Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2023-08-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-07

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold with steady to lower undertones. Not as many steers offered this week, which made it difficult to make good comparisons. Feeder heifers sold steady to higher. Several eye appealing lots of heifers sold today. Light weight calves just weaned off the cow sold outstanding today. The calves were in great condition and buyers were ready to capitalize on the opportunity to get nice light weight calves in the yard. Several rounds of shots and non implant cattle caught the eye of buyers today as well. Slaughter cows 1.00 to 3.00 lower. Bulls sold with lower undertones in a light test.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $234.23/cwt on 752 head.

Average price

$234.23

752 head · 799 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,871

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

−$841

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

$24.17/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+2.09

vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 2	323	240.00	775	8thin
Medium and Large 1	811	236.54	1,919	659
Medium and Large 1-2	749	215.83	1,616	85

One grade step is worth $24.17/cwt here — about −$841 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 sale752 hd

234.23

—

SD average5 barns · 3,408 hd

232.14

+2.09

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	1,585	116.99	1,854	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,497	122.40	1,832	31
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,321	112.62	1,487	59
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,120	84.63	948	33

Every lot, as filed

43 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 and Large 1	—	321	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	1,124	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	497	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,416	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	323	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	775	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,097	86.74/cwt	74.00–94.00	952	20
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,400	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	1,442	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,507	124.48/cwt	120.00–127.00	1,876	28
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,255	121.20/cwt	120.00–123.00	1,521	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,385	72.50/cwt	72.50–72.50	1,004	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,249	95.65/cwt	95.00–97.00	1,195	8
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,343	102.43/cwt	93.00–106.00	1,376	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,007	58.55/cwt	22.50–69.00	590	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,345	115.67/cwt	109.00–117.50	1,556	25
Bulls	—	—	1,303	100.60/cwt	80.00–116.00	1,311	4
Bulls	—	—	1,773	127.91/cwt	125.00–130.00	2,268	6
Steers	Large 1	—	1,053	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,359	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	891	224.50/cwt	224.50–224.50	2,000	247
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	678	249.97/cwt	244.00–255.00	1,695	66
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	628	250.39/cwt	246.00–255.00	1,572	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	841	213.01/cwt	208.00–227.00	1,791	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	950	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,052	5
Steers	Large 1-2	—	1,137	185.00/cwt	185.00–185.00	2,103	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	929	224.00/cwt	224.00–224.00	2,081	51
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	224.18/cwt	220.00–230.00	1,536	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	558	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,172	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	706	215.17/cwt	210.00–224.00	1,519	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	773	213.95/cwt	211.00–217.00	1,654	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	540	259.30/cwt	259.00–260.00	1,400	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	784	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,795	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	767	243.03/cwt	237.00–248.00	1,864	18
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	685	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,528	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	863	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	1,950	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	864	242.00/cwt	242.00–242.00	2,091	27
Steers	Medium 1	—	541	223.00/cwt	223.00–223.00	1,206	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	811	212.00/cwt	212.00–212.00	1,719	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	570	298.00/cwt	298.00–298.00	1,699	12
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	433	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,548	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	922	233.49/cwt	230.50–236.50	2,153	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	326	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,133	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	818	234.14/cwt	230.00–242.50	1,915	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	707	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,838	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	427	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	993	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	771	242.42/cwt	241.50–243.00	1,869	24
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	824	236.40/cwt	229.50–242.50	1,948	203

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 Aug 7, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,063Last week 2,300Year ago 2,633

Slaughter CattleReceipts 150Last week 180Year ago 61

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	321	350.00	350.00
11	—	497	285.00	285.00
247	—	891	224.50	224.50
66	—	678	244.00–255.00	249.97
10	—	628	246.00–255.00	250.39
5	—	950	216.00	216.00
51	—	929	224.00	224.00
30	—	540	259.00–260.00	259.30
24	—	771	241.50–243.00	242.42
203	—	824	229.50–242.50	236.40
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	323	240.00	240.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
23	—	841	208.00–227.00	213.01
17	—	685	220.00–230.00	224.18
4	—	558	210.00	210.00
19	—	706	210.00–224.00	215.17
22	—	773	211.00–217.00	213.95
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,053	224.00	224.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,137	185.00	185.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	784	229.00	229.00
14	—	685	223.00	223.00
12	—	863	226.00	226.00
8	—	811	212.00	212.00
7	—	427	232.50	232.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	767	237.00–248.00	243.03
27	—	864	242.00	242.00
12	—	570	298.00	298.00
10	—	433	357.50	357.50
16	—	922	230.50–236.50	233.49
10	—	326	347.50	347.50
16	—	818	230.00–242.50	234.14
9	—	707	260.00	260.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	541	223.00	223.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
20	—	1,097	74.00–94.00	86.74
8	—	1,249	95.00–97.00	95.65
5	—	1,007	22.50–69.00	58.55
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,400	103.00	103.00
28	—	1,507	120.00–127.00	124.48
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,255	120.00–123.00	121.20
1	—	1,385	72.50	72.50
17	—	1,343	93.00–106.00	102.43
25	—	1,345	109.00–117.50	115.67
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,303	80.00–116.00	100.60
6	—	1,773	125.00–130.00	127.91

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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