Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2023-04-24

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Apr 24
● Final67 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,401 head
▼ 402 vs last sale 3,803▲ 115 vs year ago 3,286 · +3.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
95 head
▼ 5 vs last sale 100▲ 20 vs year ago 75 · +26.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers 3.00 to 7.00 lower with instances of 20.00, except 600 lbs - 650 lbs 4.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers steady to 4.00 lower, with instances of 13.00, except 900 lbs - 950 lbs steady to 2.00 higher. Lighter steers and heifers under 600lbs held steady to strong, as they are getting harder to find. Demand for this eye appealing offering of feeder cattle was good. Rounds of shots and flesh condition were the biggest factors determining how active the bidding was. Several lots of hay fed fall calves offered today. Cattle on Feed Report for April 1, 2023 said 11.6 million on inventory, 4% below last year at the same time. Placements in March totaled 1.99 million head 1% below 2022. Steers were 6% lower while heifers were 2% lower. Reported fewest cattle on feed since 2017. CME Feeder Cattle and Corn both closed lower. Slaughter cows 8.00 to 11.00 lower. Bulls 3.00 to 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb steers averaged $206.08/cwt on 1,665 head.
Average price
$206.08
1,665 head · 803 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,655
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$225
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Large 1
$24.88/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−3.86
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1807207.681,6751,343
Medium and Large 1-2738204.971,513216
Medium 1714203.001,4498thin
Medium and Large 2624195.451,22031
Large 11,040182.801,90067
One grade step is worth $24.88/cwt here — about −$225 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 sale1,665 hd
206.08
—
SD average7 barns · 12,890 hd
209.94
−3.86
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—Low1,793101.651,82213
CowsPremium White 65-75%Average1,578117.001,8463thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,52297.911,49026
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,34691.201,22728
CowsLean 85-90%Very Low1,16772.7784922

Every lot, as filed

67 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 and Large 1-2—890183.98/cwt183.50–186.001,63746
SteersMedium and Large 1—712222.68/cwt219.50–229.001,58550
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—665247.50/cwt247.50–247.501,64613
SteersMedium and Large 1Fancy—644257.00/cwt257.00–257.001,6556
SteersMedium and Large 1—434292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,26727
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—826192.44/cwt188.50–194.001,59029
SteersMedium and Large 1—523260.95/cwt256.00–267.501,36526
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—568224.21/cwt222.00–227.001,27411
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—632218.35/cwt214.00–227.001,38057
SteersMedium and Large 1—884190.89/cwt187.50–201.251,687202
SteersMedium 1—714203.00/cwt203.00–203.001,4498
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—785192.91/cwt191.00–197.001,51419
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—688211.55/cwt201.00–223.001,45520
SteersMedium and Large 1—781209.81/cwt204.50–217.001,639214
SteersMedium and Large 2—501205.00/cwt205.00–205.001,0277
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—952178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,6956
SteersMedium and Large 1—618234.68/cwt234.00–236.001,45028
SteersMedium and Large 1—365275.00/cwt275.00–275.001,0044
SteersMedium and Large 1—476275.84/cwt274.00–285.001,31325
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—477252.62/cwt243.00–259.001,20510
SteersMedium and Large 2—660192.67/cwt187.00–195.001,27224
SteersMedium and Large 1—680233.67/cwt225.00–241.501,58987
SteersLarge 1—1,104173.50/cwt173.50–173.501,91518
SteersMedium and Large 1—984185.50/cwt180.00–187.251,825118
SteersLarge 1—1,016186.22/cwt185.25–188.251,89249
SteersMedium and Large 1—908188.40/cwt182.00–188.751,711354
SteersMedium and Large 1—836200.45/cwt197.00–211.001,676109
HeifersMedium and Large 1—631207.65/cwt203.00–214.001,31033
HeifersMedium and Large 1—578239.30/cwt232.00–241.001,383103
HeifersMedium and Large 1—874179.83/cwt175.00–187.001,572314
HeifersMedium and Large 1—930179.49/cwt179.00–179.751,66970
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—592216.60/cwt209.00–222.001,28223
HeifersMedium and Large 1—536225.61/cwt223.00–234.001,20920
CowsLean 85-90%—99645.30/cwt42.50–50.004515
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,50193.47/cwt91.00–96.001,4036
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,484100.17/cwt97.50–104.001,48714
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,593107.59/cwt105.00–111.001,7144
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,32593.19/cwt88.00–96.001,23522
CowsLean 85-90%—1,23580.90/cwt78.00–85.0099911
CowsLean 85-90%—1,14071.35/cwt66.00–75.008133
CowsLean 85-90%—1,23290.17/cwt90.00–90.501,1113
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,42681.11/cwt76.00–86.001,1575
CowsPremium White 65-75%—1,578117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,8463
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,71076.00/cwt76.00–76.001,3002
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,39598.00/cwt98.00–98.001,3671
Bulls——1,69989.02/cwt75.00–108.001,5128
Bulls——1,943121.86/cwt116.00–125.002,3685
HeifersMedium and Large 1—734202.62/cwt196.50–204.501,487200
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—930163.00/cwt163.00–163.001,5164
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—723191.42/cwt189.00–193.001,38415
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—783181.88/cwt180.00–183.001,42419
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—833176.03/cwt170.00–177.001,46628
HeifersMedium and Large 1—432259.11/cwt252.50–262.501,11929
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—944178.00/cwt178.00–178.001,6806
HeifersMedium and Large 1—824186.38/cwt182.00–192.001,536236
HeifersMedium and Large 2—593201.28/cwt200.00–202.001,19411
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—960164.00/cwt164.00–164.001,57410
HeifersMedium and Large 1—669204.33/cwt201.00–205.751,367100
HeifersMedium and Large 1—978173.22/cwt171.50–175.251,69469
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—733215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,5766
HeifersMedium and Large 1—765194.07/cwt192.00–199.001,485106
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—539219.00/cwt219.00–219.001,1807
HeifersMedium and Large 1—482248.00/cwt248.00–248.001,19518
HeifersLarge 1—1,025170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,7434
HeifersMedium and Large 1—389260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,0117
SteersMedium and Large 1—572244.58/cwt239.00–245.501,39980
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—508245.00/cwt245.00–245.001,2456

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.