Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-09-30
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-09-30

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to the sale last week: Limited number of light steers both weeks. Yearling steers 850-950 lbs 4.00-6.00 lower. Heifers 650 lbs 1.00 higher, 750 lbs 1.00-4.00 lower, 850-900 lbs steady to 1.00 higher. Many load lots of mostly yearlings, along with plenty of smaller strings of both calves and yearlings in the offering today. Demand was good, especially on the load lots. Slaughter cows: Breaker and Boner cows steady to 1.00 higher with light numbers. Lean cows 2.00 lower. Not enough bulls for comparison today.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb heifers averaged $260.50/cwt on 63 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −169.84 against this barn's trailing median of $430.34.

Average price

$260.50

63 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,458

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−6.06

vs SD average

+13.72 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	560	260.50	1,458	63

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

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 sale63 hd

260.50

—

SD average4 barns · 264 hd

266.57

−6.06

National average172 barns · 12,740 hd

246.78

+13.72

This barn, trailing median28 sales

430.34

−169.84

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	1,821	146.84	2,674	6thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,314	134.60	1,769	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,216	130.47	1,587	11
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,190	107.19	1,276	40

Every lot, as filed

39 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	650–700	676	257.86/cwt	250.50–272.00	1,743	45
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	411	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,521	14
Steers	Large 1	1100–1150	1,112	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,513	237
Steers	Large 1	1250–1300	1,271	190.00/cwt	190.00–190.00	2,415	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	646	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,609	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	674	241.84/cwt	236.00–247.50	1,630	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	634	274.42/cwt	269.00–280.00	1,740	20
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,020	215.45/cwt	214.00–216.00	2,198	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	293.00/cwt	293.00–293.00	1,295	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	758	234.02/cwt	223.00–237.00	1,774	183
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	279.64/cwt	275.00–290.00	1,622	47
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	800–850	814	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,799	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	531	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,466	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	331	405.00/cwt	405.00–405.00	1,341	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	930	216.83/cwt	205.00–219.00	2,017	107
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	809	234.47/cwt	225.00–237.00	1,897	233
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,091	191.00/cwt	191.00–191.00	2,084	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	746	249.00/cwt	249.00–249.00	1,858	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	984	211.00/cwt	211.00–211.00	2,076	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	637	248.81/cwt	240.00–253.00	1,585	15
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	306.12/cwt	295.00–320.00	1,176	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	870	221.76/cwt	212.00–226.35	1,929	206
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	488	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	1,347	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	279.88/cwt	279.00–282.50	1,500	24
Steers	Large 1	1150–1200	1,157	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	2,245	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	248.58/cwt	241.00–262.50	1,427	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	462	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	1,451	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	348	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,183	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	979	224.66/cwt	222.00–227.50	2,199	291
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	475	326.78/cwt	315.00–335.00	1,552	22
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	885	234.55/cwt	225.00–236.00	2,076	84
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	245.33/cwt	227.50–252.00	1,644	96
Bulls	—	—	1,792	151.37/cwt	151.00–151.50	2,713	4
Bulls	—	—	1,880	137.78/cwt	132.00–144.50	2,590	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,244	117.37/cwt	114.00–121.00	1,460	24
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,089	105.62/cwt	91.00–110.00	1,150	9
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,136	74.29/cwt	62.00–87.50	844	7
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,216	130.47/cwt	127.00–132.50	1,587	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,314	134.60/cwt	133.00–139.00	1,769	13

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 Sep 30, 2024

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

Feeder CattleReceipts 2,052Last week 3,054Year ago 4,043

Slaughter CattleReceipts 73Last week 103Year ago 160

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	300–350	331	405.00	405.00
14	400–450	411	370.00	370.00
22	450–500	475	315.00–335.00	326.78
47	550–600	580	275.00–290.00	279.64
20	600–650	634	269.00–280.00	274.42
45	650–700	676	250.50–272.00	257.86
6	700–750	746	249.00	249.00
84	850–900	885	225.00–236.00	234.55
291	950–1000	979	222.00–227.50	224.66
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
18	1000–1050	1,020	214.00–216.00	215.45
8	1050–1100	1,091	191.00	191.00
237	1100–1150	1,112	226.00	226.00
6	1150–1200	1,157	194.00	194.00
9	1250–1300	1,271	190.00	190.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	500–550	531	276.00	276.00
9	600–650	646	249.00	249.00
10	650–700	674	236.00–247.50	241.84
5	800–850	814	221.00	221.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	400–450	442	293.00	293.00
6	450–500	488	276.00	276.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	348	340.00	340.00
11	350–400	384	295.00–320.00	306.12
14	450–500	462	314.00	314.00
24	500–550	536	279.00–282.50	279.88
39	550–600	574	241.00–262.50	248.58
15	600–650	637	240.00–253.00	248.81
96	650–700	670	227.50–252.00	245.33
183	750–800	758	223.00–237.00	234.02
233	800–850	809	225.00–237.00	234.47
206	850–900	870	212.00–226.35	221.76
107	900–950	930	205.00–219.00	216.83
9	950–1000	984	211.00	211.00

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,792	151.00–151.50	151.37
2	—	1,880	132.00–144.50	137.78
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,244	114.00–121.00	117.37
9	—	1,089	91.00–110.00	105.62
7	—	1,136	62.00–87.50	74.29
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,216	127.00–132.50	130.47
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,314	133.00–139.00	134.60

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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