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Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2020-08-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2020-08-19

Slaughter Cattle · Worthing, South Dakota · Wed, Aug 19

● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016

← Aug 12Aug 19Aug 26 →

Receipts

1,161 head

▼ 392 vs last sale 1,553▲ 315 vs year ago 846 · +37.2%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers and heifers 1.00 higher, Holstein steers 3.00 higher. Good demand for steers and heifers again this week. The market was fairly active as packers were willing to give more money to get cattle bought. Boxed beef values continue to post daily gains, Choice boxes all the way up to 223.00 this morning, and packers ramping up daily slaughter totals to the 120,000 head level. Weighing conditions average, estimated dressed cost looked to be from 171.00-173.00. 7 full loads of steers, 1 full load of heifers with the balance small packages. Slaughter cows steady, bulls steady to firm.

Slaughter lambs steady to 3.00 higher. Feeder lambs not well compared as this was the first good sized offering in recent weeks. Slaughter ewes steady to 3.00 higher. Moderate to good demand for slaughter lambs, good demand for feeder lambs and for slaughter ewes. Long strings of slaughter lambs on offer this week, as well as feeder lambs including one consignment of 700 head of lambs in a light flesh condition.

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	—	Average	1,914	88.55	1,695	16
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,768	83.00	1,467	3thin
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,481	72.05	1,067	66
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,323	65.97	873	48
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Average	1,236	57.94	716	32
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,485	92.66	1,376	61
Dairy Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,530	84.00	1,285	5thin
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,339	107.95	1,446	125
Steers	Select and Choice	Average	1,339	110.06	1,474	87
Steers	Choice	Average	1,523	107.58	1,638	409

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 · Steers6 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed	1,327	110.87/cwt	105.50–116.00	1,471	75
Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,415	105.00/cwt	105.00–105.00	1,486	12
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,429	112.78/cwt	112.00–113.00	1,612	44
Steers	—	Choice	1,471	106.66/cwt	106.25–107.00	1,569	115
Steers	—	Choice	1,563	107.01/cwt	106.00–108.00	1,673	247
Steers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,595	113.00/cwt	113.00–113.00	1,802	3
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers2 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	ChoiceCertified Prgms	1,268	113.22/cwt	112.00–115.00	1,436	31
Heifers	—	Choice	1,363	106.21/cwt	104.00–107.25	1,448	94
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	1,835	88.60/cwt	84.00–92.50	1,626	11
Bulls	—	—	2,085	94.25/cwt	93.00–96.00	1,965	3
Bulls	—	—	2,095	79.75/cwt	78.00–82.50	1,671	2
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,214	60.01/cwt	55.00–61.50	729	24
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,263	60.65/cwt	60.50–61.00	766	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,302	51.72/cwt	47.00–56.00	673	8
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,311	64.23/cwt	61.00–69.00	842	31
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,370	71.77/cwt	71.50–72.00	983	13
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,398	70.77/cwt	66.00–74.00	989	24
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,500	76.24/cwt	74.00–82.00	1,144	32
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,622	61.70/cwt	57.00–65.00	1,001	10
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,768	83.00/cwt	83.00–83.00	1,467	3
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers2 lots · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,485	92.66/cwt	89.00–94.75	1,376	61
Dairy Steers	—	Select and Choice	1,530	84.00/cwt	84.00–84.00	1,285	5

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 Aug 19, 2020

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

Receipts 1,161Last week 1,553Year ago 846

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,530	84.00	84.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
61	—	1,485	89.00–94.75	92.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice · Return to Feed$ per cwt · actual wt
75	—	1,327	105.50–116.00	110.87

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Select and Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,415	105.00	105.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
44	—	1,429	112.00–113.00	112.78
3	—	1,595	113.00	113.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
247	—	1,563	106.00–108.00	107.01
115	—	1,471	106.25–107.00	106.66

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Certified Prgms$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,268	112.00–115.00	113.22

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
94	—	1,363	104.00–107.25	106.21

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	1,768	83.00	83.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,214	55.00–61.50	60.01
8	—	1,302	47.00–56.00	51.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
32	—	1,500	74.00–82.00	76.24
24	—	1,398	66.00–74.00	70.77
10	—	1,622	57.00–65.00	61.70

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
31	—	1,311	61.00–69.00	64.23
13	—	1,370	71.50–72.00	71.77
4	—	1,263	60.50–61.00	60.65

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,835	84.00–92.50	88.60
3	—	2,085	93.00–96.00	94.25
2	—	2,095	78.00–82.50	79.75

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.