Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-07-22
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-07-22

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Light offering of steers last week, with the exception of 950lb steers, which were mostly steady today. Heifers 750 lbs 6.00 higher with light numbers, 800-850 lb heifers mostly 1.00-6.00 lower. Many load lots of mostly yearling cattle, along with plenty of smaller strings in the offering today. Demand good. Slaughter cows: Breaker cows 3.00-4.00 higher. Boner cows 2.00 higher. Lean cows 1.00-2.00 higher. Bulls 1.00-3.00 lower.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $320.00/cwt on 26 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −166.46 against this barn's trailing median of $486.46.

Average price

$320.00

26 head · 570 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,823

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−4.67

vs SD average

+22.18 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	570	320.00	1,823	26

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

28 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $518.21, low $447.31, median $486.46 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 sale26 hd

320.00

—

SD average2 barns · 39 hd

324.67

−4.67

National average149 barns · 6,483 hd

297.82

+22.18

This barn, trailing median28 sales

486.46

−166.46

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	1,881	162.97	3,066	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,455	146.06	2,124	21
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,631	145.21	2,368	5thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,170	129.93	1,520	8thin
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,094	103.17	1,129	10

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.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	255.87/cwt	246.00–259.00	1,855	156
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	863	231.28/cwt	230.25–232.00	1,996	262
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	286	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,115	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	305	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,357	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,869	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	522	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,670	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	833	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,941	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	888	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	1,918	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	784	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,038	56
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	714	254.71/cwt	250.00–260.00	1,819	13
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,011	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,184	54
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	633	286.11/cwt	280.00–292.50	1,811	30
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,073	58.86/cwt	50.00–70.00	632	2
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	—	1,631	145.21/cwt	143.50–151.00	2,368	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	838	236.50/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,982	151
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,285	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	1,979	1
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,098	119.77/cwt	115.00–123.00	1,315	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,100	110.93/cwt	110.00–112.50	1,220	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,170	129.93/cwt	125.00–134.00	1,520	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	684	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,847	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,930	43
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	248	455.00/cwt	455.00–455.00	1,128	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	327	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,373	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	894	240.03/cwt	237.00–248.00	2,146	160
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	987	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	2,463	261
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	564	288.00/cwt	288.00–288.00	1,624	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	281.65/cwt	278.00–288.00	2,042	31
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	943	236.56/cwt	232.00–237.00	2,231	69
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	755	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	2,227	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	355	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,207	11
Bulls	—	—	2,005	166.26/cwt	160.00–172.00	3,334	12
Bulls	—	—	1,585	155.06/cwt	150.00–158.50	2,458	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,463	145.66/cwt	138.00–151.00	2,131	20
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,087	225.50/cwt	225.50–225.50	2,451	5
Steers	Large 1	1250–1300	1,264	188.50/cwt	188.50–188.50	2,383	6
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,103	233.50/cwt	233.50–233.50	2,576	159

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 Jul 22, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,769Last week 2,735Year ago 1,981

Slaughter CattleReceipts 76Last week 32Year ago 200

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	200–250	248	455.00	455.00
5	300–350	327	420.00	420.00
17	550–600	564	288.00	288.00
17	650–700	684	270.00	270.00
156	700–750	725	246.00–259.00	255.87
43	750–800	775	249.00	249.00
151	800–850	838	235.00–245.00	236.50
262	850–900	863	230.25–232.00	231.28
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
54	1000–1050	1,011	216.00	216.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	250–300	286	390.00	390.00
5	300–350	305	445.00	445.00
11	350–400	355	340.00	340.00
6	500–550	522	320.00	320.00
20	550–600	584	320.00	320.00
30	600–650	633	280.00–292.50	286.11
31	700–750	725	278.00–288.00	281.65
10	750–800	755	295.00	295.00
160	850–900	894	237.00–248.00	240.03
69	900–950	943	232.00–237.00	236.56
261	950–1000	987	249.50	249.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
13	700–750	714	250.00–260.00	254.71
56	750–800	784	260.00	260.00
13	800–850	833	233.00	233.00
25	850–900	888	216.00	216.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	1050–1100	1,087	225.50	225.50
159	1100–1150	1,103	233.50	233.50
6	1250–1300	1,264	188.50	188.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	1,073	50.00–70.00	58.86
3	—	1,098	115.00–123.00	119.77
5	—	1,100	110.00–112.50	110.93
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,631	143.50–151.00	145.21
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,285	154.00	154.00
20	—	1,463	138.00–151.00	145.66
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,170	125.00–134.00	129.93
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	2,005	160.00–172.00	166.26
5	—	1,585	150.00–158.50	155.06

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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