Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-04-29
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-04-29

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago: Steers 750 lbs and under limited in numbers today, 800 lbs 4.00-8.00 higher, 900 lbs 3.00-8.00 higher. Heifers 600-650 lbs mostly steady to 9.00 higher, 700 lbs 3.00 higher, 750 lbs 8.00-12.00 higher, 800 lbs 2.00-5.00 higher. Most of the sale consisted of load lots, along with large string consignments. Plenty of buyers in the seats today. Demand was good, especially on large groups and load lots. Slaughter cows: Light numbers today. Breaker cows 2.00 higher, Boner cows 2.00 lower, Lean cows 1.00-5.00 higher. No bulls for comparison.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 600–700 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

600–700 lb heifers averaged $259.89/cwt on 207 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −127.72 against this barn's trailing median of $387.61.

Average price

$259.89

207 head · 649 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,688

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$160

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

$11.50/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−12.49

vs SD average

+12.11 vs national

What quality paid 600–700 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	651	260.50	1,696	196
Medium and Large 1-2	617	249.00	1,536	11thin

One grade step is worth $11.50/cwt here — about $160 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 600–700 lb

28 sales

Heifers 600–700 lb: high $425.33, low $352.80, median $387.61 across 28 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 600–700 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale207 hd

259.89

—

SD average6 barns · 1,024 hd

272.38

−12.49

National average163 barns · 7,606 hd

247.78

+12.11

This barn, trailing median28 sales

387.61

−127.72

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,496	138.87	2,078	25
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,296	123.14	1,596	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,163	98.15	1,142	23

Every lot, as filed

31 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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,446	146.37/cwt	141.00–149.00	2,117	5
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,160	50.79/cwt	40.00–67.50	589	4
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,182	114.72/cwt	107.00–119.00	1,356	14
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,296	123.14/cwt	121.00–125.00	1,596	10
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,509	136.99/cwt	130.00–140.00	2,067	20
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,114	89.66/cwt	77.00–96.00	999	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	229.89/cwt	224.00–232.00	1,890	189
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	768	246.50/cwt	240.00–257.50	1,893	644
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	685	287.29/cwt	277.00–291.00	1,968	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	709	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,006	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	972	210.00/cwt	210.00–210.00	2,041	54
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	246.76/cwt	238.50–257.00	1,789	180
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	317.00/cwt	317.00–317.00	1,804	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	702	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,622	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	468	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,460	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	823	246.33/cwt	236.00–248.00	2,027	87
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	610	269.84/cwt	269.00–271.00	1,646	59
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	669	256.48/cwt	248.00–263.00	1,716	137
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	785	256.00/cwt	256.00–256.00	2,010	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	213.00/cwt	213.00–213.00	1,981	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	711	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,689	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	798	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,891	44
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	877	234.47/cwt	234.00–236.00	2,056	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	939	233.73/cwt	226.00–235.25	2,195	276
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	617	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,536	11
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,069	210.63/cwt	209.00–215.00	2,252	15
Beef/Dairy Steers	Large 2	1250–1300	1,285	177.50/cwt	177.50–177.50	2,281	5
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,035	223.27/cwt	214.00–232.85	2,311	238
Steers	Large 1	1200–1250	1,201	195.00/cwt	195.00–195.00	2,342	7
Dairy Steers	Large 3	1150–1200	1,157	135.00/cwt	135.00–135.00	1,562	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	977	225.00/cwt	225.00–225.00	2,198	14

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 Apr 29, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,439Last week 3,047Year ago 2,097

Slaughter CattleReceipts 62Last week 114Year ago 70

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,446	141.00–149.00	146.37
20	—	1,509	130.00–140.00	136.99
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,160	40.00–67.50	50.79
14	—	1,182	107.00–119.00	114.72
5	—	1,114	77.00–96.00	89.66
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	1,296	121.00–125.00	123.14

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
4	450–500	468	312.00	312.00
59	600–650	610	269.00–271.00	269.84
137	650–700	669	248.00–263.00	256.48
180	700–750	725	238.50–257.00	246.76
644	750–800	768	240.00–257.50	246.50
189	800–850	822	224.00–232.00	229.89
7	900–950	930	213.00	213.00
54	950–1000	972	210.00	210.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
11	600–650	617	249.00	249.00
9	700–750	702	231.00	231.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
16	700–750	711	237.50	237.50
44	750–800	798	237.00	237.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
17	550–600	569	317.00	317.00
35	650–700	685	277.00–291.00	287.29
8	700–750	709	283.00	283.00
10	750–800	785	256.00	256.00
87	800–850	823	236.00–248.00	246.33
21	850–900	877	234.00–236.00	234.47
276	900–950	939	226.00–235.25	233.73
14	950–1000	977	225.00	225.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
238	1000–1050	1,035	214.00–232.85	223.27
15	1050–1100	1,069	209.00–215.00	210.63
7	1200–1250	1,201	195.00	195.00
Beef/Dairy Steers — Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1250–1300	1,285	177.50	177.50
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1150–1200	1,157	135.00	135.00

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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