Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2024-12-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-12-09

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Steer calves under 500 lbs sharply higher, over 500 lbs 10.00 to 15.00 higher except 500-550 lbs steady. Heifer calves under 400 lbs sharply higher, 400-550 lbs steady to 5.00 higher, over 550 lbs 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Yearling steers and heifers not well compared as weights and flesh conditions didn't match last week, firm undertones. Very good demand for this very large offering of steer and heifer calves, many smaller consignments along with large strings offered in full load lots. The quality of the calves was very attractive. The market was extremely active on these calves as the house was full of eager buyers. The small bunches were just as easy to sell as the big strings. Several big strings of yearling steers and heifers, offered in full loads and multiple load lots, flesh condition moderate plus to heavy. The yearling market was active, but buyers are watching the flesh conditions very closely as breakeven prices are higher than the current values on the CME Live Cattle futures board. Cash fed cattle up to 192.00 in the country last week, has lit a fire under the feeder cattle market.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $336.33/cwt on 645 head. That ranks 1 of 28 comparable sales and sits −150.13 against this barn's trailing median of $486.46.

Average price

$336.33

645 head · 560 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,883

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$260

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

$30.98/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−3.26

vs SD average

+11.98 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	561	337.68	1,895	617
Medium and Large 1-2	533	306.70	1,635	28

One grade step is worth $30.98/cwt here — about $260 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 700–800 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 sale645 hd

336.33

—

SD average8 barns · 5,749 hd

339.60

−3.26

National average185 barns · 29,268 hd

324.35

+11.98

This barn, trailing median28 sales

486.46

−150.13

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

69 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	800–850	812	271.14/cwt	261.00–273.00	2,202	60
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	647	267.00/cwt	267.00–267.00	1,727	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	984	249.50/cwt	249.50–249.50	2,455	174
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	550–600	587	275.49/cwt	267.50–284.00	1,617	37
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	484	351.00/cwt	351.00–351.00	1,699	34
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	622	312.02/cwt	292.00–317.00	1,941	261
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	775	283.97/cwt	272.00–292.50	2,201	161
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	450–500	489	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,443	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	681	250.85/cwt	250.00–253.00	1,708	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	850–900	866	230.50/cwt	230.50–230.50	1,996	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	381	428.16/cwt	415.00–440.00	1,631	21
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	370	382.91/cwt	375.00–385.00	1,417	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	800–850	802	232.08/cwt	225.00–236.00	1,861	28
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	934	240.12/cwt	236.50–244.00	2,243	43
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	764	252.50/cwt	252.50–252.50	1,929	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	776	264.00/cwt	264.00–264.00	2,049	32
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	575	304.55/cwt	292.00–318.00	1,751	280
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	674	270.55/cwt	264.00–273.50	1,824	187
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	320.91/cwt	310.00–335.00	1,537	171
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	519	317.50/cwt	317.50–317.50	1,648	17
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	450–500	478	345.00/cwt	345.00–345.00	1,649	13
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	555	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,610	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	420	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,281	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	550–600	584	269.00/cwt	269.00–269.00	1,571	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	732	254.06/cwt	249.00–257.00	1,860	25
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	740	245.00/cwt	245.00–245.00	1,813	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	950–1000	992	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	2,257	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	443	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,639	8
Steers	Medium 1Fleshy	750–800	773	227.50/cwt	227.50–227.50	1,759	9
Heifers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,052	216.00/cwt	216.00–216.00	2,272	11
Steers	Large 1	1050–1100	1,063	240.59/cwt	237.00–244.25	2,557	102
Steers	Large 1	1000–1050	1,021	246.23/cwt	244.25–248.00	2,514	108
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	1000–1050	1,038	226.05/cwt	225.50–228.00	2,346	44
Steers	Large 1Fleshy	1200–1250	1,244	194.00/cwt	194.00–194.00	2,413	20
Steers	Medium 1Fleshy	850–900	897	222.00/cwt	222.00–222.00	1,991	5
Steers	Medium 1Fleshy	700–750	723	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,663	10
Heifers	Medium 1	550–600	577	265.00/cwt	265.00–265.00	1,529	6
Heifers	Medium 1	600–650	623	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,607	19
Heifers	Medium 1	700–750	727	245.21/cwt	242.00–249.00	1,783	17
Heifers	Medium 1Fleshy	700–750	733	237.50/cwt	237.50–237.50	1,741	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	300–350	302	360.00/cwt	360.00–360.00	1,087	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	500–550	533	324.43/cwt	320.00–327.50	1,729	33
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	740	262.58/cwt	252.50–268.00	1,943	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	600–650	639	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,853	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	400–450	417	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,772	23
Heifers	Medium 1	500–550	507	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	1,394	12
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	792	252.26/cwt	248.75–256.00	1,998	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	524	345.78/cwt	330.00–361.00	1,812	149
Steers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	875	266.95/cwt	256.00–272.00	2,336	104
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	576	335.91/cwt	305.00–351.00	1,935	435
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	822	242.04/cwt	237.00–248.75	1,990	245
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	500–550	520	289.10/cwt	289.00–290.00	1,503	84
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	670	299.22/cwt	283.00–314.00	2,005	340
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	531	313.21/cwt	295.00–325.00	1,663	279
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	624	285.35/cwt	269.00–301.00	1,781	208
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	479	385.57/cwt	360.00–396.00	1,847	167
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	924	251.50/cwt	251.50–251.50	2,324	100
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	398.40/cwt	382.00–410.00	1,681	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	915	232.50/cwt	232.50–232.50	2,127	128
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	422	356.18/cwt	335.00–367.50	1,503	82
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Replacement	650–700	695	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,974	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	342	364.08/cwt	360.00–370.00	1,245	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	316	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	1,454	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	650–700	681	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	1,777	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	715	282.06/cwt	270.00–292.50	2,017	217
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	700–750	740	233.00/cwt	233.00–233.00	1,724	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	900–950	934	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	2,139	61
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	850–900	865	230.00/cwt	230.00–230.00	1,990	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fleshy	750–800	766	239.35/cwt	235.00–245.00	1,833	37

