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Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-03-04
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-04

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Mar 4

● Final21 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016

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Receipts

1,446 head

▼ 46 vs last sale 1,492▲ 1,446 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers and heifers 2.00 to 4.00 lower, Holstein steers 3.00 to 5.00 lower. Moderate demand for steers and heifers. There were plenty of high grading steers and heifers offered, but packers were determined to buy them lower and that is just what they did. Weighing conditions were fairly full, hides continue to be dirty to very dirty at times, few clean cattle. The weather has warmed and the snow has melted and the frost is starting to come out of the ground which has made for muddy feedyard pen conditions, today's cattle were showing the effects of this as most carried .5 to 1 percent of their weight as tag. Estimated dressed cost this week looked to run from 182.00-186.00. Slaughter cows steady to 2.00 lower, full decline on the Breaker cows as there was a heavy supply of these fleshy, fat cows. No good comparison available for bulls.

Slaughter lambs 2.00 to 5.00 lower, Slaughter ewes steady to 4.00 higher. Feeder lambs not well tested. Good demand for slaughter lambs, very good demand for slaughter ewes, moderate demand for the few feeder lambs offered as most continue to go to slaughter accounts. Light to moderate demand for bred ewes. The bred ewe market has found support from the high price of the slaughter ewes not from an abundance of buyers wanting a bred ewe.

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	—	High	1,871	81.30	1,521	12
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,719	73.00	1,255	13
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,543	60.37	932	260
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,295	57.82	749	53
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,173	46.98	551	29
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,567	85.90	1,346	27
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,412	84.31	1,190	25
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,390	112.41	1,562	358
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,269	106.48	1,351	55
Steers	Choice	Average	1,514	113.58	1,720	348
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,363	111.00	1,513	5thin

Every lot

21 lots · USDA AMS · Sioux Falls Regional Livestock Auction - Worthing, SD

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Slaughter Cattle · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,363	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	1,513	5
Steers	—	Choice	1,449	113.71/cwt	112.50–115.25	1,648	146
Steers	—	Choice	1,530	113.88/cwt	113.60–114.00	1,742	132
Steers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,554	116.00/cwt	116.00–116.00	1,803	6
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,627	112.44/cwt	111.75–112.50	1,829	64
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and Choice	1,269	106.48/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,351	55
Heifers	—	Choice	1,390	112.41/cwt	110.00–116.25	1,562	358
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,808	65.56/cwt	63.00–68.00	1,185	2
Bulls	—	—	1,858	89.68/cwt	86.00–93.00	1,666	3
Bulls	—	—	1,895	82.21/cwt	78.00–85.00	1,558	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,115	47.00/cwt	47.00–47.00	524	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,153	50.03/cwt	45.00–54.50	577	24
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,267	32.35/cwt	30.00–36.00	410	5
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,293	55.28/cwt	48.00–59.00	715	29
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,306	61.50/cwt	59.00–65.00	803	23
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,542	60.87/cwt	55.00–64.50	939	228
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,550	53.89/cwt	49.00–56.00	835	25
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,561	67.18/cwt	65.00–68.00	1,049	7
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,719	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	1,255	13
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,412	84.31/cwt	83.00–85.00	1,190	25
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,567	85.90/cwt	85.00–87.00	1,346	27

This sale against other markets

South Dakota weighted averages

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Sioux Falls Regional Livestock Auction - Worthing, SD

Wed Mar 4, 2020

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

Receipts 1,446Last week 1,492Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,554	116.00	116.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
132	—	1,530	113.60–114.00	113.88
146	—	1,449	112.50–115.25	113.71

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
64	—	1,627	111.75–112.50	112.44

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,363	111.00	111.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
358	—	1,390	110.00–116.25	112.41

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
55	—	1,269	105.00–110.00	106.48

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,412	83.00–85.00	84.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
27	—	1,567	85.00–87.00	85.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,858	86.00–93.00	89.68
2	—	1,808	63.00–68.00	65.56
7	—	1,895	78.00–85.00	82.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,115	47.00	47.00
23	—	1,306	59.00–65.00	61.50
29	—	1,293	48.00–59.00	55.28

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,561	65.00–68.00	67.18
25	—	1,550	49.00–56.00	53.89
228	—	1,542	55.00–64.50	60.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,267	30.00–36.00	32.35
24	—	1,153	45.00–54.50	50.03

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,719	73.00	73.00

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.