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Sioux Falls Regional Livestock

Name: Sioux Falls Regional Livestock livestock auction prices — 2021-05-19
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-05-19

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

● Final19 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2016

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Receipts

1,338 head

▲ 432 vs last sale 906▼ 315 vs year ago 1,653 · −19.1%

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Slaughter steers steady to 1.00 higher, heifers 1.00 to 2.00 higher, Holstein steers steady to 3.00 higher. Demand for this offering of hard fed clean cattle was moderate. Drug free cattle showed to be of higher value today. CME Live Cattle Futures are up slightly, corn is also up today. Packer buyers not interested in chasing the market. Estimated dressed cost 189.00 to 195.00. Slaughter cows Breakers and Lean steady, Boners steady to 1.00 higher. Slaughter Bulls 2.00 to 3.00 higher.

Very light offering of traditional slaughter weight lambs today, lambs weighing between 100-149 were 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Very large offering of non traditional weight lambs with some going to slaughter and several going back to the feed yard. Demand for sheep was very good today. Slaughter ewes Good 2-3 5.00 to 6.00 lower, Good 4-5 steady, Utility1-2 7.00 to 10.00 higher, Cull 1 steady to 3.00 higher.

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	2,076	88.01	1,827	19
Cows	Premium White 65-75%	Average	1,642	80.05	1,315	110
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Average	1,478	70.75	1,046	50
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Low	1,296	65.25	845	59
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,188	53.05	630	48
Dairy Steers	Choice	Average	1,455	101.42	1,476	113
Heifers	Choice	Average	1,366	118.25	1,615	233
Steers	Choice	Average	1,522	120.41	1,833	371

Every lot

19 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 · Steers4 lots · lightest first
Steers	—	Choice	1,447	119.31/cwt	117.00–119.50	1,726	90
Steers	—	Choice	1,536	120.57/cwt	119.50–121.00	1,852	246
Steers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,550	129.00/cwt	129.00–129.00	2,000	11
Steers	—	ChoiceHeavy Weight	1,650	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	1,964	24
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers3 lots · lightest first
Heifers	—	ChoiceNatural	1,316	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	1,671	12
Heifers	—	Choice	1,360	117.92/cwt	116.75–119.00	1,604	206
Heifers	—	Choice	1,487	115.72/cwt	115.00–116.00	1,721	15
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls	—	—	2,052	84.20/cwt	70.00–89.50	1,728	12
Bulls	—	—	2,117	94.55/cwt	92.00–97.00	2,002	7
Slaughter Cattle · Cows9 lots · lightest first
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	752	28.12/cwt	26.00–35.00	211	5
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,070	64.00/cwt	64.00–64.00	685	1
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,157	47.32/cwt	45.00–49.00	547	4
Cows	—	Lean 85-90%	1,252	56.65/cwt	52.00–61.50	709	38
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,286	65.34/cwt	62.00–68.00	840	58
Cows	—	Breaker 75-80%	1,478	70.75/cwt	68.00–75.00	1,046	50
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,628	79.60/cwt	75.50–83.00	1,296	100
Cows	—	Premium White 65-75%	1,785	84.50/cwt	84.50–84.50	1,508	10
Cows	—	Boner 80-85%	1,855	60.00/cwt	60.00–60.00	1,113	1
Slaughter Cattle · Dairy Steers1 lot · lightest first
Dairy Steers	—	Choice	1,455	101.42/cwt	98.50–105.00	1,476	113

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 19, 2021

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

Receipts 1,338Last week 906Year ago 1,653

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,157	45.00–49.00	47.32
1	—	1,070	64.00	64.00
38	—	1,252	52.00–61.50	56.65
5	—	752	26.00–35.00	28.12

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Premium White 65-75%$ per cwt · actual wt
100	—	1,628	75.50–83.00	79.60
10	—	1,785	84.50	84.50

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	1,855	60.00	60.00
58	—	1,286	62.00–68.00	65.34

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
50	—	1,478	68.00–75.00	70.75

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Heavy Weight$ per cwt · actual wt
24	—	1,650	119.00	119.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
246	—	1,536	119.50–121.00	120.57
90	—	1,447	117.00–119.50	119.31

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
11	—	1,550	129.00	129.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
206	—	1,360	116.75–119.00	117.92
15	—	1,487	115.00–116.00	115.72

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Choice · Natural$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,316	127.00	127.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
7	—	2,117	92.00–97.00	94.55
12	—	2,052	70.00–89.50	84.20

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Choice$ per cwt · actual wt
113	—	1,455	98.50–105.00	101.42

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.