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 9, 2024

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

Receipts 6,018Last week 2,981Year ago 5,573

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	316	460.00	460.00
21	350–400	381	415.00–440.00	428.16
61	400–450	422	382.00–410.00	398.40
167	450–500	479	360.00–396.00	385.57
149	500–550	524	330.00–361.00	345.78
435	550–600	576	305.00–351.00	335.91
261	600–650	622	292.00–317.00	312.02
340	650–700	670	283.00–314.00	299.22
217	700–750	715	270.00–292.50	282.06
161	750–800	775	272.00–292.50	283.97
60	800–850	812	261.00–273.00	271.14
104	850–900	875	256.00–272.00	266.95
100	900–950	924	251.50	251.50
174	950–1000	984	249.50	249.50
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
34	450–500	484	351.00	351.00
33	500–550	533	320.00–327.50	324.43
11	600–650	639	290.00	290.00
5	650–700	681	261.00	261.00
14	700–750	740	252.50–268.00	262.58
5	750–800	764	252.50	252.50
43	900–950	934	236.50–244.00	240.12
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
8	400–450	443	370.00	370.00
13	450–500	478	345.00	345.00
17	500–550	519	317.50	317.50
11	550–600	555	290.00	290.00
5	700–750	740	245.00	245.00
32	750–800	776	264.00	264.00
9	950–1000	992	227.50	227.50
Steers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	700–750	723	230.00	230.00
9	750–800	773	227.50	227.50
5	850–900	897	222.00	222.00
Steers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
108	1000–1050	1,021	244.25–248.00	246.23
102	1050–1100	1,063	237.00–244.25	240.59
Steers — Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
44	1000–1050	1,038	225.50–228.00	226.05
20	1200–1250	1,244	194.00	194.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
23	400–450	417	425.00	425.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	489	295.00	295.00
37	550–600	587	267.50–284.00	275.49
20	600–650	647	267.00	267.00
31	650–700	681	250.00–253.00	250.85
5	700–750	740	233.00	233.00
37	750–800	766	235.00–245.00	239.35
28	800–850	802	225.00–236.00	232.08
67	850–900	865	230.00	230.00
61	900–950	934	229.00	229.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	302	360.00	360.00
10	400–450	420	305.00	305.00
84	500–550	520	289.00–290.00	289.10
6	550–600	584	269.00	269.00
46	850–900	866	230.50	230.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	300–350	342	360.00–370.00	364.08
20	350–400	370	375.00–385.00	382.91
82	400–450	422	335.00–367.50	356.18
171	450–500	479	310.00–335.00	320.91
279	500–550	531	295.00–325.00	313.21
280	550–600	575	292.00–318.00	304.55
208	600–650	624	269.00–301.00	285.35
187	650–700	674	264.00–273.50	270.55
25	700–750	732	249.00–257.00	254.06
136	750–800	792	248.75–256.00	252.26
245	800–850	822	237.00–248.75	242.04
128	900–950	915	232.50	232.50
Heifers — Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
11	1050–1100	1,052	216.00	216.00
Heifers — Medium 1$ per cwt · actual wt
12	500–550	507	275.00	275.00
6	550–600	577	265.00	265.00
19	600–650	623	258.00	258.00
17	700–750	727	242.00–249.00	245.21
Heifers — Medium 1 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
10	700–750	733	237.50	237.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Replacement$ per cwt · actual wt
10	650–700	695	284.00	284.00

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