Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-12-02
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-02

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves 7.00 to 10.00 higher, heifer calves fully 10.00 fully. Yearling steers and heifers were of different weights from last week, no comparison. Very good demand for this nice offering of spring born steer and heifer calves, many were weaned and the quality was attractive. The market was incredibly active on the calves as there were ample buyers on the seats actively bidding, the bidding was fast paced as many times bids were taken 2.50 to 5.00 at a time. The Live and Feeder Cattle futures were lower but this had no affect on the market as cattle feeders were able to sell fats up to 191.00 last Friday and paid little attention to the movement on the board. This week's yearling offering was in a heavier flesh condition, the quality was attractive however overall. The yearling trade was active, there remains great demand for yearlings as this supply gets very tight.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $328.07/cwt on 265 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −158.39 against this barn's trailing median of $486.46.

Average price

$328.07

265 head · 547 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,794

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$112

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium 1

$16.24/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.00

vs SD average

+2.70 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	548	328.99	1,804	244
Medium and Large 1-2	513	325.00	1,667	8thin
Medium 1	541	312.75	1,692	13thin

One grade step is worth $16.24/cwt here — about $112 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 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 sale265 hd

328.07

—

SD average1 barns · 265 hd

328.07

+0.00

National average187 barns · 33,494 hd

325.37

+2.70

This barn, trailing median28 sales

486.46

−158.39

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

51 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	500–550	515	345.89/cwt	335.00–360.00	1,781	106
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	764	273.60/cwt	267.00–276.00	2,090	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	513	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,667	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	438	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,424	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	965	218.50/cwt	218.50–218.50	2,109	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	682	253.39/cwt	243.00–256.00	1,728	35
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	801	251.50/cwt	251.50–251.50	2,015	139
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	991	226.00/cwt	226.00–226.00	2,240	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	462	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	1,455	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	335.00/cwt	335.00–335.00	1,601	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	378	340.16/cwt	335.00–350.00	1,286	18
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	415	349.69/cwt	342.50–362.50	1,451	44
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	822	237.00/cwt	237.00–237.00	1,948	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	720	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	1,674	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	663	291.73/cwt	272.00–302.50	1,934	154
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	467	355.39/cwt	345.00–370.00	1,660	80
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	316	357.50/cwt	357.50–357.50	1,130	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	350–400	391	320.00/cwt	320.00–320.00	1,251	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	650–700	676	277.50/cwt	277.50–277.50	1,876	22
Heifers	Medium 1	350–400	397	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,211	13
Steers	Medium 1	600–650	617	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,789	9
Steers	Medium 1	450–500	487	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,583	33
Steers	Medium 1	350–400	381	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,467	14
Steers	Medium 1	500–550	541	312.75/cwt	297.50–331.00	1,692	13
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,019	238.00/cwt	238.00–238.00	2,425	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	843	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	2,129	35
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	1050–1100	1,050	219.75/cwt	219.75–219.75	2,307	21
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	796	260.00/cwt	260.00–260.00	2,070	13
Heifers	Medium 1	650–700	683	242.50/cwt	242.50–242.50	1,656	6
Heifers	Medium 1	450–500	468	296.33/cwt	275.00–315.00	1,387	55
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	584	271.00/cwt	271.00–271.00	1,583	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	250–300	292	380.00/cwt	380.00–380.00	1,110	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	365	411.42/cwt	405.00–415.00	1,502	19
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	628	301.73/cwt	290.00–311.00	1,895	182
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	719	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,798	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	950–1000	984	240.96/cwt	240.50–244.00	2,371	305
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	887	248.55/cwt	248.50–249.00	2,205	74
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	820	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,124	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	311	430.56/cwt	425.00–435.00	1,339	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	622	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,648	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	518	311.79/cwt	296.00–335.00	1,615	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	751	247.00/cwt	247.00–247.00	1,855	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	314	397.50/cwt	397.50–397.50	1,248	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	726	277.30/cwt	260.00–282.00	2,013	86
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	417	378.85/cwt	360.00–390.00	1,580	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	558	255.00/cwt	255.00–255.00	1,423	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	580	287.41/cwt	276.00–311.00	1,667	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	322.78/cwt	310.00–352.00	1,569	131
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	614	282.86/cwt	264.00–294.00	1,737	125
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	574	316.01/cwt	300.00–336.00	1,814	138
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	673	264.41/cwt	261.00–274.00	1,779	49

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 Dec 2, 2024

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

Receipts 2,981Last week 1,788Year ago 4,301

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	300–350	311	425.00–435.00	430.56
19	350–400	365	405.00–415.00	411.42
17	400–450	417	360.00–390.00	378.85
80	450–500	467	345.00–370.00	355.39
106	500–550	515	335.00–360.00	345.89
138	550–600	574	300.00–336.00	316.01
182	600–650	628	290.00–311.00	301.73
154	650–700	663	272.00–302.50	291.73
86	700–750	726	260.00–282.00	277.30
19	750–800	764	267.00–276.00	273.60
11	800–850	820	259.00	259.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	438	325.00	325.00
6	450–500	478	335.00	335.00
8	500–550	513	325.00	325.00
22	650–700	676	277.50	277.50
8	700–750	719	250.00	250.00
11	950–1000	991	226.00	226.00
Steers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
14	350–400	381	385.00	385.00
33	450–500	487	325.00	325.00
13	500–550	541	297.50–331.00	312.75
9	600–650	617	290.00	290.00
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
15	1000–1050	1,019	238.00	238.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
13	750–800	796	260.00	260.00
35	800–850	843	252.50	252.50
74	850–900	887	248.50–249.00	248.55
305	950–1000	984	240.50–244.00	240.96
21	1050–1100	1,050	219.75	219.75
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
21	550–600	558	255.00	255.00
9	600–650	622	265.00	265.00
35	650–700	682	243.00–256.00	253.39
5	700–750	720	232.50	232.50
7	800–850	822	237.00	237.00
62	950–1000	965	218.50	218.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
6	250–300	292	380.00	380.00
7	300–350	314	397.50	397.50
18	350–400	378	335.00–350.00	340.16
44	400–450	415	342.50–362.50	349.69
131	450–500	486	310.00–352.00	322.78
81	500–550	518	296.00–335.00	311.79
138	550–600	580	276.00–311.00	287.41
125	600–650	614	264.00–294.00	282.86
49	650–700	673	261.00–274.00	264.41
16	750–800	751	247.00	247.00
139	800–850	801	251.50	251.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	300–350	316	357.50	357.50
6	350–400	391	320.00	320.00
13	450–500	462	315.00	315.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
13	350–400	397	305.00	305.00
55	450–500	468	275.00–315.00	296.33
14	550–600	584	271.00	271.00
6	650–700	683	242.50	242.50

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