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Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-03-25
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-03-25

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Mar 25

● Final20 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016

← Mar 18Mar 25Apr 1 →

Receipts

1,732 head

▲ 264 vs last sale 1,468▲ 1,732 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 7.00 to 10.00 higher, Holstein steers 1.00 to 2.00 higher. Very good demand this week for steers and heifers, all packer buyers were present and active bidders. A good offering of high quality grading, long strings of steers and heifers. Cattle were cleaner this week and packers were willing to pay more for them, dirty and full cattle were tougher to sell. Weighing condition fair, overall. Estimated dressed cost ranged from 190.00-194.00 for the bulk of the cattle. Packers finally stepped up to the table and pushed the market higher as their margins have been very large. Cattle futures were higher as well, but not limit higher like they were at the opening of the session. Slaughter cows 3.00 to 6.00 higher than Monday's sale, bulls not well compared.

Slaughter lambs and slaughter ewes sharply lower. Moderate demand for slaughter lambs, light demand for ewes. There were plenty of buyers for slaughter lambs and ewes but they were determined to buy them cheaper this week. Moderate demand for the few feeder lambs offered.

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	1,764	85.63	1,511	5thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,523	68.51	1,044	107
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,326	67.53	895	17
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,202	56.20	675	19
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,464	86.42	1,265	133
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,312	79.52	1,043	29
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,341	117.56	1,576	570
Heifers	Select and Choice	Average	1,203	112.00	1,347	31
Steers	Choice	Low	1,553	119.10	1,850	493
Steers	Select	Average	1,224	114.42	1,401	47
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,419	114.00	1,618	7thin

Every lot

20 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	—	SelectReturn to Feed	1,224	114.42/cwt	112.50–115.00	1,401	47
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,419	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	1,618	7
Steers	—	Choice	1,459	118.38/cwt	117.00–119.35	1,727	116
Steers	—	Choice	1,569	114.22/cwt	114.00–115.00	1,792	31
Steers	—	Choice	1,583	119.78/cwt	118.00–120.75	1,896	346
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,203	112.00/cwt	112.00–112.00	1,347	31
Heifers	—	Choice	1,339	118.51/cwt	116.00–120.75	1,587	452
Heifers	—	Choice	1,348	113.94/cwt	110.00–114.50	1,536	118
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,645	76.50/cwt	76.00–77.00	1,258	2
Bulls	—	—	1,768	88.07/cwt	87.00–89.00	1,557	2
Bulls	—	—	1,995	99.00/cwt	99.00–99.00	1,975	1
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,133	64.82/cwt	63.00–67.50	734	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,215	55.00/cwt	55.00–55.00	668	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,252	49.93/cwt	47.00–54.00	625	11
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,333	68.31/cwt	63.00–70.00	911	16
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,510	68.50/cwt	63.00–71.50	1,034	87
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,575	72.12/cwt	70.50–76.00	1,136	14
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,597	60.21/cwt	59.00–62.00	962	6
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,312	79.52/cwt	77.50–85.00	1,043	29
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,464	86.42/cwt	85.50–87.50	1,265	133

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 25, 2020

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

Receipts 1,732Last week 1,468Year ago 0

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
118	—	1,348	110.00–114.50	113.94
452	—	1,339	116.00–120.75	118.51

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,203	112.00	112.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,569	114.00–115.00	114.22
116	—	1,459	117.00–119.35	118.38
346	—	1,583	118.00–120.75	119.78

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
47	—	1,224	112.50–115.00	114.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	1,419	114.00	114.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
133	—	1,464	85.50–87.50	86.42

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
29	—	1,312	77.50–85.00	79.52

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,995	99.00	99.00
2	—	1,645	76.00–77.00	76.50
2	—	1,768	87.00–89.00	88.07

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,215	55.00	55.00
16	—	1,333	63.00–70.00	68.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
6	—	1,597	59.00–62.00	60.21
14	—	1,575	70.50–76.00	72.12
87	—	1,510	63.00–71.50	68.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	1,133	63.00–67.50	64.82
11	—	1,252	47.00–54.00	49.93

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.