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Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-05-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-05-20

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, May 20

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016

← May 13May 20May 27 →

Receipts

1,653 head

▲ 738 vs last sale 915▲ 349 vs year ago 1,304 · +26.8%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers and heifers unevenly steady, Holstein steers 5.00 to 7.00 lower. The market was extremely uneven this week, which resulted in very large price spreads. Demand moderate overall. No Implant cattle were more highly sought after and sold at the high end of the price ranges. There were more new crop, calf fed steers and heifers in the offering this week with many of those steers weighing around 1300 lbs and the heifers around 1200 lbs. The old crop steers saw the best demand as these cattle quality grades and dressing percents are higher than the calf feds. 4 full loads of steers, 7 full loads of heifers with the balance packages and part loads. Estimated dressed cost ranged widely, from 169.00-190.00 with most cattle costing below 180.00. Daily cattle slaughter finally reached above 100,000 again and packers were needing cattle but are very selective in what they buy. Slaughter cows 5.00 to 8.00 higher than Monday's lighter test.

Traditional slaughter lambs lightly tested, 10.00 higher in a narrow comparison. Non-traditional slaughter lambs (under 100 lbs) 5.00 to 10.00 higher. Slaughter ewes 5.00 to 10.00 higher, except Good 3-4 ewes sold with a steady to lower undertone. Feeder lambs 10.00 to 20.00 higher, except the 40 lbs lambs sold steady. Light demand remains for the traditional slaughter lambs, good demand for those light lambs bound for slaughter. Good demand for ewes, as many times they outsold the slaughter lambs. Good demand for feeder lambs as there were several active farmer feeders bidding and pushing the kill buyers to get lambs bought.

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	1,817	80.78	1,468	17
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,564	70.05	1,095	56
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,573	60.59	953	62
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,340	56.64	759	45
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,217	47.58	579	19
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,497	76.46	1,145	198
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,381	70.60	975	25
Heifers	Choice	Low	1,325	105.92	1,404	438
Steers	Choice	Average	1,446	110.14	1,592	356
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,321	103.24	1,364	35

Every lot

22 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	1,321	103.24/cwt	102.00–104.00	1,364	35
Steers	—	Choice	1,411	110.40/cwt	105.00–117.00	1,558	262
Steers	—	Choice	1,446	102.00/cwt	102.00–102.00	1,475	10
Steers	—	Choice	1,530	111.46/cwt	109.50–118.00	1,705	69
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,661	104.90/cwt	104.50–105.50	1,742	15
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	Choice	1,163	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	1,175	12
Heifers	—	Choice	1,330	106.06/cwt	102.00–116.00	1,411	426
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,460	64.05/cwt	62.00–68.00	935	3
Bulls	—	—	1,769	77.47/cwt	75.00–79.00	1,370	5
Bulls	—	—	1,963	88.20/cwt	87.00–90.00	1,731	9
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,178	51.48/cwt	48.00–55.00	606	13
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,300	39.13/cwt	35.00–46.00	509	6
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,312	57.28/cwt	53.00–59.00	752	34
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,361	61.50/cwt	61.50–61.50	837	4
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,466	50.75/cwt	47.00–52.50	744	7
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,518	69.15/cwt	67.00–70.00	1,050	46
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,563	64.16/cwt	60.00–69.00	1,003	42
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,586	52.10/cwt	49.00–59.00	826	19
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,725	72.00/cwt	72.00–72.00	1,242	1
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,774	74.21/cwt	73.00–76.00	1,316	10
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,381	70.60/cwt	69.00–73.00	975	25
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,497	76.46/cwt	73.00–80.50	1,145	198

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 May 20, 2020

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

Receipts 1,653Last week 915Year ago 1,304

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
25	—	1,381	69.00–73.00	70.60

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
198	—	1,497	73.00–80.50	76.46

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
35	—	1,321	102.00–104.00	103.24

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
15	—	1,661	104.50–105.50	104.90

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
262	—	1,411	105.00–117.00	110.40
69	—	1,530	109.50–118.00	111.46
10	—	1,446	102.00	102.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,163	101.00	101.00
426	—	1,330	102.00–116.00	106.06

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
46	—	1,518	67.00–70.00	69.15
10	—	1,774	73.00–76.00	74.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,178	48.00–55.00	51.48
6	—	1,300	35.00–46.00	39.13

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
42	—	1,563	60.00–69.00	64.16
19	—	1,586	49.00–59.00	52.10
1	—	1,725	72.00	72.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
34	—	1,312	53.00–59.00	57.28
7	—	1,466	47.00–52.50	50.75
4	—	1,361	61.50	61.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
9	—	1,963	87.00–90.00	88.20
5	—	1,769	75.00–79.00	77.47
3	—	1,460	62.00–68.00	64.05

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.