Sioux Falls Regional Livestock Auction Market Report

Worthing, South Dakota · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Wednesday, October 14, 2020

3,999 head sold ·Official USDA report

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Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,999	3,038	3,047
Slaughter cattle	2,061	1,277	1,949

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers and heifers 2.00 to 3.00 lower, except 1600 lbs steers steady. Holstein steers 2.00 to 3.00 higher. Light to moderate demand from packer buyers this week for this large offering of attractive, clean, high quality grading steers and heifers. Better demand from two way buyers willing to take on a 1450 lbs steer and bet that the fat market will be higher in 30 days. Packer were very reserved in their pursuit of cattle this week as many times the bid would have to back all the way down to 102.00-103.00 to get them to bid, the market was not very active. The vast majority of consignments were offered in full load lots. Weighing conditions ranged from fair to full, estimated dressed cost of the loads ran from 166.00-169.00. Slaughter cows 2.00 to 4.00 higher than Monday’s sale, bulls steady. Slaughter lambs mostly steady. Feeder lambs not well compared. Slaughter ewes steady to instances of 5.00 higher. Demand for slaughter lambs was more moderate this week, the market was not as active as it has been recently. Moderate to good demand for feeder lambs, quality was uneven as there were more smaller frame lambs offered. Moderate to good demand for slaughter ewes.

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Feeder Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1243–1417	1353	152	104.00–114.00	$108.24	$1,464	—
1442–1493	1472	330	104.25–105.25	$104.71	$1,541	-3.35
1494	1494	12	103.00	$103.00	$1,539	-5.06
1500–1572	1535	214	104.00–105.50	$104.49	$1,604	—
1585–1670	1615	401	102.00–104.00	$103.07	$1,665	—

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Feeder Heifers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1237–1263	1250	120	105.00–107.50	$106.83	$1,335	—
1352–1400	1377	27	102.50–102.75	$102.62	$1,413	-3.31
1307–1458	1393	260	103.00–105.25	$104.13	$1,451	-1.80

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Slaughter Cows

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1510–1855	1687	65-75%	40	72.00–78.00	$75.60	$1,275	—

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1471	1471	75-80%	5	71.00	$71.00	$1,044	—
1240–1805	1520	75-80%	10	61.00–70.00	$67.15	$1,021	+4.76
1673–1730	1702	75-80%	4	57.00–58.00	$57.49	$978	—

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1190–1450	1309	85-90%	5	47.00–49.00	$48.41	$634	—
1322–1495	1395	85-90%	6	52.00–59.00	$56.40	$787	—
1398	1398	85-90%	4	25.00	$25.00	$350	—

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1155–1560	1354	80-85%	6	56.00–60.00	$57.57	$779	—
1195–1560	1439	80-85%	7	50.00–55.00	$51.83	$746	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1715–1830	1773	2	79.00–84.50	$81.84	$1,451	—

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Bucks

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
115	115	3	55.00	$55.00	$63	-6.00
180	180	2	56.00	$56.00	$101	-12.00
245	245	1	62.00	$62.00	$152	+1.00
250	250	1	62.00	$62.00	$155	+0.25

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Bucks Billies

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
33–37	35	6	245.00–270.00	$256.79	$90	—
57	57	18	285.00	$285.00	$162	+15.00
71–79	77	27	155.00–200.00	$190.81	$147	-29.19
165	165	1	180.00	$180.00	$297	+35.00

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Dairy Steers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1275	1275	4	83.00	$83.00	$1,058	—
1285–1728	1423	77	91.00–95.50	$93.13	$1,325	—

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Ewes

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
122–129	125	14	56.00–65.00	$59.33	$74	-21.67
134–141	137	13	65.00	$65.00	$89	+5.62
155–157	157	29	51.00–67.00	$60.69	$95	+8.19
170–185	174	4	71.00–85.00	$81.27	$141	+1.27
176	176	9	82.00	$82.00	$144	+2.00
200–233	224	17	69.00–78.00	$75.37	$169	+13.37

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
177	177	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Open	71	170.00	$170.00	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
163	163	Middle Aged (4-6 yrs)	Open	5	82.50	$82.50	$134	—

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Kids

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
45–47	46	5	255.00–285.00	$266.69	$123	+51.69
63	63	42	287.50	$287.50	$181	+24.58
83	83	3	210.00	$210.00	$174	+10.00

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Lambs

Small 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
48	48	41	180.00	$180.00	$86	—
71	71	33	179.00	$179.00	$127	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
66	66	4	200.00	$200.00	$132	-20.00
82	82	20	189.00	$189.00	$155	-31.00
90–94	92	33	175.00–180.00	$177.37	$163	-42.63

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Nannies Does

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
108	108	2	150.00	$150.00	$162	+5.00
111	111	7	175.00	$175.00	$194	+30.00
125–129	127	8	125.00–165.00	$145.31	$185	+0.31
161–165	161	9	165.00–185.00	$182.73	$294	+67.73
215	215	1	110.00	$110.00	$236	—

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Wethers

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
70	70	2	195.00	$195.00	$136	-65.00
75	75	14	260.00	$260.00	$195	±0.00
81–88	83	9	255.00–280.00	$260.92	$217	-14.08
106–123	111	32	247.50–260.00	$248.99	$276	—
185	185	1	195.00	$195.00	$361	—

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Wooled & Shorn

N/N/A ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
56–58	58	36	187.50–195.00	$188.92	$110	+2.34
65	65	7	200.00	$200.00	$130	+13.42
65	65	34	176.00	$176.00	$114	-10.58
73–74	74	49	180.00–182.00	$181.35	$134	+2.04
81	81	27	167.00	$167.00	$135	-12.31
84–88	87	59	171.00–200.00	$176.21	$153	+7.80
92–94	93	24	165.00–167.50	$166.47	$155	-6.51
102–118	109	11	151.00–157.50	$154.31	$168	-11.93
100–149	136	912	162.00–170.50	$165.49	$225	-0.75
152–170	158	163	167.00–170.00	$168.16	$266	+0.92

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.