Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2023-05-01
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-05-01

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers in a light test sold 2.00 to 4.00 lower, with lighter weights selling significantly lower, 750lbs - 800lbs, 850 lbs - 950 lbs steady to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers steady to 5.00 lower in a light test, except 600 lbs - 650 lbs 6.00 to 7.00 higher. Demand for this eye appealing offering of green cattle was moderate. Several loads lots of yearlings caught the attention of buyers today. The past few weeks there is not a big noticeable spread between black hided and colored cattle. Tight supply of cattle are not easing. Buyers definitely appreciate and sit up when the cattle have a well rounded vaccination program. With warmer weather on the horizon farmers are busy in the field, creating a lighter offering and less people in the seats. Slaughter cows steady to 5.00 lower. Bulls 2.00 to 5.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb steers averaged $204.91/cwt on 1,037 head.

Average price

$204.91

1,037 head · 817 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,673

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$398

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

$40.53/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.34

vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	652	215.53	1,406	79
Medium and Large 1	831	204.33	1,697	941
Medium 1	685	195.00	1,336	11thin
Large 1	1,031	175.00	1,804	6thin

One grade step is worth $40.53/cwt here — about −$398 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 sale1,037 hd

204.91

—

SD average6 barns · 8,064 hd

208.26

−3.34

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	1,654	107.15	1,772	16
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,532	99.43	1,523	11
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,411	86.80	1,225	9thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,287	76.37	983	27

Every lot, as filed

54 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 1	—	415	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	946	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	780	190.58/cwt	186.00–191.25	1,487	83
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	624	212.43/cwt	205.00–216.00	1,326	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	661	204.89/cwt	197.50–212.50	1,354	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	891	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	1,693	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	566	224.95/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,273	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	484	279.00/cwt	279.00–279.00	1,350	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	361	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,119	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	869	198.10/cwt	191.50–201.00	1,721	143
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	673	217.29/cwt	213.00–220.00	1,462	27
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,312	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	707	207.00/cwt	207.00–207.00	1,463	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	784	204.00/cwt	204.00–204.00	1,599	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	469	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,210	5
Steers	Medium 1	—	685	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	1,336	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	913	191.02/cwt	187.00–192.75	1,744	269
Steers	Large 1	—	1,031	175.00/cwt	175.00–175.00	1,804	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	716	218.72/cwt	217.00–220.00	1,566	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	571	243.00/cwt	243.00–243.00	1,388	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	753	222.50/cwt	211.00–223.50	1,675	158
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	835	201.30/cwt	195.00–206.50	1,681	292
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	833	173.00/cwt	173.00–173.00	1,441	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	622	215.50/cwt	210.00–220.00	1,340	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	802	183.79/cwt	181.00–184.00	1,474	72
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	974	170.50/cwt	170.50–170.50	1,661	28
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	887	175.67/cwt	175.00–178.00	1,558	285
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	798	177.00/cwt	177.00–177.00	1,412	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,185	34.42/cwt	34.00–35.00	408	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,238	70.54/cwt	61.00–73.00	873	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,345	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,358	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,318	80.41/cwt	76.00–86.00	1,060	14
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,471	100.82/cwt	100.00–104.00	1,483	6
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,679	91.62/cwt	91.00–92.00	1,538	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,495	106.99/cwt	106.00–108.00	1,600	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,468	84.01/cwt	78.00–86.00	1,233	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,366	89.04/cwt	87.00–91.00	1,216	5
Bulls	—	—	1,820	112.06/cwt	110.00–117.00	2,039	6
Bulls	—	—	1,554	104.20/cwt	86.00–108.00	1,619	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	924	178.70/cwt	176.00–179.00	1,651	111
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	198.91/cwt	198.75–199.00	1,414	96
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	921	157.00/cwt	157.00–157.00	1,446	57
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	736	186.59/cwt	184.00–192.00	1,373	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	613	200.09/cwt	197.00–204.00	1,227	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	528	216.51/cwt	215.00–217.00	1,143	21
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,064	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	1,702	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	527	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,138	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	412	274.89/cwt	271.00–280.00	1,133	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	575	215.00/cwt	215.00–215.00	1,236	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	457	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,120	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	341	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	887	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	—	688	209.00/cwt	209.00–209.00	1,438	8
Heifers	Medium 1	—	599	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	1,210	7
Heifers	Medium 1	—	526	198.00/cwt	198.00–198.00	1,041	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	659	199.00/cwt	199.00–199.00	1,311	7

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 May 1, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,097Last week 3,401Year ago 1,032

Slaughter CattleReceipts 70Last week 95Year ago 55

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	415	228.00	228.00
7	—	599	202.00	202.00
7	—	526	198.00	198.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
83	—	780	186.00–191.25	190.58
38	—	622	210.00–220.00	215.50
72	—	802	181.00–184.00	183.79
28	—	974	170.50	170.50
285	—	887	175.00–178.00	175.67
111	—	924	176.00–179.00	178.70
96	—	711	198.75–199.00	198.91
12	—	527	216.00	216.00
9	—	412	271.00–280.00	274.89
5	—	457	245.00	245.00
4	—	341	260.00	260.00
7	—	659	199.00	199.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	833	173.00	173.00
57	—	921	157.00	157.00
24	—	736	184.00–192.00	186.59
21	—	613	197.00–204.00	200.09
21	—	528	215.00–217.00	216.51
4	—	575	215.00	215.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	798	177.00	177.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,064	160.00	160.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	624	205.00–216.00	212.43
12	—	661	197.50–212.50	204.89
8	—	891	190.00	190.00
18	—	566	220.00–230.00	224.95
5	—	531	247.00	247.00
8	—	707	207.00	207.00
8	—	784	204.00	204.00
5	—	469	258.00	258.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	484	279.00	279.00
4	—	361	310.00	310.00
143	—	869	191.50–201.00	198.10
27	—	673	213.00–220.00	217.29
269	—	913	187.00–192.75	191.02
14	—	716	217.00–220.00	218.72
13	—	571	243.00	243.00
158	—	753	211.00–223.50	222.50
292	—	835	195.00–206.50	201.30
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	685	195.00	195.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,031	175.00	175.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	688	209.00	209.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,185	34.00–35.00	34.42
8	—	1,238	61.00–73.00	70.54
3	—	1,345	101.00	101.00
14	—	1,318	76.00–86.00	80.41
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,471	100.00–104.00	100.82
3	—	1,679	91.00–92.00	91.62
2	—	1,495	106.00–108.00	106.99
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,468	78.00–86.00	84.01
5	—	1,366	87.00–91.00	89.04
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,820	110.00–117.00	112.06
10	—	1,554	86.00–108.00	104.20

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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