203.50/cwt	203.50–203.50	1,201	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	611	196.50/cwt	196.50–196.50	1,201	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	519	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,028	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,117	58.39/cwt	55.00–61.00	652	7
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,016	29.86/cwt	21.00–33.00	303	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,164	48.42/cwt	41.00–52.00	564	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,680	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	1,226	1
Bulls	—	—	1,696	91.86/cwt	91.00–93.00	1,558	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	305	192.50/cwt	192.50–192.50	587	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	414	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	807	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	640	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	1,018	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	424	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	653	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	435	211.27/cwt	201.50–218.00	919	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	887	162.21/cwt	162.00–162.25	1,439	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	524	179.20/cwt	177.00–181.00	939	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	696	165.00/cwt	165.00–165.00	1,148	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	483	183.00/cwt	183.00–183.00	884	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	714	173.57/cwt	169.50–176.35	1,239	282
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	584	178.94/cwt	178.00–180.00	1,045	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	386	175.41/cwt	170.00–180.00	677	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	823	170.09/cwt	168.00–170.50	1,400	137
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	996	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	1,554	34
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	731	159.39/cwt	157.00–165.00	1,165	165
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	291	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	626	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	586	167.03/cwt	161.00–176.50	979	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	519	188.18/cwt	184.00–193.00	977	87
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	671	193.61/cwt	184.75–199.50	1,299	392
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	967	173.50/cwt	173.50–173.50	1,678	23
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	648	187.00/cwt	187.00–187.00	1,212	32
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	—	795	189.75/cwt	189.75–189.75	1,509	154
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	626	168.13/cwt	164.50–175.50	1,052	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	575	187.38/cwt	180.00–192.50	1,077	400
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	831	170.63/cwt	166.00–173.00	1,418	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	970	155.50/cwt	155.50–155.50	1,508	6
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	456	156.00/cwt	156.00–156.00	711	22

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 Jan 23, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 5,920Last week 7,907Year ago 5,178

Slaughter CattleReceipts 95Last week 0Year ago 79

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,555	75.00–82.00	78.95
1	—	1,680	73.00	73.00
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,410	55.00–62.50	57.55
22	—	1,406	67.00–74.50	70.83
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,117	55.00–61.00	58.39
4	—	1,016	21.00–33.00	29.86
7	—	1,164	41.00–52.00	48.42
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,740	85.00–88.00	86.45
5	—	1,696	91.00–93.00	91.86

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	865	170.00	170.00
32	—	526	184.00–211.00	193.36
52	—	615	178.00–194.00	187.62
23	—	776	166.00–172.50	170.81
12	—	396	214.00	214.00
30	—	583	185.00–208.00	198.99
14	—	426	186.00–215.00	195.65
124	—	717	178.00–181.00	179.85
4	—	460	186.00	186.00
40	—	680	170.00–185.00	181.65
45	—	831	166.00–173.00	170.63
6	—	970	155.50	155.50
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	516	141.00	141.00
22	—	456	156.00	156.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
186	—	580	209.50–221.00	214.93
33	—	440	225.00–237.00	231.86
244	—	625	195.00–211.00	204.33
163	—	881	172.50–179.50	175.40
204	—	807	174.50–183.50	180.60
80	—	482	223.00–236.00	231.57
60	—	918	168.00–174.00	171.49
264	—	719	184.00–193.00	189.95
282	—	770	176.50–187.00	179.77
97	—	516	226.00–232.00	227.94
14	—	351	250.00	250.00
10	—	327	240.00	240.00
392	—	671	184.75–199.50	193.61
23	—	967	173.50	173.50
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	—	1,001	152.50	152.50
44	—	1,114	162.25	162.25
5	—	1,067	154.00	154.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	689	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	648	187.00	187.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
154	—	795	189.75	189.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
140	—	765	166.00–171.50	169.53
57	—	463	191.00–200.50	196.99
303	—	677	168.00–182.00	173.59
201	—	613	178.50–189.00	183.06
39	—	435	201.50–218.00	211.27
29	—	887	162.00–162.25	162.21
282	—	714	169.50–176.35	173.57
137	—	823	168.00–170.50	170.09
34	—	996	156.00	156.00
7	—	291	215.00	215.00
87	—	519	184.00–193.00	188.18
400	—	575	180.00–192.50	187.38
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	862	131.00–132.50	131.56
12	—	640	159.00	159.00
8	—	424	154.00	154.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
39	—	590	203.50	203.50
19	—	611	196.50	196.50
17	—	519	198.00	198.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	305	192.50	192.50
12	—	414	195.00	195.00
20	—	524	177.00–181.00	179.20
8	—	696	165.00	165.00
4	—	483	183.00	183.00
9	—	386	170.00–180.00	175.41
165	—	731	157.00–165.00	159.39
63	—	586	161.00–176.50	167.03
31	—	626	164.50–175.50	168.13
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
104	—	584	178.00–180.00	178.94

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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