Sale reports / South Dakota / Sioux Falls Regional Livestock / 2024-05-20

Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Mon, May 20
● Final36 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2026
Feeder Cattle receipts
2,571 head
338 vs last sale 2,909 39 vs year ago 2,610 · 1.5%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
146 head
67 vs last sale 79 4 vs year ago 150 · 2.7%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale two weeks ago: Steers 650 lbs 3.00 higher, 800 lbs 1.00 higher, 900 lbs steady to 4.00 lower with much lower head count this week. Heifers 550 lbs 12.00 to sharply higher, 700 lbs 1.00-2.00 higher, 850-900 lbs 3.00-6.00 higher. Slaughter cows: Breaker cows 1.00-2.00 higher. Boner cows 1.00 higher. Not enough lean cows for comparison. Limited number of bulls, no comparison.

Multiple loads of both calves and yearlings, along with many smaller strings in the offering today. Demand was good throughout the sale, especially on load lots and light cattle as the supply dwindles.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $304.21/cwt on 235 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits 126.13 against this barn's trailing median of $430.34.
Average price
$304.21
235 head · 557 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,695
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$174
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2
$40.27/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+2.23
vs SD average
+27.75 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1556306.271,704223
Medium and Large 1-2575266.001,53012thin
One grade step is worth $40.27/cwt here — about $174 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

28 sales
498459420381median 430.3412/1502/0203/2306/0108/17
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $484.12, low $394.88, median $430.34 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 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale235 hd
304.21
SD average4 barns · 598 hd
301.98
+2.23
National average163 barns · 12,702 hd
276.46
+27.75
This barn, trailing median28 sales
430.34
−126.13
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
BullsAverage1,990150.602,9985thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,449140.042,029108
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,349125.581,69419
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,138106.011,20611

Every lot, as filed

36 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
CowsBoner 80-85%1,349125.58/cwt120.00–131.001,69419
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,469139.32/cwt132.00–144.502,04797
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,271146.41/cwt145.50–147.001,86111
CowsLean 85-90%1,182115.22/cwt109.00–119.001,3627
CowsLean 85-90%1,10599.84/cwt87.50–105.001,1033
CowsLean 85-90%93060.00/cwt60.00–60.005581
HeifersMedium and Large 1400–450439355.00/cwt355.00–355.001,5585
HeifersMedium and Large 1750–800789237.00/cwt237.00–237.001,8708
SteersMedium and Large 1700–750715264.70/cwt264.00–266.001,89342
SteersMedium and Large 1800–850833244.75/cwt241.50–249.002,03951
HeifersMedium and Large 1850–900880224.80/cwt223.75–227.001,97853
HeifersMedium and Large 1700–750745241.92/cwt241.00–251.001,80294
SteersMedium and Large 1650–700659297.15/cwt295.00–300.001,95853
HeifersMedium and Large 1500–550540307.00/cwt307.00–307.001,658102
SteersMedium and Large 1950–1000971227.03/cwt226.00–229.252,204200
HeifersMedium and Large 1950–1000980215.00/cwt215.00–215.002,10736
HeifersMedium and Large 1550–600570305.65/cwt300.00–307.001,742121
HeifersMedium and Large 1600–650637270.00/cwt270.00–270.001,72010
HeifersMedium and Large 1800–850820228.56/cwt222.50–237.001,874340
HeifersMedium and Large 1900–950926216.08/cwt214.00–218.502,001126
SteersMedium and Large 1550–600577325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,87538
SteersMedium and Large 1900–950938230.75/cwt228.00–237.752,164166
SteersMedium and Large 1400–450447370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,6545
HeifersMedium and Large 1-2Unweaned550–600575266.00/cwt266.00–266.001,53012
SteersMedium and Large 1600–650639292.00/cwt292.00–292.001,8669
SteersMedium and Large 1Unweaned600–650628286.00/cwt286.00–286.001,7968
HeifersMedium and Large 1Unweaned650–700662255.00/cwt255.00–255.001,68810
SteersMedium and Large 1750–800762260.00/cwt260.00–260.001,98113
SteersMedium and Large 1450–500495354.00/cwt354.00–354.001,75228
Beef/Dairy SteersMedium and Large 2650–700683283.00/cwt283.00–283.001,9339
Bulls1,722145.33/cwt145.00–146.002,5033
Bulls2,393158.50/cwt158.50–158.503,7932
HeifersLarge 11000–10501,003208.50/cwt208.50–208.502,0916
SteersLarge 11000–10501,027207.00/cwt207.00–207.002,1266
SteersLarge 11050–11001,063220.01/cwt215.00–221.502,339183
SteersMedium and Large 1850–900853252.50/cwt252.50–252.502,15434

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.