Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2023-06-26

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, Jun 26
● Final53 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
3,538 head
▲ 2,201 vs last sale 1,337▲ 500 vs year ago 3,038 · +16.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
133 head
▼ 17 vs last sale 150▲ 58 vs year ago 75 · +77.3%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and heifers sold with substantially higher undertones, except, 750 lb - 800 lb heifers 3.00 to 4.00 lower. Demand for this eye appealing offering of cattle was outstanding. Light weight steers and heifers were a very hot commodity. Heifers under 700 lbs exceeded the steer prices from a week ago. Several large lots of yearlings, along with nice small packages gave order buyers, as well as, farmer buyers the opportunity to fill load lots. Rounds of shots and hided color were the biggest factors influencing bidders decisions. Several lots were hauled in on Friday and sorted on Saturday allowing them to sit in pens with grass hay and cornstalks, which made they very eye appealing and empty. A report came out stating cattle on feed as of June 1 were 11.6 million, down 3% over the same period last year. Placements during the month of May totaled 1.96 million head, 5% higher than 2022. CME Feeder Cattle closed lower. CME Corn closed unchanged. Slaughter cows and bulls steady.

NO SALE MONDAY, JULY 3 IN OBSERVANCE OF INDEPENDENCE DAY. Have fun and safe 4th of July holiday!

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $212.29/cwt on 1,661 head.
Average price
$212.29
1,661 head · 810 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,720
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
−$594
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Large 1
$40.94/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+4.15
vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2661225.391,489100
Medium and Large 1807212.771,7181,485
Medium and Large 2767190.711,46314thin
Large 11,129184.452,08262
One grade step is worth $40.94/cwt here — about −$594 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 sale1,661 hd
212.29
—
SD average4 barns · 2,806 hd
208.14
+4.15
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—Average1,563119.891,87311
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,603115.921,85918
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,306109.361,42844
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,11488.7498943

Every lot, as filed

53 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 2—871151.00/cwt151.00–151.001,3155
SteersLarge 1—1,018207.19/cwt204.00–211.252,109189
SteersLarge 2—1,037171.00/cwt171.00–171.001,7736
SteersMedium and Large 1—694252.26/cwt247.00–253.001,75188
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—717244.35/cwt242.00–247.001,75218
SteersMedium and Large 1—559273.00/cwt273.00–273.001,5267
SteersMedium and Large 2—607197.50/cwt197.50–197.501,19910
SteersMedium and Large 1—811245.64/cwt243.00–246.001,992125
SteersLarge 1-2—1,011200.50/cwt200.50–200.502,0276
SteersMedium and Large 1—618272.23/cwt262.50–279.001,68244
SteersMedium and Large 1—990210.97/cwt210.85–213.002,089434
SteersMedium and Large 1—913223.85/cwt223.85–223.852,044119
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—973198.57/cwt194.00–200.001,93240
SteersMedium and Large 1—887224.32/cwt222.00–234.001,99088
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—884210.25/cwt195.00–221.001,85912
SteersMedium and Large 1—508257.50/cwt257.50–257.501,3085
SteersMedium and Large 1—471292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,3756
SteersMedium and Large 1—783243.83/cwt243.00–245.001,90970
SteersMedium and Large 1—716250.92/cwt247.50–267.001,79777
SteersLarge 1—1,186184.50/cwt184.50–184.502,18841
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—722215.00/cwt215.00–215.001,55230
HeifersMedium and Large 1—963188.57/cwt182.50–189.501,816154
HeifersMedium and Large 1—624251.01/cwt244.00–254.001,56690
HeifersMedium and Large 1—684233.76/cwt226.00–241.501,59951
HeifersMedium and Large 1—569250.44/cwt245.00–256.001,42510
HeifersMedium and Large 1Fancy—811220.50/cwt220.50–220.501,788144
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—636248.53/cwt232.00–257.001,58152
SteersMedium and Large 2—307230.00/cwt230.00–230.007066
SteersMedium and Large 1-2—814234.00/cwt234.00–234.001,90515
HeifersMedium and Large 1—527263.37/cwt260.00–267.001,38818
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—591230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,35921
HeifersMedium and Large 1—827209.09/cwt206.00–213.501,729225
HeifersMedium and Large 1—891196.94/cwt194.00–198.501,75581
HeifersLarge 1—1,129184.45/cwt180.00–185.502,08262
HeifersMedium and Large 1—728224.23/cwt221.75–228.001,632256
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—613237.50/cwt237.50–237.501,4569
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—677226.60/cwt220.00–229.001,53436
HeifersMedium and Large 2—813195.00/cwt195.00–195.001,5856
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2—524241.00/cwt241.00–241.001,2634
HeifersMedium and Large 2—733187.50/cwt187.50–187.501,3748
HeifersMedium and Large 1—915192.92/cwt190.00–200.001,765214
HeifersMedium and Large 1—773213.78/cwt212.00–216.001,653242
Bulls——1,753125.39/cwt121.00–131.002,1986
Bulls——1,334113.30/cwt106.00–118.001,5115
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,276109.61/cwt103.00–113.001,39933
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,360115.35/cwt114.00–119.001,5696
CowsBoner 80-85%—1,439100.54/cwt95.00–102.001,4475
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,583116.77/cwt114.00–120.001,84815
CowsLean 85-90%—1,16098.46/cwt95.00–102.001,14223
CowsLean 85-90%—1,058104.00/cwt104.00–104.001,1002
CowsLean 85-90%—1,09987.15/cwt72.50–93.0095812
CowsLean 85-90%—98749.59/cwt35.00–62.004896
CowsBreaker 75-80%—1,705111.65/cwt111.00–112.001,9043

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.