Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-09-23
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-23

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last week: Limited number of light steers in the previous sale. Steers 850-900 lbs 3.00-4.00 lower, 950 lbs mostly 1.00-3.00 higher. Heifers 650 lbs 8.00 higher, 750 lbs 2.00 lower, 800-900 lbs mostly steady to 3.00 higher. A large portion of the auction consisted of load lots of mostly yearling calves. Plenty of smaller packages in the offering also. Demand was good, especially on load lots of yearling steers. Slaughter cows: Light number of Breaker cows. No comparison. Boner cows steady. Lean cows steady to 2.00 higher. Not enough bulls for comparison.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $293.82/cwt on 47 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −192.64 against this barn's trailing median of $486.46.

Average price

$293.82

47 head · 528 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,552

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$118

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

$50.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−2.07

vs SD average

+19.53 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	521	300.24	1,563	41
Medium and Large 1-2	578	250.00	1,445	6thin

One grade step is worth $50.24/cwt here — about $118 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

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 sale47 hd

293.82

—

SD average4 barns · 159 hd

295.90

−2.07

National average169 barns · 10,664 hd

274.29

+19.53

This barn, trailing median28 sales

486.46

−192.64

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	1,735	149.31	2,590	18
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,341	134.66	1,806	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,358	128.95	1,751	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,290	98.67	1,273	45

Every lot, as filed

52 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	Medium and Large 1	850–900	882	240.85/cwt	234.75–259.00	2,124	311
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	972	230.76/cwt	226.00–231.50	2,243	142
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	439	316.20/cwt	315.00–322.50	1,388	38
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	595	217.50/cwt	217.50–217.50	1,294	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	416	356.45/cwt	350.00–360.00	1,483	29
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	550	297.50/cwt	297.50–297.50	1,636	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	929	227.82/cwt	219.00–244.00	2,116	283
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	817	250.24/cwt	235.00–257.50	2,044	245
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	843	220.99/cwt	216.00–231.00	1,863	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	919	216.06/cwt	212.00–220.00	1,986	143
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,006	224.69/cwt	219.50–225.25	2,260	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	870	228.00/cwt	228.00–228.00	1,984	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	253.08/cwt	240.00–256.00	1,810	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	510	301.24/cwt	281.00–312.50	1,536	30
Steers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	297	420.00/cwt	420.00–420.00	1,247	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	660	246.99/cwt	233.00–261.00	1,630	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	578	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,445	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	237	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,031	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	767	262.50/cwt	262.50–262.50	2,013	79
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Natural	750–800	794	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,850	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	455	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,479	25
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	725	227.00/cwt	227.00–227.00	1,646	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	476	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	1,338	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	970	186.00/cwt	186.00–186.00	1,804	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	450–500	470	310.00/cwt	310.00–310.00	1,457	8
Bulls	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	516	299.50/cwt	299.50–299.50	1,545	16
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,358	128.95/cwt	126.00–132.00	1,751	22
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,103	73.52/cwt	62.50–85.00	811	16
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,330	102.74/cwt	91.00–110.00	1,366	12
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,438	119.46/cwt	114.00–123.00	1,718	17
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,341	134.66/cwt	133.00–136.00	1,806	13
Bulls	—	—	1,711	142.79/cwt	137.00–146.00	2,443	9
Bulls	—	—	1,758	155.83/cwt	151.00–167.00	2,739	9
Heifers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,021	196.49/cwt	192.00–210.00	2,006	158
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	886	207.50/cwt	207.50–207.50	1,838	5
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,070	194.04/cwt	188.00–211.00	2,076	23
Heifers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,131	192.00/cwt	192.00–192.00	2,172	83
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	200–250	246	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	996	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	770	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	1,833	135
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	951	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,978	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	643	231.29/cwt	226.00–236.00	1,487	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	241.05/cwt	227.00–245.00	1,345	41
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	300–350	329	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,283	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	500–550	510	297.16/cwt	295.00–300.00	1,516	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	871	221.56/cwt	217.00–231.00	1,930	295
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	453	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,631	12
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,073	218.01/cwt	209.00–223.00	2,339	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	325	398.80/cwt	385.00–415.00	1,296	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	364	351.33/cwt	342.50–367.50	1,279	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	696	244.49/cwt	226.00–247.00	1,702	75
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	818	223.34/cwt	220.00–228.00	1,827	48
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,421	17

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.

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Sioux Falls Regional Cattle Auction - Worthing, SD

Mon Sep 23, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 3,054Last week 3,043Year ago 1,110

Slaughter CattleReceipts 103Last week 52Year ago 65

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	200–250	237	435.00	435.00
5	250–300	297	420.00	420.00
11	300–350	325	385.00–415.00	398.80
17	350–400	384	370.00	370.00
29	400–450	416	350.00–360.00	356.45
12	450–500	453	360.00	360.00
30	500–550	510	281.00–312.50	301.24
11	550–600	550	297.50	297.50
22	650–700	660	233.00–261.00	246.99
62	700–750	715	240.00–256.00	253.08
79	750–800	767	262.50	262.50
245	800–850	817	235.00–257.50	250.24
311	850–900	882	234.75–259.00	240.85
283	900–950	929	219.00–244.00	227.82
142	950–1000	972	226.00–231.50	230.76
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	550–600	578	250.00	250.00
15	800–850	843	216.00–231.00	220.99
7	850–900	870	228.00	228.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
149	1000–1050	1,006	219.50–225.25	224.69
22	1050–1100	1,073	209.00–223.00	218.01
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	750–800	794	233.00	233.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
8	200–250	246	405.00	405.00
35	350–400	364	342.50–367.50	351.33
38	400–450	439	315.00–322.50	316.20
25	450–500	455	325.00	325.00
41	550–600	558	227.00–245.00	241.05
17	600–650	643	226.00–236.00	231.29
75	650–700	696	226.00–247.00	244.49
5	700–750	725	227.00	227.00
135	750–800	770	238.00	238.00
48	800–850	818	220.00–228.00	223.34
295	850–900	871	217.00–231.00	221.56
143	900–950	919	212.00–220.00	216.06
17	950–1000	951	208.00	208.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
12	450–500	476	281.00	281.00
26	550–600	595	217.50	217.50
5	850–900	886	207.50	207.50
6	950–1000	970	186.00	186.00
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
158	1000–1050	1,021	192.00–210.00	196.49
23	1050–1100	1,070	188.00–211.00	194.04
83	1100–1150	1,131	192.00	192.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	329	390.00	390.00
21	500–550	510	295.00–300.00	297.16
Bulls — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
8	450–500	470	310.00	310.00
16	500–550	516	299.50	299.50

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
22	—	1,358	126.00–132.00	128.95
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
16	—	1,103	62.50–85.00	73.52
12	—	1,330	91.00–110.00	102.74
17	—	1,438	114.00–123.00	119.46
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,341	133.00–136.00	134.66
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,711	137.00–146.00	142.79
9	—	1,758	151.00–167.00	155.83

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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