Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2023-08-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2023-08-14

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers sold with higher undertones, there were not any good weight comparisons to make a definite market call. Feeder heifers 800 lbs - 850 lbs 4.00 to 7.00 higher, other weights sold with higher undertones, with no other weights to make a meaningful comparison. Demand for this nice offering of feeder cattle was good. Black hide, rounds of shots, and programs were factors that determined buyers, bidding decisions. Several loads of eye appealing yearlings along with several smaller packages offered. A couple eye catching packages of light calves right off the cows offered today. Slaughter cows steady to 3.00 lower. Bulls significantly lower.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $234.24/cwt on 950 head.

Average price

$234.24

950 head · 842 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,972

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$638

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

$61.74/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+4.62

vs SD average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	850	236.19	2,008	805
Medium and Large 1-2	784	227.98	1,788	129
Large 1	1,022	202.00	2,064	7thin
Medium and Large 2	786	174.44	1,370	9thin

One grade step is worth $61.74/cwt here — about $638 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 sale950 hd

234.24

—

SD average5 barns · 2,930 hd

229.61

+4.62

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	1,511	111.37	1,683	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,614	122.20	1,972	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,340	113.51	1,521	61
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,208	90.77	1,096	87

Every lot, as filed

49 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
Steers	Large 1	—	1,067	226.75/cwt	226.75–226.75	2,419	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	471	281.45/cwt	275.00–287.50	1,326	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	922	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,715	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	756	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,867	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	559	288.62/cwt	287.50–290.00	1,613	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	885	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	1,859	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	221	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	685	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	411	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	1,079	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	634	244.00/cwt	244.00–244.00	1,547	24
Heifers	Large 1	—	1,022	202.00/cwt	202.00–202.00	2,064	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	615	160.00/cwt	160.00–160.00	984	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	827	240.34/cwt	234.00–249.50	1,988	223
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	871	228.82/cwt	224.50–239.50	1,993	281
Bulls	—	—	1,654	117.43/cwt	115.00–122.00	1,942	11
Bulls	—	—	1,118	94.70/cwt	90.00–100.00	1,059	4
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,333	113.29/cwt	107.00–117.00	1,510	54
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,239	100.90/cwt	96.00–106.00	1,250	32
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,490	98.02/cwt	91.00–105.00	1,460	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,065	64.94/cwt	42.50–76.00	692	18
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,269	91.23/cwt	81.00–95.00	1,158	32
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,666	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,899	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,596	124.93/cwt	123.00–126.00	1,994	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,352	122.12/cwt	118.00–125.00	1,651	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,131	116.02/cwt	107.00–119.00	1,312	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	732	265.72/cwt	260.00–269.00	1,945	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	801	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,842	6
Steers	Large 1	—	1,135	193.00/cwt	193.00–193.00	2,191	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	640	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,734	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	439	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,251	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	1,381	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	720	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,728	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	958	217.00/cwt	217.00–217.00	2,079	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	364	360.75/cwt	350.00–370.00	1,313	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	777	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,137	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	648	285.00/cwt	285.00–285.00	1,847	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	915	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,068	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	568	297.59/cwt	292.00–300.00	1,690	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	667	246.98/cwt	243.00–249.00	1,647	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	463	308.47/cwt	295.00–315.00	1,428	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	801	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,922	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	615	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,476	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	959	228.47/cwt	222.50–233.00	2,191	90
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	677	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,963	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	716	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,647	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	375	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,163	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	937	226.02/cwt	225.75–231.00	2,118	124
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	904	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,971	63
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	965	227.80/cwt	225.00–228.00	2,198	104
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	711	257.00/cwt	257.00–257.00	1,827	20

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 14, 2023

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,506Last week 1,063Year ago 2,850

Slaughter CattleReceipts 185Last week 150Year ago 150

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
53	—	1,067	226.75	226.75
8	—	1,135	193.00	193.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	756	247.00	247.00
7	—	531	260.00	260.00
17	—	720	240.00	240.00
8	—	958	217.00	217.00
29	—	667	243.00–249.00	246.98
4	—	801	240.00	240.00
4	—	615	240.00	240.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	732	260.00–269.00	265.72
11	—	364	350.00–370.00	360.75
8	—	777	275.00	275.00
4	—	648	285.00	285.00
28	—	915	226.00	226.00
30	—	568	292.00–300.00	297.59
34	—	463	295.00–315.00	308.47
90	—	959	222.50–233.00	228.47
15	—	677	290.00	290.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	471	275.00–287.50	281.45
9	—	559	287.50–290.00	288.62
4	—	221	310.00	310.00
223	—	827	234.00–249.50	240.34
281	—	871	224.50–239.50	228.82
6	—	640	271.00	271.00
9	—	439	285.00	285.00
11	—	375	310.00	310.00
124	—	937	225.75–231.00	226.02
104	—	965	225.00–228.00	227.80
20	—	711	257.00	257.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	922	186.00	186.00
4	—	615	160.00	160.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	885	210.00	210.00
8	—	411	262.50	262.50
24	—	634	244.00	244.00
6	—	801	230.00	230.00
23	—	716	230.00	230.00
63	—	904	218.00	218.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,022	202.00	202.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,654	115.00–122.00	117.43
4	—	1,118	90.00–100.00	94.70
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
54	—	1,333	107.00–117.00	113.29
2	—	1,490	91.00–105.00	98.02
5	—	1,352	118.00–125.00	122.12
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,239	96.00–106.00	100.90
18	—	1,065	42.50–76.00	64.94
32	—	1,269	81.00–95.00	91.23
5	—	1,131	107.00–119.00	116.02
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,666	114.00	114.00
12	—	1,596	123.00–126.00	124.93

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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