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Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-03-18
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-18

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Mar 18

● Final18 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016

← Mar 11Mar 18Mar 25 →

Receipts

1,468 head

▲ 148 vs last sale 1,320▲ 1,468 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 1.00 to 3.00 higher, Holstein steers 2.00 to 3.00 lower. Moderate to good demand early in the sale as the Live Cattle futures were higher, turning lighter as the futures dropped to nearly limit lower. The quality of cattle remains very attractive, long strings and full loads of high quality grading steers and heifers. Cattle were a little cleaner this week as the ground gets drier and cattle rub the dirt off their hides, yet weighing conditions were a little fuller. Estimated dressed cost ranged from 176.00-180.00. Slaughter cows were uneven, Breaker cows steady to 1.00 higher, Boner cows 2.00 to 4.00 higher, Lean cows 6.00 to 7.00 higher. Bulls not tested.

Slaughter lambs steady to 5.00 lower. Slaughter ewes unevenly steady. Feeder lambs not well tested in recent week to offer a comparison. Moderate demand for slaughter lambs. Good demand for slaughter ewes, good for feeder lambs.

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
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,573	63.95	1,006	220
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,283	62.49	802	74
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,199	57.92	694	22
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,484	83.66	1,242	52
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,348	77.30	1,042	18
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,329	108.09	1,436	395
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,400	109.70	1,536	77
Steers	Choice	Average	1,534	108.80	1,669	454

Every lot

18 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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,395	105.94/cwt	105.00–107.50	1,478	36
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,404	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,587	41
Steers	—	Choice	1,449	110.91/cwt	110.50–111.00	1,607	65
Steers	—	Choice	1,522	111.01/cwt	108.75–112.00	1,690	232
Steers	—	Choice	1,555	103.77/cwt	103.25–105.25	1,614	68
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,612	105.34/cwt	105.00–110.00	1,698	89
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,316	108.96/cwt	107.10–112.00	1,434	277
Heifers	—	Choice	1,359	106.06/cwt	105.50–106.50	1,441	118
Slaughter Cattle · Cows8 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,198	59.51/cwt	56.00–62.00	713	19
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,203	47.86/cwt	46.00–49.00	576	3
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,261	53.47/cwt	51.00–56.00	674	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,271	64.16/cwt	62.00–66.50	815	42
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,308	61.87/cwt	57.00–64.00	809	26
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,552	63.77/cwt	58.00–66.50	990	188
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,694	58.34/cwt	54.00–60.50	988	9
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,701	67.62/cwt	67.00–68.50	1,150	23
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,348	77.30/cwt	77.00–78.00	1,042	18
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,484	83.66/cwt	83.00–85.50	1,242	52

This sale against other markets

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.

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Sioux Falls Regional Livestock Auction - Worthing, SD

Wed Mar 18, 2020

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

Receipts 1,468Last week 1,320Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
188	—	1,552	58.00–66.50	63.77
23	—	1,701	67.00–68.50	67.62
9	—	1,694	54.00–60.50	58.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
19	—	1,198	56.00–62.00	59.51
3	—	1,203	46.00–49.00	47.86

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,271	62.00–66.50	64.16
6	—	1,261	51.00–56.00	53.47
26	—	1,308	57.00–64.00	61.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
65	—	1,449	110.50–111.00	110.91
68	—	1,555	103.25–105.25	103.77
232	—	1,522	108.75–112.00	111.01

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
89	—	1,612	105.00–110.00	105.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
36	—	1,395	105.00–107.50	105.94

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
41	—	1,404	113.00	113.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
52	—	1,484	83.00–85.50	83.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
18	—	1,348	77.00–78.00	77.30

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
277	—	1,316	107.10–112.00	108.96
118	—	1,359	105.50–106.50	106.06

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.